Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:13:58 -0700
Reply-To: Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: NVC - Fryedae - 2CV parade at Tour de France
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Thanks Ric,
Great info about Cochonou - by the way the word for pig in French is COCHON so cochonou is the play on the words...
I am an avid 2CV fan, being the very first car I ever rode in and got to drive sitting on my daddy's lap doing donuts in the open fields of Lorraine.
I too will be in withdrawal... it is kind of no football after the supper bowl.
Joel Cort - Le Frog
Rochester NY.
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 10:58:08 AM
Subject: Re: NVC - Fryedae - 2CV parade at Tour de France
Closet nothing - I'm out! When I was landscaping with my father in the
Monterey Peninsula 30 years ago, he had an International 1600 dump truck, a
3CV (the little van) and an H van. Pretty easy to tell who's working a
particular job! He also had a Mehari at home for going down to the beach
for a run. =)
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com> wrote:
> For all of you other "closet" 2CV fans, I got my 2CV fix and more while
> watching the TdF coverage yesterday afternoon! As the lead group was heading
> towards Vittel, the coverage cut to a shot of the finish line. Crossing the
> line was a parade of 5 or 6 2CVs painted up in a red and white checkerboard
> pattern. The shot lasted only a couple of seconds...but I was intrigued.
>
> After further investigation, these 2CVs are aparently a fixture at the TdF
> (as opposed to TDi- obligitory VW content) and are from a French sausage
> company - Cochonou. The 2CV parade preceeds the riders on each stage and the
> passengers toss out sausages to the crowd.
>
> Here's their website:
>
> http://www.cochonou.fr/
>
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>
> A video of the 2CVs from the 08 TdF:
>
> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x60a9b_presentation-des-2cv_travel
>
>
>
>
> And if you want the complete cochhonou TdF experience, you can go to ebay
> for a Couchonou TDF commemerative hat:
>
>
> http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=cochonou&_sacat=See-All-Categories
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>
> Au revoir! Time for a croissant and a cafe americaine....
>
>
> Ric (who will go into TdF withdrawal immediately after the final stage in
> Paris)
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