It took place in summer of '95 in a little village named Skoke, close to Maribor,
which is the 2nd
largest town in Slovenia. I live about 30 kilometers away; to attend the 10th world
meeting in Finland in '93, I made a 12.000 kilometers long trip to get there and back.
This year, I obviously did not have to drive that far.
Like many other Slovenian duckers, I contributed a small effort in organizing this event.
I was working with the computer and doing statistical calculations (how many people, how
many cars, from which countries, how much money paid etc.). Because of that, I missed
a lot of the funny activities. But I was able to catch some.
This is a Bi-2CV, a car assembled especially for this world meeting.
It's got two engines, two steering wheels and two drivers. The drivers
needed to drive in synch in order to make it through a complicated track. With a good
work from both drivers, this vehicle was capable of much sharper turns than usual,... I guess
you get the idea. Not only steering needed to be taken with care. Just imagine, if both drivers
shifted into first gear, the car would obviously not move very well.
The meeting was held at the small airport and
the place to party was inside a hangar. We had live music every night, including a
popular Slovenian musician, Adi Smolar, accompanied by a group named The Flying Tramps
who became a major national attraction shortly after the meeting. Note a 2CV-style stage
decoration.
HYs are many 2CVers dreams. It's not easy to get one in our country - they are extremely
rare. But there are many still driving in France and Holland. Most of them are totally restored
and turned into campers.
As on every World Meeting, beauty contest was organized; the contesters were the cars, not
the ladies. What do you think about this stretched 2CV Limo?