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Oliver Pickard

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Video Maker, Designer and Co-Builder of the Pickard Mosquito GTM. 1963 2cv Daily driver. British living in France. Watch the stuff I make here www.youtube.com/c/TheOliverPickard

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A high carb diet for best performance

08.03.2026 22:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They look like the best holiday photos

07.03.2026 20:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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New video!
We made adjustable height rear suspension for Project Mosquito
youtu.be/SG52k-Ijc0E

07.03.2026 14:15 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The beach, just south of Bordeaux

05.03.2026 20:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's a return to the form factor of cars like the Ford Model A when you think about it

03.03.2026 15:21 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Grey with Orange leather is an exceedingly french spec, those white walls need binning though.

03.03.2026 15:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The rear lights on an early 2cv aren't great at the best of times but when the end of the wire is falling off it really doesn't help. anyway all fixed now 👍🏼.

03.03.2026 14:10 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Unfortunately the us spec ones didn't get the glass rear valance

01.03.2026 06:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The crank will start it without a starter motor pretty easily but not without a battery unfortunately and the cold ended the old battery so I've been sans voiture for a few weeks

27.02.2026 19:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I've waiting for my new battery to arrive for the 2cv and I'm genuinely excited

27.02.2026 18:57 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Agreed feeling the biting point and learning to feel the car

27.02.2026 18:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's!

27.02.2026 09:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm all caught up on Trans Girlismo and you should be too, automotive podcasting done differently.

26.02.2026 16:26 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Holey shit check out those reflections!

26.02.2026 16:19 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Brendan you need that coat

26.02.2026 16:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I do like a nice pair of short shorts I must admit

26.02.2026 16:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

post your style icon/s

I guarantee that I'll think of six more the second I hit post

26.02.2026 14:56 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 2

We had 25c today but no roof down drive because Jolene is waiting for a new battery

25.02.2026 21:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This was me yesterday. Spring has finally arrived

25.02.2026 13:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Heck yeah

25.02.2026 12:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I assume wood work needs doing perhaps which can get very expressive. I wouldn't say they've taken a tumble more still settling after the madness of the pandemic

23.02.2026 17:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah it's famously one of the best sounding engines in history and went on to be used at lemans

23.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Btw it's shockingly difficult to get a decent shot of the Athena. It should not be easier to find the perfect angle of an obscure french grand prix car than a currently airing Star Trek tv show.

23.02.2026 15:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It might just be my brain but when I saw the USS Athena it reminded me of the Matra MS11

23.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

The Bentley is listed for €32.500 in the linked ad as a car that's rough around the edges. I also listed 32k as the price of the MG but that's just the starting price.

23.02.2026 15:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

How does something like this even get published it's just homophobic conspiracy

23.02.2026 06:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There are few better ways to go deaf than driving a 6R4 Metro

22.02.2026 15:26 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Two words. Service intervals

22.02.2026 15:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You might think I'm insane and while you aren't wrong. Both of these cars are tax and ulez except, Yes the fuel economy from the 1.5L Hybrid MG is commendable but one of these cars will depreciate and the Bentley won't.

22.02.2026 15:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

One of my favorite shirts is vintage Pierre Cardin and it's fortunately aged better than this interior haha

22.02.2026 15:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0