Barn outings are all the rage as are updated automobile graveyards. TinoPics is one of those Urbex photographers who explore abandoned places and sometimes make incredible finds like this Citroën 2CV cemetery …
Once upon a time, in a not so distant forest, an explorer adept at treasure hunting … His favorite mission? Explore abandoned places to uncover nuggets that have been neglected for years. TinoPics is one of his adept Urbex (urban exploration) photographers whose passion is to uncover hidden loot like these abandoned 2CVs.
![2CV glass van](https://www.largus.fr/images/images/les-2-ch-sauvages-urbex-tino-pics-2020-0006.jpg)
About 10 abandoned Deuche
During one of his quests, his objective therefore found himself facing a dozen Citroën 2CVs devoured by rust. We are far from the shiny models, with only a handful of kilometers, sold for thousands of euros at auction. Here, the sedans and vans are in a sorry state. According to our research the oldest copy is a 1960 vintage.
![Citroen 2CV blue 1960](https://www.largus.fr/images/images/les-2-ch-sauvages-urbex-tino-pics-2020-0029.jpg)
![Citroen 2CV yellow Citron 4 windows](https://www.largus.fr/images/images/les-2-ch-sauvages-urbex-tino-pics-2020-0024.jpg)
To believe the explanations of the photographer, on his website which conceals other lost treasures, those ” 2CV in the wild are a stash of parts for a collector “. Truly ? What can we still get out of these piles of junk? Nature has taken back its rights: the foam has replaced the seals and is invited on the upholstery, the dead leaves have invaded the interiors. Some copies are quite dislocated.
TO HAVE. Abandoned cars. For them, time has definitely stopped
The 2CV Van of Spirou and Fantasio
![citroen 2CV Spirou and fantasio](https://www.largus.fr/images/images/les-2-ch-sauvages-urbex-tino-pics-2020-0007.jpg)
Others reveal unexpected secrets! On the door of one of the vans pictured, there is an inscription ” Spirou Fantasio Photographic Expedition “. It is, it seems, a replica in scale 1 of the 2CV of 1955 crossed in “The Gorilla has good mine”, album n ° 11 of the Adventures of the most famous groom and his journalist sidekick. Nothing says if this model was used to promote the comic book or was just made by a fan.
![Spirou and Fantasio The Gorilla looks good](https://www.largus.fr/images/images/spirout11.jpg)
For the curious, fans of this type of photos, TinoPics has numerous albums of his automotive discoveries.
Thanks to TinoPics for making his photos available