MY RIDE
This Citroën Waited 16 Years for Its Driver

Her father bought this 1990 Deux Chevaux, or 2CV, the last year it was made, when she was a baby



Geneva Long, CEO of Bowlus Road Chief travel trailers, with her 1990 Citroën Deux Chevaux, or 2CV, as it is known. Ms. Long’s father bought her this car when she was born. She had to wait 16 years before she could legally drive it. IAN SPANIER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

By A.J. Baime
July 30, 2019 9:48 am ET

Geneva Long, 29, the Los Angeles-based CEO of Bowlus Road Chief travel trailers, on her 1990 Citroën Deux Chevaux, as told to A.J. Baime.

My dad, John Long, has been collecting vintage cars for years, and growing up I would spend a lot of time with him in the garage. His first car was a Citroën ID19. He found it in a field and got it for free, and he still owns it—one of many Citroëns in the family.

My father had a particular affection for the Citroën Deux Chevaux, or 2CV, as it is known. He had a blue one called Beluga, and there was a pair he called Salt and Pepper because one was white, the other black. (Salt and Pepper shared parts, so they never ran at the same time.) Growing up, we would take drives in these 2CVs. I would sit in the passenger seat, and it would be my job to shift the gears.

Photos: The Swan Song of a Classic French Car
Geneva Long, CEO of Bowlus Road Chief travel trailers, shows off her 1990 Citroën Deux Chevaux, made in its last year of production



Geneva Long photographed near the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, Calif., poking through the roof of her 1990 Citroën 2CV.IAN SPANIER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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