The Baby-Brousse is a Citroën 2CV-based utility vehicle, initially privately built, that later spawned the FAF series of vehicles.[1]
Similar to a metal-bodied Citroën Méhari, the Baby-Brousse was a success with more than 31,000 being built from 1963 to 1987. The entire body was made of folded sheet metal with the other parts being bolted together [2][3] without welding.
The Baby-Brousse was originally conceived in 1963 by two Frenchmen, Messrs. Letoquin and Lechanteurin, owners of Les Ateliers et Forges de l'Ebrié, a company in Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast.[3][1]
Baby Brousse-type vehicles have been made and sold under different names in several places:
The first FAFs were built in 1977, at the Citroën plant in Mangualde, Portugal.[4]
In Argentina: Savoiacars [1], has prepared some cars based on the Méhari, with improved platform and engine, and another with a body of their own design.
Various kit car style bodies were also developed, inspired by the Méhari, such as Belgium's VanClee.