Man, stranded in the desert, makes a motorcycle out of his broken car

While traveling through the desert somewhere in north west Africa in his
Citroen 2CV , [Emile] is stopped, and told not to go any further due to
some military conflicts in the area. Not wanting to actually listen to
this advice, he decides to loop around, through the desert, to circumvent
this roadblock.

After a while of treading off the beaten path, [Emile] manages to snap a
swing arm on his vehicle, leaving him stranded. He decided that the best
course of action was to disassemble his vehicle and construct a motorcycle
from the parts. This feat would be impressive on its own, but remember,
he's still in the desert and un-prepared. If we're reading this
correctly, he managed to drill holes by bending metal and sawing at it,
then un-bending it to be flat again.

It takes him twelve days to construct this thing.

You got the translation right, but there's not just a swing arm that's
broken, there's a frame beam broken too (not sure about the exact term,
one of the 2 girder of the chassis).
He's not far away but he has a lot of tools and other hardware that
could be stolen if he leaves them unattended.


http://hackaday.com/2012/05/21/man-stranded-in-the-desert-makes-a-motorcycle-from-his-broken-car/