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Not only were all three dimmer switches broken, I was greeted by this lovely thing. A qualified, accredited electrician wired this up 15 years ago. Why he didn't press the switch against the wall, pull back out and check all his connections were tight is beyond me. It's 20 extra seconds to your install time for extra security. I'm not grumpy because of a potential fire risk, I'm grumpy because of the lack of pride the guy took in this work.

This is my dads Lna that he’s owned for at least  20 years . It spent very little time on the road in those years but I can remember myself using it as a daily for a few months but it’s mainly been kept in dry storage while dad tinkers with it with varying degrees of success .
Fast forward until a month or two ago when it was dragged out of storage and transported to my brothers field . Who then lost the keys .
After removing the steering lock ( carefully as I’m not exactly tripping over new ones for lnas 😂) I then found the service book with the bloody key numbers on . A local locksmith cut me a new ign and boot key for £15 . Legend ! 
 
A quick look over on the ramp reveals it’s still bloody solid and I don’t think it’s had or going to need any welding . The paint is well worn and it has surface rust on it but an ideal candidate for an oily rag resto I reckon . 
 
Well blow me down - a quick suck through of fuel from the tank , hook up a fresh battery and she fires straight up . I do remember dad fitting and NOS carb to it a few years back .
The original idea was my wife was going ti use this as her daily when the lease E Up goes back but I can’t see her liking the experience after a modern electric car but time will tell .
Why a sad tale ?
About 7 years ago dad was diagnosed with dementia and is going downhill quite rapidly now . But he still asks about the LNA ( and the Mk1 BX ) 
So I’m looking forward to taking him out , maybe to a few car shows , in it when it’s on the road .
Must stop looking at the subframe design and thinking it would make a bloody good trials car tho 😂
I’ll get some more pics today ! 

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The front of this car looks my dog's face when he's about to drop the kids off at the pool.

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The boot lock, however,  looks his bum after a particularly big Richard the 3rd.

GSA Pallas with pretty much no information supplied by the seller. Currently at 1200.
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Oooh yes please!

Anyways.... nearest the bull under eBay 'classic cars' that's not priced at 1p and looks actually driveable:
Corolla £1095 BIN or offer - looks OK "Never left out overnight 1 elderly Owner in Time warp condition Drives very nice,never failed an MOT" - 

Ah, that's what mine was like before I had the spheres changed. Afterwards I was able to squish the back end down quite easily by standing on the bumper, then marvelled at how it magically floated back to normal height after a few seconds.
Fine work as always😁

Ah, that's what mine was like before I had the spheres changed. Afterwards I was able to squish the back end down quite easily by standing on the bumper, then marvelled at how it magically floated back to normal height after a few seconds.
Fine work as always😁

Wheels off to get tyres done.

Redid some of the welding from last time as it was awful .

Chassis rail cleaned out and welded.



That's all as I ran out of wire and need a cuppa.

Chucked in 20L of diesel. @Talbot managed to fix the stubborn stuck steering lock.
 
It lives!
 
Might want rear spheres though 🤪

Jobs to do are as follows.
Fix LHM return line.
Replace octopus.
Repair the nearside inner arch.
Fit new tyres.
Replace exhaust backbox.
Weather looks set to get very exciting today and tomorrow so we'll see what can be done.
Started on the LHM return pipe. It disintegrated as I removed it.



Made a new one out of some hose and various fittings. Should see this car up the road at least.

First of all thank you to everyone who has messaged and posted their support on here it means a lot. Pretty surprised at the level of interest.
Well today was the big day the BX went to the garage and got some much needed attention. The first up was the radius arm bearing which in the words of the MOT tester "was totally f#@ked".

We got the hub off and (what was left of the) old bearing out.....

With the biggest issue of the bearing now sorted next up was the exhaust blows. The front was holed along the seam at the very top of the pipe making it impossible to weld up without detaching it. As we plan to get a new system shortly anyway it was decided to improvise a repair for the time being. Piece of metal cut to size, bit of paste and a few jubilee clips had it sorted. 
The rear silencer was bodged up in a similar fashion fixed to mot standard. We had planned to remove it, weld a patch over and have done but it wasn't playing ball and ended up making more holes. Cleaned the rear brake discs down and we called it a day having made some great progress.
We must have disturbed the support whilst trying to remove it so was a bit frustrated finding it loose when I got back. 
The day was going far too well so knew something would crop up as things tend to. I ensured the temporary repair was completed to a consistent standard and used a bungee clip to hold the back box up
Anyway after all that drama and excitement..........

Absolute scenes and relief 😍 
Now she's got her test we can keep improving and plan in a bit more work when time and money allow. 
Priority jobs for future are: 
Timing belt kit 
Rear discs and pads to freshen it up
New rear back box and support welded 
All of which will be done before she's driven any distance but for the time being L392GRX can be removed from the "At Risk" register 
To be continued.....
 

Hollywood.
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Absolute filth. 
 
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Nice Audi A8 for sale on Facebook.  Recent respray in red.  Bit of overspray but barely noticeable.

Jag for sale with what appears to be a tyre fire in the background. 

Pingu approves

Big patch of lacquer just peeled off. Arse.

AMAZEBALLZ work. Great to see another one being made roadworthy again! This isn't helping me trying not to buy another one though...

Estimate £1500-£2000

Right then, this is the ex @SmokinWaffle and @StinkwheelBX that was free in the summer but I paid £250 for last month. Im not too much of a story teller but want to show what's been done and any updates etc for those interested. I've not owned a Citroen for 15 years and that was a *normal one so jumped at the chance to save this beauty. She was rough, slammed to the ground and left everywhere covered in LHM piss. When @SmokinWaffle messaged to say he was struggling to get it off his drive I honestly thought what the f*@k have I let myself in for 😆 
@worldofceri delivered her on time and was very helpful throughout, almost like hes done it before. 

And a huge relief when it fit into the garage fine 

I'd been briefed the leaks were likely plastic return pipes which they were but also weren't. First tackled the "small octopus" which handles all the return lines and literally disintegrated on contact. 
Managed to bodge improvise a repair until a more permanent solution be found. Not pretty but it's done the job. The next leak was found to be the NSR brake pipe which was sourced for about £40 from ebay and got this fitted. Surprisingly straight forward to do! 

All fitted along with a few return pipes I thought I was home and dry, filled her with LHM and up went the front end shortly followed by the back. Brilliant until......another pipe burst. This was a long front to back line and covered a load of the cars underside aswell as the garage floor. 
Was a bit disheartened as the price of this pipe seemed to be anything from £65 up to £138 which had me questioning if it was worth doing. I managed to find a local Citroen specialist near me and asked if he could help. He made up a pipe for me while I waited with right flares and connectors for £15, absolute hero. 
I fitted it back home no problem and was certainly a lot easier than taking it off.
She's now able to rise and fall and without drenching everything in LHM....yessssss 
Next up was the nicer to do bits, x2 tyres which were included were fitted 
Door lock and card replaced easily enough and inside looking much nicer now although the ICE probably isn't up to much - a job for another day 


Did a mini service on here, probably at least 8/9 years since she's had new oil and filters so had to be done. Definately looked ready.

Sounds like she's running alright tho....
https://youtu.be/NEQMb4BUzv4?si=AGBXNIWV9FZuz6zd
Had an interesting time sorting out some bodgery in the rear light clusters mainly due to when the towbar was fitted. Dad thankfully helped fix a couple of connections I couldn't manage to trace the fault. Changed a few bulbs, cleaned up connections etc and a bulb board. Here is the donor car at the specialists (new best friend) I mentioned earlier...🤣


I was warned about a bad clutch cable/clutch but adjusted the bite point and seems to be holding up at the moment.
After sorting out a washer jet for her I booked an MOT and packed a few breakdown essentials. 


Only a short distance to the garage but noticed a blow from the exhaust unfortunately en route. We stopped for fuel and love the way she looks back out in the wild again
I've never seen the boys show so much interest in a car going for an MOT....😬


All was going well until we found a bearing/Bush loose but not the end of the world so....

After 8/9 years in a barn to only need a bush, exhaust patch and brakes adjusting I'll take it. Absolutely buzzing 🥲
Booked in with my Citroen guy on Wednesday so should have some news by end of week fingers crossed 🤞 

Hopefully this hasn't yet been posted, but, come on chaps, what's not to like?

Hopefully this hasn't yet been posted, but, come on chaps, what's not to like?

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