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Not having had an Amerikun veehikle since the departure of the Olds, chopped in this against this I know these have a bit of a duff reputation, mostly brought about by the ridiculously long service intervals, but this one seems pucker. ABS light is on, but apart from that, it drives beautifully, with surprisingly good roadholding, comfy ride, and quite impressive performance.........bought from that there Dagenham.....'old out yer 'and etc etc......

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 🤞