Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[brownnova]

You really do have a lovely GS there! 

[Six-cylinder]

9 hours ago, brownnova said:

You really do have a lovely GS there! 

I liked it so much I bought it twice!

In Jan 2007 I was not working in the car industry but had a car mad boss and while at work with his encouragement I bid and won it. The encouragement was so strong that he even said if I won it he would take me the 150 miles to Grimsby. I had it about a year and realised that at some time in the future it was going to need lots of expensive work so sold it while it was a legal working car.

I watched it change hands several times with Mrs6C saying you should buy that back so when it was at deaths door in Nov 2013 I did.

Lots of work mechanically, new floors and a full repaint followed. 

It was always a bitser, it started as a 1015cc G special and by the time I got it it had a 1299cc engine and 5 speed gearbox. Also it was fitted with a Pallas interior. I like the larger engine so have kept it like that.

In 2019 it got a role in "In the Long Run" the Idris Elba life story TV program. At a young age Idris was allowed to move such cars working part time in a garage. The young actor who was playing him was too young to drive so I understand my GS was towed with a filming platform in front.

 

[beko1987]

The Bedford cf must be ripe for restoration then film work? 

[Six-cylinder]

4 hours ago, beko1987 said:

The Bedford cf must be ripe for restoration then film work? 

The small revenue from film work would never cover restoration costs even if you can get any gigs for it.

[Six-cylinder]

I collected my DS today following having the accumulator sphere and the two front wheel spheres being replaced. It is lovely to drive with replacement  front spheres much smoother now. Also the pump has stopped working overtime now it has a replacement accumulator sphere which is the pressure reservoir for the brakes, suspension and power steering.

A yard of Citroens of all shapes and sizes including mine.

[Longbridge Apologist]

I know they are ruinous but every time I see a C6 I want one.

However if I was seeing sense, what would be the best "My First Citroen"? Probably as a daily.

[Mrs6C]

5 minutes ago, Longbridge Apologist said:

I know they are ruinous but every time I see a C6 I want one.

However if I was seeing sense, what would be the best "My First Citroen"? Probably as a daily.

@dean36014's lovely ZX estate! I use my ZX TD estate as a daily driver and it's excellent. Comfortable, frugal and very practical.

[Snake Charmer]

I wish my Father had put the 1015cc Ami 8 on the road I found him for a spares car. I found a road test that said it was faster accelerating than an Austin1300 GT.

[hairnet]

21 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 It is in the centre of the drive right in the way.

So the BMW E36 323i got taken for MOT instead.

1. right where you can stare at it

2. boo hiss (pervert )

 

[AnthonyG]

Is that Sebring a US import? I only ask because I’m sure they officially imported RHD ones around the time they did Neons and Voyagers (i.e. before all that ghastly Dodge shit like the Caliber/Nitro).

Of course, these may all be extinct now. There is a later generation one (‘08 plate) locally. 

[hairnet]

29 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

 There is a later generation one (‘08 plate) locally. 

make it so

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

Is that Sebring a US import? I only ask because I’m sure they officially imported RHD ones around the time they did Neons and Voyagers (i.e. before all that ghastly Dodge shit like the Caliber/Nitro).

RHD only available on the third generation Sebrings.

Second generation was LHD only; Chrysler UK brought in 50 LHD convertibles as a one-off batch.

The Americans did have a go at the RHD game for about 20 years - Cadillac, especially - but have lost interest. Still, if you want a US car in RHD, dealers like Clive Sutton will do all the donkey work to convert it.

[Six-cylinder]

A big thanks to @GoGently who came over in his white Visa and helped us get our cars to the local Citroen show ready for tomorrow.

I think his speedo is telling fibs!

[wuvvum]

23 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

(i.e. before all that ghastly Dodge shit like the Caliber/Nitro)

Nowt wrong with a Caliber thankyouverymuch.

[Noel Tidybeard]

i gather the white visa is a posh one what with its wooden dashboard!🤣

[Ghosty]

Looks like I'll be around for this month's FoD gathering, an unexpected rota overhaul at work has given me next weekend off. 

 

[beko1987]

8 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

A big thanks to @GoGently who came over in his white Visa and helped us get our cars to the local Citroen show ready for tomorrow.

I think his speedo is telling fibs!

Nice! 

What time is general admittance from? 

[Six-cylinder]

6 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

i gather the white visa is a posh one what with its wooden dashboard!🤣

It has a broken dashboard!

[Six-cylinder]

14 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Nice! 

What time is general admittance from? 

Because of campers it is open now, but I plan to go up around 10am.

[Talbot]

It's in the air:

Initial investigation of the rear subframe mounts shows a fair bit of grot:

Subframe off:

It was actually quite a bit more involved than that, but came out OK in the end.  Worst bit was having to remove the OSR seat base and back to get to the ABS electrical connector inside the car.

It is a bit crusty.  Turns out not just one side but both:

All repairable.  I've fixed worse.

 

Bushes were absolutely knackered:

Anti-Roll bar bushes will need sorting too:

[Talbot]

Added cat for good measure:

[chaseracer]

Cats are always in charge...

This is Poppy, the 2CV race car project manager.

[sutty2006]

Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my manly powers I won’t be able to attend this meeting either. I have a fern tree in my garden that needs serious weight reduction as it’s cracking next doors brickwork. Then Sunday we are at a wedding. Which is a big boo hiss but nothing I can do about it. 
 

I do however, have a grill for the CF, that has huge “Bedford” letters across it. This can be donated and if nessesary collected from Stoke on. Trent. That is, if I can’t wangle my way out of tree surgery. 

[hairnet]

Much nerd

[Snake Charmer]

3 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Cats are always in charge...

This is Poppy, the 2CV race car project manager.

Cool cat looking for a Kitty. 

[hairnet]

All kinds of tat

GS hnnnnggggggggggg (how much to get a spin )

 

 

[hairnet]

What else did we see

Oh no camera smashu

 

 

 

[beko1987]

1 minute ago, hairnet said:

What else did we see

Oh no camera smashu

 

 

 

That must have been when that Ford arrived to a citroen show @Slowsilver

Or the maserati that vanished fairly quickly

[hairnet]

Workhorses are ace Dean is sellin his earlier one - Chris jfdi

Some white thing (wobble)

4!!!!! Don't see many of them

[hairnet]

This is omgrare