Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

62,836 · February 7, 2020

I always used to prefer the interior of the facelift versions, but these early ones are growing on me. Possibly due to how rare they are now.

2,718 · February 7, 2020

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

The car lived in Bristol certainly for its early life.

@Wingz123 can you add any more detail?

Yes and I could probably dig out the guys address deep within my messages if you ever did want to get in touch with him. I seem to remember him not being all that far from J19 of the M4 which I believe is the M32 exit into Bristol??

Yes so it was the chaps grandad who had it. He had indeed as @bramz7 suggested had it from new. Sadly he was forced to give up driving and his wife was unable to drive. Whenever the subject arose regarding selling or getting rid of the car I remember the sellers grandson saying it was like hitting a nerve as the grandad would go off on one. I guess it was the grandads denial in knowing that he would never be back on the road - as a result the car was mothballed in the garage but he still came out to it every so often and started it up to keep things ticking over I remember him saying.

As the grandads health declined to the point he was no longer able to make it as far as the garage the car sat and sat. When he sadly passed away his wife still couldn't part with the car as it would not have been what he'd wanted. Obviously some day it would have to go. His wife then passed away and it fell to the grandson to sort the estate.

The grandson picked over it but dont think the sentiment was really appreciated by him (I could be wrong) but this AX was not his thing. His drive was cluttered with an old 940 Volvo and a rather sad looking white Ford Granada, miraculously still holding onto its rear arches.

The grandson and his friend attempted to get it going by whacking a battery on it and that's about it. I seem to recall him telling me they checked the plugs. As they cranked they managed to get it to fire into life. It idled for all of about 5 seconds then died. More cranking and no firing. In actual fact it would never fire again in this chaps possession and after becoming somewhat baffled by the mysterious non start now he listed it for sale. As I say, I just dont think the attachment or bond even despite his family history with the car was enough for him to try and work out what the cause was.

Sad but on a more positive note the car is now with someone that 1) is giving it the love it deserves and 2) is keen to restore it to its former glory!! WIN WIN!!

15,089 · February 7, 2020

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Thanks for offering.

Is it a stand alone radio Cassette or does it need a separate amplifier?

I am looking for something that was the usual fitment in a 1988 AX.

I have just checked my 1988 price list and a AX 14TRS would have had a standard fit Stereo radio cassette.

It doesn't need an amplifier. You just connect it to the ISO (or is it DIN) multipin plug thing, connect the RF aerial, and away it goes. Usual Alpine greenish backlighting and digital station display.

2,718 · February 7, 2020

@Six-cylinder I have just PM'd you with the previous owners contact number and the address (his home address) where I collected the car.

June last year I collected it from bramz!

28,487 · February 7, 2020

Lovely! Glad it's up and running again. Hopefully the rest of the work was more uneventful than getting it unloaded!

2,718 · February 7, 2020

6 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Lovely! Glad it's up and running again. Hopefully the rest of the work was more uneventful than getting it unloaded!

Any heavier a car and ?

7,942 · February 8, 2020

13 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Thanks for offering.

Is it a stand alone radio Cassette or does it need a separate amplifier?

I am looking for something that was the usual fitment in a 1988 AX.

I have just checked my 1988 price list and a AX 14TRS would have had a standard fit Stereo radio cassette.

There are still some NOS Citroen fitment blaupunkt radios at work. If you want one now is the time to ask.

7,882 · February 8, 2020

Like a lot. My old AX (an M reg 1.5d) was on those wheels and I still think they're the prettiest AX wheels you can get. I miss mine.

I live right by the M32/M4 junction so it must have come from somewhere near me originally!

5,382 · February 8, 2020

15 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Last taxed in Horfield in 2001. In 2001 I was living in... Horfield. So I may well have seen it about.

Beacon Motors now:

Just up the road from my favourite spares shop, Millards Motor Accessories.

15,089 · February 8, 2020

16 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

It doesn't need an amplifier. You just connect it to the ISO (or is it DIN) multipin plug thing, connect the RF aerial, and away it goes. Usual Alpine greenish backlighting and digital station display.

Here are some photos of the Alpine unit removed from the CX:

37,652 · February 8, 2020

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Here are some photos of the Alpine unit removed from the CX:

That looks like it with do the job better than a new cheap Chinese radio. I will pm you.

15,089 · February 8, 2020

16 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

... I will pm you.

Replied.

37,652 · February 19, 2020

I said good bye to an old friend today, after 9 years I have sold my 2004 Range Rover to WeBuyAnyCar. I left it in a public car park and went into a portacabin to hand it over, all a bit unceremonious really.

I bought the L322 2 weeks after joining Autoshite as a 6 year old Chelsea Tractor and was too embarrassed to talk about it for years! Then it became old and rusty and it seemed ok for it to appear in my pages.

26,933 · February 19, 2020

Oooh how much did the cocky idiot who repeated the same question twice give you for it?

The conversation was hilarious, the guy is blatantly used to chavs offing fucked range rovers off on them, he seemed genuinely surprised when you said you'd had it 9 years and just replaced it with a newer one to get another 10 years out of it, there was a visible pause...

5,333 · February 19, 2020

I bought the L322 2 weeks after joining Autoshite as a 6 year old Chelsea Tractor and was too embarrassed to talk about it for years! Then it became old and rusty and it seemed ok for it to appear in my pages.

I notice you haven't mentioned it's replacement......

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15,089 · February 19, 2020

1 minute ago, Floatylight said:

I notice you haven't mentioned it's replacement......

I've seen it.

37,652 · February 19, 2020

16 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I notice you haven't mentioned it's replacement......

You are all trying to embarrass me!

You know it is not suitable before the watershed in about 8 years time when it is old broken and rusty!

19,706 · February 19, 2020

its there right now surely

have you played with all the buttons yet

63,076 · February 19, 2020

42 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

all a bit unceremonious really.

Always a ceremony when you sell a car....due to the rarity of such incidents! ;-)

24,024 · February 19, 2020

Don’t be embarrassed, as I think I mentioned my neighbours 19reg RR that they’ve had new, has had the dealer called out for non starting at least three times that I know of.

The new next door neighbours who I have just met, have a relatively old Land Rover ( not a disco and can’t remember the model).

24,024 · February 19, 2020

36 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Oooh how much did the cocky idiot who repeated the same question twice give you for it?

The conversation was hilarious, the guy is blatantly used to chavs offing fucked range rovers off on them, he seemed genuinely surprised when you said you'd had it 9 years and just replaced it with a newer one to get another 10 years out of it, there was a visible pause...

You obviously made it more valuable by polishing out the scrapes.

37,652 · February 19, 2020

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

Don’t be embarrassed, as I think I mentioned my neighbours 19reg RR that they’ve had new, has had the dealer called out for non starting at least three times that I know of.

Situation normal for a Land Rover product!

27,242 · February 19, 2020

Is the replacement,black?

19,706 · February 19, 2020

Just now, DVee8 said:

Is the replacement,black?

its not cheap

5,333 · February 19, 2020

I've seen it.

So have I...

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37,652 · February 19, 2020

Just now, DVee8 said:

Is the replacement,black?

Black with white leather would have been easy, No I flew up to Scotland to get the only one I could find in the uk in blue with tan leather.

37,652 · February 19, 2020

19 minutes ago, hairnet said:

its there right now surely

have you played with all the buttons yet

NO, I just can't work it all out!

37,652 · February 19, 2020

Go on them, I shall show zis only once!

24,024 · February 19, 2020

5 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

NO, I just can't work it all out!

Probably because your right arm seems to be on the left.

37,652 · February 19, 2020

Just now, richardmorris said:

Probably because your right arm seems to be on the left.

That was the dealer trying to show me how!

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