Avoiding idle time, tending the lady in waiting...

[ruffgeezer]

So I've teased this out before, and recently I approached my boss with the idea that, if I had any spare time at work, I would start the task of bringing this old gal back to the road...

 

 

She's a 93/K Bx 19TGD, it hasn't seen the road since it was 18 months old, it was involved in a very heavy frontal impact which necessitated the shell being replaced, a good amount of the work was completed, however the engine wouldn't run correctly, and so the rebuild stalled, time passed and suddenly it wasn't a nearly new car anymore, it became a dust trap, a shelf, forgotten.

 

Well I have started clearing the area around it, and removing some of the 21 years worth of dust...

 

Here it is with a little less clutter around the front end;

 

 

The engine is the 1.9 Xud N/a but I am looking for an injection pump and mounting plate as a start towards getting it to run correctly...

 

 

Just 23,000 miles have been covered behind this wheel...

 

And there is a raft of unfitted parts in here too;

 

Other parts I will need are a green tinted windscreen, a set of tyres and a front bumper in the correct shade of Triton Green (there is a brand new one in the car, but cost is always a factor in these things)

 

If any members have anything that may aid me in my quest, please drop me a pm!

 

[dollywobbler]

This could be an amazing revival. Good luck in your search for parts.

[andrew e]

Ruffgeezer is or was this gaff an active Citroen dealership? Just nosey like.

[ruffgeezer]

Once upon a time, yes.

 

I know of a place with many rough bxs, so I may have to find a doner car...

[chodweaver]

I made a double take there! As it is I think you are saving the spirit of my only BX, not the actual one - a K reg dark blue 1.9 TXD that I had to give up when I changed jobs. It went to an ex-colleague who piled it up spectacularly within weeks, the Twat.

Good luck with a most worthy project. I will follow with interest!

 

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[Urko]

Had a BX 19 gti from brand new as a company car G472 XLR - was allowed options so chose factory aircon. I left so dunno who got it next. Much later I bought a gti 4x4, which I thought would be the pinacle of bx-ness. It wasn't.

 

Don't have any parts or contacts but wish you well as I have fond memories of at least one bx.