richardmorris Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 My dad had a red ( rouge geranium?) special new. A521slg. Picked it up 1st August and we went down to France on holiday in it the next day - I must have been 10. The only problem with it in the three years he had it before the bx (c383hfm) took over was corrosion on the rear discs. I remember him taking the wheels off to grind down the rust on the disc edges to stop them grinding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Yeah, that's flipping brilliant. Can we see what the seats look like? Let me know when you want to double your investment If this does come up for sale he should hold some sort of auction as I think a few of us would be moist about the prospect of owning something as spectacularly cool as this. There are not many cars I would ever consider replacing the Visa with but I would have to think about it for this l'onion barge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Go on, get one before they all disappear. You might be a touch late for a CX (they seem to be gradually rising in price), but the others are still accessible at Autoshite prices, and the C6 - the last big Cit - in particular has been taking a real beating in the depreciation stakes. Aside from mrs dustman killing me if I buy another car without offloading some of my other junk and sorting out my finance issues, big Citroen ownership isn't my bag. I see the appeal, but I couldn't live with one long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 A friend is selling a GORGEOUS GSA estate at the moment for £2350. It's beige, with a brown vinyl roof! Wantometer explosion. Supernaut, Mrs6C, Dirk Diggler and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I forgot how to embed (and take decent) videos, but here's a bit of HMC LDV GT V8 action. Angrydicky, Supernaut, The Moog and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Blackburn Autotests?! eddyramrod, KruJoe and HarmonicCheeseburger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 Bucketeer, privatewire, Six-cylinder and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 A friend is selling a GORGEOUS GSA estate at the moment for £2350. It's beige, with a brown vinyl roof! Wantometer explosion. egg and privatewire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Are those not K series Metro bonnet vents? RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Watched the vid. Is it running on eight? mat_the_cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Awesome bit of kit. That gear lever looks a bit low, but I suppose you don't need to use it too often. What's the gearing like on these - is it going to be screaming its knackers off on the motorway? Not that that matters when you've got a V8 to listen to obvs. Also, and at the risk of sounding like Wobbler, please swap those wiper arms round. They're making my teeth itch. Talbot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Watched the vid. Is it running on eight?Wot he said. I'm not sure all 8 cylinders are aware they should be in attendance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Watched the vid. Is it running on eight? Yes it doesn't sound as sweet as when I was last acquainted with it.... Is the exhaust blowing a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Also, and at the risk of sounding like Wobbler, please swap those wiper arms round. They're making my teeth itch. Glad I'm not the only one! Always pained me that my LDV 400 beavertail had two passenger wiper arms. I felt incomplete. I still do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I'm in love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Also, and at the risk of sounding like Wobbler, please swap those wiper arms round. They're making my teeth itch.Mine too. Swap them pleeeeeze! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Glad I'm not the only one! Always pained me that my LDV 400 beavertail had two passenger wiper arms. I felt incomplete. I still do.Didn't later models have wiper arms with a much reduced angle between arm and blade? Like the passenger one (incorrectly on the driver's side) on this vehilce? I'm sure I've seen plenty of them with "two passenger wiper arms". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Didn't later models have wiper arms with a much reduced angle between arm and blade? Like the passenger one (incorrectly on the driver's side) on this vehilce? I'm sure I've seen plenty of them with "two passenger wiper arms". I thought anything LDV was made to Monday morning or Friday afternoon standards using whatever was lying around? D Spares & Tyres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Just watched the Vids too. That is not running on all 8 by a long shot.. possibly not even 7. Like Clarkson's Porsche 928 in the sub £1500 porsche challenge, that sounds like a V6 & 3/4. BorniteIdentity, Mr_Bo11ox and mat_the_cat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I forgot how to embed (and take decent) videos, but here's a bit of HMC LDV GT V8 action. https://youtu.be/EWY951LNGSo https://youtu.be/vHP6C5HFLYUThe Yodel boy would hae no chance at winning "chap door runaway" with a 'sorry you were out' card if forced to deliver in this. You'd hear it 1/2 a mile away! Does it spin up the duallys Mistah? oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Yup that's gonna be epic when all eight pots are invited to the party. My old LR sounded like that when I got it. Cleaning & swapping the plugs about along with setting the carbs properly made it run properly. Gained 1mpg too somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 i find the sound a bit upsetting!!!! Can we have another video when all 8 pots are doing their thang please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Yeah, chuck some leads at the fucker sharpish, and get that diff welded up while you're about it. Dave_Q, dome, HarmonicCheeseburger and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Agreed it's not running absolutely perfectly just now but the combination of rubbish phone microphone and a devoutly religious exhaust make it sound worse on the video than it actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I hope its plugs and leads and the camshaft has'nt lost a lobe or two. Sigmund Fraud, cobblers, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I contend that there has NEVER been a sensible four-door, four-seat family car that's as much fun to drive as a GS/GSA. Perhaps just the one, before the ferrous oxide time bomb went off... spartacus and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Agreed it's not running absolutely perfectly just now but the combination of rubbish phone microphone and a devoutly religious exhaust make it sound worse on the video than it actually is.Yes, exhaust does sound somewhat fragmented. The Lexus also has this problem. Spoils the soundtrack somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Didn't later models have wiper arms with a much reduced angle between arm and blade? Like the passenger one (incorrectly on the driver's side) on this vehilce? I'm sure I've seen plenty of them with "two passenger wiper arms".All 400s had the different-arm set-up. The Convoy used identical arms each side. And looked crap as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Agreed that it's dropped off a couple of cylinders at least, got some plugs and leads on order, the existing ones look ancient. Part of the manifold to downpipe joint/ joints have a hole which makes the uneven beat even more noticeable. Odd to have a manual choke (and twin carbs) on something as late as this. HERITAGE. Coprolalia, RobT, somewhatfoolish and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Also will swap the wiper arms over, I hadn't noticed, but looking at the pics it makes sense now. wuvvum and dollywobbler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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