eBay tat volume 3.

[IronStar]

6 minutes ago, grogee said:

I cannae see it, it's behind the FB wall. 

I think I have learned that 2.0 EFi (and diesel?) uses a different PAS setup to 1.3/1.6 cars, something to do with the shape of the VW box versus the Honda box. 

Montego 2.0 Vanden Plas

 

[D.E]

£150, three weeks of MOT left.

Quote

Needs a rear arch on the nearside so won't pass as it is.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-440-hatchback-1992-manual-1721-cc-5-doors/1488027098

[MrBiscuits]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

Is that beige denim seat fabric? Unbelievably cool. 

Anyway back at Citroen R&D, 1973:

"Where shall we put the heater controls?" 

"By the driver's arse" 

"What about in the centre console?" 

"No, we've already put an empty box there" 

It's a car from the future right? They put that little box there for your phone.

Wasn't there another Citroen that had the radio (mounted vertically) where those heater controls are? I have a vague childhood memory of getting a lift in one in the 80s - I thought it was a CX but maybe it was a GS. It was batshit compared to my dad's Datsun anyway.

[wesacosa]

4 minutes ago, MrBiscuits said:

It's a car from the future right? They put that little box there for your phone.

Wasn't there another Citroen that had the radio (mounted vertically) where those heater controls are? I have a vague childhood memory of getting a lift in one in the 80s - I thought it was a CX but maybe it was a GS. It was batshit compared to my dad's Datsun anyway.

the GSA had radio there, yes

[grogee]

7 minutes ago, MrBiscuits said:

It's a car from the future right? They put that little box there for your phone.

Wasn't there another Citroen that had the radio (mounted vertically) where those heater controls are? I have a vague childhood memory of getting a lift in one in the 80s - I thought it was a CX but maybe it was a GS. It was batshit compared to my dad's Datsun anyway.

Yep, GS & GSA plus CX Mk2 had radio by your left arse cheek. It's a shame they'd not invented steering column stalk controls for remote radio control at that point. 

My only childhood memory of such Citroens is getting a lift in a mate's dad's GS and the dad flapping about it overheating while we were idling and stopped. Which I don't really understand because it was air cooled...? 

[grogee]

17 minutes ago, IronStar said:

Montego 2.0 Vanden Plas

 

That would be a very useful source of spares including the PAS as you say. However it requires a) transporting and b) a house with enough space to take it to pieces. Neither of which I have at the moment. Annoying. 

[Asimo]

https://www.arcar.org/mercedes-benz-pickup-220-d-110509

Better than an X-class.  (Not home-made)

[IronStar]

39 minutes ago, grogee said:

That would be a very useful source of spares including the PAS as you say. However it requires a) transporting and b) a house with enough space to take it to pieces. Neither of which I have at the moment. Annoying. 

Another unit next to Maestro if available/not stupidly expensive?

[Cavcraft]

The head lining on that Montego looks like my best 'going out' undies.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

5 hours ago, Asimo said:

50 years on, the CX is still more modern than modern things. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156445078175

[Cavcraft]

Correctly engined Transit horse box

FORD TRANSIT MK3 HORSE BOX 1986 ON C REG USED DAILY | eBay

'19K ON CLOCK BUT ORIGNAL MILEAGE THE MILEAGE IS ABOUT 90K ON CLOCK'

MOT history suggests it's either had more clocks than Captain H Orologist, or seen more haircuts than Nicky Clarke. 

[Cavcraft]

Suzuki whizzkid 1000cc rear engine 1980 mot/tax exempt | eBay

'I have all the crime trim'

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, grogee said:

Is that beige denim seat fabric? Unbelievably cool. 

Anyway back at Citroen R&D, 1973:

"Where shall we put the heater controls?" 

"By the driver's arse" 

"What about in the centre console?" 

"No, we've already put an empty box there" 

Citroen rectified that with the series 2 which put the heater controls in plain site on the centre console, and the radio vertically between the seats.  

[Asimo]

5 hours ago, grogee said:

"Where shall we put the heater controls?" 

"By the driver's arse" 

It might seem odd nowadays, but other cars had heater controls down between the seats back then. Air-cooled Fiats and VWs for example. Even the radio between the seats is not as daft as may be first thought: with just 5 or 6 pre-sets and volume control, you really don’t need to look at what you are doing.

Compared to the ergonomic disaster of Tesla’s touch-screen-for-everything, the CX is ergonomically utterly brilliant.

[D.E]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186728519139?itmmeta=01JA641NSQX24TCRV45PZB878C&hash=item2b79e315e3:g:C5UAAOSwLPRnC-sM&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwIGlUAWZBx1gbu%2FRwYCIK9zwhc%2Fx4uoFZaY1gk9dMc1jAhJq2GyVDCF3Dr0c1GCKrMJ0kmorR75yGkO94%2FkZMRNDngXCHVboRuNOEmVAKFLRq4p3YkmNC%2B5RzaNElBWNlu91Ht0Ia%2FwrMtR8AvsAQ6%2BjCHwWBNrllsld3UH2PzEymSqoxiEQOPKB0GsFOZizVcF1AV6XhorciavZsarfW5V0vdoadcEDZrJCTooVtJd6OXSYehdzDS7EVzK14SS1fA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_zchsTRZA

[D.E]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126723610963?itmmeta=01JA670Z8B0MX9VM5EPFAW8XQ6&hash=item1d8150d953:g:GBkAAOSwqB5nDVzt&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4IGlUAWZBx1gbu%2FRwYCIK9yUPgZx4yuj8KJP%2FXpO2Gx4NfrNnR4aL16jBeAfw4qZN%2BhS45NMWyKlYsCv3hAVSRReUnOt6BTlV0gz%2Bvwf82gso5munMGyFDPqlmC6YCmfwxAwILvNN89zHicXHz1NmgU%2BtEnvKgEPE327xL25ScfzFgS4YdHv5yjk2CRwxQcecOYAkDmJrI10u1YSmX%2FVksP%2BMOEyB2zXO%2BcQtngmEi9AoyhBON9EFQDNLxFLX7V5whGmIpqMzBp9m244zvHid9uFkwUgIrA8pwhqeT22mlY5|tkp%3ABk9SR570g8fRZA

[bigstraight6]

4 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

The head lining on that Montego looks like my best 'going out' undies.

 

Oh no, I can’t unsee Cavcraft’s tatty old Y fronts now..

[UltraWomble]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305830201884

I do like a Tomos - though this one looks like its recently been at the bottom of a canal.

[D.E]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196723730816?itmmeta=01JA6B520KPX991F114A6PF6RD&hash=item2dcda5e980:g:GKwAAOSw~0RnAqvz&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwIGlUAWZBx1gbu%2FRwYCIK9wiiG1C1Mw%2BYHOOaiDYtLiegvjENzk0ahUY2MqrpjX6JFZLcgZWDoJ2R8eAoqk6SiAZo2RGCuHfootzGLfkdQaCi4rCm0cZ9OudQF%2FwwEcdGeWqPQsXllqjFA1KiDUQ2%2B3hY%2BpsVBBEpsxQkWJ2I2aW4YGEizfFRAqxeQjs88zUtj0G5Eqv609bt%2Bu4U15ekSw3EwJUyZQWyry%2BHjtJKn07v4UYPpx5jSdUGoXPAnJCgQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7SglMvRZA

[Cavcraft]

Hillman Imp spares or repair project. | eBay

1970's Dymo-tastic dashboard instructions

 

[Cavcraft]

CLASSIC RETRO CAR | eBay

Someone maybe needs to ask them why their log burner is having a party.

[Cavcraft]

Rover 25 2003 1.4 16v i | eBay

It's in Whitchurch so go in twos, or you might meet Alan Partridge's famer people.

[Cavcraft]

Yamaha QT 50cc Moped - Restoration Project - Non Starter - 1989 (G) | eBay

It's in Blackpool, so you can probably say you've ridden worse on your stag night there.

 

Also, it's not really that far from @UltraWomble and your fancy car that this would fit in. #justsayingM8

[Cavcraft]

Bristol Europa | eBay

'It's only had one previous owner: Monsieur Mangtout'

[UltraWomble]

15 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Yamaha QT 50cc Moped - Restoration Project - Non Starter - 1989 (G) | eBay

It's in Blackpool, so you can probably say you've ridden worse on your stag night there.

 

Also, it's not really that far from @UltraWomble and your fancy car that this would fit in. #justsayingM8

That's delightfully grim

Thanks for the heads up

[somewhatfoolish]

A shaftdrive moped? Yamaha were obviously experimenting with mind altering substances at the time.

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Asimo said:

It might seem odd nowadays, but other cars had heater controls down between the seats back then. Air-cooled Fiats and VWs for example. Even the radio between the seats is not as daft as may be first thought: with just 5 or 6 pre-sets and volume control, you really don’t need to look at what you are doing.

Compared to the ergonomic disaster of Tesla’s touch-screen-for-everything, the CX is ergonomically utterly brilliant.

Didn't the Imp have the choke lever by the handbrake?

[wesacosa]

35 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Didn't the Imp have the choke lever by the handbrake?

Not driven one but I suspect so, most rear engine cars do

[wesacosa]

cheap A2 project in the best colour . tempted myself but its a bit of a trek for me

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2560280017694000/?ref=newsfeed

 

[IronStar]

2 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Hillman Imp spares or repair project. | eBay

1970's Dymo-tastic dashboard instructions

 

Oooh a crashed, well past it example of a car that’s been unsuitably stored forever and needs everything at 7x the value of the finished product? It would take an absolute madman to take pity on the car and get it back on the road?
This is right up my street then, good thing it’s across the continent.