Show us Your Citroen AXs please!

[Six-cylinder]

  On 24/06/2019 at 22:11, ruffgeezer said:

I can remember one mk1b gt 5 (1991/J) with aircon.

Interestingly it also had mono point injection too.

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I think injection came with the cat option.

[Six-cylinder]

  On 24/06/2019 at 22:36, Ghosty said:

The air conditioning is a Japanese thing. I don't know why but over there they really, really like aircon, and you can get almost anything with it from the factory. Rover Minis for example, and Eunos Roadsters even(?!).

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Ok I admit it I had the air con fixed on my Eunos and yes the garage who did it did think I was weird! It took the garage a while to find me the Jap spec condenser I needed.

[Ghosty]

In that case I'm glad the Eunos I'm viewing on Friday has supposedly working aircon! 

[ruffgeezer]

  On 24/06/2019 at 22:41, Six-cylinder said:

I think injection came with the cat option.

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I don't remember if it had a cat on it, only that it was a really odd spec. I presume it was injected to cope with the needs of air conditioning?

 

[Bucketeer]

In October 2017 a very bad man started my obsession with AXs. I had no previous experience of them and was pretty ambivalent about them. Instead of starting me off gently with a gateway drug 1.0 4speed AX this evil peddler sold me his class A Forte 1.1i and I was hooked.

Six_cylinder had previously bought it from Bramz (obviously) and before him it had lived, like so many AXs, with an elderly owner for many years.

I owned it for many happy months before I experienced a financial crisis which coincided with the MOT running out. I did what any sane person would do when skint with a broken car, I bought more cars whilst my broken one sat in a rented garage. None of them were a patch on the Forte.

In the end I was forced to sell up and Sickboy took on the Forte, with a promise that I had first, second, third and fourth dibs if and when he sold it on. He sorted all the MOT niggles and ran it through last winter before a couple of months ago, true to his word, he offered it back to me.

The excitement of getting this car back was unbelievable. I had thought about it every day in the intervening months and now it is back snuggled up in my loving bosum it's never leaving me again.

[Bucketeer]

  On 21/06/2019 at 09:12, Ben_O said:

I keep looking out for another one but cant find anything near enough to me.

 

They are great little things. I've had 3 in the past.

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Where are you Ben_O? More eyes are better than one, I'm sure there are a few of us happy to be enablers and keep our ears peeled and our eyes to the ground.

[Ben_O]

  On 25/06/2019 at 18:58, Bucketeer said:

Where are you Ben_O? More eyes are better than one, I'm sure there are a few of us happy to be enablers and keep our ears peeled and our eyes to the ground.

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Cheers Man. 

I'm on the Isle of Wight which means anything other than on the island incurs ferry costs on top of travel and as it would only be a fun thing because I want to own another, I can't justify the expense at the moment.

I'm royally peed off though as there was a green 3 door mk2 in a driveway near to me that looks to have been sat for years and i kept thinking about knocking on the door but didn't and now it's gone.

It was a right old hoarder house with lots of old classic cars around on the grounds covered with tarps. The classics are still there but no AX.

 

If one did come up though, I would be sorely tempted even if it needed work. I restore classic cars for a living so body/paintwork is not an issue nor is welding etc. mechanics are simple so no bother either.

I had a 11TRE 5 door as my first car and loved it. Unfortunately it got written off but I did replace with a GT and then later a 994cc 4spd 3 door mk2. It was a special edition although I can't remember which but it was pink (not faded red).

 

I think id prefer a mk2.

Cheers

Ben

[Bucketeer]

I reckon island life would really suit a sweet MK2 3 door 1.0. One of the special editions that had the mega comfy seats like the Dimension bikelet that is ex- Bramz, Jerzywoking, me, castrosbro, Robinmasters(?), Northern monkey, and many others I'm sure.

Loved that thing.

Here it is transporting a washing machine across the country. Because AX.

The AX sniffer dogs are now on the case for you. Also, Bucketeer Delivery Service is always available for AXs.

[ruffgeezer]

I saw my 5Dr vts converted ax for sale on Facebook again yesterday...

[loserone]

For how much?

[Ben_O]

  On 25/06/2019 at 20:06, Bucketeer said:

I reckon island life would really suit a sweet MK2 3 door 1.0. One of the special editions that had the mega comfy seats like the Dimension bikelet that is ex- Bramz, Jerzywoking, me, castrosbro, Robinmasters(?), Northern monkey, and many others I'm sure.

Loved that thing.

Here it is transporting a washing machine across the country. Because AX.

The AX sniffer dogs are now on the case for you. Also, Bucketeer Delivery Service is always available for AXs.

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That is very kind of you. Much appreciated

I have actually found a 1.5D on carandclassic in Hampshire wo its close but at £500, its a bit too much for me right now when factoring in ferry etc especially being high season making the ferries triple the price....

There is another up country for £250 that needs welding but is otherwise good.

 

The more I think about it, the more I would like a scruffy one as a project... hmmmmmm

 

That red one in your post with the towing frame has always caught my eye. Something about it.

 

Cheers

Ben

[ruffgeezer]

Think it has had another back axle and engine since I had it though...

[KitKat]

As a further contribution, whilst I was its custodian, here’s some snaps of Bucketeers Forte taken last December in mid Wales.

 

[Axplug]

Is this allowed

[Bamboocarman]

Here's mine, the second of two; one of my favourites from approx 2009 to 2012: should have kept it . . .

Low mileage, vgc etc, £400 at Birtley car auctions.

Full of character, warmth, comfort and simplicity.

[Spottedlaurel]

Other than my grandparents having one for a while, and getting the odd lift in others over the years, I have no significant experience of the AX. Just photos of random 'special' editions....

1995 Citroen AX Cascade (954cc) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1997 Citroen AX Spree by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Citroen AX Image by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1990 Citroen AX Tonic by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1996 Citroen AX Dimension 1.0 + Hyundai Coupe by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1995 Citroen AX 14 Forte by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

This was an odd one, with an export marker against it and looking somewhat abandoned at Dieppe.

Citroen AX10E by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Original is best?

[Bamboocarman]

  On 06/07/2019 at 16:50, Spottedlaurel said:

Other than my grandparents having one for a while, and getting the odd lift in others over the years, I have no significant experience of the AX. Just photos of random 'special' editions....

1995 Citroen AX Cascade (954cc) by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1997 Citroen AX Spree by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Citroen AX Image by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1990 Citroen AX Tonic by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1996 Citroen AX Dimension 1.0 + Hyundai Coupe by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1995 Citroen AX 14 Forte by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

This was an odd one, with an export marker against it and looking somewhat abandoned at Dieppe.

Citroen AX10E by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Original is best?

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Yes, original best: simpler the better. 

[Bucketeer]

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Any good @Ben_O ?

[matara]

This is my 1990 AX GT that I pulled out of a beachside suburb in Sydney where it had been languishing for the last 18 years. Just got it back on the road after replacing every single rubber item under the chassis. Citroen imported about 30 of them in 1990 and tried to sell them for $26,000 when a Suzuki Swift GTi was $11,900 so they took about 3 years to sell that initial batch of 30 and stopped importing them.

 

with my son's Aussie Si Rallye replica

 

[neil72]

Here's a couple of local AX's that have survived the ULEZ, the silver 93 Echo was seen on a walk around Shrewsbury

[Six-cylinder]

I had forgotten I started this thread and neglected to update it in Dec 2019 when I got another AX.

 @bramz7bought a MK1 AX 14TRS and while I know a MK2 was a much better car I liked it and was looking forward to him fixing it, it was a non runner when he got it. Nothing happened and I messaged him a couple of times the last one to say did he want to pass it on still broken?

It became mine and I got it back on the road. Currently clean tidy with a few marks on the bodywork and fully running. The MOT has lapsed Sep 2024 but is simply I have more running car than I can possibly use and I did not want it out in the winter as it is a lovely 32,000 miles example.

 

[bramz7]

Very glad that car is still in such a good shape. Unfortunately the social club car park I had it in temporarily took major umbrage to it being there so a quick move to a friend's relatives made it even more difficult to muster enthusiasm to sort it out...to be honest though looking at the car now it was probably the best thing to happen to it!

 

[Saabnut]

This is mine (bit of an AS bike being ex @The Moog ex roffle ex others) and getting rare (howmanyleft reckons 3 OTR).  Certainly not many 1.5 diesels about nor I suspect many AXs with 181k miles.

[Eyersey1234]

Why are the face-lift AXs referred to as Mk2?

[rob88h]

I honestly can’t remember why I got this car… I had a Capri with no rear axle and I think a Volvo 340 GL without MOT due to it’s crusty arches, but I think the lure of the 1.0L AX with it’s cheaper insurance and fuel usage was as a whole an advantageous financial prospect for the remainder of my time at University.

I’m glad I got it though because this thing was ace!

One stormy night on the M62, in max wiper speed conditions I leant forward to help me see (as if that would help) and watched as the mono-wiper inverted itself. Before I had time to think “oh no that’s not wiping my screen now it’s facing backwards” the wiper blade blew clean off in a gust of wind leaving me with just the arm! On another occasion I shut the boot not quite straight and the striker hit the catch awkwardly causing the rear window to shatter leaving the boot to fall on to the floor with me just looking at it in abject disappointment.

I thrashed this poor little thing a bit too much doing many long trips from Lancaster to Felixstowe and I’m ashamed to admit I didn’t keep on top of it’s fluids. Once the beginning of the end was initiated it was too late and it deteriorated pretty quickly despite regular oil changes and cooling system tinkering. I became a one-man smoke machine, particularly after idling hot in traffic (Valve seals?) to the point where people would try to flash me off the road. The car now had MPG figures for oil and coolant as well as fuel, but we trooped on until MOT day with no loss of performance. Needless to say, the emissions were a bit high and it failed it’s MOT, but not for lack of trying. In fact, they had to try quite hard to get the measurement at all because it boiled over twice on the dyno just trying to take the reading. I’ve never seen so much blue smoke, you could barely see across the bay to the emission computer. RIP little buddy.

TL:DR- definitely would AX again

[Imhotep]

Don’t need to be asked twice! 

AX GT project. Had it 5 years (longest I’ve ever had a car) and I really need to do something with it…

[Six-cylinder]

  On 22/02/2025 at 19:48, Eyersey1234 said:

Why are the face-lift AXs referred to as Mk2?

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In Oct 1991 AX got a substantial facelift including update to the front, many detail changes and the biggest was a completely new much more rounded dash. The result was the whole car felt much more solid and improved. I sold AX at Launch but moved away from that Citroen dealer and when I returned to a different Citroen dealer in 1994 they were called MK1's and MK2's.

[bigfella2]

Well here's mine, not done anything with it since I got it, but now runs on four cylinders at least. Here's the walk around from Mathewson's from when I bought it.

Looks so smoll next to the X1 Infront of it.