Cheap DS. Yes I'm that stupid.

[Frogchod]

As you may have seen I'm in the process of buying a 1968 DS.

Yesterday I went to see if I could get it running.

There were no sparks, but a clean of the points sorted that.

The fuel tank leaks so a temporary fuel supply was rigged.

A bit of churning and she fired up. No LHM leaks so she raised right up.

As soon as some iffy paperwork is sorted collection will occur.

I'll keep this thread updated with the full horror that a cheap DS will inevitably reveal.

[tooSavvy]

YKIMSDS

[fatharris]

This already has the makings of an epic thread. Good luck!

[jcr]

Doing God's work, carry on

[They_all_do_that_sir]

This should be good! Balls of steel

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[richardthestag]

you are a winner sir

[richardmorris]

[chaseracer]

17 minutes ago, They_all_do_that_sir said:

Balls of steel

...and nitrogen... ?

[ETCHY]

Wow, you sir are very brave, I salute you.

I look forward to the updates.

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, chaseracer said:

...and nitrogen... ?

Ka boom tish. Shouldn’t you be in the Edinburgh fringe with that repartee?

[hairnet]

crazy mutha

hope its not too painful

[bangernomics]

Not from a certain Irish chap is it?

[Frogchod]

1 hour ago, bangernomics said:

Not from a certain Irish chap is it?

No it's from a Dutch chap who runs a campsite near St Lo.

It was bought by him as an ornament for the campsite entrance.

[HMC]

Brave but also inspirational.

Where in France had it spent most of its time? Must be one of the oldest of the final facelifts surviving?

[Frogchod]

21 minutes ago, HMC said:

Brave but also inspirational.

Where in France had it spent most of its time? Must be one of the oldest of the final facelifts surviving?

Previous previous owner was from Granville. Which is by the sea.  In which it looks like it has been parked.

Yes it's an early final facelift, early enough to have the nice dashboard

 

[spartacus]

What a hero.

[egg]

3 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

YKIMSDS

You know it makes sense DS?

Well done Monsieur Chod. I assume iffy paper work means you are a a few Carte Gris 'en retard'?

[Skizzer]

You absolute legend.  Well done.

[GeordieInExile]

Hero. 

Of. 

MEN.

[eifion]

Congratulations. As others have said, it's a nice combination of later front but earlier dash with that lovely single-spoke steering wheel that curves out of the dashboard. 

[hairnet]

how long is the coil of mig wire gonna be

[sutty2006]

All you need now is a cape to go with your hero title.

 

reminds me of the first manta I bought. Sat on a driveway with a tree over it and not run for 10 years. Winch on recovery truck broke. Chucked a battery on it and it fired up and ran long enough to get it on the truck. Epic. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Well, at least the outer panels are easy to unbolt before you bin 'em.

Not a BVH example, but I see a manual column shift?

[Lankytim]

What are you doing man?? You'll kill us all!

[UltraWomble]

Sorry I can't hear you over the clanging of your enormous titanium balls. 

[Frogchod]

1 hour ago, egg said:

You know it makes sense DS?

Well done Monsieur Chod. I assume iffy paper work means you are a a few Carte Gris 'en retard'?

Just the one , hopefully he didn't bother to send in the cessation certificate. Otherwise the present owner will have to register it before he can sell to me.

Present owner messaged me this morning saying he's managed to get onto ANTS (new rego site in France ) and things are happening.

Fingers crossed.

[bigstraight6]

Epic, I got a feeling of enormous well being when I saw the pic of the DS with its suspension fully raised, just brilliant...

[lesapandre]

In its favour it looks like its been on hard standing which will have helped a little - parked on grass it may have had it. Trees may have protected it a little maybe. Very nice.

[bunglebus]

Braver than me, very cool ride though. Best of luck

[dollywobbler]

Well this is jolly exciting!