New shitter. 1982 Citroen VISA.

[Lankytim]

I need to cut down on my screen time, I seem to spend far too much time on Facebook and AS. Yesterday was one of those times and I spotted a little Visa for sale very locally.

It had been left semi abandoned in a yard and had disappeared under a row of conifer trees. The yard was being extended and the overgrown area cleared and out popped this little Citroen. All 652cc of it (2CV engine!)
 

I was expecting a right rot box but amazingly I can’t find any real grot anywhere, the odd patch of sill has surface* rust which should clean up OK, the flange on the bulkhead where the spare wheel goes also looks a bit flakey and might need repair. 

It was last on the road in 2010 and drove to where it was parked,  I’m unsure whether the engine has seized and the brakes are very stiff but fingers crossed it won’t be that bad. 
I left a deposit and I’m A framing the thing back home tomorrow.

The keys are missing so I’ll have to remove the steering lock, I’ll then have to replace the locks or order a key, if that’s possible.

Anyway, some photos..

[loserone]

Utter winner.  Well done!

[Floatylight]

It was me who posted that, result it's joined the fold!

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[Fumbler]

Absolutely fantastic. Love the interior colour. Absolute WINbox right there!

[richardmorris]

Wow. Low miles too.

[dollywobbler]

All of the YES.

[egg]

101% win. So glad it is in the fold.

[Mrs6C]

^^^ Fantastic news!!!

Really pleased this one is safe. There are only four of these in the UK - the Visa II with the satellite pods. We have one but not sure who owns the others.

You might find the Citroen Visa Forum useful. Mike Harker who is the Moderator is a fount of knowledge and is happy to share it. He has posted up the parts books, user manuals etc. and is also 'in the know' about various caches of spares. He is a busy chap these days so not always quick to reply, but the quality of his help is worth the wait.

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/visaforum/

[HMC]

Excuse me whilst I have a crisis.

[brownnova]

Excellent Excellent Excellent!!!!!!

Absolutely love this!

[hairnet]

1. bassa

2. bassa

3. jelus

4. bassa

5. want

6. bassa (cos its a twin)

[captain_70s]

FIT.

[somewhatfoolish]

Is that the one from the tat thread? Phwoar! [rubs trousers]

[richardmorris]

Here a photos from 1983 of our visa during a huge forest fire in the drome valley in France.

[richardmorris]

Slightly blurred, and in the first photos the firemen had stopped to evacuate us from the gite, the engine behind was about to start spraying the roof with water and the car was already covered in red fire retardant spots dropped from planes. I was 11 it was quite scary.

[Six-cylinder]

I am so pleased you have this, it looks like it is going to make a great car.

I thought about getting it myself, but with 3 running Visas and a project car it was hard to justify, particularly as already have a  Special!  

In case you are wondering the wheel trims on mine are off a 14TRS and were there when I bought the car 4 years ago.

 

[HMC]

They really were on the pastis when they came up with these various visa wheel trim designs, epic stuff.

[Cavcraft]

100% win, that's an Autoshiter's dream find/buy..

[Mrs6C]

13 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Slightly blurred, and in the first photos the firemen had stopped to evacuate us from the gite, the engine behind was about to start spraying the roof with water and the car was already covered in red fire retardant spots dropped from planes. I was 11 it was quite scary.

Glad to see you were rescuing the cats - were there any nuns in need of assistance too?

[Lankytim]

I genuinely didn't see this in the Tat thread, it appeared on Facebook- it's almost like FB knows what i'm in to and targets ads at me knowing I'm a bit weak for crunchy old tat.

[vulgalour]

Perhaps the only time Facebook's algorithms have been used for the powers of good.  Excellent purchashing.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

34 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

...were there any nuns in need of assistance too?

Think they were already on the run.

[spartacus]

Ace, well rescued. Nothing says AS quite like the words "I left a deposit and I'm A framing the thing back home tomorrow".

Winnah.

[Rovorsche]

 

 

 

 

Did you have to kill the Zombie that was trapped in it or is that red stuff forest fire retardant all over the windscreen ?

Loving the fact that 50% of the instrument cluster is there to remind you "Still Citroën"

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

They really were on the pastis when they came up with these various visa wheel trim designs, epic stuff.

They definitely were if you worked at Paul Ricard....

 

[wuvvum]

Superb.  So glad someone on here nabbed this - I was getting worryingly close to doing something stupid.  I'd still love a 2-pot Visa one day.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, vulgalour said:

Excellent purchashing.

Bravo, sir!

[jonathan_dyane]

Best thing on here for ages!

[trigger]

Well done Tim! I look forwards to watching your progress with it!

[tooSavvy]

I just have to say.......

Sigh