eifion Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 A YouTube restoration sounds like an excellent idea to me. richykitchy and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 10 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Brodie's has accumulated countless shelves full of parts reclaimed from SMs they have dismantled over the decades. They could probably build most of one from what they have. I had to walk past those shelves to get to the office on my one and only visit there. There are other parts sources over the Channel. Here's one. OK I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 27 minutes ago, Richard_FM said: OK I see. B L Autos in Welwyn Garden City may also have some SM parts available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 One of these rare beasts just appeared in my inbox: Spotted by my dad while buying eggs at a local farm. Small world... Datsuncog, LightBulbFun, eddyramrod and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 One I spotted in France in July 18. What was remarkable about this was it was in what appeared to everyday use - quite tatty and parked casually at the side of the road in N. France. Department 34 puts it as a S. of France registration which may explain the degraded paintwork - I photographed it in the north in Picardy. Was just as scruffy inside including some DIY materials in the back! Stevebrookman, Dick Longbridge, LightBulbFun and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 34 minutes ago, Fumbler said: One of these rare beasts just appeared in my inbox: ..... Wasn't it Belgium which used to use amber/yellow for reversing lights, instead of white? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 22 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Wasn't it Belgium which used to use amber/yellow for reversing lights, instead of white? May have been, not completely sure but it does ring a bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Talbot and richykitchy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_FM Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 10 hours ago, Fumbler said: May have been, not completely sure but it does ring a bell. I think France did as well, certainly I've seen at least one picture of a Renault 16 with the reverse lights in amber. Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Yeah, some GSs had orange reverse lights. That said, some French cars had orange BRAKE lights for a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Richard_FM said: a Renault 16 with the reverse lights in amber the man from google, he say yes mk2_craig and ProgRocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Nice buy @richykitchy . Best of British Luck with it. The only SM I've ever seen in the flesh is this one a decade ago: richykitchy and lesapandre 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Just 'namechecked' your SM, to Scott, on the latest CWM youtube Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 I have clapped eyes on an SM only once, owned by Guy Berryman of Coldplay (seen in the background) at a slightly poncy car show up at Bicester. They look like an event, even when just sitting still. Right up there on my bucket list, these. mercedade and richykitchy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 See also the one parked up in a central London side street that I used to walk past every day on the way to the office, alongside a revolving selection of other Citroens, including a DS break full of builders materials. Feels a bit dodgy posting a Streetview link to the exact place, but here's a screengrab: CGSB, gm, richykitchy and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 59 minutes ago, angle said: See also the one parked up in a central London side street that I used to walk past every day on the way to the office, alongside a revolving selection of other Citroens, including a DS break full of builders materials..... That is probably the best-known street south of the river in Citroën circles. I'm guessing the owner's not particularly worried about ULEZ or the choice* of future Mayor.... LightBulbFun and GeorgeB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 14 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: That is probably the best-known street south of the river in Citroën circles. I'm guessing the owner's not particularly worried about ULEZ or the choice* of future Mayor.... If one’s house is worth several million £, very few things are worth worrying about, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Thinking back to my time in the Sm- we went up to the Citroen national at gaydon from isleworth. It was simultaneously fantastic and terrifying. I remember the sat nav saying “keep right” as we passed junction 4 on the m40 at an indicated 90mph. GPS on the sat nav was a fair bit lower! It’s one of those cars that I am immensely grateful exist, but have No wish to have to pay to own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 29 minutes ago, richardmorris said: If one’s house is worth several million £, very few things are worth worrying about, The rich are different to you and me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Just now, Tadhg Tiogar said: The rich are different to you and me.... They have more money! Isn’t that the great gatsby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 32 minutes ago, richardmorris said: They have more money! Isn’t that the great gatsby? I thought it was Philip Larkin. Or maybe not him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 First that beige ZAZ thing, now this....Autoshite has plumbed new heights in the last few days! egg, richykitchy and richardmorris 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 35 minutes ago, richardmorris said: They have more money! Isn’t that the great gatsby? Was it not Hemingway with the retort? richardmorris and lesapandre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I thought it was Philip Larkin. Or maybe not him... I shall check my f s fitchgerald in the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, Spurious said:Was it not Hemingway with the retort? Now you’ve mentioned it yes. I think you’re correct. I’ve just looked as I thought it was the first line of the great gatsby but I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Another one who witnessed the escapade emerging with Jonny on Twitter, via the competition* win. Well kept on your promise, you lunatic! +1 on keeping the US spec front end, I'd not realised that they'd been exported to the States either, so would propose keeping them as is. If by any chance you want/need an internet stranger who happens to be up t'A3 to stand around and suck air in through one's teeth, I can help! Or hold stuff, I can do that too... richykitchy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogeyhead Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Every time I see a Citroen SM I get a boner. Unfortunately, it soon subsides when I remember my previous ownership of a CX back in the 1990s. Apart from routine maintenance and new gas spheres, my adventures included the exhaust pipe dropping off, the steering lock seizing and the weird handbrake set up failing at least once a month. It was like a limo to drive and I loved the mad instruments and the non cancelling indicators. I eventually parted company with it, as it was such a money pit that I was permanently skint for the whole time I owned it. Given that was only a CX, god only knows what a money pit an SM would be. richykitchy and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 One I saw a couple of weeks ago... adw1977, CGSB and richykitchy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, bogeyhead said: Every time I see a Citroen SM I get a boner. Unfortunately, it soon subsides when I remember my previous ownership of a CX back in the 1990s. Apart from routine maintenance and new gas spheres, my adventures included the exhaust pipe dropping off, the steering lock seizing and the weird handbrake set up failing at least once a month. It was like a limo to drive and I loved the mad instruments and the non cancelling indicators. I eventually parted company with it, as it was such a money pit that I was permanently skint for the whole time I owned it. Given that was only a CX, god only knows what a money pit an SM would be. You had a Series 1, then. Excellent! richykitchy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogeyhead Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: You had a Series 1, then. Excellent! Yes it was a series 1. It was a 2 litre saloon on a C plate. I loved it and I also hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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