Does AS have a resident Citroen SM? If not, it does now!

[eifion]

A YouTube restoration sounds like an excellent idea to me.

[Richard_FM]

  On 29/04/2021 at 23:40, 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.

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OK I see.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 30/04/2021 at 09:55, Richard_FM said:

OK I see.

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B L Autos in Welwyn Garden City may also have some SM parts available.

[Fumbler]

One of these rare beasts just appeared in my inbox:


Spotted by my dad while buying eggs at a local farm. Small world...

[lesapandre]

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!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 30/04/2021 at 10:39, Fumbler said:

One of these rare beasts just appeared in my inbox:

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Wasn't it Belgium which used to use amber/yellow for reversing lights, instead of white?

[Fumbler]

  On 30/04/2021 at 11:14, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Wasn't it Belgium which used to use amber/yellow for reversing lights, instead of white?

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May have been, not completely sure but it does ring a bell.

[richardmorris]

[Richard_FM]

  On 30/04/2021 at 11:37, Fumbler said:

May have been, not completely sure but it does ring a bell.

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I think France did as well, certainly I've seen at least one picture of a Renault 16 with the reverse lights in amber.

[dollywobbler]

Yeah, some GSs had orange reverse lights. That said, some French cars had orange BRAKE lights for a time.

[Ghosty]

  On 30/04/2021 at 22:01, Richard_FM said:

a Renault 16 with the reverse lights in amber

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the man from google, he say yes

[ProgRocker]

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:

 

 

[tooSavvy]

Just 'namechecked' your SM, to Scott, on the latest CWM youtube

 

[Crackers]

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.

 

[angle]

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:

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 02/05/2021 at 17:24, 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.....

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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....

[richardmorris]

  On 02/05/2021 at 18:26, 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....

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If one’s house is worth several million £, very few things are worth worrying about,

[richardmorris]

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.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 02/05/2021 at 18:41, richardmorris said:

If one’s house is worth several million £, very few things are worth worrying about,

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The rich are different to you and me....

[richardmorris]

  On 02/05/2021 at 19:11, Tadhg Tiogar said:

The rich are different to you and me....

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They have more money! Isn’t that the great gatsby?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 02/05/2021 at 19:12, richardmorris said:

They have more money! Isn’t that the great gatsby?

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I thought it was Philip Larkin. Or maybe not him...

[Pieman]

First that beige ZAZ thing, now this....Autoshite has plumbed new heights in the last few days!

[Spurious]

  On 02/05/2021 at 19:12, richardmorris said:

They have more money! Isn’t that the great gatsby?

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Was it not Hemingway with the retort?

[richardmorris]

  On 02/05/2021 at 19:45, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I thought it was Philip Larkin. Or maybe not him...

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I shall check my f s fitchgerald in the morning!

[richardmorris]

  On 02/05/2021 at 19:47, Spurious said:

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.

[Slappy]

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...

[bogeyhead]

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.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

One I saw a couple of weeks ago... 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 02/05/2021 at 22:30, 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.

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You had a Series 1, then. Excellent!

[bogeyhead]

  On 02/05/2021 at 22:34, Tadhg Tiogar said:

You had a Series 1, then. Excellent!

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Yes it was a series 1. It was a 2 litre saloon on a C plate. I loved it and I also hated it.