Citroen BX 16TRS: For the love of cars

[richykitchy]

10 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I'd clean forgotten about this BX. I thought it was a lifelong keeper?! Sterling work returning it to the road and ensuring its future survival, regardless.

Never intended to be a lifer. My red 16V is, maybe that's the mixup?

[SilverMachine]

i did it wrong, i watched the watch thingy yesterday and read this today. excellent work there fella,  one of my earliest car memories was my dads purple  mk1 marina, and my grandads neeb mini work van! (parked together as my grandparents lived next door). no pictures exist though at least to my knowledge! 

and yes i still want a mk1 marina and a mini van, 

anyway thanks for a great read and a pretty good video

and of course the excellent work for sophies legacy - my  wr citroen magnet is cool!

[Noel Tidybeard]

OMG! 1:18 scale 16trs

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196006494396?epid=5058585055&hash=item2da2e5c0bc:g:g3YAAOSwgYxlF-8j&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4ESowv2J5b%2Bamp%2FuvQ%2FxKJ1hSGI5uh67qhoUelf4MpCoqRPcEPK5LDtBp0VV2voTssnd5JZgNACL1cb2jX7bXkBgmH5Lw%2BseYBuufbESZg2%2BX4NHriQJrLrlqCOJ%2FxZ6mcNOymr3grbjin4SDTLV7Fz4ZzQZ%2FqsJ9wep%2FLP0WHxNbquBBbMWZBbvWVH9AWY1CBu0njSGJQ9533UrRv1zWE1K8MGWSte2WdnYDNkP3%2FAjxcX8RzGFNoC0xB3KiBVk4vO764bKf%2BXlHFE1IS5UbsEuyGpsVwsckveYcYlRG%2F5n|tkp%3ABk9SR9Tnxp_9Yg

[Noel Tidybeard]

...you can set the suspension to 3 heights! 😎

[SilverMachine]

theres an odd rumour that you have an sm? only youtuber i know with an sm is coldwarmotors but thats an oddball because its a canada car with the euro front end....

keep up the good work fella!

[N Dentressangle]

2 hours ago, SilverMachine said:

theres an odd rumour that you have an sm?

He tries to keep it quiet

[Noel Tidybeard]

doesn't like to mention it

[richykitchy]

On 18/02/2025 at 16:23, SilverMachine said:

theres an odd rumour that you have an sm? only youtuber i know with an sm is coldwarmotors but thats an oddball because its a canada car with the euro front end....

keep up the good work fella!

He fitted a euro front end to it.

[SilverMachine]

22 hours ago, richykitchy said:

He fitted a euro front end to it.

well yes but its still an oddball because of that! could also be a possible source of info on the sm scene.... (oooh....errr) and reassembly!

nice to see an old mazda getting some tlc and a rolling road thrashing too!

[richykitchy]

22 hours ago, SilverMachine said:

well yes but its still an oddball because of that! could also be a possible source of info on the sm scene.... (oooh....errr) and reassembly!

nice to see an old mazda getting some tlc and a rolling road thrashing too!

It's more common than you'd think. Some Canadian cars even had the Euro front end from new, but many owners have retrofitted the Euro nose over there (part of the reason why the parts to do it are so expensive!)

Yeah the Mazda did well!

[SilverMachine]

10 hours ago, richykitchy said:

It's more common than you'd think. Some Canadian cars even had the Euro front end from new, but many owners have retrofitted the Euro nose over there (part of the reason why the parts to do it are so expensive!)

there was an episode a few years ago where he did collect a rough one with some of the euro front end, i think he's had to buy at least 2/3 of the glass!

if you werent as far away as you are id offer to pop the 03 fusion with relatively low miles (think its on 73k now?) for some 'scientific testing' on the rolling road...  id also offer the 06 aldi a3 2.0 tdi but thats now on 182k.... so may have increased slightly from the book 140bhp..... i actually bought said audi to replace a 09 c5 that tried to kill me three times! - apart from that it was a nice car....