Blowing in the WIND

[fiatdaft]

and its not a convertable!

 

thought a folding tin-top counted as convertable? or do you mean the wind (which looks more like a targa top...)

 

the rcz is neither,its a hardtop.

[scaryoldcortina]

aaaah. I see. looks like a CC with the roof up - did they save weight by ditching the folding mechanism?

[Tayne]

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[Guest EccentricRichard]

aaaah. I see. looks like a CC with the roof up - did they save weight by ditching the folding mechanism?

 

Nah - it's more a total rebody of the 308 hatch. Sadly, they didn't do anything about the 308's gaping shark mug...

[Guest]

Citroen Cx 25 DTR Trubo 2 Kitesurf

 

I built this car myself as a bit of a technical challenge. Being a kitesurfer who lives in London I wanted; a) a good motorway cruiser to get to the 'nearest' beach, something a bit different (without ending up looking like a flourescent flared-wheel-arched chav, c) a load space to dump all my kites and surf boards in and d) an open top for summer days (although I still take it out in the depths of winter - just turn up the heater blower and as long as you stay above 65mph you don't even get wet in torrential rain - been there many times!)

 

The hard top cover is merely a temporary cover for the first year shakedown - currently MDF (but my sprayer did a damn hot job on it and you'd never guess from the outside) and will be replaced by a hydraulically lifted GRP one next summer. The photo from the show with the 'lid' propped open (very technically using a broom handle) was just done because alot of people wanted to look at the welding job inside - it wasn't an advertising stunt and the recessed emblem is a kitesurfing logo I fancied rebating into the otherwise massively flat lid, again just as a technical challenge.

 

For the sceptics, I've so far done 3500 miles in it at up to 95mph and it runs as sweet as a CX should - although the turbo diesel does sound typcially agricultural at tickover - but boy that turbo whine certain makes up for it later on! The body has no more flex than an original four door version (have owned many) and the body shows no cracks or deformation.

 

try this for a few better shots;

http://photobucket.com/images/citroen%20cx%20kitesurf/

[boobydoo]

I really don't like any of those little hatchback -based convertible things. I can see that they have a market but the dimensions are just all wrong.That Mitsubishi Colt one is absolutely rotten!

[michiel]

That CX is a neat piece of work, pgibbo!

[barrett]

Thanks for the extra info pgibbo