My bodged Citroen BX 16v

[Kitchski]

Hi all,

Been meaning to get some vids uploaded for a while. Don't judge me, these were thrown together in about 30mins, but you get the idea!

Wheel tracking shots:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9KySOyVBMs

Revving up and pulling away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkPLs1hXI60&fe...

Standing start:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa_3AmtXm_0

And the one my talented mate made, but it only works on desktop versions due to copyright on some tracks he used in it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqpdoMK6l_Y

[Horsetan]

mooseracer said:

....Did you say CX?

Too late for me.

[TooMany2cvs]

Horsetan said:

mooseracer said:

....Did you say CX?

Too late for me.

Shutupshutupshutup.

I want another CX. I miss my CXs.

[mooseracer]

Horsetan said:

Too late for me.

Excellent work sir! Have you got a thread up on it?

[Horsetan]

TooMany2cvs said:

Shutupshutupshutup.

I want another CX. I miss my CXs.

If you sell a 2CV or two, that should get you a tidy CX. I notice a few coming up for sale now.

mooseracer said:

Excellent work sir! Have you got a thread up on it?

No, but there are some photos of it dotted around PH. This was it last weekend, a touch wet:



....and it's flying saucer instrument display:



I'll stop there, as this thread is about a BX , not a CX GTi

Edited by Horsetan on Sunday 26th November 16:32

[Kitchski]

Please don't bring CXs into my thread, you're making the BX look even less cool

[Horsetan]

Kitchski said:

Please don't bring CXs into my thread, you're making the BX look even less cool

As I wrote, I'll stop there.

[thiscocks]

v nice BX. Is the paint code for this Furio Red? Your BX would photograph well alongside my AX when I've got it going.

[Darren-1]

I need a valver in my life. A pal of mine had one years ago when I had a standard bx 1.6 and I was jealous then lol and now I think I will have to do one up just to own one. If anyone knows of one or has one in need of tlc drop me a line I will take on almost anything

[Kitchski]

thiscocks said:

v nice BX. Is the paint code for this Furio Red? Your BX would photograph well alongside my AX when I've got it going.

It's Venetian Red.

[Kitchski]

Darren-1 said:

I need a valver in my life. A pal of mine had one years ago when I had a standard bx 1.6 and I was jealous then lol and now I think I will have to do one up just to own one. If anyone knows of one or has one in need of tlc drop me a line I will take on almost anything

It's find a 16v that's the problem. I've got one that I was using as a spares car, but it's a LOT of work to put it back on the road. I have most of the parts, though.

[Kitchski]

Just had word that Autocar have put the feature from last year online:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/used-car-buying...

Enjoy

[MX6]

Really cool car, such a lot of 80's retro character about it. There must be very few left in this condition.

[Davie]

Randomly, I read this thread last weekend (hats off to the OP!) and then earlier this week was passed by a J plate black BX, not 100% what spec but wheels matched the bodywork colour and it looked rather GTi esque... also looked very very tidy!

[Kitchski]

MX6 said:

Really cool car, such a lot of 80's retro character about it. There must be very few left in this condition.

Thanks. More left in this condition (which in honesty, isn't amazing!) than you'd think as the few that are left tend to either be rot boxes, requiring resto, or they're prized by their owners, and no expense is spared.

[Kitchski]

Just heard that the BX is going to be in next month's issue of Modern Classics....again. I'm guessing not the full feature - probably just a countdown of unloved hot hatches, or something....

[Swervin_Mervin]

BX GT Digit up at auction today in Bicester. Reckons it's the only remaining RHD model - that true do you think Kitchski

https://www.brightwells.com/classic-motoring/bices...

[TooMany2cvs]

Swervin_Mervin said:

BX GT Digit up at auction today in Bicester. Reckons it's the only remaining RHD model - that true do you think Kitchski

<double-take>
It's one more than I've ever heard of.

There's barely any normal BX GTs.

[Fastdruid]

TooMany2cvs said:

Swervin_Mervin said:

BX GT Digit up at auction today in Bicester. Reckons it's the only remaining RHD model - that true do you think Kitchski

<double-take>
It's one more than I've ever heard of.

There's barely any normal BX GTs.

That dash!

[TooMany2cvs]

Fastdruid said:

That dash!

That's just normal s1 BX lego.

The Digitness... Well...


Some early BXs used the CX/GSA-style drums in the same lego architecture.


But most were boringly normal.