Rust in Peace...

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Rust in Peace...

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Hello there per my other post and as promised a few pics of the BX's and other Citroens languishing as my friends place in the Peterborough area. Quite a few of them have come from salvage auctions and have varying degrees of damage along side the usual Citroen complaints!

GTI auto damaged:

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Selection of others including a 1.4 estate, 19RD, 16TGS, 19TRS.

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This is a 1.9 diesel sporting peugeot alloys and was exhumed from a scrapyard and run for two years until recently. Plans are for it to return to the road (much like the others!!)

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There's a couple with HAM on the number plates which I found amusing:

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The silver one is a diesel auto and I had that running recently.

This is a TZD turbo acquired relatively recently and worth saving:
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A few more; the white ish one is a leader:
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This is a GTi with a naff engine, but there's another crunched one with a good engine. My estate was the same colour when I got it:
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I quite liked this one when I got it going a few years back. It's 1.4 petrol with ropey head gasket:
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A tidy Athena:
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Another TZD that was almost ready for the road a few years back when I was doing by estate:
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And a few more:

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This one is recent and goes quite well apparently:
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Same can't be said for this one:
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Bit of hide and seek and funny business with a Diane:
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The only Mk1 onsite. Run buy the owner for some years. Diesel, 300k and scrapped with the DVLA before the interest in Mk1's grew:
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Think that's a BX in there...

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Thanks for posting - seems a shame, but if your friend is willing to let bits go from some/all of them then better than being cubed, which I guess would otherwise have been their fate.
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Jesus, Mary and Joseph!! I nearly had what mds141 (Mark) would call a 'gentleman's' moment' there for a minute! Quite an impressive pile of stuff. 8)
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Ahh! This is what franklin Rugg was on abouts, but wouldn't reveal the location. If there's parts for sale I would be interested.

Couple of rarities but most are parts cars.
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Yes a lot of them really are parts only and I would imagine the majority would be for sale. A few of the better ones have been saved including my estate, another the same with and few more miles and a GTi. The green and lichen make some of the straighter cars look worse than they actually are... honest! my white estate was mostly green.
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Pile of something certainly!

Yes I've met Franklin and his father. Quite a few have been broken and there are various bits stored in the cars. The owner can be a little sharp on price at times but always open to negotiation. Buying a whole car would be the most cost effective option I would think...
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Would it be possible to visit this gent, he's obviously a bx fan so wouldn't mind meeting him, I've been told he doesn't welcome strangers but you know him personally.
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Realy badly need a spare tyre carrier for a MK 1.

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Like the 16TZS and the DTR turbo. Shame for the rest of them, some very interesting BXs there.
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That 16TZS is the spitting image of my first Bx, rip G875WPE.
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Could I have a frontbumper lip? Not a fat lip please.
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djm666 wrote:Could I have a frontbumper lip? Not a fat lip please.
Ho ho! I've asked previously about those and they are not being sold separately I don't think. If you wanted to buy the whole car or 3 that might be a different matter...
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Mothman wrote:Realy badly need a spare tyre carrier for a MK 1.

Andy
Hello Andy, no idea if the red car has one and it's been down on its haunches for I don't know how many years.
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Forgot to add some of the other Citroens - hope this doesn't offend the purists!

Low mileage ZX - well worth saving. Think it's only got about 40k on it:
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A fairly solid Ami:
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A smart ZX. Needed a wing and bonnet which has been done, plus a diesel the same colour but needing a headgasket.
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Quite a few xantias:
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The odd XM:
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and a pair of AX GT's:
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Good lord! What a collection!? 'Indeed, 'fairly solid' for an Ami, but absolutely bolloxed for any other car! :D
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