Estate Car manufacture.
Can anyone tell me how Estate car manufacture was managed? Were part built cars transported from Rennes to Cerizay - if so how complete were they? And the §64,000 dollar question - when was the RP number assigned?
Building of Estate cars
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Birotor
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Building of Estate cars
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Previously owned include 1983 BX14RE Leader, Porsche 924, 1972 Porsche 911T, 1973 Porsche Carrera RS 2.7 (FIA Group 4), 1974 Porsche Carrera RS 3.0 (FIA Group 4 ex Le Mans), 1969 911 T/R (FIA Group 3 ex Le Mans), 1981 Porsche Group B 3.3 litre World Endurance Championship, 1991 Footwork Arrows Porsche Formula 1 (ex Alboreto & Caffi),
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Dollywobbler
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Re: Building of Estate cars
From pics I've seen, it looks like Heuliez built them from the bare shell up. Whether the shell was supplied with any running gear at all I'm not sure. Can't find the pics now!
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Jayboy
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Re: Building of Estate cars
I'd agree with that much. But not sure if Heuliez were provided with a complete shell to modify or built it from scratch.
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Re: Building of Estate cars
Cheers for that Todd. Looking at that first image, you can understand why estates rust so badly at the rear quarters.
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1989 BX GTi 16 valve. Blanc Alpine. Completed the Citroen Classic Challenge Ecosse and 1337 miles without a hitch.
2000 XM VSX 2.1 td Auto. Rouge Magenta.
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1990 Swift 'Corniche' 12/2 aka BXClub HQ.
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Re: Building of Estate cars
I'd be surprised if they were supplied complete shells, but depending on the assembly sequence of the hatchback shell they may have been supplied part built shells minus roof, rear panel and rear hatch surround.
I understand Heuliez didn't rust proof the cars as well as Citroen did, so maybe common rust issues with estates could be a clue. If they rust everywhere worse than a hatch then they could have built them all themselves, but it they are only more rust prone around the estate specific parts of the shell that would suggest that at least some of the shell was assembled and treated by Citroen
I understand Heuliez didn't rust proof the cars as well as Citroen did, so maybe common rust issues with estates could be a clue. If they rust everywhere worse than a hatch then they could have built them all themselves, but it they are only more rust prone around the estate specific parts of the shell that would suggest that at least some of the shell was assembled and treated by Citroen
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BX14 TGE, - SOLD
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