Rusty BX

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:14 am

On eBay

Unusual seats! I've never seen those style before...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-Citroen-BX-1 ... 0358689329

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:40 am

Back ones right enough but the fronts, I've not seen those before

The car itself seems to have weathered well for the mileage but somehow I think it's probably reached the end

Post by **docchevron** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:19 pm

Wow, I'm loving those seats!
They've got to be home made though surely?
They look like Monza material stitched to, er, some other material. But I'm liking them alot!

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:41 pm

I removed the more sporty front seats and fitted standard front seats. The centre panels are the original velour but the rest of the front seats are covered in a material which no longer looks as black as the original.

Someone who likes their comfort, methinks. But it's TXD diagonal-pattern material as the seller describes above. An example of what can be done with worn "bucket" seats if you have old covers as a template (and have the requisite textile skills or access to some kind of trimmer/upholsterer). Maybe even possible if you - or your partner - are a dab hand with a sewing machine......

As for the car... well it seems only viable for someone who's very committed, has their own Mig and an awful lot of time on their hands, if the failure and advisory sheets are an accurate representation of the state of play. A ground-up job....

Inner wing (see underbonnet pic), pillars and/or sills, exhaust hanger (maybe) must be corroded somewhere, at the very least - not to mention the subframe mount note on the fail list. Fair play to the seller for including the list.

The inner roof rust from sunroof-leakthrough condensation must be bad as well to be bubbling through. I don't think I've seen that before, though I've seen metal sunroof internals in a quite advanced state of decomposition.

A shame, as elsewhere it appears very shiny and presentable. like an even-higher-mileage TXD I owned some years back that was going the same rusty way in out-of-sight places. There's no mention of boot floor corrosion apart from possibly the rear-pipe hanger area, which is perhaps surprisingly given what seems to have happened elsewhere.

Post by **Tim Leech** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:50 pm

docchevron1472 wrote:Wow, I'm loving those seats!
They've got to be home made though surely?
They look like Monza material stitched to, er, some other material. But I'm liking them alot!

Defo, worth £100 for them seats alone!

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:09 am

I'm inclined to agree, since I cant stitch / sow to save my life, if only the back seats were done the same way that would be uber cool!

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:30 pm

Leaving aside the differences between split and one-piece back seats for a moment, BX back seats have the same basic make-up in terms of the shape of panels used, and use the same basic cover template pretty much regardless of model.

It'd get a bit involved to mirror that front-seat mod, as you'd need an insert-within-an-insert approach to make a change to the existing rectangular-shaped patterned insert panel.There are wire-rod, plastic and string(!) underpinnings to consider too on the base, as well as some dismantling of the upright to free the fabric panels there.

As you've probably guessed, I've dissected a couple in the interests of science - or excessive curiosity anyway.

Coming shortly - knit your own octopus, and creative crochet to make an lhm-tank cosy for those chilly nights...

RxBX · Post by **RxBX** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:00 pm

DLM wrote:Coming shortly - knit your own octopus, and creative crochet to make an lhm-tank cosy for those chilly nights...

Hi Dave,
What were you on last -night ?

, All the best for now and take care !

Post by **docchevron** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:37 am

DLM wrote:
Coming shortly - knit your own octopus, and creative crochet to make an lhm-tank cosy for those chilly nights...

Whatever he's on, I want the same!

Post by **Tim Leech** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:40 am

docchevron1472 wrote:
DLM wrote:
Coming shortly - knit your own octopus, and creative crochet to make an lhm-tank cosy for those chilly nights...

Whatever he's on, I want the same!

If I can make new pipes for my 16v I will be well happy as I can knit!

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:46 pm

What were you on last -night ?

Intoxicant-free, just the usual twisted mental processes...

frugg · Post by **frugg** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:35 pm

All i can say is that this BX won't be rusty for too long...

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Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:02 pm

Yeah!

frugg · Post by **frugg** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:07 pm

A mate has bought it and he will be doing it up and running it

Another BX Saved

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