BX 4TC
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BX 4TC
Shouldn't this club - representing BX's as it does (and so well!) - have a BX 4TC counted in it's membership? I am fairly sure there's at least one in this country. Let's get the owner to sign up!
Maybe the CCC can help? (PS I'd like this so I can be justified in having a pic of one in the calendar if nothing else! )
Maybe the CCC can help? (PS I'd like this so I can be justified in having a pic of one in the calendar if nothing else! )
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As far as the BX 4TC register is concerned the only UK car was B85 BVP which was apparently later exported to France. However a number have been sold and could be anywhere - although most likely France or Denmark looking at the register. It would be good to be able to count one in our numbers though, don't you think?
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I will have a 4TC one day.
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Not even that, worked out as around £9000, but alas it was not a works Rally Car, it was one given to him, and it was the roadgoing version, ie normal trim and interior.tom wrote:The last one that came up for auction had a pedigree hisory (Mouton, Andruet and so on if I'm not mistaken) and made a pitiful £10,700. Not a lot for a historic works rally car.
Dan
The 4TC is a scary car to drive.
Not only were the brakes dodgy at best (from standard), the car itself was not particularly stable at speed. With the car being extra long and wide it is a formidible beast.
We took the ex-Patrick Collection/ex-Mark Waghorn (B85BVP) car to Castlecoombe for a rally type run - it was a 'Rally day' with lots of old 'Group B' cars. It was great taking the 4TC around the track, but it was heavy and cumbersome (and was very nearly lost on a hairpin bend - those dodgy brakes again).
This particular car was sold to a French guy who had it at the ICCCR - it still had the Patrick Collection sticker on the window. Most people thought we'd done the modifications when we drove it, and were most surprised to find out that it was a 'Factory' thing.
It is not the sort of Citroen that I'd consider as 'covetable', as it is a bitzer mechanically - with Citroen using whatever was in the bins at the time - mostly CX bits... (and including the Peugeot 505 T engine and SM gearbox????). Whilst it might be a nice car to have on display, it would not be a daily driver (nor would I want to drive it any great distance)
My overall opinion was that it was big, cumbersome, and not in the least bit sporty!
But it did sound nice and get the adrenaline running - especially when approaching corners...would those brakes work?
Not only were the brakes dodgy at best (from standard), the car itself was not particularly stable at speed. With the car being extra long and wide it is a formidible beast.
We took the ex-Patrick Collection/ex-Mark Waghorn (B85BVP) car to Castlecoombe for a rally type run - it was a 'Rally day' with lots of old 'Group B' cars. It was great taking the 4TC around the track, but it was heavy and cumbersome (and was very nearly lost on a hairpin bend - those dodgy brakes again).
This particular car was sold to a French guy who had it at the ICCCR - it still had the Patrick Collection sticker on the window. Most people thought we'd done the modifications when we drove it, and were most surprised to find out that it was a 'Factory' thing.
It is not the sort of Citroen that I'd consider as 'covetable', as it is a bitzer mechanically - with Citroen using whatever was in the bins at the time - mostly CX bits... (and including the Peugeot 505 T engine and SM gearbox????). Whilst it might be a nice car to have on display, it would not be a daily driver (nor would I want to drive it any great distance)
My overall opinion was that it was big, cumbersome, and not in the least bit sporty!
But it did sound nice and get the adrenaline running - especially when approaching corners...would those brakes work?
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