1993 Citroen Bx 1.9d 23k! £POA

Post by **Tim Leech** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:40 pm

MULLEY wrote:So who's going to make an offer & buy it, to potentially have the only concors bx in the uk? It'll even make Tim's cars look rubbish

OI remember I know where you live Mulley

frugg · Post by **frugg** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:50 pm

MULLEY wrote: It'll even make Tim's cars look rubbish

BX Bandit · Post by **BX Bandit** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:16 pm

The 'car' is based on the chassis hence the VIN. Everything else can be replaced. So, seized mechanicals or not, they can be replaced, as can panels/bumpers/doors etc. The potential lies in the chassis which it would seem has been dry stored for 14 yrs and itself only covered the 26oddK miles (or possibly less as an actual chassis). I doubt there are (m)any BXs out there with the potential that this car has in a structural/original/rust free sense - ergo it's potential as a concours. This precludes any practical financial outlay as all concours examples do.........

jacksun1987 · Post by **jacksun1987** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:35 pm

CAN I COME AND HAVE A LOOK SOMTIME AT IT. IM IN METHERINGHAM ABOUT 10 MILES FROM LINCOLN SEND US A MESSEGE. IT MUST BE NEAR SLEAFORD

SEND US A MESSEGE ON HERE PLEASE. MY NAME IS PAUL

THANKS

ruffgeezer · Post by **ruffgeezer** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:52 am

Mulley,

Its a new shell with low mileage mechanicals, these days you'd be lucky to find a bx under 100k let alone low 20s, of course its going to need some work, but so would any bx

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:11 am

As I see it, this is as close to a "new" BX as we're likely to see these days, excluding the Citroen museum in Paris.

In the real world Mulley is probably right, but we're not talking real world here, we're talking enthusiast, fanatic, etc etc. It will be worth what someone is willing to pay for it, just as we found out with the MK1 19GT that turned up a short while ago.

This has never been a really good place to sell a BX as most of us have already got at least one, but many thanks for offering it here first. I would be interested to know how much you're looking for for it, but I suspect that it will be more than my current budget permits.

Regards Ken

ruffgeezer · Post by **ruffgeezer** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:31 pm

Ken, if you just make me an offer via pm, I'll pass it onto the owner, like I've said to others, the worst he can do is say no.

Post by **Tim Leech** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:02 pm

Make it simple for everyone ruff and just post how much he will take it for.

POA or "offers" is pointless as people want to know how much someting is so they can gauge whether its affordable and realistic.

ruffgeezer · Post by **ruffgeezer** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:48 pm

Believe me I've pressed him for that but he's in the same boat as you guys, to quote him "how do you put a value on something like that?"

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:16 pm

Having been in a French scrappers and seem a pristine-bodied 19D in Burgundy, with no sunroof, which was still insured up to the end of the year, sitting there waiting to be cubed, this has a value to the BX community, of course. Me and Phil are surprised that no-one appears to have taken this on, given it's a good starting point for a concours BX or a decent basis for a competition car.

It's got to be worth around £500 as is. Where else are you going to find a 'new' BX body shell? (Apart from a French scrap yard

)... OK it needs a lot of work. But show us a BX that doesn't or won't!

Post by **Tim Leech** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:50 pm

ruffgeezer wrote:Believe me I've pressed him for that but he's in the same boat as you guys, to quote him "how do you put a value on something like that?"

Everything has a value, even for insurance purposes, I agree with Phil I think its worth £500 tops as is. Finished well quite a bit more.

Sadly I dont have £500 spare even it was to go for that.

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:55 pm

any chance of taking a look at this?

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:06 am

I'd have to agree, so that's why I don't think the owner would accept my £200 quid, and I wouldn't blame him.

One problem is I really don't need any more cars round here, the other is, money

Post by **docchevron** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:31 am

Well, the other way of looking at it is that it's worth only what someone is willing to pay for it.

When you could buy a new shell from Citroën direct (and that was a few years ago now!) they were £8000. Or at least, they were last time I asked.

Given that the remaining shells got junked years ago, you have next to no chance of ever finding another "new" BX shell.
Personally I'd have prefered it if it had a sunroof, but meh.

It's still a new shell, and thats how I'd look at it, I'd ignore whats bolted to it, junk the lot and reshell my TD with it.
IF I had the money to buy it, which, ok, I could give the guy £500 for it tomorrow, but then there's plenty of other things I could spend £500 on ya know..

As a car, it's worth naff all, but as a shell, the possibilities are great.

Either way of the 6 I really think the owner of it has to say "this is how much I want for it" and see who bites or not.

It's all well and good to take the Rolls Royce stance of "if you have to ask the price you cannot afford it" but it's still just a BX, which is still just a weird crappy french car to most people..

ruffgeezer · Post by **ruffgeezer** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:08 pm

Found out today, the trim level is TXD but it lost the sunroof due to the reshell.

You are right in that the shell was only ever outside during it's delivery, I personally would love to build a 16v into it so saving the engine from another bleddy 205 conversion.

However I've a fair stable of cars as it is already, (ax vts, ax vtr, xantia exc)
So even if I did, it'd probably not get the use it deserves.