14E back on the road again.

citroenboi · Post by **citroenboi** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:52 pm

Hey, Just thought i'd post a few pics of the 14E after picking her up yesterday. She failed the mot in 2009 very badly on rust as well as multi page failure sheet. I didn't have the heart to scrap her so got the work done and now she's back on the road again. Will probably be coming to the national in her this year.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:34 pm

wow a you cant get a UK registerd BX earlier than that,

i used to look after an A reg 1.6 TRI in exactly the same colour as your's,

but the owner has gone completle coockoooo so i wont work for him anymore,

mind you he has trashed it but it is still in daily use,

regards malcolm

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:38 pm

Not seen one of these in eons

Credit to you for sticking with it

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:29 pm

Great save, i really like the simplicity of your basic mk1

I'd paint your sills with some black hammerite paint, it would make it look smarter & finish off the looks nicely.

citroenboi · Post by **citroenboi** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:40 pm

sills should be body colour i think. has had some under seal slapped on it recently i think.

rayfenwick · Post by **rayfenwick** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:44 am

That's lovely - well done!

As much as the skirted, spoilered and speedlined GTi's look nice, there's something refreshing about a simple spec car - especially a Series 1 in a cheerful colour on steel wheels. Excellent.

mds141 · Post by **mds141** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:16 am

Well saved. As previously stated mk 1 really does look good almost timeless design. Hope to see it at the national. Congrats.

smiffy1071 · Post by **smiffy1071** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:09 am

I have my beedy eye on a series 2 14E leader at the moment... It's not run for more than 10 years, and has been kept in a garage.

Here's the thing, when I was 17, I worked at a main Citroen dealer, and I'm quite sure I worked on this car helping the trained Citroen mechanic do the P.D.I. when it was new!

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:01 am

the sill's were black stone guard originaly not body colour,

regards malcolm

citroenboi · Post by **citroenboi** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:49 am

As far as i can tell all the base model cars which had the door tops painted body colour not black had the sills in body colour too and not in black. Like this one.

Post by **Tim Leech** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:54 am

Well done Jon! make sure she makes it to the National, see you next week.

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:04 am

Was this the one bought from Chris Salter, was at the National a few years back?

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:03 am

Superb. Look forward to seeing it later this year.

citroenboi · Post by **citroenboi** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:56 pm

Yeah its Chris's old car, bough it from him in 2008. Yeah I think he tok it to the national that year.

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:13 pm

That's very nice. Any chance of posting the fail sheet from 2009?

I suppose I can more or less guess the issues. Have you re-piped it as it would have had the non-coated early steel ones? I have had to do every pipe on my Mk.1 Break. ( I do go on about it but I'm still in trauma!)

By the way I sent you a PM re your Mk.1 Break - how is it?

Looking at your list of BXs I see that you really are 'Mr Mk.1'