Ian's BX 16TGS. Now gone.

[Meter rat]

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Car has been working hard. Caravan towed to to the Citroen National, the collecting a new dishwasher, and finally a run to Scotland with more furniture. Now in isolation, in Scotland, as the wife is due to have an operation.

[Meter rat]

Dunoon was archived again. Some interesting machinery belonging to the builders.

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[Meter rat]

Friday, after work, I had a mad dash to the Scottish Section, Concrete Camp in Stirling. Left Derbyshire at 15:40, arrived at 20:45, where I met Jean, who had gone by train. Car sits beautifully at 80. No traffic so to speak on the way up. Saturday morning was dreich. Had a quick look around the hotel car park. Only other none A series car was this D from Glossop.

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On the Saturday, braved all the police and military, protecting the COP26 and went to Glasgow Ikea. Long story, involving wardrobes. Pleasant run though. Didn’t get what we needed, but bought some Christmas decorations, and had a very nice conversation with a couple about the car.

[Meter rat]

Black BX went off on Friday. Now being flipped.

[Tim Leech]

When you sell a car you can never be sure where it will end up, seems he wont be making much money from it!

[Fumbler]

When you sell a car you can never be sure where it will end up, seems he wont be making much money from it!

I saw another listing for it yesterday.

[Meter rat]

When you sell a car you can never be sure where it will end up, seems he wont be making much money from it!

Was ever so.

[Meter rat]

Yearly update.
Second redundancy in two years. Second time walking into a job! After two years of planning and building, we finally make the move to Scotland on Monday. BX has been plodding on. New pads and and disks were required for MOT. Rev counter and Speedo, are being sorted before the BX moves to it’s new home permanently, hopefully before Dunoon Classic Car Show. Then I have to move the Acadiane for the same show, just needs new tyres and an MOT. The BX is a great load mover and motorway hauler, and has been able to releive the work load on the main car. 7000 miles since purchase, one service, and a few other bits done. When life settles down, hopefully we can start to do some rallies and events next year.

[Meter rat]

Yearly update.
Now settled in and loving life. The BX has been off the road since September last year and under cover. Made a start on a few repairs that were needed. The main one being the rear driver’s window. It start and runs well, although it has an LHM leak. Now in search of how to repair the rear window.

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That will be cream crackered then.

[Meter rat]

As I sit here, I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since I wrote anything about this car, and it has been off the road for 4 years. Time and lack of local knowledge about garages meant that it just sat, with an LHM leak. I was advised of a couple of garages in Glasgow, but this would mean trailering over the water.

During a conversation with one of the local landlords mention was made of my BX as it had come up in conversation with another local, who happened to be a mechanic. Numbers were exchanged and I received a call from said mechanic.

Things took a turn. As we were having the drive tarmaced, both the BX and the van needed moving. The van was fine. And the BX stared up, and was moved to the road. After the drive had cured, the van was moved back, and then came the turn of the BX. This of cause would not start. So there it sat, no tax, no test. Ok. Cover it over for now. There it sat for a month. Police were visiting the crescent more frequently than usual. The car was eventually collected.

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It is now in the very capable hands of my new tame mechanic. The starting issues was simply a stuck fuel pump. The engine has been serviced with all new belts, oil, filters cam belt, ect. Some welding was required to the rear sills, and around the sub frame.

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Hopefully, I will get my BX back next week, with an MOT, providing it doesn’t have LHM leaks. Most of the LHM pipes have been replaced now. It will probably need new tyres, and I have new struts for the tailgate, and window runners to install.

[panky]

The welding looks a tidy job. Looks like your tame mechanic is a good 'un