That Heuliez sounds interesing. A BX with wood dash!Another one in Strasbourg has a real and really rare BX 19 TRS break evasion Heuliez , with open roof , beige specific leather , wood on the dashboard and in front door panels ,clim , alloy wheels , special paint ......all extras !!! he also has a BX 4X4 estate injection , and a BX 19 RD estate with automatic gearbox
Interesting..
Interesting..
As a result of posting those pictures from last summer's jaunt to the French scrappers , I got contacted by another BX driver here in S. Germany by the name of Remy with a fully loaded 16v, who also makes the trip to the scrapyards. I've yet to meet him but in his last message he describes his friend's BXs :
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this yellow writing is really hard to read
this yellow writing is really hard to read
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Perhaps , Citroen with the Mk2 did try to take a chunk of the company car market dominated by the Sierra. They may have been aware on the Cortina that the ones with the wood trim were chosen by the higher grade employees to make that statement!stuart_hedges wrote:A BX with wood trim? Sorry but that sounds horrific - an experiment for the British market maybe!
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It does sound odd, by saying open roof, I presume they mean a full length sunroof, if so that would be very nice and I like the sound of the leather as well. I'm wondering if the wood could be perhaps one of those aftermarket veneer kits you can buy?
Still I would love to see such a car, is there any chances that this person has any pictures of the car?
Still I would love to see such a car, is there any chances that this person has any pictures of the car?
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For your viewing pleasure.
Doesn't look as bad as I imagined actually, has got a very British look about it.
Here's the link I got it from with some unusual BX variants including the coupe.
Heuliez BX's
and also
List of BX specials
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So that's where those lower-spec leather seats come from!
I'm guessing that this is where the low-spec leather seats that came up on eBay a couple of years back came from. Makes sense now. I should think they're very comfortable.
However, that chunk of faux wood on the dash looks ridiculous.
I'm guessing that this is where the low-spec leather seats that came up on eBay a couple of years back came from. Makes sense now. I should think they're very comfortable.
However, that chunk of faux wood on the dash looks ridiculous.
this might be a signature
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Great pictures! Yeah, that piece of 'wood' is pure Kwality. Also that picture of that yard stuffed full of Mk.1 estates - where are they now?
And was that Dyana ever made - at least that one must be out there. A whole new world of BXs!
only on closer inspection do I see that one those Scotsmen is in fact a bird ( in a tie). I thought maybe it was being marketed at Scottish gaylords!
And was that Dyana ever made - at least that one must be out there. A whole new world of BXs!
only on closer inspection do I see that one those Scotsmen is in fact a bird ( in a tie). I thought maybe it was being marketed at Scottish gaylords!
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That pair of "lower-spec" seats were specially commisioned by the first owner of a UK BX. He took the car to a coachmaker and asked to have the seats refinished in good thick hide. The cost went into 4 figures.
They overcome the main problem of the original BX seats - a close design relative to those on the CX - because the covers no longer wear through over time.
As for comfort - I still maintain that pattern's a damn sight more comfortable than GTI/TZ seats, as they're concave in the small of the back rather than convex, so you sit IN the seat rather than over it....
They overcome the main problem of the original BX seats - a close design relative to those on the CX - because the covers no longer wear through over time.
As for comfort - I still maintain that pattern's a damn sight more comfortable than GTI/TZ seats, as they're concave in the small of the back rather than convex, so you sit IN the seat rather than over it....
Back on two wheels and pedal power for the moment.