BX vans...

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:23 am

..been discussed before but could someone please enlighten me as to the chances of getting hold of one? Not for me (wish it was) but as I seem to recall there's only a handful in Britain he wondered what the chances of finding one in France are plus the likely cost of a driveable/useable one? Any help greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

cauchoiskev · Post by **cauchoiskev** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:36 am

I have never seen a BX van in 18 years of living in France, only ambulances. Difficult to understand, I would have thought it would have been a huge success at the time.

BTW, I would give my right arm for one as well.

jonathan_dyane · Post by **jonathan_dyane** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:43 am

I well remember visiting Ireland in the early '90s, and finding that there were *loads* of BX vans on the road there; I think their tax laws favour vans as ours once did.

I would imagine most of them must have been flogged to death by now, but there must be a few still on the go...

DavidRutherford · Post by **DavidRutherford** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:45 am

cauchoiskev wrote:BTW, I would give my right arm for one as well.

Presumably it would have to be an Automatic too then?

Post by **docchevron** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:53 am

Justin Shields (JayBpy) has a BX van in a fetching shade of silver I do believe, don't know if he'd part with it though...

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:58 pm

Was that the one at the National last year?

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:56 pm

I've seen Jayboys in the flesh and was well impressed. In the unlikely event anyone spots one for sale please let me know, wherever it is. Thanks and regards.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:58 pm

I've seen that silver van, i passed it on the M1 & couldnt believe my eyes... saw it at the meet as well, very rare & expensive i guess.

Cheaper to convert a car surely than get an original....

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:48 pm

Photo (hopefully) below, thought I had one somewhere...

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:17 pm

Nice pic that mate, just realised Owen and my goodself are also on display!

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:54 pm

Is that me in the boot?

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:16 pm

MULLEY wrote:Is that me in the boot?

Surely you should know?

And is that Philip Chidlow there on the right?

TB2 · Post by **TB2** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:27 pm

Uhm, doesn't "van" refer to a BX that has a higher roof? Like this one:

Or do you mean something like a delivery van with just 2 seats?

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:33 pm

Van to 'us' means like the silver one in the picture. Usually two doors plus rear door/hatch, no side windows and no rear seats. I don't know what the one is in your post but I'd love to know more about it. To me it looks possibly like a wheelchair adapted version or possibly some sort of weekend camper type thing.

TB2 · Post by **TB2** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:48 pm

Hm, well there are many pictures of that "campervan" type on the net if you search for "citroen bx van". And that one in the picture got "VAN" written on it

I think to remember that some of them are located in finland as they cost less taxes & insurance than the normal version. But I could as well be totally wrong.

Anyways, I've got a BX two-seater standing in front of my house. But it's the non-break version and it has got rear windows. It has apparently been converted, as the rear doors are in place but hard-locked so they can't be opened. I can post some pictures of it tomorrow if you like.