Wish I'd seen this sooner - as I've just spent a couple of days in the area and am about to leave without having enough time to give it the once-over which is my BX-for-sale-reflex-action.
At worst, some estate-specific or other BX parts. At best, a petrol-powered runabout holdall with scope for engine swap, or even just a "traditional-stylee" BX spare parts storage unit...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-BX-16-TXS ... 0913a11557
Black petrol estate in Bath
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Black petrol estate in Bath
Back on two wheels and pedal power for the moment.
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Himnde wrote:Christ, it's clearly a Manual, not automatic as in the listing!!
Does this guy actually know anything about the car he's selling???
Mark.
I am 'The Guy' selling this BX
Yes, I do know all about the car, I missed the 'Automatic' selection box when I placed the ad. I have corrected this now.
It is a 1.6i, but the badge on the tailgate is clearly TXS. Look again, 'eagle eye'
I have even put supersize photos up for your benefit!The engine is very strong, but it does burn oil I have to admit. I have had 4 BX's, a 19TRS estate, a 16TRS hatch, a 19 meteor deisel and this one, which is the quickest. It's also very good on petrol.
MOT failure points are :-
front leg return pipe (nearside)
Exhaust blowing - (not bad)
I don't know of any others but haven't put it through the test so who knows?
Anyway, David (from this forum) did get over to mine yesterday and had a good look at the car, (love the leather, David!) so if you want to know more about it you can ask him too.
cheers,
Mark
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Apols for not reporting - but I haven't been near a computer that's on the net since shortly before I went to look at the car. I was in the middle of wrinting a summary offline, but managed to delete it all (doh!!!).
Many thanks for letting me look at the car so promptly, Mark, if you're reading this.
This is an estate with a sound bodyshell so far as I could see - and that's getting to be a rare commodity nowadays. It was a novelty to someone who hasn't run 16 for some years to be reminded how good access is around the engine. Doseur and height front correct linkages are VERY accessible from behind the engine - accessible enough to make a TD owner weep!
The car is black, for sure, except where a previous owner oversprayed a small amount of badly-adhering silver over the (metal) bonnet and n/s wing. There are some more cosmetic points (dent on o/s wing near the bottom, small dents in the bonnet & roof), but the rear sills felt sound to a knuckle-rap, and there's only a small, very thin finger of rust-bubbles on one side of the innner rear wheel arch. Inner wings may need work in time (par for the course), but if the car was submitted for MOT then they weren't noted.
I didn't ask if the car had failed MOT - just asked what Mark felt it might fail MOT on. He noted the broken or leaking front strut return pipe and that there was a "blowing exhaust". He mentioned an unusual-sized clamp would be needed on the mid-section of the exhaust. Perhaps someone more familiar with late fuel-injected BX16s could advise?
I'd imagine the n/s rear bumper clip needs to be reinstated for MOT too, though: it looks as though that'd bring the wayward "wing" of the n/s bumper back into line, despite a crack a couple of cms long (all apparently the result of a brush with a gatepost).
Mark told me that the rear arms were replaced approx 30,000 miles ago by a previous owner and the looked good, though I couldn't raise the car. It's on a slope facing nose-up with only a small amount of petrol in the tank and hence wouldn't run fopr more than a few seconds after starting, so I couldn't check out the hydraulics, or examine the exhaust. The concertina air-hose from back of engine to air-intake system is missing, but finding an intact one on a BX 16 is like finding rocking-horse droppings. Should be easy enough to source a section of pipe to fit from a motor factors or similar.
Interior (TX-stylee red and black) needs a healthy dose of upholstery cleaner, and a sew-up on the middle of the back seat along a seam. The glove-box is.... (just guess, but it's a BX...), and the heater control is inoperative, though Mark says the valve responds to manual pressure at footwell end. Everything else internally present and correct. The boot has been protected with a layer of carpet, the estate hatch cover is still intact , but the hatch latch mounting points are broken (Mark says this was before his ownership). Rear wash-wipe looked to be at a strange angle - Mark said it didn't work.
In my opinion, the car would be suitable for someone willing to put in some work to get a workhorse BX - or perhaps someone interested in doing an engine swap, ultimately. See Doc's recent comments on getting the car you want - if you start off with something that isn't perfect, but put it to rights yourself, then you can have confidence in your own work that you know has been done.
Most of the bodywork defects could be solved with parts I removed from my last BX and most of which are stored within 50 miles or so of the car - though these parts are in metallic grey rather than black. Tyres are a mix . Didn't check spare. Rusting but original estate towbar.
I'd advise it to be a car to tow away to work on - as I feel it wouldn't be worth putting it in for immediate MOT unless the exhaust and strut pipe were put to rights first.
DVLA says the car was first registered on 04/08/92, and it still has a sticker or number plate from the Swindon dealer who presumably supplied it (can't remember which).
Many thanks for letting me look at the car so promptly, Mark, if you're reading this.
This is an estate with a sound bodyshell so far as I could see - and that's getting to be a rare commodity nowadays. It was a novelty to someone who hasn't run 16 for some years to be reminded how good access is around the engine. Doseur and height front correct linkages are VERY accessible from behind the engine - accessible enough to make a TD owner weep!
The car is black, for sure, except where a previous owner oversprayed a small amount of badly-adhering silver over the (metal) bonnet and n/s wing. There are some more cosmetic points (dent on o/s wing near the bottom, small dents in the bonnet & roof), but the rear sills felt sound to a knuckle-rap, and there's only a small, very thin finger of rust-bubbles on one side of the innner rear wheel arch. Inner wings may need work in time (par for the course), but if the car was submitted for MOT then they weren't noted.
I didn't ask if the car had failed MOT - just asked what Mark felt it might fail MOT on. He noted the broken or leaking front strut return pipe and that there was a "blowing exhaust". He mentioned an unusual-sized clamp would be needed on the mid-section of the exhaust. Perhaps someone more familiar with late fuel-injected BX16s could advise?
I'd imagine the n/s rear bumper clip needs to be reinstated for MOT too, though: it looks as though that'd bring the wayward "wing" of the n/s bumper back into line, despite a crack a couple of cms long (all apparently the result of a brush with a gatepost).
Mark told me that the rear arms were replaced approx 30,000 miles ago by a previous owner and the looked good, though I couldn't raise the car. It's on a slope facing nose-up with only a small amount of petrol in the tank and hence wouldn't run fopr more than a few seconds after starting, so I couldn't check out the hydraulics, or examine the exhaust. The concertina air-hose from back of engine to air-intake system is missing, but finding an intact one on a BX 16 is like finding rocking-horse droppings. Should be easy enough to source a section of pipe to fit from a motor factors or similar.
Interior (TX-stylee red and black) needs a healthy dose of upholstery cleaner, and a sew-up on the middle of the back seat along a seam. The glove-box is.... (just guess, but it's a BX...), and the heater control is inoperative, though Mark says the valve responds to manual pressure at footwell end. Everything else internally present and correct. The boot has been protected with a layer of carpet, the estate hatch cover is still intact , but the hatch latch mounting points are broken (Mark says this was before his ownership). Rear wash-wipe looked to be at a strange angle - Mark said it didn't work.
In my opinion, the car would be suitable for someone willing to put in some work to get a workhorse BX - or perhaps someone interested in doing an engine swap, ultimately. See Doc's recent comments on getting the car you want - if you start off with something that isn't perfect, but put it to rights yourself, then you can have confidence in your own work that you know has been done.
Most of the bodywork defects could be solved with parts I removed from my last BX and most of which are stored within 50 miles or so of the car - though these parts are in metallic grey rather than black. Tyres are a mix . Didn't check spare. Rusting but original estate towbar.
I'd advise it to be a car to tow away to work on - as I feel it wouldn't be worth putting it in for immediate MOT unless the exhaust and strut pipe were put to rights first.
DVLA says the car was first registered on 04/08/92, and it still has a sticker or number plate from the Swindon dealer who presumably supplied it (can't remember which).
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Back on two wheels and pedal power for the moment.
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That silver paint ain't the work of any owner, David-thats what passes for a 'tag' around here 
Anyway I can scrape that off with my thumbnail, though I think there will be more pressing issues for the next owner.
Rear arms are fine though, and I have just (march) renewed the fuel lines from front to back.
M
Anyway I can scrape that off with my thumbnail, though I think there will be more pressing issues for the next owner.
Rear arms are fine though, and I have just (march) renewed the fuel lines from front to back.
M
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Must be worth it just for the 'Looking after you and your BX' cassette. 
Perfect vehicle for carrying monster Leslie speakers by the look of it Mark ( looking at your other items) - I've got one of the smaller versions - the Leslie 16 which fits together with a Farfisa organ in the back of my BX Break.
David has just dropped the classic 'Workhorse' tag on it .. hang-on..
Perfect vehicle for carrying monster Leslie speakers by the look of it Mark ( looking at your other items) - I've got one of the smaller versions - the Leslie 16 which fits together with a Farfisa organ in the back of my BX Break.
David has just dropped the classic 'Workhorse' tag on it .. hang-on..
Todd
this yellow writing is really hard to read
this yellow writing is really hard to read
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Yes, I thought someone might like the cassette!
I just put some petrol in and started it up so i could get a look at the exhaust.
Most of the system is quite new but there is a split in the middle box - even though this was replaced last year! Kwik fit, eh.. S**t fit..etc etc.
The split is right down the seam and I was tempted to stick some gun gum on it because everything from the front pipe back is pretty new.
Anyway I'll leave that to the new owner I think.
I must say, it does look a bit grey and is not completely black - it has a slight metalic thing going on. Maybe it is Mercury grey or whatever. Is there a code on the inner wing to tell me the colour?
Anyway, enough! The car must go!
oh it's got a new (lucas premium) battery with 4 year warranty too. That cost 70 quid!
M
I just put some petrol in and started it up so i could get a look at the exhaust.
Most of the system is quite new but there is a split in the middle box - even though this was replaced last year! Kwik fit, eh.. S**t fit..etc etc.
The split is right down the seam and I was tempted to stick some gun gum on it because everything from the front pipe back is pretty new.
Anyway I'll leave that to the new owner I think.
I must say, it does look a bit grey and is not completely black - it has a slight metalic thing going on. Maybe it is Mercury grey or whatever. Is there a code on the inner wing to tell me the colour?
Anyway, enough! The car must go!
oh it's got a new (lucas premium) battery with 4 year warranty too. That cost 70 quid!
M
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Erm...silly me, Mark. Did seems a bit random, but I'm so used to BXs being invisible to almost everyone below a certain age that even very minor vandalism comes as a surprise. Before now I've accidentally left a BX in a supermarket car park with the keys in the lock for half-an-hour but it - and its contents - were still there and untouched when I got back.That silver paint ain't the work of any owner, David-thats what passes for a 'tag' around here
If I'd seen your muso/recording items that are on ebay too I might have asked for a look - though I'd find it hard to justify a large reel-to-reel tape recorder in a flat 10 floors up. Ah, for the days when I had access to a Studer 8-track, an old BBC mixing desk and a late 60s patchbay synthesiser which would comfortably fill up a modern one-bed flat. In fact, the last item WOULD take up all of my early-60s flat's living room.
Back on two wheels and pedal power for the moment.