1984 BX 14E on eBay

ren16tx · Post by **ren16tx** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:11 pm

an Official award! wow! not another MK1 BX by any chance

picking the "A" reg up begining of April (thanks mark in advance!!) will give a full report once i have it,
Now, if anyone has a yellow Renault 14,i want it!!! (well, any R14 realy,think it may be a french trip!)
chris

ren16tx · Post by **ren16tx** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:34 pm

BX is now back home!
picked it up in Devizes, drove her to oxford,then on to Birmingham,then back down to London,where she blew a hydrualic pipe over the Dartford crossing! but managed to get back to Aldershot safly,covering some 422 miles!!
chris

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:42 pm

Well done!!!

Another one saved!

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:56 pm

Let's get a report on her - and pics!

Well done that man!

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:26 pm

I can oblige with part of that request, but I'll leave the report to Chris - he's the one who drove it as far in a day as it's been in the last two years!

The seller lived within the grounds of Devizes Castle, a really lovely setting in a very pretty town. Here's BXC's own Meteor Man posing outside the seller's driveway.

Sitting in its home since 1987.

Nothing in here but what's absolutely necessary - just like the rest of the car!

The now-traditional Proud New Owner shot. The seller was giving up driving purely because he didn't need to any more - the car had done 240 miles in the last year and he felt that 72 years was long enough.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:07 am

What a clean car! Not bad for it's age...

Look forward to seeing it at the National - or even Crich?

mnde · Post by **mnde** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:16 pm

Thanks for the pics Stu. A beauty indeed! Check out those GSA-style keep fit window winders and plastic door cards! And that engine sounded sweeeeet. Just hope this hydraulic leak isn't the dreaded Octopus........

Mark.

ren16tx · Post by **ren16tx** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:10 pm

Not sure its going to make it to crich now! but it will be out and about soon,(will prob be taking the italian mk1 bx to crich)
Have started T cutting it,and wow it comes up well!! Haven't taken the seat covers off yet, but from what i can see,even the seats are good!
the hydralic leak is coming from the drivers side,at the back of the engine,is this the octipus? i could realy do without this now! but at least if its replaced i know its going to last a while!!
i pick up my Ami super from the Chevronic centre end of the month,so will proberly limp the BX to him to sort out,and get it MOT'd and checked over at the same time,
can't wait to drive it to France!! who'd be up for a convoy to Paris one weekend??

i now currently own 3 MK1 BX's, an A,B,& C reg,and did own a D reg!! is this a current record?!
chris

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:39 pm

ren16tx wrote: can't wait to drive it to France!! who'd be up for a convoy to Paris one weekend??

I don't know about Paris (where driving is hardly fun) - more like the Suisse Normande? (Brilliant driving country!)

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:28 pm

Sounds like the octopus - particularly as you were able to drive it all that distance. If that octopus has lasted 24 years it's done well. Back of front subframe, driver's side is where I'd expect the leak to be.

Do have a look at the point where the 2 plastic return pipes from the rear suspension and height corrector join the octopus, as a simple pop-off here can give the impression of a full-blown octopus failure when all that's needed is to reunite the pipe with the rubber "tentacles". Not that it's easy in slimy conditions...

Post by **docchevron** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:32 pm

Most likely going to be the short length from the octopus where it joins the front HC. They ALWAYS go there....

ren16tx · Post by **ren16tx** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:24 pm

Well,the BX14 has gone to the Chevronic centre,they love the car! they are replacing the front pipe thats gone, but the rear pipework is looking iffy,so these are being replaced,then will be MOT'd and serviced,
By chance, does any one have a pastel blue passenger front door going spare?
chris

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:34 pm

I didn't realise that there would be other crazies hankering afer an R14- are there any outside this forum?

I can't remember when I last saw one, they must all have rotted away

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:52 pm

ren16tx wrote:Well,the BX14 has gone to the Chevronic centre,they love the car! they are replacing the front pipe thats gone, but the rear pipework is looking iffy,so these are being replaced,then will be MOT'd and serviced,
By chance, does any one have a pastel blue passenger front door going spare?
chris

I've never, ever seen that colour on a BX before so have fun with the ali mesh the seller gave you!

Check that pipework DAMN carefully before you drive all the way back from Chevronics, OK?

See you at the weekend, maybe.

stuart_hedges · Post by **stuart_hedges** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:54 pm

grecian wrote:I didn't realise that there would be other crazies hankering afer an R14- are there any outside this forum?

I can't remember when I last saw one, they must all have rotted away

There are no crazies outside this forum.

[waves hand mysteriously]