Im paul from birmingham, i am a motor trader for a living but i am a life long old/classic car fan and currently have quite a few projects at different stages of restoration, in my job i mainly deal with newer cars but as i have a keen interest in older/odd/rare stuff the garages i deal with always bear me in mind when something pops up.
Thats enough about me now let me tell you of my latest find, i went to a citroen dealership to veiw some part exchanges yesterday and while i was there the managers said " oh theres an old BX out in the yard that you might want to look at"
Im not really into citroens although i drive a berlingo van as a daily and think its great. I cant remember the last time i saw a BX on the road so i grabbed the keys and went for a look, to my surprise the car is on an M plate (cant remember seeing one that late) its a 94 M BX 17 TZD estate car in white with 3 owners and reading 136k miles, its very dirty and seems to have not been washed in a very long time, it has a citroen towbar and although filthy and tatty lokking it appears to be very original having had only the two offside doors painted and the paint is crazed/peeling on these panels. I started the car up and it sounds really good, i drove it and the only faults i noticed are the stop lights on the dash are on, its a bit bouncy/vague on the nearside suspension and on investigation i noticed an occasional hiss and a leak/squirting of LHM fluid coming from the front of the engine bay down by the bellhousing and rad, looks like its some kind of valve, could this be the cause of the suspension bounce ? i must admit i had forgot how nippy these are for an old diesel.
Overall it looks quite tatty at the moment but as its white i should think a good clean and some wheeltrims woud really tidy it up. As it was not very expensive i thought i cant go wrong and had to buy it, i dont know quite what i will do with it yet and an old friend of mine thats into old quirky cars has shown an interest so i will of course give him first refusual but i thought i would join the forum to find out a bit more about these cars and to see if it was rare/worth anything being such a late car and therfore justify doing it up or if neither i or my friend decide to get involved with it this place would be the best place to find it a new custodian that would give it the treatment it deserves rather than just being scrapped as i hate seeing rare old cars just dissapear, i mean its only a 94 car but i was quite surprised to see it and it made me realise i had nearly forgot these cars ever existed which is bizzare as years ago they were everywhere.
Any info or advice on this car would be much appreciated and hopefully help me put the car to good use, if anyone knows the actual car it would be nice to hear from them, the reg is M575PNM
Update, I managed to go and wash it this morning and take some pics
Before
After
The bad paint
The leak
I also checked the LHM fluid and as piointed out on here it was low, i put some in and the stop light has now gone out so it must be due to the leak.
Regards
Paul.
