Timex and friends

[Dollywobbler]

Ah yes. It does that. Randomly stops working for a bit, then randomly starts working again! Mind you, the TXD did the same the other day. French electrics!

[citsncycles]

Yep - it's working fine again now , that's one job crossed off the list

[citsncycles]

Just remembered when you parked here you locking all the other doors from inside before you got out - always wondered why you did that

[citsncycles]

received my doors from Kitch yesterday - he was kind enough to bring them most of the way while on a job

As expected with free doors they need a bit of work (rust along the bottom edge and under the rear quarterlights), but they're better than most of the doors on Timex.

Now I have these I'll be repairing and painting them over the winter, fitting them as I go.

[citsncycles]

Started prep for the NEC yesterday. This is what I started with:



And this is what it looks like after a wash, T-Cut and application of Auto Glym plastic gel to all the plastic and rubber bits.

[Caffiend]

It looks great Mike, please don't pull the trigger on that gun to your head.

Look forward to seeing it on Thursday - amazing progress in a short space of time, no longer shed of the show!

[mat_fenwick]

please don't pull the trigger on that gun to your head.

Took me a minute but

[citsncycles]

no longer shed of the show!

Oh it's still a shed, just a shiny one. It's definitely it's best side there too!

And don't worry, I shan't pull the trigger, with my luck I'd miss and hit the car!

[merlyn]

Thats pretty impressive, it even looks a completely different colour! How long did that take you Mike?

[Dollywobbler]

Does look good. How much better it looks with those wheel trims on! (and after all of your hard work too!)

[citsncycles]

How long did that take you Mike?

About 4 hours on the outside, plus about 1.5 hours (so far) inside. One thing it has shown up is the different colour of the tailgate - they'd faded to similar shades! Mind you, there's so many shades of blue on it that it doesn't stand out too much

[Dollywobbler]

Ah. The tailgate is off a later BX so is actually a different colour - though only slightly!

[citsncycles]

Bought this lot at the NEC last week - 10m for £25


The old seals are tired, they've lost a lot of their spring and the metal in them is starting to fail


The new seal is at least round in section, but I hope the join at the bottom and the sharp corner at the top will seal OK - guess I'll know tomorrow looking at the forecast


Unfortunately I didn't buy enough , so replaced the seals for both front doors and the RH rear door, leaving about a foot which I stuffed into the huge gap in the top of the other rear door.

I then turned to the radio - this is radio No.3 (No.2, a Boston kindly donated by Mickytaker hasn't been tried yet)


I wired it in, and the tape player's great, but the radio only works for a couple of minutes after being connected


I now have to decide whether to get this fixed, try the Boston, or keep looking

Finally, a pic of my 2 'hydraulic' Citroens together

[citsncycles]

Just checked after todays rain and the new seals aren't leaking

[Des Smith]

Good news mate. If it didn't leak after all that rain, you can probably take it to sea!

EDIT - Oops just realised where you live - you probably are already at sea