Nice Mk.1 on Leboncoin

[Paul296]

Good for the money and mileage?

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/435501351.htm?ca=12_s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Doesn't actually say what model it is (16trs)?

. . . and another in a nicer colour . . .

http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/439739941.htm?ca=12_s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[citsncycles]

The gold is nice, although any Mk1 that's not blue is a little bit extra special!

[Caffiend]

I'm licking the screen (and getting some very peculiar looks)

[BX Bandit]

Awwww, that was the colour of my Dad's first BX - a 1.9 NA. Spinx Gold I believe it's called. I would love that car now, but my sister wrote it off, then my dad put it back on the road, then she traded it in where it would of been scrapped RIP old girl

[citsncycles]

The Mk1 RD Estate Press car was this colour too - IIRC it was off the road by 1992!

[Paul296]

It is nice that gold one. Tidy Mk.1 BX auto, 80(odd?)K miles on the clock for 7 or 8 hundred quid? Where I come from that's bargain talk

[Mothman]

Both gotta be worth the dosh. Someone get one. I cant, musnt, wont...........
Kieran, this is what ime on about. Much cheaper to get one of these .....

Andy

[kieran.l]

Both gotta be worth the dosh. Someone get one. I cant, musnt, wont...........
Kieran, this is what ime on about. Much cheaper to get one of these .....

Andy

Cheaper! They're quite expensive I think? You mean to buy a LHD one that's reasonably good and not convert to RHD? I was thinking more of a scrapper for €200-300ish to convert to RHD using the DTR parts.

But also, look at the second one (beige 16 TRS GT), I knew I kinda recognised the pics - if you Google Citroen BX and go to Images, that beige BX is in them and the pic where we see the front of it is on Wikipedia (ok...I have no life... ) Also, it has no plates
So either the pics on wikipedia are actually of the car being sold or these on leboncoin aren't pics of the one being sold.

[Mothman]

If these are the ones for sale bud they aint expensive at all. Give the seller a bell!!

I doubt if you will find anything for a couple of hundred quid. On cloud cuckoo land bud ime afraid.

200 to 300 quid on a scrapper and then 1500 quid, probably more in time and money on sorting, now thats expensive!!

The standard process on restoring a car is find a number for its restoration and then double it and only then will you get close. Other wise its in your dreams mate.

Andy

[kieran.l]

I thought these prices were in pounds, which puts the first one at about £900 which, I agree, for a good car wouldn't be expensive and would be worth every penny!
But for my LHD to RHD conversion it would be too much. This left hooker is a lovely looking car and would probaly need little work done, but then there are the issues associated with driving a LHD in a RHD country, difficulties overtaking and higher insurance for example. So buying a near perfect LHD, to drive and keep as is, wouldn't be ideal for my (my uncles) situtaion. Hence a cheap scrapper for conversion to RHD.
And they do exist, albiet not many, but I'm sure in a county like France they appear fairly often:
http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/441112845.htm?ca=1_s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.priceministerauto.com/annonc ... +de+Trafic" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.paruvendu.fr/a/voiture-occas ... A1KVVOCIBX" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
All that's needed is a good bodyshell. I know time is a factor in the conversion too but that's not so much a problem.

[Paul296]

If you don't want a left hand drive car, then buying a left hand drive car is (to say the least) a bit pointless if you don't want to fork out for converting it. If all you're after is a body shell that's solid then buying a nail for a couple of quid and converting it might make sense. Trouble is if you buy a nail it might have a solid body shell but it will still have a very tatty body-shell and even the cost of a cheap blow-over to get it really presentable (not to mention removing the inevitable dents and dings) is going to cost, at the very least, a grand (actually quite alot more!). The fact is, if you want a very tidy Mk.1 BX that's RHD it's going to cost you serious wonger. They're very rare and very sought after and that's the deal with rare and sought after things I'm afraid!

[mds141]

I wonder. If one entered 'MK 1 BX' as co-ordinates into the infinite improbability drive flight computer, what the outcome might be?

[Paul296]

I wonder. If one entered 'MK 1 BX' as co-ordinates into the infinite improbability drive flight computer, what the outcome might be?

Mmmmm velly interlesting Mr. Smith! I like your thinking. I entered the vector co-ordinates as a simple flow algorithm using the Gödel–Herbrand–Kleene recursive functions (obviously). The results were most startling. The answer is 'cheese and onion'.

[mds141]

Standby for pseudomotion...

[kieran.l]

If you don't want a left hand drive car, then buying a left hand drive car is (to say the least) a bit pointless if you don't want to fork out for converting it.

I don't know if I said I didn't want to fork out to convert it.

... buying a near perfect LHD, to drive and keep as is, wouldn't be ideal for my (my uncles) situtaion. Hence a cheap scrapper for conversion to RHD.

I know it would cost a lot for a really good RHD mk1 and I know how sought after they are! But I think the point has been lost somewhere because I don't want a good mk1 (I have one), but the point was - whats the best way to make use of the very rusty DTR that my uncle has without sending it the the scrapper and being a total waste, because the engine and running gear are in relatively ok condition. Hence re-shelling the car, and cos RHDs are so thin on the ground - and sought after - I'm just looking at the idea of using a LHD for conversion (not even a good LHD at that, only one with a relatively rust free body).

And if a LHD car was available I'm pretty sure the conversion would be done as the skills, time and money are there. Hence, the point of the original thread: technically, can this conversion be done? http://www.bxclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17795" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;