Answered an ad for what I thought was one strut. Jokingly asked him if he had another one. "The ad was for a pair."
You've got two of them...?
"I've got four."
Got a call a couple of days later: "I've found a couple of rear ones as well if you're interested."
"Oh, and another pair of fronts...."
Didn't actually believe any of this was going to materialise 'til I met his mate in a carpark 30km away (seller was 350km away but his mate has family near here) yesterday evening. Handed over a laughably reasonable amount of euros (but still twice what he was actually asking - I'd have felt like I'd stolen them from him if I'd paid the asking price). Still keep going out to the barn to check they're not imaginary!
1990 BX TZD Estate ('the grey one', 1991 BX TZD Estate ('the white one'), 1982 2CV6 Charleston (in bits), 1972 AZU Serie B (2CV van), 1974 HY72 Camper, 1990 Land Rover 110 diesel LWB, 1957 Mobylette AV76, 1992 Ducati 400SS, 1966 VW Beetle, 1990 Mazda MX-5, 1996 Peugeot 106D, 1974 JCB 2D MkII, 1997 BMW R1100RS, 1987 Suzuki GSX-R1100, 1978 Honda CX500A, 1965 Motobecane Cady, 1988 Honda Bros/Africa Twin, 1963 Massey Ferguson 825, and a lot of bicycles!
I would put them on ebay and see how they do, not wishing to piss on your campfire but you can get refurbished ones from pleides for sensible money before you go about selling a kidney...
I'm keeping most of them! A pair each for the two TZDs. Might let the last pair go, don't know yet - I've got plenty of spare used ones. Last time I spoke to Pleiades they wanted about £140 apiece (can't remember if with or wthout VAT) to recon s/h ones and wouldn't sell me the seals to rebuild my own.
1990 BX TZD Estate ('the grey one', 1991 BX TZD Estate ('the white one'), 1982 2CV6 Charleston (in bits), 1972 AZU Serie B (2CV van), 1974 HY72 Camper, 1990 Land Rover 110 diesel LWB, 1957 Mobylette AV76, 1992 Ducati 400SS, 1966 VW Beetle, 1990 Mazda MX-5, 1996 Peugeot 106D, 1974 JCB 2D MkII, 1997 BMW R1100RS, 1987 Suzuki GSX-R1100, 1978 Honda CX500A, 1965 Motobecane Cady, 1988 Honda Bros/Africa Twin, 1963 Massey Ferguson 825, and a lot of bicycles!
I think over time more and more BX bits that are hard to find will be remade, as Chevronics are doing, so I'm not too worried about being able to run our cars in the future but it's a good idea to stock parts while they pop up on eBay, etc.. There still seem to be lots of useful bits advertised on eBay but mislabelled or misspelt that with a few minutes checking part numbers often confirm their use on a BX.
I've broken a couple of BXs and I always pick up useful-looking bits when I see them. I'm fortunate that I've got a bloody great barn (and another smaller one!) so space to store parts isn't a problem. Well, in theory anyway - in practice I always seem to run out of shelves and boxes and floor space!
1990 BX TZD Estate ('the grey one', 1991 BX TZD Estate ('the white one'), 1982 2CV6 Charleston (in bits), 1972 AZU Serie B (2CV van), 1974 HY72 Camper, 1990 Land Rover 110 diesel LWB, 1957 Mobylette AV76, 1992 Ducati 400SS, 1966 VW Beetle, 1990 Mazda MX-5, 1996 Peugeot 106D, 1974 JCB 2D MkII, 1997 BMW R1100RS, 1987 Suzuki GSX-R1100, 1978 Honda CX500A, 1965 Motobecane Cady, 1988 Honda Bros/Africa Twin, 1963 Massey Ferguson 825, and a lot of bicycles!
Kevan
1997 Mercedes C230 W202
2003 Land Rover Discovery Series 2 Facelift TD5 - Daily driver / hobby days and camping.
1993 Land Rover Discovery 200tdi Series 1 3 door - in need of TLC
2020 Fiat Panda 4x4 Cross Twin Air.
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern 2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN 2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD 2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement 1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN 1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN 1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN 1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped 2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car 1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014 1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN 1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
I bought a brand new one a couple of years ago, came with the strut return pipe & clip (alone they now cost about £20) for £100, which i didn't think was too bad, baring in mind a re-con one for £140.... a very nice find If you find anymore & run out of storage, don't forget to share them
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN