Nice Early 19RD

[tim leech]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-CITROEN-BX-1 ... dZViewItem

Look at them clocks!

[tim leech]

Worth that all day long imho jon, but as u say a bit steep as a starting bid.

[jonathan_dyane]

I could well be wrong, but should a NA of that age not have the earlier air intake setup without the airbox over the rocker cover? Certainly the '87 19RD that my Grandfather had did...

I was under the impression that the change coincided with the move to the oval-port engine (circa '91?) but I'm not not 100%.

[M]

Look at them clocks!

Remind me of the TGD I just sold

[tim leech]

There the v early Mk2 clocks. Notice the different spacing on the mph increments and different text. I have a set in my cupboard I bought off fleabay ages for some unknwon reason! Maybe worth something sometime.

[DavidRutherford]

The 19D's changed to oval ports in 1988 as far as I recall, at that point they also got the rectangular airfilter and intake box AFAIK.

That's about what I thought too.

I believe the obvious difference is the inlet manifold. The type with 4 individual pipes indicates an oval port, wheras the one-piece inlet manifold indicates square-port.

Going by that, the engine in this '87 model looks like an oval port, which I guess would make sense as the 405 was released in late '87, and that never had the square-port engine, only the oval.

[tim leech]

My dad had a 87E 19RD and I remember the engine looking excatly like that (I cleaned it too much) and being different visually to the 84B 19RD we had beforehand, he did comment on it being more sprightly. I expect they changed the engines and upped the power 65-72bhp for the Mk2 BXs in late 1986? All the brochures I have (inc the one from 1987) rate the 1905cc Diesel at 72bhp.

[cavmad]

Nice enough but too much money for the starting bid.