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Roverman wrote:And its finished in jewish racing gold aswell, with a bedet, 'roys, spaztronic gearbox, and a "lid" but sadly no skin or wind. I wouldnt give more than a "daughter" for it, ir if its really nice maybe a "monkey"

Lessons for Arthur Daley still available eh?

Motor trade jargon is used between sales staff but its dying off now, the days of arthur daley types with the camel skin jacket are pretty much consigned to the history books thankfully!

Good for a laugh though, any more pics of the metro Matt?

I'll see if I can find some more pics of it for you... It was a 1275 Manual, and drove really well, 40,000 miles or so.

Ahh, the bodykit... Thankfully someone else had the joy of removing it, but by the looks of it, it was ready to fall off anyway.

Now I have the joy of finding the rubbing strips, but unlike Tim, I need the 16v specific rear 3/4 pieces. Wish me luck

The rear arch spats are held on by two studs each side and plastic wing nuts. And LOTS of mastic!
Same for the front one, but only one nut IIRC. The skirts have a bead of sealant all the way along and rivets underneath. They're usually a real sod to get off so if they're undamaged you're laughing mate!

Here's an idea of what it will look like, Just a test fit held on with tape...

Looking good! Now you need an Mi16 unti to drop in......

BX Bandit wrote:Looking good! Now you need an Mi16 unti to drop in......

You'll need to find a scrapped Pug 205GTi for one of those these days...

Ahh, the irony

citrojim wrote:

BX Bandit wrote:Looking good! Now you need an Mi16 unti to drop in......

You'll need to find a scrapped Pug 205GTi for one of those these days...

Ahh, the irony

Nah just buy a really nice one with 11 months MOT on it then sell off the shell

Roverman wrote: Nah just buy a really nice one with 11 months MOT on it then sell off the shell

Good thinking Tim

The weekend mainly consisted of me shouting profanities at the side of my BX, trying to get my skirts to line up... I think all the shouting helped








Now I've just got this lot to sort out

Ah it's all good stuff mate. I rivet the skirts on in the normal place, then use this wet grab blue bathroom glue type stuff from B&Q to stick them down with....brilliant stuff!

But what, oh what is going on with that exhaust pipe??!

Yeah, I know... not one of my proudest moments, bought a chrome trim off ebay, and it was... well as you can see, a bit bigger than I thought

Don't worry, it will be changed...

Getting there mate, well done keep up the good work.

Cheers...

When I do finish the car, I'm quite certain that I won't be able to enjoy it for very long, as the plan is to buy a real 16v... and I can either lay the 14 up and use the valver, keep both on the road at massive cost, or sell the 14.

I can't imagine that a heavily modified BX 14 is going to be worth much (okay - not worth anything), so I will probably just keep it, ready for when the 16v breaks

As you can see, the 14 still lives...


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