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My Cars, My cars...| DoubleChevron |
Posted: May 24, 2008 10:34 am
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The Mighty CX ...
  Mighty CX towing GS1220 0.5  -------------------- Location ... Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Real cars: Citroens CX's, DS, GS's slowly rusting away. Lumps of merde wearing Citroen badges: '96 XM 2.1TD slugomatic ... "The fragile expensive one". |
  
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| DoubleChevron |
Posted: May 24, 2008 10:34 am
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 355 Member No.: 165 Joined: May 22, 2005 |
Between me and my parents... we have "some" cars ...
        I'll post a piccie of the XM in the next few days ! seeya, Shane L. -------------------- Location ... Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Real cars: Citroens CX's, DS, GS's slowly rusting away. Lumps of merde wearing Citroen badges: '96 XM 2.1TD slugomatic ... "The fragile expensive one". |
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| citroenxm |
Posted: May 24, 2008 08:39 pm
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 2058 Member No.: 257 Joined: October 10, 2005 |
A UK 2CV Shane!
And Crycieee how EARLY is that dark DS??? Im sure the Gold/Brown DS turns some heads! I Nice collection... nice Traction too!! Rgds C -------------------- 1993 K Reg 3.0 V6 12 Valve Auto (Green) LPG S1.5 SORNd
1990 H reg 3.0 V6 24 valve Manual. Grey S1 SORNd 1991 H reg 2.1 SED td Manual, Maroon. SORNd 1992 K reg 2.1 SD Manual. Getting ready to sell on 1998 V reg Xantia HDi Exclusive Silver Location: YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME!! |
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| Ciaran |
Posted: May 24, 2008 09:05 pm
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 Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 1434 Member No.: 222 Joined: August 12, 2005 |
I'm loving that CX Shane, really lovely example of a GTI turbo, and I've always had a thing for the look of the series 2s as well..
That wee GS trailer is a fantastic idea! Does it have a dolly wheel at the front where the towing bar is? Robert... I think we may have just found a use for project shitbox.... would kind of put the brakes on the Xantia Cabriolet idea though.... Ciarán -------------------- '95 XM 2.1TD VSX Hatch: RP 6429. Rare green ;-)
'90 XM 2.0 SEI Hatch: RP 4832 - 'Gandalf the grey' '95 Xantia 1.9TD SX Hatch: RP ????. Black - 'Darth Vader'. Will be MOT'd '95 Xantia 1.9TD SX Hatch: RP ????. Blue - Utterly fooked Location: Outskirts of Belfast in the sunny north of Ireland... |
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| DoubleChevron |
Posted: July 07, 2008 02:26 am
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Yeah the GS is a '78 1220 pallas .... cut in half with a tow hitch at the front. The front "doors" are the petrol tank closing panel from a DS. A CX windscreen wiper motor drives the hydraulic pump on the trailer. I'm in the process of painting it the same colour as the CX Turbo at the moment, this has (like the 50 other projects I always have going) been put on hold onto the XM is finished. This is the GS ...    seeya, Shane L. -------------------- Location ... Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Real cars: Citroens CX's, DS, GS's slowly rusting away. Lumps of merde wearing Citroen badges: '96 XM 2.1TD slugomatic ... "The fragile expensive one". |
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| Peter.N. |
Posted: July 07, 2008 09:39 am
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I had a white Safari like that, in fact I had three.
    Peter.N. -------------------- Used to have:
'96 'N' 2.1 td VSX manual estate White RP6695. '01 'Y' 406 GXL Hdi 110 manual estate silver '01 C5 estate 2.0. Hdi 110hp manual Located in Charmouth, Dorset. U.K. Blower transistors MJ 11015 |
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| Ciaran |
Posted: July 07, 2008 10:43 am
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 1434 Member No.: 222 Joined: August 12, 2005 |
Cracking job Shane, I didn't realise you'd kept the trailer hydraulics intact. Does the pump run all the time or just on demand? I presume it has a pressure regulator and accumulator etc?
Ciarán -------------------- '95 XM 2.1TD VSX Hatch: RP 6429. Rare green ;-)
'90 XM 2.0 SEI Hatch: RP 4832 - 'Gandalf the grey' '95 Xantia 1.9TD SX Hatch: RP ????. Black - 'Darth Vader'. Will be MOT'd '95 Xantia 1.9TD SX Hatch: RP ????. Blue - Utterly fooked Location: Outskirts of Belfast in the sunny north of Ireland... |
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| DoubleChevron |
Posted: July 18, 2008 12:48 am
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There is a CX reseviour, CX 7cylinder pump and regulator/accumulator mounted to the parcel shelf. to run the pump all I have done is put a mirco-switch on the height corrector. When the height corrector opens to allow more pressure into the suspension (ie: lift the trailer) it pushes on the micro-switch. The mircro-switch just earths the earth pin on the wiper motors relay.... and the pump runs... As soon as the trailer is upto height, the height corrector closes, so the pump stops. seeya, Shane L. -------------------- Location ... Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Real cars: Citroens CX's, DS, GS's slowly rusting away. Lumps of merde wearing Citroen badges: '96 XM 2.1TD slugomatic ... "The fragile expensive one". |
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| Citroenmad |
Posted: August 04, 2008 07:26 pm
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That is a very impressive collection you have
 Id love a huge collection, its having the space to store them! -------------------- 1995 'N' XM 2.1TD VSX Manual Estate, magenta red - 62K miles
1998 'S' S1 Xantia Activa - silver 2006 '56' C5 2.0HDi 138 16v Hatch |
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| UFO |
Posted: August 05, 2008 11:58 am
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and the time, money and patience to maintain them
-------------------- Craig Keller
'09 C5 HDi Exclusive '74 D Special '85 CX 25ie Pallas Previous '96 XM V6 Exclusive '87 BX TRi http://www.citroencarclub.org.au CCC of NSW Inc http://www.citroencarclub.org.au/forum Australian Citroen Forum http://www.aussiefrogs.com Aussiefrogs - Aussies (and others) who drive and love their French cars |
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| Citroenmad |
Posted: August 05, 2008 07:33 pm
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Yes that too!
Having 8 cars is already enough Unfortunately only a few are interesting. -------------------- 1995 'N' XM 2.1TD VSX Manual Estate, magenta red - 62K miles
1998 'S' S1 Xantia Activa - silver 2006 '56' C5 2.0HDi 138 16v Hatch |
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| very tall brad |
Posted: August 11, 2008 01:51 pm
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Owning too many cars is a pain and no fun, sometimes. Things you have to do: Taxing or SORN - this takes me about an hour a month Tyre pressure checks and tyres going square Rodents Grass snakes Visitors saying "Why do you want so many cars?" And that's only after they've seen the 5 on the drive! Insurance Security Keeping batteries topped up Cleaning Protecting from sun and rain Kids Using them in rotation to keep them 'loose' and not seized Space and the cost isn't the issue, it's the labour of love to do all the above. And then you can enjoy them... -------------------- Citroen XM Prestige 2.0 auto saloon 1992 (from nearly new)
Citroen XM VSX Turbo petrol auto estate 1995 Citroen XM VSX Turbo petrol auto 2000W 50000 miles (as new) Citroen Grand Picasso C4 VTR+ 2007(from new) Lexus LS400 V8 2000W Renault Grand Espace V6 2002 Rover 827 Coupe (x 3) Rover Sterling (X 11) Rover 820 (X 2) Rover 827 i/Si/SLi (X 3) Rover Vitesse 827 (X 3) LHD Sterling 827S 1988 from California Renault 5TR 1989 from new Morris Marina 1.3 SDL Coupe 1974 Austin miniMetro 1980W as new MG MGB GT 1980 W Orange Rover Metro 1.1S 1991 Ford Granada Scorpio 2.9 1988 Vauxhall Senator 24V 3.0 1993 Black, low low miles |
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| citroenxm |
Posted: August 11, 2008 03:14 pm
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 2058 Member No.: 257 Joined: October 10, 2005 |
I guess if you own so many Rovers or British Leyand, you need to watch the rain..
 Sorry verytallbrad, couldn't help that, one advantage of Citroen is the slightly better rust protection, unless abused..  I must say, its an impressive collection of Rovers.. I thought I was mad with 5 XM's at my peak.. Rgds Paul -------------------- 1993 K Reg 3.0 V6 12 Valve Auto (Green) LPG S1.5 SORNd
1990 H reg 3.0 V6 24 valve Manual. Grey S1 SORNd 1991 H reg 2.1 SED td Manual, Maroon. SORNd 1992 K reg 2.1 SD Manual. Getting ready to sell on 1998 V reg Xantia HDi Exclusive Silver Location: YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME!! |
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