A few of us on here like a little French car

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HenrysDad

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An Ex GFs father had one of these ( can't remember exactly which engine) I drove it on a few occasions. Really quite odd compared to my then alfa but really smooth and you could hustle them along very quickly on an A road. Well worth 13K
 
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Vampyrebat said:
I watched Car SOS last night where they restored a Peugeot 504 Cabriolet. A Pininfarina masterpiece!
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A bit of 'trivia' did you know that Fuzz Townsend used to be the drummer for 'The Beat' in the 70's & 80's!

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Fuzz was also in Pop Will Eat Itself for a while.

Talking of Car SOS my mate's '78 SD1 is being filmed for the new series at the end of this month...
 

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GeoffCapes said:
I remember as a teenager, one of the houses I used to deliver newspapers to had 3 of these. And a BX (the one which had some input from Lamborghini) as well.
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Lambo had nothing to do with the BX, but it was designed by Gandini who also did design work for Lambo. The truth is really going to upset Phil though. The BX shape was actually based on a Reliant.
 
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Oneball said:
Lambo had nothing to do with the BX, but it was designed by Gandini who also did design work for Lambo. The truth is really going to upset Phil though. The BX shape was actually based on a Reliant.
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A Reliant concept not adopted in '77 and then offered to Volvo in '79. Citroen were third time lucky!

That CX turbo 2 was left field back in the day. Today it is from another planet. How cool to cruise in that. I fear it might spend more time on ramps than road but still love it.
 
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Guy said:
A Reliant concept not adopted in '77 and then offered to Volvo in '79. Citroen were third time lucky!

That CX turbo 2 was left field back in the day. Today it is from another planet. How cool to cruise in that. I fear it might spend more time on ramps than road but still love it.
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Didn’t it also get offered to the Iranian company that made Hillman Hunters?
 
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Oneball said:
Lambo had nothing to do with the BX, but it was designed by Gandini who also did design work for Lambo. The truth is really going to upset Phil though. The BX shape was actually based on a Reliant.
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One of the best cars I had was a BX GTi bought as a non runner with a broken cambelt.
Bright red and an amazing interior with those beautiful front seats similar to the SM.
 
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Oneball said:
Lambo had nothing to do with the BX, but it was designed by Gandini who also did design work for Lambo. The truth is really going to upset Phil though. The BX shape was actually based on a Reliant.
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The used them to sell the BX though. Wonder if I can find the advert.
I guess trade descriptions would be after them these days.
 
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