Citroen BX shooting brake

"davedave1111" (davedave1111) 12/30/2013 at 11:43 • Filed to: None

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It's very French.

A crying shame that thing's a one-off. They didn't even make a 3-door BX that I know of.

biturboism, the cult > davedave1111 12/30/2013 at 11:48

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Extremely sweet. These could've been really successful vans with their load bearing capacities and mild off-road capabilities.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > davedave1111 12/30/2013 at 12:06

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Needs more hydraulic suspension.

davedave1111 > biturboism, the cult 12/30/2013 at 12:38

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Well, Citroen was making the C15 at the time:

I had to Wiki that to remember the name, and while there found this. It was based on the Citroen Visa supermini - conventionally sprung - but:

The rear axle had to carry heavy loads and so a sturdier Citroën BX unit was installed rather than the Visa one.

Coil-sprung rather than oleo-pneumatic, though.

There was an aftermarket van conversion by a Finnish company. Suitably quirky, you might say.

http://hooniverse.com/2011/11/16/wag…

davedave1111 > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 12/30/2013 at 12:46

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The BX had hydraulic suspension. Not sure if that one had anti-settle, or had been left running or only just been switched off.

biturboism, the cult > davedave1111 12/30/2013 at 12:48

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I always loved the C15 and I wanted to buy one, but all I could find were either ridiculously expensive (too new) or completely trashed with 1M kms+ on the clock. Driving the naturally aspirated diesel in one of these is an almost spiritually tranquil experience.

Also, I never knew they had BX rear axles, it is so cool!

davedave1111 > biturboism, the cult 12/30/2013 at 13:03

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I once nearly bought a €500 C15 to get home from the Alps after a season working out there. It had run the clock round, and had more rust than remaining metal, so in the end I decided that a taxi to the airport and a couple of plane tickets was a safer bet. A couple of years later I was back in the same resort on holiday and saw it still running around carrying skis to and from rental shops and ski-service places, still with the same (now very faded) for sale sign in the window.

I had to drive one in similar condition, although not very far, when I was working out there. It was a complete dog*, but I wouldn't generalise from that experience.

(*Complete dog is a bit too kind. More like a three-legged, one-eyed dog.)