Scrap yard...Citroën? 

"NoneOfYourBiz" (goawaynowkthxbye) 04/10/2015 at 16:02 • Filed to: None

1

17

I was at a scrap yard today looking for, you know, "scrap" (trim pieces for my car) and, while I was driving up to the yard, came across this seemingly unrelated lot of cars:

DAFUQ?

Citroëns are exceedingly uncommon up here in Canada. I've never seen one, running or otherwise, in fact. (edit: not quite true - I just remembered I'd seen a 2CV in good shape cruising around last summer - clearly a show-and-shine car. No Citroën daily drivers though.)

Oh, and here... gratuitous scrap:

I think the front desk felt sorry for me when all I brought back in was half-busted a tether cover. They insisted it wasn't worth their time to invoice me and just told me to keep it. I also found a dime and a UK 20p coin which I gave to the cashier (being honest and all) and she was quite chuffed, saying she loved foreign coins.

505Turbeaux > NoneOfYourBiz 04/10/2015 at 16:07

4

east part of Canada? I might have to rescue a thing

LongbowMkII > NoneOfYourBiz 04/10/2015 at 16:07

1

I scored a maplight the same way. Looking for window trim and that's all I found.

The Citroën seems to be solid.... I'm surprised they aren't popular in quebec.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > NoneOfYourBiz 04/10/2015 at 16:08

2

That's an SM.. you must save it.. NOW..

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > NoneOfYourBiz 04/10/2015 at 16:11

1

Where is it?

Cé hé sin > NoneOfYourBiz 04/10/2015 at 16:12

3

That's an odd SM. American side marker lights but the proper front end.

NoneOfYourBiz > 505Turbeaux 04/10/2015 at 16:26

1

It's on the north side of Bentley Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario.

If you go to "Kenny U-Pull" (the wrecker I went to) it's less than a block away, on the opposite side of the street. You go into the parking lot and drive around the back of the building, bam, fenced off area.

Nearest address is 149 Bentley.

NoneOfYourBiz > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 04/10/2015 at 16:27

1

I wish I had the resources to do it... I don't even have a single garage to put it in. (just a shared driveway, occupied by my daily driver)

:(

505Turbeaux > NoneOfYourBiz 04/10/2015 at 16:27

3

I am going to make a call on it just in case it can be had reasonably

NoneOfYourBiz > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 04/10/2015 at 16:27

0

It's on the north side of Bentley Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Nearest address is 149 Bentley.

See my reply to 505Turbeaux for more details.

NoneOfYourBiz > LongbowMkII 04/10/2015 at 16:30

0

Heh. I've seen one Citroën 2CV in Ottawa, clearly a show-and-shine car someone was taking out for a ride last summer. Other than that, they don't seem to get here at all. (we're right on the Ontario/Quebec border here)

ranwhenparked > Cé hé sin 04/10/2015 at 17:33

0

Probably an American spec model that a prior owner partially converted to the correct French appearance, some time long before it fell into its present state.

pip bip - choose Corrour > NoneOfYourBiz 04/10/2015 at 20:00

0

Hyundai - no loss there.

NoneOfYourBiz > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/10/2015 at 20:04

1

I was actually after parts for an Elantra.

pip bip - choose Corrour > NoneOfYourBiz 04/10/2015 at 20:18

1

oh. oops!

someassemblyrequired > ranwhenparked 04/12/2015 at 01:40

0

Canadian spec Citroens got the steerable Euro lights from the factory.

KatzManDu > NoneOfYourBiz 04/12/2015 at 12:07

1

I'm assuming the owner of the shop picked up those things (especially the SM and the Merc) as project cars for his own that he hasn't gotten around to (yet.)

I also see the rear quarter of a Nogaro Blue B5 S4 there, too. Heh.

Machingadera > NoneOfYourBiz 04/12/2015 at 22:57

0

Just tow it. Drop it on the street. Venerate.