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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Lagondanet on 27 June 2014, 21:46:47
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Went for a ride in this today. Not an Omega I know, but a fab car nonetheless. :y
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Bonkers. Proper Citroen :)
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Fugly! ::)
Cool car though! 8)
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Fugly! ::)
Cool car though! 8)
;D
Both of them :-X
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
Indeed. I despise every other Citroen ever made, but one of those would be rather cool. Must have looked like a space ship in the 70's compared to all the dull cars that were around then. 8)
Mind you, doing anything under the bonnet looks like a right PITA. :o
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They were a big car in there day but just shows how big the Lagonda was :o
Keith B
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
Indeed. I despise every other Citroen ever made, but one of those would be rather cool. Must have looked like a space ship in the 70's compared to all the dull cars that were around then. 8)
Mind you, doing anything under the bonnet looks like a right PITA. :o
Not all British cars of the seventies were dull, Kevin.
The futuristic Morris Marina was introduced in 1972 and set new standards for handling and road holding. :)
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Cool Citroen that, not sure I would like to service it though :o
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
As a nipper, my dad had an L reg Citroen DS Safari, although it was actually an 1970 car, but was bought when we were stationed abroad. That was slightly bonkers, but not like the CX and SM.
Like the GSA (pretty conventional by Citroen standards) he replaced it with, the brakes and suspension ran from the same system... ...and the suspension was prone to significant leaks. "Interesting" ;D
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I do know that, following Dad's attempt in the GSA to "see what it would do", fixing a holed piston was a PITA on that boxer engine ;D
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Not all British cars of the seventies were dull, Kevin.
The futuristic Morris Marina was introduced in 1972 and set new standards for handling and road holding. :)
I can't disagree with that. It was heading in the opposite direction to everybody else's new standards, though. ::)
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Not all British cars of the seventies were dull, Kevin.
The futuristic Morris Marina was introduced in 1972 and set new standards for handling and road holding. :)
I can't disagree with that. It was heading in the opposite direction to everybody else's new standards, though. ::)
Many moons ago I once drove an Alfasud and a Marina within a few hours of each other.
I have to say that the difference between the two cars was like the difference between night and day.
The Marina handled like an undistinguished british saloon from the fifties. :( :( :( :( The Alfasud was a dynamic joy. :y
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
As a nipper, my dad had an L reg Citroen DS Safari, although it was actually an 1970 car, but was bought when we were stationed abroad. That was slightly bonkers, but not like the CX and SM.
Like the GSA (pretty conventional by Citroen standards) he replaced it with, the brakes and suspension ran from the same system... ...and the suspension was prone to significant leaks. "Interesting" ;D
The Citroen DS was 'totally bonkers' when it was announced in 1955.
People thought that aliens had landed. Compare the shape of a DS with a Morris Oxford. :y
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
Indeed. I despise every other Citroen ever made, but one of those would be rather cool. Must have looked like a space ship in the 70's compared to all the dull cars that were around then. 8)
Mind you, doing anything under the bonnet looks like a right PITA. :o
Those things could crack 140mph,which was going some for a luxo barge in the early 70's :y
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
Indeed. I despise every other Citroen ever made, but one of those would be rather cool. Must have looked like a space ship in the 70's compared to all the dull cars that were around then. 8)
Mind you, doing anything under the bonnet looks like a right PITA. :o
Those things could crack 140mph,which was going some for a luxo barge in the early 70's :y
2.7 litre Maserati V6, I believe. :y
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SM is 1972 & fab. DS Citroen Pallas top of the range & Chapron are also fab as are the Safaris IMHO.
Owner of the SM is a specialist Jag engineer in Nottingham (Modern & Classics) & has a penchant for Wedge Lagondas.
He has recently taken the SM on a Shetland Tour.
I digress we should be talking about Omegas. :-[
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
Indeed. I despise every other Citroen ever made, but one of those would be rather cool. Must have looked like a space ship in the 70's compared to all the dull cars that were around then. 8)
Mind you, doing anything under the bonnet looks like a right PITA. :o
Not all British cars of the seventies were dull, Kevin.
The futuristic Morris Marina was introduced in 1972 and set new standards for handling and road holding. :)
I had a Marina in the 70s in Kuwait. Absolute crap. Had to run away when I sold it.
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
Indeed. I despise every other Citroen ever made, but one of those would be rather cool. Must have looked like a space ship in the 70's compared to all the dull cars that were around then. 8)
Mind you, doing anything under the bonnet looks like a right PITA. :o
Not all British cars of the seventies were dull, Kevin.
The futuristic Morris Marina was introduced in 1972 and set new standards for handling and road holding. :)
I had a Marina in the 70s in Kuwait. Absolute crap. Had to run away when I sold it.
Ah the Marina , a fine specimen of car :P
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Misread the title, my mistake. Nice car though and not an ounce of leather. ::)
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I have had a few citroens ,started with a GS Pallas, which if I remember correctly had inboard discs and pads! Then went and got a BX trs 1.9 petrol which was actually quite rapid but underpowered so chopped it in for the gti version ,can't remember what they were called?
Good fun cars ,but would love to get hold of a DS or an original SM.
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I digress we should be talking about Omegas. :-[
Not at all, chit-chat about any car is welcomed in this section - and love it or hate it, the SM is (and was) an unusual beast worth talking about :) :y
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I have had a few citroens ,started with a GS Pallas, which if I remember correctly had inboard discs and pads! Then went and got a BX trs 1.9 petrol which was actually quite rapid but underpowered so chopped it in for the gti version ,can't remember what they were called?
Good fun cars ,but would love to get hold of a DS or an original SM.
GTIs got a Volcane monica at some point in the 1980s, not sure if that applied to BX's. Sportif is a monica added to some as well.
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I have had a few citroens ,started with a GS Pallas, which if I remember correctly had inboard discs and pads! Then went and got a BX trs 1.9 petrol which was actually quite rapid but underpowered so chopped it in for the gti version ,can't remember what they were called?
Good fun cars ,but would love to get hold of a DS or an original SM.
GTIs got a Volcane monica at some point in the 1980s, not sure if that applied to BX's. Sportif is a monica added to some as well.
I think maybe it was just called a gti but it was 16v and I think was about 160bhp and they are fairly light cars............
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I have had a few citroens ,started with a GS Pallas, which if I remember correctly had inboard discs and pads! Then went and got a BX trs 1.9 petrol which was actually quite rapid but underpowered so chopped it in for the gti version ,can't remember what they were called?
Good fun cars ,but would love to get hold of a DS or an original SM.
GTIs got a Volcane monica at some point in the 1980s, not sure if that applied to BX's. Sportif is a monica added to some as well.
I think maybe it was just called a gti but it was 16v and I think was about 160bhp and they are fairly light cars............
Indeed it was, my uncle had one for a spell, same 2.0 16v lump as the Pug 405 Mi16 :y
Both were available with 4x4 8)
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
Indeed. I despise every other Citroen ever made, but one of those would be rather cool. Must have looked like a space ship in the 70's compared to all the dull cars that were around then. 8)
Mind you, doing anything under the bonnet looks like a right PITA. :o
What do you mean 'must have'? is your memory that poor?.................. :D :D
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A gararge up the road has this for sale...
http://www.arunltd.com/cardesc/citroen-traction-avant-2762
Astounding what difference a decade can make :o
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
Indeed. I despise every other Citroen ever made, but one of those would be rather cool. Must have looked like a space ship in the 70's compared to all the dull cars that were around then. 8)
Mind you, doing anything under the bonnet looks like a right PITA. :o
What do you mean 'must have'? is your memory that poor?.................. :D :D
No. It's just that the sides of my pram were a little high for car spotting. :P
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An AM Lagonda and a Citroen SM, both from the seventies. Not a sight you see every day. :y
I see that the SM is 'L' registered, so 1972/73 then. Stunning car. :y
Indeed. I despise every other Citroen ever made, but one of those would be rather cool. Must have looked like a space ship in the 70's compared to all the dull cars that were around then. 8)
Mind you, doing anything under the bonnet looks like a right PITA. :o
What do you mean 'must have'? is your memory that poor?.................. :D :D
No. It's just that the sides of my pram were a little high for car spotting. :P
You had a pram :o. Bloody posh kids. I bet you had a BBC micro... ...ah, yes :-X