Giselle the Citroen GSA visit The Chevronic Centre

Sometimes, you just need to visit a specialist and let them unleash their knowledge. Their fine work left me in no doubt that had I tried to sort out the LHM leak and gearbox oil leak myself, it would have gone horribly wrong! Chevronics also gave Giselle a full service, going to far greater lengths than I ever would. (an oil change is a service, right?)
Includes a look around the new Chevronics showroom, their remarkable parts stash and around the back! Features Citroen GSAs, an H van, several C6s, many BXs, 2CVs, a DS and CXs plus a Singer Vogue!
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[@torresalex]

For God's sake, Ian, that first few minutes with all those CXs, AX and GSAs, C6s , DS, XM AND BX was pure pornography, it needed a NSFW classification

[@forkhandles6139]

Non C'est Cinquante shades de gris?

[@niklaswejedal463]

Alexander - just my thought! :D

[@seancooke4127]

@@forkhandles6139 Oui je t'aime.

[@adamknopp6631]

I could live in the Chevronic car park. What fantastic cars.

[@Ricketik65]

Citroëns are always worth it! I had heard about Chevronics, but nice to see what the place looks like and what lovely cars they've got.

[@grayfool]

What a place. Citreon heros! Glad Giselle is feeling better for all that work. And there was a AMi estate too! What more could a boy wnat.

[@The_Car_Stalker]

839 pounds well spent (and 15 quid on the Burger King!). Good stuff keeping her healthy

[@waynetetley584]

Rob Moss is a hero having such a great garage and supporting this era of Citroens. Glad it was a good visit. Enjoyed the video

[@76notam]

a fantastic garage in England "Chevronic Centre "good job to save all old this Citroen , Bravo 👍...and congratulations for your beautiful GSA😉

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

I drove down to the Le Mans 24hr in an AX GT. A hoot of a car. Great to see characterful cars being kept on the road.

[@MrGarethDHughes]

Expensive day but worth the investment. Love the look around the yard and showroom .

[@robertlambert8719]

I admire these guys who keep classic Citroëns on the road. As a professional mechanic of 40+ years, I have found Citroëns can be difficult to work on and need specialist knowledge. The end results are so worth it though. Safe motoring!

[@exegesis67]

I owned a silver GS Pallas C matic back in the eighties. Such a wonderful car. Great to see the interest and support is there for these amazing old Citroens.

[@DeGlennen]

Really love that kind of specialist. In Belgium there aren't that many real car specialists for older motors and spare parts

[@paultaylor9652]

A bit of an expensive couple of days, labour charges sound reasonable for such specialist work Mr HubNut.

[@LFBsmokealarm]

Enjoyed this video Ian. Good to know that such garages are remaking parts that were obsolete.

[@plym1969]

What a fantastic video. Great to see Ian giving such a brilliant independent business some exposure. Citroen certainly made some cars that deserve preservation so great to know that there are people out there keeping them on the road.

[@Paintheshed]

I could watch this video for 20 hours lol the white GS is an absolute dream of a motorcar.

[@fhwolthuis]

Lovely visit, loved your roam around the cars there 👍

[@timbre7999]

CitroHeaven! Really nice to see these cars; love the little diesel AX and the 'fast' red diesel BX. Giselle is so chique in black and beige, I'd say I prefer it to the vinyl roof Pallas. The bright red GSA inside is probably the cream of the crop

[@seancooke4127]

I really liked the vinyl roofed Pallas with the polished wheel covers. Am I strange?

[@royhowardjenkins7378]

I bought an AX that was right at the back of the service shop yard, windows thick with green mold, old tyres piled on top, looked a total wreck. Got an MOT, oil change & battery, it ran for years, only broke down once when the in line fuel filter under the car blocked. The front bumper fell off so I fixed it with cable ties. It was very capable in the snow, I remember, one hill that was strewn with spun out modern cars; my AX had no difficulties even on well worn tyres. I eventually sold it for more than I'd paid for it. Great car.

[@seancooke4127]

@@royhowardjenkins7378 I had 2 Fiat Pandas like that a 1987 and a 1990. Unstoppable.

[@Salman-sc8gr]

I deal with Chevronics from Australia and they have been delightfully helpful in sending parts.

[@paulrobinson3528]

The only Shitreon i've ever owned was a red 1988 F reg BX TRTD Estate. Forever had the pipes blowing off the back of the front struts cus the struts were knackered be replacing them with nearly knackered struts.I had just purchased my first house and was skint. The head gasket went, quick new head gasket, all ok for a few weeks then it went again. Had the head skimmed, pressure tested, better quality head gasket and new head bolts etc, all ok till a week later when it went again. "2nd hand head head sourced and all ok after that" Did have a play with the diesel pump and turbo boost when i was doing all that. Was really quick and rev'd like the clappers. Loved sitting at 90mph on the motorway. Loved that car lol. Bought with 17500miles on the clock, scrapped at 250,000 because i could not be bothered to replace the rear suspension pipes that would spring a leak if i put some weight in the boot. Would love to drive another one some day.

[@660einzylinder]

That seems pretty a reasonable bill for a specialist. People tend to forget that the skills and knowledge to repair old cars cannot be gained from the 'diagnostic box' like so many newer machines. If, like Chevronics, they are getting small runs of obsolete parts re-manufactured, that doesn't come cheap as there will often be minimum amounts required. I'm always happy to support those that serve the oddball motors I've owned, they keep the whole thing alive as there's only so much you can manage with used parts and bodgery.

[@stashedawayman1521]

Fascinating but for me the location of Chevronics stirred old memories, for exactly 50 years ago I worked at the unit two doors down at No. 31. Back then the company at No. 31 were TIL Ltd. a plastics injection firm, we made camera backs and spools for Kodak, bomb nose cones, cam gears and Bulpit tea urn taps. I worked there on 12 hour night shifts as an inspector, whilst working to save money for a long summer cycling holiday in Norway. Finally I have a good reason to go back there, though I am not really in need of a classic Citroen but who knows?

[@williamgreer4087]

I'd love to see you test a C6!

[@samuraifool912]

The Joys of Loving Older Cars. You come across someone else's Older Problem. That may not have been Done/ fixed to Perfection. But Those £'s Spent are Peace of mind. You now know more about your Car and Can Prepare for future £'s Wallet shock..! But Brakes issues always worth money Spent, unless u like 'Hugging Trees at Speed..!' Well done for Driving all that way To Support the 'Team who Know their Stuff..!!' Another Great and Wise Hubnut Video. Thanx..! Cheers from kim in Oz.😎

[@skodakatie7341]

Wow the Chevronic car park is something else, some amazing classics there❤️.

[@essexalien7504]

Hi Ian I love the ax it brings backloads of memories I had two mk1 1.4 tud's and managed southend to Manchester and back again on £22.50 worth of diesel to pick up an extremely rare motorcycle engine in about 2008/9 . I also had a number of 1.5's as well they were great cheap transport and cheap to tax too being under 1550cc . And great when I had a younger family . My favourite tud was a 3 door 1.5D Echo in white with gt alloys which I fitted a full forte interior with beautiful semi bucket seats and also upgraded to central locking and electric windows from a forte as well as the tailgate spoiler as well . But never fitted bad boy bonnet I had on my turbocharged saxo vts engined ax with cold air intakes cut into it lol . But that one went much better than the diesel's and looked great with lacquer peel all over the paintwork that wasn't bloomed red lol . A real little hot hatch sleeper

[@bombakdik]

What a lovely car park! Amazing cars. One of my teachers in high school she had a BX Estate that was red. It had a curbed exhaut tip going to the outside which ik hindsight could have suggested it was a Diesel perhaps? I remember very well that by the end of the day she waited and waited before the rear end got up. Lovely interior from that race-purposed BX inside. Oh and a friend of mine, also in primary school, had a lovely Renault 25 fully equipped with cruise control and leather interior. It was a very deluxe spec car, quite full option. Good times!

[@j.h.9410]

What an awesome place! That beige GSA in the back lot is exactly like the one I bought about 6 months ago and am getting back on the road (soon, fingers crossed)...mind you I did pay a whole lot less for mine 😲 I've also got a Dyane, in Jade Green! (and you are correct sir, it looks very good indeed)

[@danielpothier9990]

Fantastic video what a great collection of cars and the GSA gets sorted out as well. Thank you!!

[@tonysargent1699]

Sound like a real bargain with the amount of in depth work been done! Your fellow Rob, has done you proud there! Thankyou for sharing the bits you could. 😎😉

[@RideCamVids]

I was so hoping to see an SM in the video. A very pleasant looking showroom as well.

[@craigmclean8260]

I'd imagine just about any SM at this place would be in the stratosphere, pricewise...'round about 7th Grade, the SM was one of my favorite cars, tho I don't recall ever seeing one in the States.

[@RideCamVids]

@@craigmclean8260 sadly as you know SMs for the US market were ruined by the law that meant the front lights had to be fixed.

[@craigmclean8260]

@@RideCamVids Yes; I recall that we had the antiquated "sealed beam" law for many years, whereas Europe had gone w/ the "BOBI" (separate bulb and reflector assy) long ago.

[@ASCIITerminal]

What a fantastic place! The more I see of old Citroens the more I like them. Back in the day, I thought they were too funky, but these days that what makes them special. Looking forward to the video on the Grumpy Truck.

[@drr1071]

What a great place. I enjoyed seeing all those Citroens together. They seem quite professional as well

[@arkeys74]

Yes! The video we’ve all been waiting for! I have been following their FB page for quite a while even though I am located in Denmark 😃

[@cme2cau]

My Citroën specialist is nowhere near as fancy as Chevronics, but nonetheless always an interesting place to take my C5. Last time I was there, they were putting a new clutch in an H van. The time before that, working on a mint GSA Pallas. Before that, a new hub in an SM. Citroën specialists are becoming thin on the ground, here, so I'm glad I have him!

[@realnutteruk1]

If I win the lottery tonight, I'm having that DS, and the AX diesel!! I drove an AX diesel to the Dordogne for a camping holiday with the wife and kids... it was cramped, but economical, even fully laden. We stopped at a hotel just outside Paris on the way home, and woke up to the death of Diana on the television... Blimey, that was 24 years ago!!!

[@petetube99]

BX's are awesome looking cars, like something out of a French graphic novel. A pity I didn't notice that while they were cheap!

[@tilerman]

Pretty much my 5 favourite cars of all time on one lot. The red BX is beautiful!

[@kimmohietala5359]

Amazing place. Forget the tourist attractions - This is the place to visit when in England.

[@dutchcitroen2cv]

i met those people once at the citromobile (every first weekend of may )in utrecht , holland .. good guys!

[@adrianmassey6673]

Shocked by the prices of the cars on forecourt, especially the BX

[@darrenwilson8042]

I'd just move in opposite Chevronics and just stare out of the window all day like a love struck teenager. I'd get absolutely nothing done !

[@mr_nice.]

Well I wasn't expecting that. I bought the oil anti leak kit from these guys, installed it about a week ago, seems to be working fine, good job on that visit. Regarding the alternator light, I had a similar case in my GS, whenever the revs fell under 1000, the alt light started flickering, wanting to turn on, but once I raised the rpm, it turned off. Accidentaly I found out that the problem was with the wire connector behind the ignition switch. The actual contacts didn't make good enough contact, and power couldn't flow properly, so once the revs fell below 1000, the alt light wanted to turn on. So I cut the wires of the 3 circuits that the connector is connecting, and I run them through relays. Normal automotive relays, 40 amps each. And I have only one wire comming from the battery to the connector, (to the ignition switch), and one leaving the connector to power all 3 relay coils. Never had an issue since. And that was more than 10 years ago. So yeah, that trick works. Of course I left the two wires for the starter untouched. No need to remove those. So you might want to look into that connector behind the ignition switch, make sure it connects properly what needs to be connected. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@nickc4518]

I can’t remember ever taking a car to the garage and it not costing considerably more than I planned/expected.

[@mr_nice.]

True that brother. If you want the repair to cost almost exactly as planned, you gotta do it yourself apparently. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@owensteele1274]

I would take the Jade Green 1982 Pallas if I had to choose out of all these. Thanks Ian for the video of a garage/dealer full of magnificent cars/new parts. I really enjoyed watching this. Always a pleasure to see Giselle. You need to test-drive a C6 (I've always loved these) and, maybe a C1 (for the single pantograph wiper).

[@peterriggall8409]

My kind of garage. 🥰. Wonderful people keeping these cars on the road. Initial shock at the bill but good to keep Gisellle happy.

[@Erd_Geschoss]

The GSA handbrake grip works perfectly on lhd cars, so you can release the latch trigger with the index finger. They just didn't change it for rhd cars. We had a metallic green GSA special break, many fond memories... :-)

[@Jam3sA]

Thank you Ian for this Citroen fest! Brought back memories of my Grandfathers CX, very similar to the Italian one in the video apart from RHD & brown velour interior. Nice to see you showing Giselle some love (financially!), she's definitely worth it

[@mpersad]

Oh wow! All those amazing Citroens. If I had the wherewithal I would love that BX TZD Turbo!

[@ianmax69]

Happy Birthday Ian All the best for today!!

[@frglee]

Always nice to have mechanics who know the cars inside and out and have done the same repairs on them many, many times. As I have found, using a village garage in the middle of nowhere, one of the advantages of having a fairly common car, with a long production run, shared platforms and engines with other models, is that mechanics can probably diagnose faults and fix them with their eyes closed. It also helps if one of the mechanics runs a similar car to yours!

[@johnwaga3702]

Great video. Brought back memories when you were walking round the garage looking at all the wonderful Citroens!

[@Qwerty1235945]

Brilliant video Ian. Really enjoyed it.

[@carlmarkwyatt]

Your comments about taking a car to a specialist certainly ring true. I recently took my car to Pug1off (sporty Peugeot specialist) for a major service (usually do it myself but didn't really have time this year) and it really feels as though the cars had a thorough sorting out.

[@pdtech4524]

Sounds expensive but it's a good investment and has highlighted other issues that you can address before they become expensive jobs!! It also gives you piece of mind to have an expert i na particular car cast his eye over everything and give it his approval, essential for an older family motor 😎👍 Also all the invoices etc can go along with the cars paperwork to show it's history.

[@Downstairsish]

I worked in a Citroen bodyshop back in the late eighties... repaired all of those cars... The BXs were everywhere then, nearly all gone now...

[@patrickwebster310]

Really enjoyed the content in this video really hope you get to show us more adventures like this one and such a real gem of a place...fantastic and thoroughly enjoyable thank you.

[@ThreeCoos]

Loved the guided tour around Chevronics', you even featured the Parts Department!

[@danielulz1640]

I was the Parts Man at one of the last franchised Citroen dealerships in the United States back in 1982 and it was great to see the cars we never got (except for a few gray market ones like a beautiful red C X station wagon).

[@lawrencehomer5682]

Great video...I enjoy these garage/soecialist videos and their fabulous stock

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Great vid. Amazing to see cars that were once so common, now so rare.

[@scottlp2323]

Less than a minute in and there's a lichen joke. Result! :) As you know, services on modern cars involve ticking lots of boxes on a pad and maybe changing the oil, then getting an ink stamp in your service book...all for a lot more than you were charged. That was indeed a proper service you paid there and it was great to see. :)

[@JamieMcAlley]

Fascinating video, Ian. I wanted to see around the Chevronics place too so this has been very insightful indeed. Keep up the good work, and many more happy miles.

[@szilardtoth8814]

These old Citroëns reminds me of young times of mine.

[@pshemsky]

Great video of amazing place! Good to now that there is still such a great Citroen garage in UK.

[@martinneumann7783]

You've been stranded in paradise... >>❤️

[@dortkommendieclowns1474]

Beautiful cars, all of them. A review of the lovely AX 😍 would be great.

[@HubNut]

Sadly the AX isn't running properly yet. Seems to be a problem with the pump.

[@ianchambers2731]

I have a mk1 AX GT if you’re interested 😜

[@HubNut]

Thanks. Have already driven a mere 1.1. I don't really like the driving position...

[@mattw8332]

Zut alors, what a fascinating place! I love the red GSA in the showroom. 😍

[@volvo480]

Sounds all too familiar from the times when I was driving a 30+ year old French car after being serviced at a specialist. It didn't feel much different but you felt much more secure in the car as many possible breakdowns had been averted. When the bill was below 1000€ I'd call that happy times and there always was that list of things still needing to be done. It took me over 5 years of ownership before I had the battery light sorted out on mine 😂

[@simonevans768]

Fantastic garage and cars. They must be the uk place to go for parts. Great video. Thanks.

[@stephenmorrish]

Watching the opening of the video, I thought I know that place... 40 years ago, my first job out of school was two doors down. Making printed circuit boards. I have not thought about that place in so many years, heck I have not been back to Hitchin in 35 years or more.

[@graemew7001]

What a lot of magnificent cars they have there. The bill was re-assuring for me as thats about what my car will cost me this year, bought at Xmas and spent £520 so far on servicable jobs and it is good to feel its been worth the money.

[@frothe42]

What a lot of lovely Citroëns! I do agree, that red metallic C6 is absolutely glorious! Frameless glass door windows! All that technology! And the interior, sumptuous! £836 comes to $1136.66, which is steep, but I believe most of it was for Labour, as from you have shown us the GSA is Labour intensive replacing items. I wonder if you can replace those perishing gators you described? Parts are reasonable, considering this is a classic, but as you stated, it is a full service, they are Citroën specialists, they are well versed in these vehicles and their excentricités. Definitely save up and have your C5 Estate properly serviced by them; preventive maintenance. Thoroughly enjoyed this!

[@notexige6010]

Went to chevronics to get a few bits for my own GS, run by a great bunch with a great selection of cars.

[@tonymetcalfe5068]

Those C6's are amazing.what stunning looking car's..

[@lucythemoggy1970]

a nice video and to see the older citroens that were on every street corner. it's good sometimes to go to a specialist least you know they know wot they doing

[@GentilsGarage]

I love a good garage backyard tour. Amazing amount of lovely Citroens. Glad that Giselle had those items sorted, you got a cracking car there! On the engine noise, would you consider adding additional soundproofing?

[@MrOvershoot]

Oh my that first C6 gives me the fizz 😍 marque specific independent specialists are such great places if your a car nerd.

[@Okanagan48]

A very interesting vid. Neat looking at all the Citroëns. Nice clean garage.

[@billh230]

For your alternator light: 1) ensure your battery is fully charged at rest- about 12.3-12.5 volts. 2) check the wiring leading to the alternator and the voltage regulator is undamaged and firmly connected. 3) with a voltmeter connected across the battery, start the engine and rev it to about 2K rpm. You should see 13.7 or so volts at the low end, closer to 14.5 is preferable. Anything above that, and you are overcharging. 4) with a low output condition, any number of things could be wrong, but the two most likely culprits are worn brushes or a bad regulator. I absolutely adore the GS. I've had two- not easy in the US!

[@yavuzberberoglu8985]

In the Netherlands we had that extra side indicators too, when you had a trailer hitch

[@grathapilot]

cool to see inside/around Chevronics. They're the only people who I've found to be any help with Citroen issues... if I lived near such a place I'd probably keep a Citroen (maybe even get a CX!) but alas most garages will barely lift a finger....

[@seancooke4127]

Seeing that GS X3 just made it for me. It was so striking and in its day with the colour and the boot spoiler.

[@lmlmd2714]

My family have always had a soft spot for PSA cars (everything from a Mk 1 CX to a C15 van and Peugeot Ion EV) - lovely to see so much weird and wonderful engineering all in one place! :)

[@typos1477]

The Ion wasnt really a PSA car, it was a rebadged Mitsubishi. I m not saying it wasnt good, but the only PSA about it were the badges, apart from them it was 100% Mitsubishi.

[@leeallen7491]

I feel your pain...The restoration of my SD3 has gone over budget , but she will outlive me

[@stevesrover]

Puts a smile on my face to learn an SD3 is getting restored. 😊

[@stewartikin2240]

Miss my BX16 Valve so much. What a car

[@danrkelly]

Liked this one, always fancied a browse at Chevronics.

[@daniellee9015]

Brilliant video Ian 👍

[@MrRickp78]

That looked like a great day out. Sometimes you do have to take it to a specialist and that was money spent well. My Granada is off for a diff refurb and wheel bearings soon!

[@GrandadIsAnOldMan]

OK I'm late to the party, but I scanned down through the comments and didn't see anybody else pick up on the "BOOSe LOVe" number plate at 0:34 for the seasoned drink driver 🍺🍻🍷

[@bobbyblue1953]

I have owned an Ami 8 estate, CX2400 estate, C6 2.7 Lignage and a C5 2.0l diesel, all lovely cars but the CX and C6 very nearly bankrupted me, with constant failures of various parts, I had a mystery oil leak on the Ami diff, upon stripping it I found the gasket seal hadn't been completed fully by whoever did it and as a bonus I found an electrical screwdriver stuck to the magnetic drain plug inside the diff housing, I still have it in my toolbox. Very Hubnut type experiences.

[@cardiffgiant9406]

You apologise for the format Ian but I loved it! And I'll admit I'm not a Citroën guy but I thoroughly enjoyed that tour.

[@andrewwilkin1923]

Thanks for this Ian, incredible place and not too far from me. Would love to visit but looking at their website would probably end up going home with a C6. Then again that XM looks fantastic and my heart goes out to giving the Xantia with the poor paintwork a good home. Stick with my 04 C5 for the moment as I've just spent a load on it (new cam belt, 4 tyres, fixing mot issues and service).

[@micheltebraake7915]

Good that Giselle has received some attention and can safely hit the road again. The repair costs are not too bad in relation to what has been repaired. Wonderful cars in the showroom and around the building!

[@iangrice329]

I loved my mk1 AX tzs or something like that

[@Turnbull50]

Enjoyable video thanks

[@BarryAllenMagic]

Every time I see a XM, I'm reminded of the most beautiful car I ever owned (XM Prestige). Their design is still more exciting than the modern-day dross!

[@ujohansson65]

OMG The prices on old citroen, i grow up in The backseat of a DS and GS 😃

[@PureRocker20]

Do not overthink, GSA is you best car...got to keep it right. Worth all the money. I would love to have one of those mighty CX time-machines!

[@darrencox1749]

Have a fondness for the AX as I had a fair few driving lessons in one with my instructor Ivan “the terrible” swift. 😂😊