My new project! - Citroen BX

[@titouan149]

I'm french, all english teacher say watch what you like in english for learn the language and I love bx

[@filmdyret]

I toured my BX14 around Iceland in 1990. Fantastic car.

[@MrToluen60]

Very good idee, BX 19 GT is a great car with very good performance for only 105 hp. This car is in amazing condition for his age. Must be absolutely preserved !

[@2001pl]

The BX, esp the 1st generation, was a great car, very innovative. Awesome vid !

[@argonautsuk]

Good evening from Manchester. First time on your channel. Glad your channel is in English. Please do continue in English. I loved the BX, so did my father. We were looking to buy the ZX when new, but unfortunately we gone for a Rover 416i with the Honda engine. Worst vehicle ever on mechanical problems

[@andrewpreston4127]

In 1988, I owned a 1985 BX19GT. I really enjoyed it.

[@erlenddammen2174]

Cool car! I have a basic BX 14 from 83/84. It´s the oldest BX in Norway still running as I know.

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

I love early base spec! They're the most looked after here

[@ulyssebasora4245]

@@ulrich_badmecanique j’aime 👍 ❤

[@axlsane427]

Always been a Citroen fan. Citroen was ahead of its time, made beautiful cars, unconventional, always thinking out of the box. The CX is my all time fav. You're doing a great job. Those are the cars that deserve to be saved.

[@johncatty6560]

Yeah, DS, SM and BX as well as CX had been beautiful cars back then. But looking at the C3, C4, C5, etc. nowadays I don't want to own such cars. Xsara and Xantia had been still kind of "ok" cars. I hope that PSA - I apologize - Stellantis will bring beautiful cars to the customers one day. But honestly... I don't think that there will be a reliable car soon.

[@axlsane427]

@@johncatty6560 Exactly. Citroen means Hydropneumatic suspension. Those were multi purpose cars (you could go anywhere ). No need for SUVs that nowadays are so popular. Citroen needs to bring the Hydractive technology back.

[@johncatty6560]

@@axlsane427 Yep. Went once on an unpaved track in a forrest. Increased ground clearance of my BX and I could reach the place a friend had invited me to. He was a bit surprised seeing me there with my car because he had a SUV and he thought that I would park my car in the parking area next to the forest and walk from there ;)

[@paulbird376]

Nicely done, love the car and looking good. Thanks for taking the time to show us. If you haven't already seen there are a few BX groups on FB with loads of info., parts etc - everyone is really helpful.

[@SRicK91]

Beautiful BX, congrats on it! Had the fortune to drive a basic '87 1.4 (45kw) one for a couple of months, they are amazing cars, I'm still looking forward to get my hands on one as well!

[@deanprosser5224]

I didn't like these when they came out but now I'm in my 50's I would love one! They're so quirky and look extremely comfortable :-) Thanks for the video

[@matusmancik9094]

Great video! Love the BX

[@KevinStones]

I had a Citroen BX 1.9 many years ago. Fabulous car. Good to see they are still loved. Thank you for the video

[@VietnamEli]

That is such a cool car. We never got them in the US, but I wish we had. It's like something from the future, even today. Looking forward to more updates on your channel. Your production quality is terrific. 👍

[@DimitarStanev]

Looking forward to future videos of it! Early bx are very charming cars

[@xm222]

Unique and beautiful car, congratulations 👍😊

[@40ny]

Well done. A gorgeous car. Had a BX 1.4 once that was given to me for free and I loved it. Also loved the ZX. Hope your restoration project goes well. These old Citroens are absolutely beautiful.

[@marcwall7689]

Great car, great video, really enjoyed it! 👍

[@vonrammstein8984]

Once these were all over the place, these Tupperware Citroëns, especially the 1.9 Diesels were great workhorses, then some idiot said we were all rich and had to drive premium cars, but still today no car can beat the Citroën hydro-pneumatic suspension.

[@michaelb7071]

Excellent! Thanks for sharing!

[@mikeeagletube]

My father had 4, I had one. Love these cars :-)

[@jojoleretjojo438]

The BX détailling 🧐🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@svenkrusec9292]

Awsome project, i have a plan to buy one next week as my Second project a Red 1.6 TZS

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

Nice!

[@christinajoachim386]

Great bx car, I have a bx16 tzi Mk2 from 05/1990 in grey met., beautiful 🤗👌👍

[@metalshop16]

Beau projet cette 19GT ! Je vais suivre avec intérêt . Après deux Turbo D dans les années 90, je viens de replonger avec une Millésime 1.6 , récupérée sur Poitiers !😉

[@-DC-]

Absolutely gorgeous car ♥️

[@twannaaijen]

nice music choice there! And such a beautiful example! ( and I've seen a few haha)

[@goodfodder]

was lucky to have a bx trs as was my 1st car, bought with 150k miles on the clock from a heavy smoker. Detailed it and sold it two years later with 175k for a £500 profit

[@geofturner986]

Had a 16RE and then a TZD. Loved the incredibly fierce brakes, as a biker I found them really good for leaving braking really late into a corner. Great fun. The TZD was originally the Citroën UK demo vehicle and went like stink.

[@Ahhhhh999]

I love PSA.

[@harkin3684]

Nice, video is really good quality too

[@grayfool]

Excellent car. So good to see one in such good condition. How about trying to clean the rear side windows with the kit that you can get to clean misty headlamps? Might be worth a try. Please keep us up to date with this wonderful car. Thanks very much.

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

Yep! That was the goal, haven't got time to get to it yet

[@tareqsadouk605]

Great video ! I know this man and I'm proud of him !

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

merci bb

[@TheStevo1978]

Cool car! My French grandfather had two BXs, one of the last proper Citroens! I would love a clean BX GTi 16v or a 205 GTi. Decisions...

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

Both are terribly overpriced here sadly! If one is cheap where you live, go for it! None is a bad buy, (let's be honest, BX will prolly give you more trouble)

[@timleech]

Hello from England, I also have a BX gt !

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

Lovely!

[@emre5347]

Citroen CX, BX, GS, XM, 2 CV... Bunlar güzel şeyler.

[@EvilMcSheep]

Citroen BaguetteXpress

[@aureliobrighton1871]

I am also looking for one ... and there are quite a number available .. which look decent and worthwhile from the pictures .. I just do not know what the critical mileage might be for the 'turning and working' parts .. the engines themselves seem to be a plus anyway . thanks for the video and happy landings ☺️

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

You don't really have to worry about engine or mileage really, they aren't "bulletproof" but besides the cooling system, the XUs and TUs are pretty damn strong. Most go from worn out timing belts or blown headgasket from negligence, and its the same on diesels really. I dont think I would attempt buying one that doesnt have working hydraus, in truth its a fairly easy to work on and maintain system, but a break can be a pain to diagnoses... Besides early BXs rust a lot, a mighty lot, even here in france with our kind climate

[@aureliobrighton1871]

@@ulrich_badmecanique Bonjour Monsieur U. ... thank you for replying and your tips .. it sounds encouraging to me .. I will therefore have to look for a well maintained or 'restaurated' example .. cause I have no facilities to carry out serious work on the car .. right now I am looking on a 1986 1,6 TRS with allegedly 47.463 km done .. its offered for 6.500 € (!) .. and also looks very neat inside out .. and it could be registered as an 'Oldtimer' . anyway, Bonne Route! ☺️

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

@@aureliobrighton1871 Toi aussi ! Well, even if its super low mileage, and I don't know the market there early TRS go for a lot, rare to find them under 3k€ here but thats still a lot. You can get a 1.6 RS trims for super cheap tho, and they're just as neat

[@aureliobrighton1871]

@@ulrich_badmecanique Un bon 1er mai Monsieur:). And thank you for your last reply. Yes, something tidy between 2 and 3k€ would be ideal. My plan is to find the right one for a long and 'relaxed' journey into France. Hence the idea of paying in advance rather than for repairs lateron. On the other hand, also improving it en route where it is at home could be a nice little adventure. Anyway, first we have to come to terms with other bugs. In that sense, best wishes.

[@johncatty6560]

I bought a used BX in 1996. It had 110k km on the clock. I loved that car. Unfortunately the engine broke down about two years later. Since I knew a guy who had worked in a Citroen garage I decided to replace the engine. I sold it in 2000 when it had 235k km on the clock. Well, I should rather say the guy at the car junkyard gave me little money for using the spare parts. While I made negative experience with the engine and electrical system I never had problems with the hydraulic system - although people told me that it would be the first part to fail. I guess If I had decided for a diesel engine (like my father did back in the 80's) I'd probably ended up with replacing the alternator as the most expensive part. All other parts (e.g. tyres, brake parts, etc.) were quite cheap. The next car I bought was a pre-owned R19 sedan with automatic gearbox. That purchase I regret the most. After just 17 months of driving I only received 10% of the price I had paid for it. Dividing the overall money I had spent on this car by the months I owned it it was the most expensive car I've ever had until today - and I am not even considering adjusted money value due to inflation.

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

Must have been an quite an unlucky draw! In all honesty by the time the hydraulics were put on the BX, the system had existed for almost 30 years. If you know what you're doing its a simple and ingenious system that requires little to no attention. But people panicked anytime something went wrong back in the days, not helping its reputation. I still see a few r19s around, they're generally agreed to be good cars but one bad experience is enough to keep you away!

[@johncatty6560]

@@ulrich_badmecanique Well, I guess the opinion about the hydraulics dated back from experiences long time before I bought my BX. Funny side note: when turning on subtitles I read "bakes" when you said "BX" ;) I really wish I had purchased the BX with a diesel engine. At that time the PSA diesel engines had been top-notch ones - especially in terms of fuel consumption and durability. But I was a young guy back then and I wanted some faster vehicle. You probably see as many R19 as I see Golf Mark II here in Germany ;) I got rid of my R19 because the company I was working for at that time had offered me to use a company car. I bought my wife a Twingo which she was driving for almost 10 years. While we have switched to driving VW cars nowadays there are still french cars with my relatives: a Scenic, a Twingo and an Espace.

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

@@johncatty6560 lol! Sorry about that, my microphone wasn't helping my poor accent, should be better next time. Still have a few things to do before its ready for mot and I'll do a recap. I heard great things about the 1.7D and 1.9D, so I guess its true, my daily is also a 2.1td and its a good "little" runner. I grew up with an MK2, no matter how bland that car was I still love it, in fairness most car these days are an hard buy, reliability isn't even a question anymore it feels like

[@johncatty6560]

@@ulrich_badmecanique Before I bought my BX I had a 1984 Peugeot 205 GRD. It should have taught me the lesson that French diesel cars are reliable and robust. Unfortunately I had listened to the juvenile voice in my head that told me: "A diesel car is a slow car. I want something faster!" I am looking forward to see more about your BX project. Your car reminds me of the BX "Leader" my father owned once - 33 years ago. You've mentioned that your daily car is a 2.1td. May I ask which car it is? I remember the XM was available with a 2.1td engine - which was odd. Because most the manufacturers had offered 2.0, 2.2 or 2.5l diesel engines at that time.

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

@@johncatty6560 It's a 605 xud11bte, I have a few vids about it on the channel ;). We have a deep diesel cuture here in France, a 3/4 of every cars here were diesels a few years ago. And it's not by choice, but for economy and reliability (Well not today). Gov here massively pushed diesels in the 70s and 80s for some reasons. My family only ever owner diesels since the 80s, which sometimes shocks people who aren't from here

[@florian2199]

Je tombe sur ta vidéo alors que j'en cherche une comme première voiture 😭

[@vch6697]

I have a right windshild like this. and some BX GT 1986 to. =)))

[@KaptainKhaos1]

Subscribed!

[@direct109]

Finally, a debut of the Ulrich DeMuro Or, should i say Ulrich Finger?

[@vonrammstein8984]

de Muro is an insult that guy does not know the first thing about cars, he just babbles away some shit !

[@aureliobrighton1871]

Most expensive this ... most expensive that .. boring chap 😉

[@marcbrasse747]

Are you aware the interior cloth is not original BX but from the series 2 CX Turbo? I was not aware aware of it being reused in the BX but it looks great. I'd still love to have it in my XM. It will however be a miracle if this BX is also rustfee below the surface. Although not as bad as 70's cars the BX has been designed more to hide rust then to avoid it. Check out the front subframe for starters. A great project though. My first car was a humble BX14E. :-)

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

That velour interior was specific to the 86' GT on the BX, but I didn't know it was also use on the CX! I'm lucky to have an almost rust free model, the subframe is in excellent shape (Prolly thanks to the massive oil leaks), only the rear floor pan and suspension arm carry some light surface rust, but I'll make sure to take care of it once I'm done with the rest

[@marcbrasse747]

@@ulrich_badmecanique Yep, oil leaks can be a real subframe saviour. Having a truly rustfree BX is really a big bonus anyway. If I where you I would however have a look at that cracked lower corner of the plastic side windows. Although the parts directly below them are also plastic water still might get to some long term rusy trap below. My advice would be to replace them. No glory is to be had from trying to save them. I actually like the closed C-pillar more but that would of course not be very GT. That "fish-grate" cloth was indeed from the CX Turbo. The series 2 interior with that very cloth is as far as I am concerned a big highpoint in interior design, even when you look outside the Citroën brand. It's on a par with the earliest DS dashboard. Not that the early BX dashboard isn't nice. I always found the satelites a good solution. You could just switch the indicaters off when your hand where passing by anyway. Very natural! I stilll have a sweet spot for the BX but couldn't resist upgrading when I was able to afford a 3 year old, basic XM. I've only owned 4 cars in my whole life. That BX and after that 3 XM's. The last one got a replacement engine from a Xantia Turbo CT two years ago! Take care and much succes with the project! :-)

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

​@@marcbrasse747 I guess the BX had to be a lot more tame for the sake of saving the brand and pleasing PSA. But its so painfully 80s, I absolutely love it. As for the rear "custode windows" as we call them, I didn't know rust could form there. I was considering swapping them for later ones, I think citroen changed the coating for the facelift so they age much better the operation isn't too hard, finding some is harder. But for now I'll probably just sand them down and clear coat them like plastic's headlights. I like to think the upholstery's pattern is a bunch of little citroen's logos :p

[@marcbrasse747]

@@ulrich_badmecanique Of course the pattern is meant to be like Citroen logo's but I stiil think it looks more like fish grates. Maybe becaus we call such a hooked repeating motif "fish grate" here in The Netherlands. We used to be fishers, you know? :-) I am not sure about the damaged "custodes" leading to rust. I am just warning you to be concious of the posibility. :-)

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

@@marcbrasse747 Ah! Yes I think my biggest phobia is rust, keeps me up at night lol

[@jesuislebob2260]

quality

[@joaorodrigues2905]

How much did you paid for that BX??

[@dezzier]

je m'appelle jef coolio ker, getee extra approv 👍

[@tonymaries1652]

KZbin ought to offer a dual language option for people like yourselves. I can understand why you want to post in English because the BX was a very popular car in the UK and you will reach a lot of viewers. However it does seem a bit off to me that your French friends should have to watch in English as well.

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

I enjoy creating content in english thats's all. I'm acvtive in many english speaking communities, and I mostly created that content for them, as it was supposed to stay private. Most of my friends understand english well enough anyway. Just a bit of fun, nothing to be taken seriously

[@tonymaries1652]

@@ulrich_badmecanique Just a thought and I appreciate your reply. Really nice car. Has it been restored, or has it just been very carefully looked after during its life?

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

@@tonymaries1652 Oh it is 100% original, never been restored. Its previous owner was its original owner, he kept it until his death and it had been sitting ever since. From what I could gather it was still in use before, and always garage kept

[@zipsuma6971]

bonne vidéo bg

[@CENTAURE1312]

Salut, le polissage n'est pas flagrant. La peinture étant encore très belle. La custode est un peu mieux. D'ailleurs, peut-on les raviver comme à l'origine, pas sûr????? Très bel exemplaire, bien conservé.

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

Salut ! Désolé pour la réponse tardive, effectivement en vidéo ce n'était pas flagrant mais la peinture était relativement terne et contaminé, beaucoup de rayure profonde ect, mais bon le simple one-step n'a pas fait grand chose, elle aura probablement le droit à un vrais polissage en "3 étapes" un jour... J'ai récemment essayer de refaire les custodes, même procéder que pour des phares, le rendu est correcte mais malheureusement les parties tintés intérieurs sont complétement absente, donc on voit la colle de l'autre côté ! Ironiquement j'ai tout filmé mais je n'ai pas eu le temps de monter la vidéo, un jour probablement aussi...

[@TheSgtAngry]

nice vidya

[@yann4325]

pourquoi tu ne fais pas des videos en français?

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

Ton voeu est exaucé

[@lestracteursdeladouble3633]

J’ai pas été au bout car en anglais, c’est con pour une voiture française de le faire en anglais

[@Becamel]

Mais quel est le but de faire cette vidéo en anglais ??

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

Pourquoi pas

[@titouan149]

@@ulrich_badmecanique j'ai bien vu que la voiture était française mais j'ai quand meme mis mon commentaire en anglais... 😅

[@erickeryudanto8377]

Enaklo cuma nyuci doang,coba benerin kalo rusak

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

It does now! As I've said I was waiting on parts. I'll try to make a recap video soon enough once it's road worthy

[@chrislucas270]

fix golf

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

no u

[@francklandry9629]

T français ?

[@ulrich_badmecanique]

Non pas du tout c'est pas vrais

[@francklandry9629]

@@ulrich_badmecanique dommage que tu n'as pas fait ta vidéo en français 😭