Thread: Rescued 2 door

Rescued this old girl from the wreckers , previous owner bought it new (1976) . I found some paperwork in the car and managed to track him down, he was a farmer who sold the farm and moved into town, it hadn't been started for 12 years but managed to get it going at the wreckers (after the deal was done of course) needs new brakes and clutch hydraulics, and a bit of rust work ( sills , inner guard lh inner door , upper tailgate but all in all she's in rude health , previous owner said the motor wouldn't have done 2000 Kay's since full rebuild and looking at it with bore scope I believe it . I did my apprenticeship on these in the mid eighties so a lot of memories come back when it's on the hoist, so far I've only given it a good clean , bumper paint , wheel paint ( wrong colour, note to self not to paint at night while drinking beer) to psyche myself into a proper Resto, but it's come up surprisingly well for a 41 year old vehicleFOT2426(1).jpgWP_20171010_14_20_22_Pro.jpg

If you bought the cheap'ish fulll rubber bush kit online from ebay UK .... DO NOT FIT IT .... it's utter crap. You'll be doing it all in a few months time again.

I purchased the full bush kit from these guys

Items in Foundry 4x4 Limited store on eBay !

I sent them a message saying the panhard bushes died in less then 3000kms ( horendious death wobbles ensued). THey didn't even bother replying to my email. I have clonks and thumps all aroudn the car now from **** quality bushes. SO have a look at the bushes they sell and see if the ones you purchased are the same. Its not the sellers fault there stock is crap. I'm betting every seller with the cheap bushes, will be sourced from the same supplier .... and is crap.

Try buying rubber bits of any description for old Citroens and you'll run into the same issues. The rubber used is so ****house, it's disintegrated and no good by the time the car restoration is completed. The retailer you buy the parts from isn't really relevant. The trouble is the suppliers are supplying ****.

if you have purchased a cheap rubber bush kit .... CANCEL THE ORDER. You will be doing the entire bush change again within a few months otherwise.

I'm thinking next time I'll try purchasing from somewhere like Rover Parts in Ballarat. Hopefully they have quaility rubber components (at least I can front up there in person and say "This bush **** itself in 500kms ..." and show them).

seeya,
Shane L.