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Cheap car in MI

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962-Citroen-DS19-/121149800101?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c35173ea5

and go...

No. NO. Absolutely not. No way....

I met the seller when he was selling a nicer DS about a year ago. Extremely nice and very willing to show me the ins and outs of Citroen ownership. We talked briefly about me possibly buying this car, but I decided the murky waters of a project Citroen were a bit too scary for me.

I did not see this car and can't comment on it. But I wouldn't hesitate to deal with the seller.

He was helping a friend sell a Trabant Tramp at the time.

I can't tell you anything specific about it but... BUY IT.

I hate you.

Hate hate hate.

"Hey y'all, watch this."

That's a lot of rust holes.

Wonder if you can swap in a modern FWD drivetrain...

I still want an SM, I drove one for just a couple minutes and I decided I have to have one someday lol.

I'm
in
trouble.....

I don't know if I can NOT go see this car.

DrBoost wrote: I'm in trouble..... I don't know if I can NOT go see this car.

Please do. Please document your restomod here.

DrBoost wrote: I'm in trouble..... I don't know if I can NOT go see this car.

If you build it, they will come

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When I was a kid in the 70's, our neighbor had one. It was ALWAYS in the repair shop. I wonder if they got better after 40 years?

In reply to Dr. Hess:

Well if it survived this long could it really be any worse than when it was new?

This is a non-running Citroen with multiple holes in the frame due to rust. I suppose it depends on how you define "survived" but this needs brought back from dead, in my eyes.

aussiesmg wrote:

DrBoost wrote: I'm in trouble..... I don't know if I can NOT go see this car.

If you build it, they will come [URL=http://media.photobucket.com/user/zapsiregar/media/French%20collection/Citroen/IMG_4587.jpg.html][/URL]

This is the first case of a ute that doesn't look worse than the car it was based off of. but that's because the car it's based off of is soo stinking ugly to begin with.
I can resist this car, but if it were an SM, I might have to risk divorce.....

bastomatic wrote: This is a non-running Citroen with multiple holes in the frame due to rust. I suppose it depends on how you define "survived" but this needs brought back from dead, in my eyes.

I'd say that's not too bad by MI standards, its all flat stuff anyways.

amg_rx7 wrote: That's a lot of rust holes. Wonder if you can swap in a modern FWD drivetrain...

if it's like an SM.. no. Like an older saab 99/900, the engine is backwards in the chassis.. but unlike the saab, the transmission is in front of the engine behind the bumper. It more reminded me of a 911 unit moved directly to the front of the car

Cut out the floor, fab up a tube chassis, insert LSx and manual transmission, go have fun.

aren't the hydraulic brake and suspension bits tied into the transmission on these? That would probably make any swap hazardous territory.

DeadSkunk wrote: Cut out the floor, fab up a tube chassis, insert LSx and manual transmission, go have fun.

the only way I can think of doing it... Corvette Transmission/diff

DeadSkunk wrote: Cut out the floor, fab up a tube chassis, insert LSx and manual transmission, go have fun.

That would ruin the best part of the car, the suspension.

There is a hotrod DS built like that, RWD with an LS1. The cheapest (and best unless you want to build a whole new car under the old body) option is to keep the stock parts though.

mad_machine wrote:

amg_rx7 wrote: That's a lot of rust holes. Wonder if you can swap in a modern FWD drivetrain...

if it's like an SM.. no. Like an older saab 99/900, the engine is backwards in the chassis.. but unlike the saab, the transmission is in front of the engine behind the bumper. It more reminded me of a 911 unit moved directly to the front of the car

Bolt a WRX motor to a VW bus trans with a flipped diff?

you could probably fit a V8 in there. The SM had a lovely V6. All the hight for the engine is at the firewall, having the trans up by the bumper allows that low nose

Here you go.. you can see the engine and trans in this shot

There actually is one SM with a V8 in it, it was a factory prototype engine that they never put into production though.