BX 16v chassis advice sought please!!!!
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:43 pm
Hello All,
Looking for some advice please. I have owned a black BX 16v for about 7 or 8 years now, almost all of which time it has been off the road, some of it dry stored, some not. I bought the car to steal the engine, loom etc for my 205 rally car, but I hung onto the BX as I couldn't bring myself to scrap it! Now I'd like to get it up and running again with its original engine reinstalled, but sadly (which I'm sure will come as nothing of a surprise to most of you!), there's a fair amount of rot underneath. Boot floor is the worst, also bottoms of the rear doors/arches obviously another common place and inner wings too. The question is can I get the chassis repaired to a decent standard to allow me to rebuild it? I'm Newbury, Berkshire based but although my mechanical skill is reasonable I don't weld so I need someone to do the chassis work. Alternatively I can flog it as a complete project but frankly I'd like to see the old girl back up and running and potentially keep it myself. So any thoughts would be much appreciated! Many thanks, Robin
Looking for some advice please. I have owned a black BX 16v for about 7 or 8 years now, almost all of which time it has been off the road, some of it dry stored, some not. I bought the car to steal the engine, loom etc for my 205 rally car, but I hung onto the BX as I couldn't bring myself to scrap it! Now I'd like to get it up and running again with its original engine reinstalled, but sadly (which I'm sure will come as nothing of a surprise to most of you!), there's a fair amount of rot underneath. Boot floor is the worst, also bottoms of the rear doors/arches obviously another common place and inner wings too. The question is can I get the chassis repaired to a decent standard to allow me to rebuild it? I'm Newbury, Berkshire based but although my mechanical skill is reasonable I don't weld so I need someone to do the chassis work. Alternatively I can flog it as a complete project but frankly I'd like to see the old girl back up and running and potentially keep it myself. So any thoughts would be much appreciated! Many thanks, Robin