Should I buy a 1983 GSA Pallas?

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by basil40</i>

how do you post pictures into the reply frame?
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You need to host your pictures somewhere (on a personal homepage if you have one for example, or one of the free image hosting sites) then click on the yellow insert image icon and paste the direct URL to the image inbetween the tags.... please note the size restriction on inline images mentioned at the top of the forum.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DoubleChevron</i>

Congratulations,
you must have one of the few good GS's left in the WORLD there. Please tell me your not going to leave it outside and use it as a daily car on your salty roads !!!
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I wonder if this is the other (seemingly) rust free GSA left in the world ? [:D]
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 352679.htm
I find the claim of "alloy wheels" as rather strange, given that the whole car looks EXACTLY like the one my Mum had, but hers definately had pressed steel wheel rims and plastic wheel covers that looked exactly like those depicted.... come to think of it, were there ever alloy wheels fitted standard to a GS or GSA ? I wonder if the seller has ever taken one of the wheels off ? [:D]
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ummmmmm...... If any body wants to see some pictures then I'll email them... that sounds more doable for me.
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Basil,
E-mail the photos to me at richard dot west at jacobs dot com (made into a real address of course[:p]), and I'll stick them on the thread [:D]
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They are the pressed steel wheels with original Pallas spec hubcaps.
They did do alloy wheels for the GSA as both my Pallas SE's had them on.
Similar to the type fitted to visa's and early AX's.
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I've just seen another GSA for sale - met silver - classiccar dot com £1000 wanted - looks good
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Photos of the GSA. I believe Citroen Laughingly called this colour 'Fawn Beige'. We had a Visa Special this colour, and however, you look at it, it is s**t brown!
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I agree, but I will repaint it!
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Looks alright to me, though i'm not keen on the colour. Like the AA relay sticker in the back window.
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Well, I negotiated it at £500. He's put five new tyres ad chucking in a kenwood multichanger CD. Talked to Chris Jacobs - cit specialist - who says that it probably just needs the clutch adjusting. Reckons the two timing belts are not that difficult to change.
What have I done?????
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Its too late to sit and wonder what you have done, but you'll soon be enjoying yourself. Well done on the price reduction nearly a third off!
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Thanks Paul, Talked to Chris Jacobs and he knows someone who can sell me some GSA alloys!
Actually I loved driving the car - it's a shame people don't make cars this interesting anymore. We're all converging on designs because everyone is using metrics to design cars. So we should all be running around trying to save these cars really. I think the XM is a modern classic.
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going to pick the car up on friday - everybody is saying "change the timing belts" the cit specialist is quoting 4 hrs labour. I've been on ebay and currently bidding for the haynes manual. Is this operation fairly simple? I believe the engine has two timing belts.
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Baz,
Have a look on the Citroen forum at aussiefrogs.com - there was a thread there not too long back about changing GS cambelts. Changing the belts is apparently not too bad - it's just stripping the entire front off the car to get to them that's a pain! You also need a big (42mm?) socket to get the fan off - I think my Dad's got one kicking about somewhere that he had to buy for the one time we took a GS fan off - to change something on the hydraulic pump that is buried deep in the bowels of the engine. Think my Dad got rid of his last GS in about 1987, so it's a while since I worked on one - and I wasn't that old then either!
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Basil, talk to Rob Moss before you commit yourself, chances are he already knows the car if it is a good one as he had this un-nerving habit of turning up GSs and GSAs all over the place. Total enthusiasm!
My brother and I went through a whole armful of GSs and GSAs which we picked up at trade auctions for peanuts, nobody wanted them and many were low mileage, low owner vehicles. Oh happy days.
Brilliant engines, especially the later pre-ECO 1299cc lumps. You used to be able to get an over bore kit from Germany to take it out to 1430cc. Cant remember the BHP. I ended up putting one in a motorcycle frame, interesting bike.
Only real downside was the rust. Doors, bonnets, bootlid, wings, floor, A panel, front subframe. Lift carpet in boot and check floor pan, any rust, walk away.
I still have some useable body panels, engines and gearboxes in you want spares.
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