GiveMeABreak wrote: 29 Nov 2021, 14:14
No problem, so you're getting the car for free then?
Not entirely. The guy who has the car is interested in my two 1981 CX Prestiges. I was in the middle of restoring them when Covid put a stop to those plans. One of them is in a drive-able condition but needs body work, I replaced its spheres, LHM and Autobox fluid while ensuring the breaks and wheels were in good condition before taking it for a test drive where we found that it works perfectly so really only bodywork was needed. My second Prestige is in a rather sorry state and needs to be completely stripped down to get working again. He has a lot of knowledge on CXs and wants one for himself now after having restored his father's CX and other CXs. He acquired the Xantia and when I let him know I was interested in selling my two CXs, he asked if we could swap instead since he prefers the CX over the Xantia and my family has a history with two Xantias and we know our way around their hydraulics and electronics, we just never worked on the engines.
The problem is the Xantia's engine isn't working so he said he'll fix the engine since one of the CXs his getting is in a drive-able condition and he wants to give me the Xantia in a drive-able condition as well, from there we'll each take on the costs of further working on the cars ourselves. Luckily I won't be remaining unemployed for much longer so this deal is getting more and more favourable for me haha.
That's the gist of it. As much as I love the Prestige, I have no knowledge nor tools to perform bodywork, but he does have that so I'm happy my CXs are going to a good home.
~Hunter