Xantia 1.9TD....wake up and back on the road after 10 Years
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Xantia 1.9TD....wake up and back on the road after 10 Years
Hi everyone,
and thanks for accepting me as a member of the forum.
I am hoping to find a home for my late father's Citroen Xantia. It's been sitting in my mother's garage since my father's passing five years ago.
It's on a UK 'L' reg plate (1993/4), and was well-looked after by my dad, who was a long-term Citroen owner and an engineer by profession, and it must be of use to someone in need of spares.
Free-of-charge to anyone who can collect from Christchurch, Dorset.
and thanks for accepting me as a member of the forum.
I am hoping to find a home for my late father's Citroen Xantia. It's been sitting in my mother's garage since my father's passing five years ago.
It's on a UK 'L' reg plate (1993/4), and was well-looked after by my dad, who was a long-term Citroen owner and an engineer by profession, and it must be of use to someone in need of spares.
Free-of-charge to anyone who can collect from Christchurch, Dorset.
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Re: Xantia, free to anyone who wants it!
I have a bad habit of collecting/saving them....I am working with a "free" one at the moment (costing quite a bit to reinstate !)
I would like to take you up on the offer as you are reasonably local to me (I am Somerset & cousin in Lymington).... they do need saving if possible...
Could you give me some more details regarding its bodywork and mechanical condition ?....is it "rusty ?....does it roll....does it start etc ?
I would like to take you up on the offer as you are reasonably local to me (I am Somerset & cousin in Lymington).... they do need saving if possible...
Could you give me some more details regarding its bodywork and mechanical condition ?....is it "rusty ?....does it roll....does it start etc ?
Alasdair
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Hi, thanks for your interest. The car doesn't start but I think this is due only to a flat battery, it would almost certainly run with a better battery and/or a bit of fettling. It doesn't roll easily at present, either, as one of the tyres is flat but again this probably needs pumping up. The bodywork is good, it's been stored in a sound garage since my dad first bought it and was rarely used in the last years of his life. The seats and interior are all good. It will probably need to be collected with a trailer.Stickyfinger wrote: 11 Jun 2024, 21:29 I have a bad habit of collecting/saving them....I am working with a "free" one at the moment (costing quite a bit to reinstate !)
I would like to take you up on the offer as you are reasonably local to me (I am Somerset & cousin in Lymington).... they do need saving if possible...
Could you give me some more details regarding its bodywork and mechanical condition ?....is it "rusty ?....does it roll....does it start etc ?
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.........They always doIt will probably need to be collected with a trailer.

I have sent you a Private Message via this forum with my phone number so we can chat about how to proceed.
Alasdair
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Re: Xantia, free to anyone who wants it!
Should Sticky decide against this, I'd love to give it a new home.
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Noted. I am still in communication with Stickyfinger so I will come back to you in due course.
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Nice save!Stickyfinger wrote: 12 Jun 2024, 19:37.........They always doIt will probably need to be collected with a trailer.
I have sent you a Private Message via this forum with my phone number so we can chat about how to proceed.

Sorry to divert the subject, but I was reminiscing a bit the other day on my mis-spent "school" days down on the coast in the early '90s & mention of Lymington on the FCF prodded a few neurons into wondering. Does your cousin happen to know a fella by the name of Guy Ashton? One of the few adults I actually had some respect for back then & from hazy memory had a garden full of CX's & R25s amongst others.

'95 Xantia LX 1.9D-auto, Black, 118k
'97 306 XS 1.6i, Blaze Yellow, 24k
'96 ZX SX 1.9TD, White, 87k
'09 407SW 2.0HDi, Black, 120k
'97 306 XS 1.6i, Blaze Yellow, 24k
'96 ZX SX 1.9TD, White, 87k
'09 407SW 2.0HDi, Black, 120k
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No worries, just triggered a random bit of nostalgia lol 

'95 Xantia LX 1.9D-auto, Black, 118k
'97 306 XS 1.6i, Blaze Yellow, 24k
'96 ZX SX 1.9TD, White, 87k
'09 407SW 2.0HDi, Black, 120k
'97 306 XS 1.6i, Blaze Yellow, 24k
'96 ZX SX 1.9TD, White, 87k
'09 407SW 2.0HDi, Black, 120k
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Lymington does the same to me too Dan!
Eldest has just spent a very lovely holiday down there; I was very jealous!
Jim
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Re: Xantia, free to anyone who wants it!
Has it been saved ? Will we get to see it on here & hear about any jobs that may be undertaken ? Id love to see it being worked on & follow any thing which happens .
Husky.
Thinking outside of the box is better than sitting in a dark one.



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Yes...it HAS been saved.
I will be recovering it in a couple of weeks time.....it will be started, and DRIVEN (to my local MOT station for a test) back to my area directly from its resting place.....just for the fun of it being done.
24hrs insurance & an Oil change before the drive is all it will get
...... =I will have my AA card in my pocket however 
I will be recovering it in a couple of weeks time.....it will be started, and DRIVEN (to my local MOT station for a test) back to my area directly from its resting place.....just for the fun of it being done.
24hrs insurance & an Oil change before the drive is all it will get


Alasdair
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AA card - Activas Anonymous...
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May i be so bold as to ask if we may have the honor of some photos to druel over 

Husky.
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Oh yes.... I intend to to "The Barn Find" photo thread 

Alasdair
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