BXProject

as we are all aware, there have been discussions with regard to nla parts for our cars and the feasability of running a bx long term and everyday.

i need to swat up on many things to do with the bx, and am very happy to do so. however, as always, there are 'negative ferrets' who agree with the government crappage scheme. even my good old father has suggested getting 'something a bit newer' to move the family around in.

probably sometime somewhen, the bx may need updating but as i see it hopefully not just yet. when it does, i shall be purchasing a citroen of some sort...rest assured further guidance will be requested.

There's no need to worry just yet.
What parts become entirely unobtainable we are working on alternatives for.
Exhausts seem to be a bit of a faf right now, but there is still new stock around if you know where to look.
Engine bits will be available for years yet, and most everything else we have a solution for.

i hope to keep the tge for a year or two yet, just would like to tweak it and give it the tlc it would benefit from.

thing is, when baby comes along whatever i have it NEEDS to be 100% dependable, (or as close as possible)

btw doc, i got some super special ales for ya!

You got nowt to worry about then mate.
We are talking about parts longterm, like over the next 10-20 years.
I have little doubt I'll still be driving a BX in 20 years time, if theres any fossil fuel left.

How much of the different model BX exhaust systems are shared with the equivalent Peugeot 405?

Mark.

from my understanding, none, but lets see what the experts reckon?

/\ what he said.

There's still plebnty of exhaust bits knocking about to keep us going for a long time yet, it's just about knowing where to go.
If anyone does get stuck for exhaust bits I can get anything at all next day at the moment.

Hit your dad with the comments about crash safety at the bottom of this link http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/ca ... oen_bx.htm

My little red car has been involved in three fairly large bangs, one of which was EPIC. I got shoved 72feet across a junction by a prick in a Rover 400.
Anyway, in all three collisions, no-one on that car got even remotley injured.
The last bang was bad enough to finsih an M3 BMW, my car drove home, and was fixed up good as new within three days.
Whilst having crashes is usually best avoided, for a little car a BX takes a hit fucking well.

mnde wrote:How much of the different model BX exhaust systems are shared with the equivalent Peugeot 405?

The one bit that is shared on a lot of XUD engine'd cars is the front pipe, which is good, as that's the most difficult bit to replicate. I don't see too much of a problem with keeping exhausts on BXs as even if no parts are available, a welder and some generic pipes/silencers will make a system that works.

After all, the exhaust on my old DTR Turbo was completely falling apart a couple of years ago, so it was weld patched, and welded together as one piece (no joins anywhere). Still working just fine!

Yeah, David's right, Exhausts pose no problems whatsoever. I've even experimented with stainless flexipipe. When you have got it bent to the right position all it takes is a few well placed tacks to reproduce almost anything. I think only Americans replicate.

Philhod wrote:Yeah, David's right, Exhausts pose no problems whatsoever. I've even experimented with stainless flexipipe. When you have got it bent to the right position all it takes is a few well placed tacks to reproduce almost anything. I think only Americans replicate.

I thought they had a low birth rate....

The biggest bit of reverse engineering I'm aware of was when the Russians got hold of some B-29 bomber aircraft that had crash-landed in their "sphere of influence" towards the end of WW2. That was the type of plane that delivered the first atomic weapons. Without any reference to the Americans they pulled them apart for analysis and then put the thing into production in double-quick time themselves.

Makes you think Globalisation is a good thing.....

Ah, but the B-29 was a shitter to fly, randomly failed alot and was really a bit crap.
The Russian attempt was even worse!

oi dont knock b29's , I luvis enola gay and have a model of it , I even have omd's song about it , that and memphis belle were the two bestest bombers in ww2

They look lovely mate, I too have a model of a B-29 atop my telly.
But they were utter shit in reality.
Oh, and Memphis Belle wasn't a B-29!

BTW, technically the Lancaster was the best bomber of ww2!

I know memphis belle wasnt a 29 it was a B-17 flying fortress as oppossed to Enola Gay which was a super fortressessess

for those that are wondering of what we talk

Boeing B-17 flying fortress as in Memphis Belle



Boeing B-29 super fortress



simples !!

One was good to pilot, the other was shit.

The Avro still kicks their arse though!

Saw the BOB flight Lancaster a couple of years back over the Solent on a D-Day commemoration. Because it was over water it seemed that they were able to fly lower and bank a bit more impressively than in a standard airfield display. Awesome. Lovely noises too.

While fishing in the same place at another time, I saw a pair of Spitfires appear and run through a display right in front of me for no good reason I could discern. I wasn't complaining. They came back the next night and did the same, by which time I'd twigged that the previous night they were rehearsing an event over one of the military sites nearby.

Have been re-reading a couple of Eric Brown books about flying WW2 aircraft recently, and he certainly rated the Lancaster as a pilot's aircraft. I'm pretty sure he held the record for the greatest number of different aircraft types flown, including some pretty bizarre aircraft (hence the title of one of his books "Wings of the Weird and Wonderful"). Interesting reads.

My old feller was a WW2 bomber pilot. He flew Whitleys 1st (shite) then Manchesters
and finally Lancs. He was on ops from 1939 to 42, then got invalided off and on to Radar, at which, he became a bit of an expert.
I have his log book for that last raid, real film star stuff. 25ft rip along the fuselage plus a lot more holes, down to 1 engine when landing. Only him and his observer left, the rest of the crew dead.
No way you can imagine it really, must have been terrifying

Oh and talking of D day... that was my birthday