ooh shows promise (but that could just be cause the sun is shining)

You've also got a spare coil

Geez you pomes are brave folks not scared of a little rust, hhmm.

Looks like a pretty original car, much nicer to rebuild if you've got all the original unmessed with bits and the car hasn't been bodged about with too much. It doesn't even look too rotten.

looks rotten as a pear to me but with some replacement parts and some dosh it,ll be nice
love the seats btw and the coulour
a good mig welder is first on the list
as an aside, rubber mats retain all the water that leaks in - no good at all the trapped water just corrodes the floor
mine leaks water in through the windowscreen wiper spindles

don't really have a choice

Did a little more stripping down today and got some more pics. mainly of rust, but hey ho...


Seats out, doors and roof off.



Sills really are in awful condition. The rear wing trim is all that's holding that bit of sill onto the car


The paint is flaking off badly in a lot of places, which had me thinking it was a replacement body tub that had had a respray, but the paint underneath is white too, so god knows why it was done.


I can only assume the window surround will be rotten.


This wing is probably saveable.


This one probably not so...


This side is gone, but the other side seems ok.


Classic Citroen forethought - every wire is green


Chassis is flaking away, slowly but surely.


What everyone loves to see around the fusebox...


These bloody connector blocks are EVERYWHERE!


Bottom of the o/s A-pillar was entirely made of filler


Still no further to finding repair patches for these bits. I'm loathe to replace the entire surround just for a few square inches or rust.


Nearly naked Beachcomber


More electrical tomfoolery - this seems to be some kind of secondary starter switch, going from where the wires attach to. I wonder if the ignition barrel is kaput?


And this appears to be the reversing light switch. I still can't find a switch for the fog lights anywhere, even after following the wiring. it just vanishes into a rat's nest behind the dash.


This is pretty much the only real damage to the upholstery. I'm planning to take it to a nearby caravan upholsterer to see if they can repair it.

That's all for now, girls and boys!

That bit above the windscreen corner ... you could just let in a bit of flat steel. Those brackets are a hangover from the earlier externally opening roof and don't do anything on later cars.

You are so brave

Good thinking, Batman


More like foolish in the extreme