The Citroen Visa Forum

Sorry chaps... I can't do it so it's up for sale on evilbay......And i'll be damned if I can get a pic up...

text from the listing....

THIS CAR was hidden under a pile of bumpers and other Citroën body parts for 12 years after it failed an MOT on a split front steering rubber gaitor.

I dug it out last year, removed. freed-up and cleaned the carburettor. pumped up the tyres, started it and drove it home!

I really wanted to get it sorted but there's no way I can do it so it has to go to a more deserving owner.

Right... Good bits.

These cars rust like mad, which is why Citroën Visa's are so rare these days and the great thing is, this car is REALLY solid. There is a tiny bit at the bottom of both rear doors, which has been thoroughly cure-rust proofed and done now, the inside top of one front wing was getting pretty thin, again, that's been done, and that's pretty much it. It is almost 'as New' underneath, and is solid everywhere!

The engine... Just brilliant, revs like a motorcycle engine, blows NO smoke at all. quiet no tappet or cam noise... In fact fabulous

The cooling system... Well, there's a hole in the radiator... It's basically shot...BUT...I have got an UNUSED Citroën Visa GT radiator still in it's box to go with the car!!!. the rest is fine.

Brakes are all good although the rear drums need a clean... They freed off OK but the wheels should ideal be removed so they can have a good scrub.

All the interior is excellent albeit a tad 'old car' smelly... Needs airing,

The car is essentially absolutely standard.

There is a complete set of alloy wheels to accompany the car which would go onto another early Visa.

BAD BITS...

The roof lining has dropped down

The black paint is scratched and marked almost all over the car... But it IS straight black so not impossible to re-paint.

The V5 may be missing... but I know the owner and it may well be hidden under a pile of papers...Worse case scenario it would cost £25 for DVLA to issue a new one...No drama, I got one for my 'new off Ebay' Honda Cub the other day, just fill in the form and send it off with a cheque... Took about two weeks and they don't even ask who the previous owner is!!!

The instrument panel electrics are a tad random... Probably an earth... I've had them all working but... You know... 12 years in a shed and all that!

lights, wipers and indicators demisters and so on are all fine.

Erm... What else... OH yeah... all four tyres go down after a week or so... There's no battery at the moment, although I do have one to start it with, there's no petrol in the tank.

Basically, you could have this car running well after half a day, ... In fact, put some fuel in the tank, connect a battery, fit the new radiator and it would drive home.... But I think for the sake of legality it needs a trailer!!!

There's no hidden agenda, it either gets sold to an enthusiast or scrapped. I've driven it, I know what's wrong (and now so do you!) and it's extremely 'do-able'...And you'd end up with a bloody nice, superbly comfortable, extremely economical little Sports car which is easily capable of out-running most 'hot' hatches today... (Did I mention it weighs 750kilos?)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1984-CITROEN- ... 809wt_1270

Sorry to hear that you've got to sell the GT Jon, but hopefully someone will buy it and get it back onto the road.

If you could pass the forum details onto the new owner that'd be great too.

A bit picky I know but there are a couple of inaccuracies in your advert (I detest inaccurate eBay ads, also it doesn't inspire confidence that the rest of the ad is accurate...)
- the 'Douvrin' was fitted to the early 205's but not the 106 & 306 (they were XU/TU)
- the Visa Trophee was 1219cc and the Chrono was 1360cc (you've got it the other way round)
- the XZR 1219cc version fitted to the French spec Samba Rallye & Visa Trophee at 88bhp and the XYR 1360cc fitted to the Visa Chrono at 91bhp were both more powerful than the 80bhp XY 1360cc fitted to the Visa GT.

Nice car though. Good luck with the sale.

...also, I believe that there's three GTs in total - still very rare though!! But not as rare as the 14TRS!

Interesting to see Brian comment on it - shame he isn't a forum man.

Hi there I have the other one!! But mine is probably not in as good a condition as yours. Your description could be used virtually word for word for my black GT. Good luck with your sale,hoping that it will raise the profile (and value) of yours and all Visas. Regards Brian

Frugg wrote:...also, I believe that there's three GTs in total - still very rare though!! But not as rare as the 14TRS!

...as you say there are 3 that I know of, owned by Jon, Brian and Chris. One day we may get one on the road you know.

Frugg wrote:Interesting to see Brian comment on it - shame he isn't a forum man.

...he did tell me after I pestered him that he is registered on the forum, reads but do not post unfortunately.

Up to £310 and 8 days left - I wonder what it will make?

Biggles wrote:A bit picky I know but there are a couple of inaccuracies in your advert (I detest inaccurate eBay ads, also it doesn't inspire confidence that the rest of the ad is accurate...)
- the 'Douvrin' was fitted to the early 205's but not the 106 & 306 (they were XU/TU)
- the Visa Trophee was 1219cc and the Chrono was 1360cc (you've got it the other way round)
- the XZR 1219cc version fitted to the French spec Samba Rallye & Visa Trophee at 88bhp and the XYR 1360cc fitted to the Visa Chrono at 91bhp were both more powerful than the 80bhp XY 1360cc fitted to the Visa GT.

Nice car though. Good luck with the sale.

Yes, I did notice the Douvrin thing afterwards but someone put a bid on within minutes of it going up... As far as engine powers are concerned... Yes, but i can't correct it now and it doesn't really matter in the scheme of things!...But thanks !

...and another ex-GT owner:

Q: Ah I had one of those a silver one! Went like stink handled well too. I also had a Visa GTI! Sorry no room for this one, hope it goes to a good home! Cheers oscarcarcat.
A: So do I...I just wish I had the facilities and the time to do it myself....

Just getting my head around this...

So it's got a 1360cc engine with 80BHP - the 14TRS also has the 1360cc but with 59BHP.

Is it just the carb, cams and exhaust that makes the difference? Anything else?

59 off a 1360 ? They weren't exactly trying then, were they ?

Not familiar with the spec of the 14TRS but cam & carbs were the differences between the 1360's in Sambas - the GLS (71 bhp) had a single twin choke carb and a 222 deg cam whereas the S (80 bhp) had twin single choke carbs and 234 deg cam. Both had a cast 4-2 exhaust manifold & 2-1 downpipe with short secondaries rather than the 4-1 'log' manifold of the 954 or 4-2 manifold & 2-1 downpipe with long secondaries of the 1124. Both versions has the same 6 port head.

What's the 14 TRS got ?