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| 1981 CX Reflex Familiale | |
('Familiales' were wagon bodies fitted with three rows of seats and had seating for eight.)
This one of less than a dozen known, privately imported, Familiales and is one of two that were automatics. Of the others one was a C-matic and five of the known cars have five speed manuals. There were a mix of petrol (five) and diesel (three) engines. Some were injected and some diesels were turbo charged. Others have unknown engines.
Note:
+ C-matic are a three speed 'clutchless' with gears selected by the driver.
* marked vehicles were station wagon variants but not positively identified as
the eight seater Familiale. They may have been Safaris or Wagons with a different seating arrangement.
If you know of a Citroen CX Familiale you can check the register kept by the Queensland Citroen Club
at
CX Register
Should you have one not listed please contact the webmaster(at)citroenclubqld.org and provide the details.
Well! What could I say? The car was checked for its safety certificate and was fine until the examiner noticed this.
Which led to closer inspection and revealed this!
What have I done? Is it a simple matter to remove the rusted longeron and fit in a new one? The CX has a body shell mounted to a chassis in the sedan. It appears possible but without the car to check I don't know! Emailed 'Kimmo' a Queenslander with several Familiales to see what he thought.