09-12-2022, 02:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-12-2022, 02:17 PM by Reckless Rat.)
I also had 3 BXs, all diesels. The last one, a TZD Turbo was a belter.
There is actually a link between the Citroen Hydraulic suspension and the Bentley. When they developed the Mulsanne Turbo, its phenomenal power and acceleration despite its size and weight meant that the rear suspension would bottom out on full chat. They solved the problem by adding self levelling suspension using citroen oleopneumatic spheres...
The Mulsanne is a lovely beast, as long as you can afford to feed it.
Also featured in this "top ten" is the Triumph Spitfire. I had a Mk1 many moons ago in my foolish youth, and then around 1980 I bought a Mk4 from the nephew of a neighbour, for £25 and made it into one of these (very grasshopper-ish):
![[Image: 20181215-113543.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/hGFz3B7W/20181215-113543.jpg)
It's still on the DVLA register, apparently.
There is actually a link between the Citroen Hydraulic suspension and the Bentley. When they developed the Mulsanne Turbo, its phenomenal power and acceleration despite its size and weight meant that the rear suspension would bottom out on full chat. They solved the problem by adding self levelling suspension using citroen oleopneumatic spheres...
The Mulsanne is a lovely beast, as long as you can afford to feed it.
Also featured in this "top ten" is the Triumph Spitfire. I had a Mk1 many moons ago in my foolish youth, and then around 1980 I bought a Mk4 from the nephew of a neighbour, for £25 and made it into one of these (very grasshopper-ish):
It's still on the DVLA register, apparently.