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Great job!

Your adventure has driven me to work faster. Ciao.

Bonjour très belle restauration sur cette gsax3..je possède la même avec la même couleur..et rouillée aussi malheureusement et des fuites moteur.😢 Bon courage à vous

I love your patience, it’s relaxing

Thanks! I remember when you were giving CPR for that GSA at the first place, it had those extra heaters in the cabin. So think how many years that car has suffered for non working resistor packet?

Ingenious use of the pry bar to get the connectors back on!

Really like these deep dives, this time literally. Nice work to watch you do and explain. 👍💪✌

When I started driving in the late 90's in Britain these were already rare. I found a 1982 one which only needed _a little_ welding but my father convinced me to buy a mk2 Astra (Kadett) instead. I never forgave him.

Thank you! It's always nice to listen to someone who enjoys this beautiful car that much. There are surely some little tricky points, but you can easily jump in a GS and drive 500 km without hassle. You just stop for petrol.

Suggested video topics, if that interests you: Is GS/A conversion from LHD to RHD possible? How different is the GS and GSA? Is it just an engine, g/box, trim, & dash update, or are there deeper differences? Can GSA engines & 5-speed gearboxes go into GS bodies? Can GS bumpers, dashes, & door handles be retro-fitted to a GSA for classic look? Can GS/A engines be tuned or tweaked reliably for a little more power? Were there any GS produced with GSA plastic bumpers?

A small hint: You might consider one of those external microphones at some point, You voice is quite muted and far away.

Only ever been in one (Oh no not quite true... I was in a Birotor 2 years ago) when my uncle owned one from new in the early 80's. He was quite impressed and drove many a citroen afterwards. I was a kid below 10 years old and it impressed me very much. I really liked the ride and not even to a lesser extent, the engine sound. I still even remember that upto this day. My uncle had no issues with the car but he traded it in for something else a few years onward. My father in law had one in Austria and often says it was one of the best car he ever had , beside a 2cv as a student. He also had it from new, a few years , so never made aquantance with the gremlins and the brown daemon. As with many citroens from that age, if you do maintenance it will be fine for a long time. But at an interval of 5000km for my ID 19 it also makes running costs relatively high, especially if you rely on a garage doing it for you.....

Don’t forget one of the best things. The front suspension is very easy to work on.

The benefit of living in Australia - the GS Break that I have access to (before we took it off the road for an engine rebuild) didn't even need the heater connected! The only part that let us us down in that car was a relatively new pump gaiter that split, resulting in a rather large LHM leak...

Great insights as well as great comments and experiences below. Cheers 👍💪✌

Another enjoyable video. Thanks! I agree that the heater isn’t very good. The heat output is poor in extreme cold. Can’t say that I have the oils smell issue, but my engine is oil tight so that probably helps. Reliability is good. Never had any serious issues. Just the things that routine maintenance takes care of. G’s like to be used. I keep mine on the road as far into the year as I can. I had my G in use today. Lovely bright and chilly Scottish Autumn day and it loved it!

Like your view to GS...and all your videos...I have had 17 GS-es and all I can say is that GS is very unique and special car...Simply with all his flaws, he is adorable and easy to love...

Always enjoyed the GS😊

Interesting aspects that you mention in the video. I have never had any bad experiences with the GS (even not with my GS 1015 cm build 1971 in the 80s and one day 1985 by minus 20 degrees) heating in winter. I have never smelled oil either. I currently use a GS practically every day - even in winter. It always starts and heats very well, so much so that I have to turn the heating down. The secret to driving and using a GS every day, in my opinion, is: do every service and maintain the car like a small airplane.

Sur la mienne de 1973 que j'utilise en hiver pourtant, j'ai pas d'odeur de chauffage du tout

Hahaha, love your description section, hahaha! "Red Bull drinking TH-cam-application-developers should have a Citroën CX suspension sphere get thrown through their kitchen window." So funny

My mom bought a GS in the late 1970s, which I was able to buy off of her. I remember the garage used some Dinitrol oil spray in all the cavities, cost a lot but it should have prevented rust. Unfortunately when I left Switzerland for 7 years I had to sell it. Sadly, I didn't know what happened after that. There are hardly any GS for sale in Switzerland these days, a 2CV costs as much as a nearly new midsize car, prices are insane high. Love your channel, makes me feel young again 🙂 Cheers 👍💪✌

I love your love for these cars, equally brilliant and quirky. People who are not really interested in the facts tend to disqualify the GS/GSA as: unreliable, temperamental, impossible to maintain properly. They forget that Citroën sold some 2.5 million of them. Slightly more, even, than of the BX. I don't know if that is what you intended to do with your TH-cam-channel, but what you are showing us, by way of your loving restorations, is how well engineered the GS/GSA actually was.

Delightful ending to this episode. Your filming and choice of musical accompaniment could not be better...until the next video, of course !

Coches agradecidos y evocadores

Citric acid is great, but don’t forget to neutralize the acid with baking soda and water after the rust is gone.

Brilliant! Lovely cars to work on once you get the hang of them.

Hello citromec. I was just about getting up to watching your latest gsa video, but it seems to have disappeared!?! Are you aware of that? Was it intentional?

When charging a battery on a C6, do you attach the charger to the terminals under the bonnet? Or attach the croc clips direct to the battery in the boot? How is it done? Thanks. In advance

great pleasure to see your work (sorry for my english from spain...)

Haha awesome.

Great progress! I’ve still got the fun of lying under the car welding upwards in my future 😬

AMAZINGNES!!! Feels always good seing one keeping the older cars with us.

I don´t know do you hear it enough but I think you are getting better with these.

Restauré Citroën GS

Restauré Citroën GS

Since i have been subscribed to some Canadian French car madness. I did get this video suggestion by Yt. So one I will say the thing has lot of engineering done. I do understand now why it's very hard to repair without proper training. Usually all these French cars are just so neglected or in a very awful state. Seen a few very nice XS lately that have changed my perspective on these cars from previous times. M7 nuts and bolts are also very widely used on some German cars.

Good job as always 👏

This one will take a lot of effort and work. Thank you. 👍💪✌

Great job on that door! I’ve learned a lot from Karl Fisher at Make It Kustom as well - and also Yorkshire Car Restoration (the older videos before they got into TH-cam ‘celebrities’ and £10k lasers).

Great work! I’m going to be working through more of your videos over the next few days 😁

Fine work!

Nice work

Good work. Best wishes from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

My boss had 2WD one of these, so I've travelled a fair distance in one. So well engineered and like something out of the space age. PSA cars of this era were something special, with fantastic ride and handling, and the plush versions having the most amazing seats. My car from this era was a Pug 305 GTX Estate - looked stately, but had a 1905cc engine, fast steering, close ratio gear box, lowered suspension, and a go faster strip - all from the factory. 238,000 miles before someone ran into the back of it. The current crop of PSA cars just don't compare with the golden days of AX,BX.CX, 205, 305, 306, 405 & 605. How can it have gone so badly wrong for them?

Lots of rust indeed, thanks for saving this BX! Got you Citroën 🙂 Cheers 👍💪✌

I had a couple of BXs. Both very good cars

I bought an Citroën BX 19 TRi Last year near Halmstad in Sweden. It drove really nice only it needed a bit of welding and maintenance. Where in Sweden do you buy/find GSA/BX parts?

Always enjoy the GS(A) stuff, but it's great to see the bigger Citroen story with the BX. Citroen & SAAB were the innovators of the time, much like Tesla is now. TorSen diff explanation video: th-cam.com/video/JEiSTzK-A2A/w-d-xo.html

Bra jobbat Christian. Jag vill minnas att något stödlager för kardanen var dåligt när vi körde hem den från Närke(?). Som tur var fanns det mackar med lyftar på den tiden 🙂