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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ค. 2021
- My first foray into the world of TubeYouer!
Indroducing my 1973 Citroen SM 3.0 Automatique, a car I will be skinning many knuckles on.
First upload - introduction, back story and inane waffle. And yes, I really did win a mug! - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
You mad *******. Part 2 please.
Send him a hubnut mug.
Ian sent me here and now I can't help but watching the story from the start.
You are a great TH-camr from the very first video!
What a kind thing to say!
Same
What a fantastic video! Very natural and very interesting. Please do make lots of videos as you restore this wonderful machine - seriously! Best of luck with the restoration (mad bugger for taking it on, but in a good way!) and I will look forward to future videos
You're a hero for deciding to save this beauty. Best of luck to you. May your work go faster than the Binky Boys!
Ha! Binky's a very different animal! I'll use Binky as a yardstick. I'd be happy with 0.5 Binkys, but could easily see it becoming 1.0, or even 1.25.
@@UPnDOWN maybe also look at ColdWarMotors. Scott has an SM as well and is restoring it.
CWM is a super cool channel anyway. Scott has amazing pannelworking and paint skills and does upholstery as well so worth having a look.
@@jfv65 cheers! I already watch CWM 🙂
I agree! I never cared for sports that much, or all that Mass market rubish. Seeing a normal joe do this is much more impressive to me. Same with people like Bob Carver. Men like this are the ones that truly inspire the world to be a wonderful place to be.
No awkwardness I can see, not that I could do anything about it 😜
Beautiful car, you've got a sub. I need to see this, good luck!
The law of attraction works my friend. I'm really happy for your dream coming true, you'll do a spectacular job.
I’ve always loved these cars , I have all the books , and I saw the red one at Earls Court when they first came to the UK .
I wish you all the luck in the world .
You have the best roadruner in the planet. Have Citroen since 1965, and I love them. Al from the CV2 to BX 19 /16v and last I haveCX
Utterly brilliant, look forward to more updates!
Looks like one hell of a fantastic project. Looking forward to seeing more!
Having followed your various stories on PH, and seeing this unfold on Twitter, I was keen to watch! What a great video, showing your enthusiasm and also lots of information about this car! Looking forward to watching more!
That’s Awesome! It’s all there, looking forward to following this resurrection 👍
Number 27 sent me and I’m glad to be here - love these cars
Your video is awesome 🔥🔥🔥, keep up ang good luck for the restauration
Came over from Hubnut, absolutely loved your first video and can't wait for more updates. What a car! An absolute gorgeous thing!
Who doesn't love a proper old citroen! Looking forward to this over the coming months, years.... er ..... and decades.
Subscribed!
Absolutely beautiful and it's in the right hands if your BX's are anything to go by.
That engine with the aux belt set up is bonkers, fantastic.
Can't wait to see more.
I'm lucky to have a c6... but this.... this is gorgeous 😍 subbed.👍👍 from Tipperary
Looks like an amazing project cant wait to see how it all goes
Man I love just normal guy buying his car and doing the Labor of love slowly to fix it back up right. Love it. Hopeing to find one some day in the states that needs a lot of love.
There are a fair few projects over there, they do pop up
Exciting! Very promising opening episode.
Great presentation, as well as interesting background and history.
Can't wait for next episode.
There are a few in the playlist, so you don't have to wait!
Great stuff! Agreed on the reasons to buy one. They are just amazing to drive, and the quality of the materials is top-drawer. The styling is 70's futurism perfection. I also did not expect to ever be able to find one, and I chased mine for several years to talk the owner out of it. Looks like you have everything you need to make a terrific car! All the best from here...
Cheers Scott. Now I just need a black poodle to complete the set!
Looking forward to more work on your sm Scott love your show
Well done for taking the plunge with the video, looking forward to many more videos on the SM and also others in the fleet please!!
I've got enough cars for a few years worth!
I saw one of these in the South of France in the early 70s and as a little kid I fell in love with it. Best of luck with the build , well worth the effort to save its grace and beauty.
Good luck with the SM and your new channel. I'll be following this with great interest.
SM's are fascinating cars, your project is going to be well worth the effort.
You’re living my dream. Also, totally agree on the US-Euro look debate, it is part of the story of the car. Best of luck with it, will be following keenly.
This is my view, at the moment. But if a Euro nose suddenly fell into my lap, I reckon I'd fit it.
Good Luck mate looking forward to the journey, what a beautiful car.
This is utterly amazing. I followed the link from Number 27, and I'm so glad I did. Bonus - I don't have to wait for future episodes as I have loads to catch up on. :)
Welcome aboard!
Great video. I've always enjoyed your written content (BX Forum, Andyspares forum etc) and you are similarly engaging on camera. I'll look forward to more updates.
Thanks Rob, that's kind!
Friend congrats on the sm! my dad bought one today too lol, a 71 SM in Bleu platine
I’ve got a 1973 ex Californian rust free SM that I have been working on for the last 8 years. Total engine rebuild with every last nut and bolt replace etc. Fitted euro lights and de-Americanised it.
The SM is at the top of my lottery win wish list too , never seen one in the flesh either but love them . Really wish Citroën still produced outlandish cars they were brilliantly insane with their designs in the early days . Best of luck fella.
You’re a natural mate - and what a car!
Seen and commented on your thread about this magnificent beast on the beige sweary car forum. All the best! 👍
Love the SM looking forward to more videos 😊 get on with it
Excellent! Had three Imps and two CX’s. And an XM. Always lusted after an SM when I saw an orange one on display at a local motor show when they were launched and I was about ten. Looking forward to seeing how you get on.
Came over from #27. Looking forward to watch this project, love SMs!
Cheers!
@@UPnDOWN I've caught up with the work on the SM now, great stuff! Seems like ep2 is missing from the playlist? Anyways, hope it keeps coming more stuff like the handbrake geek-out!
Brilliant first time video 🇬🇧
Came here on the recommendation of Hubnut. Really natural filming and your garage looks a lot tidier than his so hopefully that bodes well. Subscribed and looking forward to progress.
Great challenge. Will follow you from the Netherlands!
Awesome! Thank you!
It's such a pure design. I grew up with a crush on the Studebaker Avanti but it was just a pretty body on a generic vehicle. The SM, like the DS, was a complete design from the core all the way to the surface.
Thanks for taking this on, a project many could only consider doing by winning the Irish Sweepstakes.
I suspect funding will be the second biggest hinderance on this car's progress, after free time!
Superb car look forward to seeing its progress .
You and me both!
One of my very favourite cars. Good luck.
Watched Hubnut for years heard of your channel and immediately subscribed.
I adore Citroën Please keep the US front. Part of its history.
Also I have a 59 ID swedish spec. Glass rear window, larger rubber mud flaps, radiator muff chain, extra dials and full sized hubcaps on ID Swedish spec.
I have been into Citroen since I was 4 years old.
Nice one, thanks! Yes, I will keep the US front (though I might glue some lenses over the top!) Jealous on the '59 ID! I think the earlier car looks better than the Opron version (though they're still lovely)
@@UPnDOWN Its the short rear wings plus semi trans lucent roof. I can't afford a 19 so a ID is great for a beginner. My swedish friends are well connected Thelin who used to own the leaning Tilting DS19 Owned by the leaning train inventor and sold that to purchase a 56 DS19 his friend Lars I bought the ID its 5th oldest in Sweden. Running just needs the correct rear wings roof and small rear to make wings right. Lars has the parts. Virus and now Brexit have thrown up additional costs. Oh and i have not seen the car in person lool I trust these guys they are good friends.
Im an artist and mechanic so I tend to favour the early shape models Love them all but the early form is my favourite. Benn into Citroens from the age of four. No ides as parents were Renault dad Mini and Peugeots. My art teacher owned a 2cv and that cemented my path :) glass artist painter. A la avatar :) an example.
Love the SM you remind me of that guy on the secret life of hoovers Rex Garrod :) cool presentation style you have. I can tune out instantly with presenters. I subscribed immediately and when the 59 does Eventually arrive Mr Hubnt is getting to have a run. He has helped me get thur hard time during lock down.
Good luck on your channel and projects.
What a thoroughly enjoyable video and story. Best of luck with the restoration. Look forward to updates. Subscribed ;)
Nice one, Rich! Can't complain about how not awkward you are on camera and the project is "WTF have you done?!" enough to be incredibly exciting, particularly to a Citroen perv like me 👀
I really enjoyed that. Thanks for making it (and for saving this beauty). Look forward to part 2... and beyond... and, please please do something on the C6 and BX 16V 🙏
Will definitely be doign something on the C6, as it's just too interesting not to! Will have a BX 16v involved at some point, too.
Smooth - flawless video presentation there Richard - I can hear your titanium gonads clanging together all the way up in Lancashire for taking on this as a project.
That's the 'bring out your dead' bell, isn't it?!
The styling is a love or hate it affair. Very interesting tour of such a pure Citroen as far as design adventure, before they started following conventional thought.
I love V6 engines and never expected one in this.
I was just imagining what type oh American owners drove these in the day.
Hi there. Thanks for the video. I always appreciate the passion “we” have for the SM. You will have a lot of fun with that beauty. I got one myself from my grandfather in France. I loved to work on it and still cannot get my hands off her majesty 😇. I also postet a video on the SM on TH-cam. Just check it out... I looking forward to following your project over the next years. Keep it up and keep us posted. Thanks a lot and greetings from Germany. Cheers Dan ✌️
It’s a real beauty, well done.
Stick to your guns, thanks to HN for putting me on to this channel, keep up the good work!👍👍👍
Enjoyed that - an excellent first effort - I don't follow many vlogs but I'll subscribe to this one especially as it looks like it's going to be a slow burn I'll have something to keep me occasionally occupied when I'm retired
This excellent! Keep them coming please!
very well done,I have an Aston Martin Virage (on a Honda Civic salary) that I am trying to get back on the road, so I understand long term and available $$ to move things forward
Dreams shouldn't be held back by something as tacky as money...although yours is going to cost more than mine!
One of my favourite cars of all time. Video class, subscribed. 4K is a bargain.
Thanks Lee. Same here, was always a dream to have one.
What a beautiful car the sm and a particular favourite of mine, I have looked at them for a few years but always felt they were out of my price range.
Great project, looking forward to seeing it progress
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Thanks! I think they still are out of my price range, in fairness (hence why I've ended up with the remains of the least-sought after model around!)
Enjoyed watching your story, you came over nice and clear. Wish you well on this project👍🙂. Btw found your channel through Hubnut.
Good luck with your endeavours
I remember the Dutch footballer. Johan Cruyff drove one, something that greatly impressed me at the age of around 11 in the mid seventies. A legendary car and a legendary player.
Football and SMs....my two favourite things
I;m looking forward to follow your journey with the SM. A couple years ago, I spotted a car trailer with both a DS and an SM on it going down the highway through town. Both looked prime for restoration here in Northern California (i.e., not much rust). I wish they'd have been headed for my garage. Long ago I had a Citroen GS, wonderful car. Subscribed for this.
SM World is in Cali, I believe. Maybe they were headed there?
Kudos! Good luck to you.
Amazing project!. I am doing the same work on a '71 DSuper5. Just don't give up. These beauties deserve to run again 😬👌🏽
Nice! Would love a D myself, but I foolishly skipped that level and went straight for the most difficult one.
Another that found your channel via HubNut! Fascinating video and you're a natural in front of a camera.
Well done 👍👍
I will follow this project with great interest. Not a multiple Citroen owner, just the one, a BX GTi which was great. Loved driving it 😀
PS Love Imps too!
Awesome! Thank you!
OK you got my vote, keep em coming, I am a massive fan of odd cars especially SM, and you're genuinely pleasant to listen to.
Very kind, thanks! If I hear myself back it's like fingernails down a chalkboard, so I'll take your word for it!
@@UPnDOWN You're not alone on that, I cant stand hearing myself on camera, going through all your stuff and really enjoying it
Seems like i'm first. Coming from Twitter.
Good luck with the restoration, it will be a lengthy project (but the car itself is totally worth it !)
First prize: Awarded.
@@UPnDOWN Thanks ! What is the prize ? A mug ? XD
If you need any infos maybe you can find them on french forums like Forum-auto or planète Citroën
My friends think I'm crazy for attempting to restore a DS (1975 DSpecial). Well the SM is supposed to be on another level.
I wish you the very best with getting this amazing creation back on the road! I'm convinced you will succeed. Don't bother making it too pretty, at first, just make it run an enjoy it.
Best wishes from a daily BX driver
I'd love a DS, too! Keep us posted on your progress.
They don’t call the area encompassing Ohio “The rust belt” for nothing!
With that in mind, I think you’ve got away quite lightly with the condition. I can’t wait to see further videos. Well done for rescuing it 👍
I was thinking the same. Thankfully, because it's been broken for so long, I think it's avoided the salty roads!
UPnDOWN...... I'm greatly flattered, my friend!
With you all the way.....
tooSavvy :-)
I have been lacking in Citroeny goodness. Thanks
Edit: came from Twitter*, staying for the progress. Keep the vids coming, really enjoyed that and your ‘it’s just nuts and bolts’ attitude.
*actually it was probably from PH waaay back when you were rescuing box estates!
Ahh, yes: THE Estate!
Here from hubnut, subbed and look forward to seing more
Subscribed 👍🏻 Found out about you from Ian's Hubnut channel. Really enjoyed watching this and like your way of presenting. Looking forward to your future videos.
I think I'm going to owe Ian a few quid in commission now!
Great video! Nice presentation style, cracking car. Mental.
Thanks!
Great first video, I am indeed looking forward to watching this project, the SM is a beautiful car do not think I have seen a American spec before.
If you did, you might not have realised as a lot of people modify them to look more like a Euro-spec car. Jay Leno did with his.
Don't think I've ever had a car that I had to sweep up after pocking it bit! 😂 Very good luck to you sir 👍
Awesome video.
Informative and funny. I think you're a natural for TH-cam!
A fantastic project too. I hope to see more updates when you load them (or not, your project..... )
Wishing you all the grease monkey luck for that.
(Now going to bing on your other videos!!!)
Thanks! That's really kind!
Look forward to seeing ur progress on the sm . I love citroens querkyness i came to ur channel via ian at hubnut . So thought id have a look see . Hope ur well . Pls take care .... ian ....
Awesome, thank you!
Number 27 sent me here. I love projects like this. Following with great interest
Welcome aboard!
I remember them when they came out, a citroen with a Maserati engine, they were lovely cars and still look good. Back when citroen built great innovative cars. Not the rubbish today.
It's hard to argue, but then most cars are dull nowadays. I think if I was in the market, it'd be Mazda or Toyota getting my money. They seem to be pushing the envelope more than the others, especially Mazda.
Brilliant stuff mate, just subscribed
Thanks!
Came here from number 27, this really interests me, funny, it made me remember I once owned a Xantia 2.0T Activa, hopefully I’ll forget about it again very soon……. This of course is in a very different league, I wish you good luck, 👍
Hi Ken, I've actually got a Xantia Activa too - they're nearly as clever as the SM, in fairness! I love em!
Great choice, good luck
I’ve just begun a similar journey. I hopefully will have my SM in the next couple of weeks so I can start digging into. It’s in a similar state to yours, but it has the engine from a DS.
Hubnut brought me here. Watching the journey with interest
Just been watching ‘the Tomato’ and caught the link to your channel as the SM is one of my all time favourite cars and looking forward to catching up on the rest of your episodes. (No spoilers please!) This takes doing up a car in your spare time to a whole new level! And I’m going yeah! Why wouldn’t you? The challenge is what makes it enjoyable. The SM is out of my price league now and dam you’ve got me thumbing through CX adverts as a real affordable alternative. Keep up the good work. 😀
Thanks Jeff. The CX is a lovely thing, too. I would go as far as to say the earlier S1 cars probably carry about 75% of the style of the SM, anyway. They're just missing a nice engine - they've got the rest.
@@UPnDOWN I think it’s going to be an itch I need to scratch once I have finished working on my Alfa’s. Then there is the small matter of persuading my other half we need another car !
What a great find bro, congrats! The US spec version always left european cars ugly when compared to their originals. But just rock it! Its special as it is. Its yours and you should do what you want with it... but if the universe conspired and you came across a european front i wouldn't ignore it!!
It's like you're reading my mind.
What a great idea!
Loving the SM off course, found your channel because of jack, number 27.
There is another great SM restoration going on in Canada, the channel Cold War Motors.
From Scott Newstead. He does all the fabricating work himself, on very low budget.
Really lokking forward to the progress on this channel. Great stuff!!
Thanks Nico. Yeah I subbed to CWM years ago, and got in touch with Scott when I got mine. Nice fella!
@@UPnDOWN yes he is.
I subscribed to your channel, all the best with your great SM!
Came up as a youtube suggestion. Subbed and belled in the first two minutes
Thank you, Don!
I’ll enjoy seeing whatever progress you’ll make over time. I’ve liked these cars but I haven’t seen one in person for decades here in Ohio - a blue one in Akron not a white one from Lima area. Who knows who would have repaired a SM around here. Something probably broke and it got parked in 1990. Might have saved it from becoming rustier.
You're not far off 😅
oh, that is right up my lane! I had an XM, still have a Xantia. And allthow I drive an SL500 today, the DS and SM are still my dream cars. I'll buy these one day and do a restoration. Until then, I guess I'll watch your effort. Im sure you will do great!
Now take off that wheel, put a new battry in and get the maserati moving!
Rear window: "sugar scoop" tailgate. Much like a Jensen Interceptor or Renault Fuego. Also, the oddness of a 90° V6 being due to it being related to a Maser V8. It's also why the cam covers (and the entire head design) are asymmetric. On the V8, they're symmetric.
'Sugar scoop' wasn't the term; There's a proper French word for it. Also, the engine isn't actually related to a Maserati V8, that's a bit of a myth. Some of the design traits of it were borrowed from previous designs for conceptual V8s (that may have never actually made production) but the main reason it was 90deg was that all Maserati's tooling and engineering was set up to build engines of that angle; To switch to 60deg, they'd have had to revamp their production line.
I'm insanely jealous I've always wanted one of these beauties you lucky sod I wish you all the best of luck
Hi you are lucky always dreamed of having an SM .Had to make do with a diesel C6,never mind we can all dream.Sadly to old and buggerd now.Was a mechanic for 35 years so have fixed many Citroen’s.Good luck with it Allan
Hey Alan, I've got the C6 too. They're lovely!
Great looking motor, very Jensen Interceptor
What a car! I don't know whether to be thrilled or terrified for you 😊They really are stunning and I get the "unconventional beauty" description... these, the Alfa Romeo Montreal, Mazda Cosmo and the Jensen Interceptor. If I ever land the lotto they are on my list.
I found you thru Hubnut and subbed; I look forward to your content and I reckon your presenting skills are great. All best from North Yorks 👍🖖
Thanks! You named a load of my favourite cars there, perhaps unsurprisingly!
My wife, who knows how much trouble it already is to keep our XM running, wishes you much luck!
Please do a C6 video series - I'd love to get one of them. And an SM of course. My Dad had an early 80s CX prestige and it was an incredible car. It was in a colour called Pacific Blue. What I would give to be able to get that back. We always had Citroens growing up and I've still got one now. I used to have 2 BXs, a Xantia, an XM, and a few Picassos. Great cars. Thanks for your video - can't wait to see this series progress.
Thanks! Filmed some C6 stuff on the weekend just gone for the first time, but had some car trouble (couldn't make it up!) Aiming to get more done shortly while I bring it into the workshop and start some big repairs on it.
I wish you Luck!!!
... you're gonna need it. That Maserati V6 has a reputation for being... Challenging.
Interestingly, all UK market SM's were LHD, as it was legal. The only conversions to RHD in period were Australian, as LHD cars were illegal for sale or import. Some cars have been converted since, using Australian kits. Not a cheap process, as it involves complete replacement of the assymetric dashboard...
Snap, the SM was always in my list of fantasy cars, you’re a brave man and I’ll be plumping for you in your quests to restore that old beauty. French and Italian Engineering, that’ll be trouble free won’t it?
I’ve owned a CX when they were current and a BX when they had long been a distant memory and I’ve lusted after the DS since I first saw one as a little ‘un in the 1950s. As soon as Corgi released a banana yellow model with a red roof, my pocket money was saved to get one, it’s still there in my die cast collection. Unfortunately I have never been in a position to own the real thing or any of the others.
BXs are cheap, you can get your hydro-fix on those!
I live about two hours from Allen county, Ohio and can confirm hot summers and cold winters, although you probably know that by now, seeing as this was 2 years ago. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.
Nice car, subscribed, came from Hubnut😀🇳🇴
Thanks for the sub!