Citroen SM Ultimate Daily Driver Challenge: Part 7!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 เม.ย. 2018
- Hi! Time to do some work to the front of the Citroen SM! The European headlight conversion adds a lot to the car, but it looks like it is adding a lot of work, too!
Thanks again to everyone who subscribed to our channel, and thanks for all of your "likes" and comments!
All the very best from me and Francine and the rest of the guys that help out on these heaps just for the fun of pulling wrenches with your buds!
Cheers,
s&f
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Can't wait to see those headlights move with the steering. Unfortunately I'm 60 years old so I only have about 10 to 20 years left. Don't want to rush you or anything.
This is funny since I say this same thing almost every day over something or another.
Yup, same here.
Hang in there bro! Hopefully it will be 30 years at least for all us (old codgers)
The crazy thing is you know there were a couple of engineers sitting around who honestly thought it made sense to do the headlight actuators that way. Impressive progress.
Their other option was to engineer a Mars Base. Probably made the right choice.
Maybe the same guys that designed the hydraulic headlight lifters for the Merak :) hehehehe
They should have called it the S&M because that's what you have to be into to work on one of these things.
Scott, you're not a metal fabricator you're a metal artist. I can't wait to see the SM when finish, hell of a great job.
Hat's off to Richard, it's not just anyone who would serve up a treasure trove of parts, especially those which are so difficult to obtain!
You, sir, are a consummate professional. Even though you are self-deprecating you know how to work and have a great eye. Unnecessarily complicated: The very definition of French. That is except for Francine/Frankers. She seems to have calmed herself quite quickly. It's amazing how booze seems to make everything oh so much better when dealing with cars. Your spirit is up and it's great to see. Greetings to you and all the crew.
What a magnificently complicated vehicle also your attention to detail is mind boggling, I'm really enjoying this restoration, what an awesome car I know nothing about
You never fail to amaze me with your metal work. Great job..
Wow you’ve got some balls to take all that mass of complexity on!!
I'm starting to think the only thing not hydraulically operated on this vehicle are the tail lights. It is kinda fascinating to see the innards of one of these machines. And I agree, there's no one single word to give the level of complexity adequate justice. 'Involved' i say, and just leave it at that lol. Great series and thank you for the reminder to stick to a Renault 10, or a Peugeot 403 if i ever want a French car. Something a bit more.... er.. sane haha. I must admit though, there's a lot to admire from a mechanical design standpoint. Take care.
Thanks for checking it out! Yeah, this car is really fun, but I don't think I'd want one as my only car, if you know what I mean...Cheers!
Gratuitously complex. Excellent description.
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In 1977 my family and I spent several weeks in Paris, trying to get the French export authority to let us bring one into the U.S. We failed, and now I'm so happy we did! that's just sadistic. Good on ya man! better you than me!
Nice job Scott excellent metal fabrication. Looking Good a true craftsman
I am becoming more of a fan of these cars with every installment of this series. You just don't see them down here and it's a real treat to see one so demographically. The bones are shaping up to be one awesome ride! Many thanks and till next time... Cheers!
Thanks for checking it out! Glad you're enjoying a closer look at these fascinating cars...Cheers...
Loving this SM keep up the great work! Hey there Frankers!
Hi from Frankers! More from here soon! Cheers...
Your SM is a lucky car Scott. To have such a caring owner who possesses the rare, high-quality skill set to make it not just right, but better than factory, the car Thanks You, and so do I. Love this hair-pulling, expletive filled build/tidying. Chuck in Kansas
Superb, always love to see you with your positive never defeated attitude, finding a way to sort out a problem, and the SM is certainly testing your resolve. Looking great already. Can't wait to see the next chapter
The work you've done on the headlamp / nose assembly is seriously impressive. Lucky getting the library of SM parts too.
Have not yet spotted a Citroen SM in Mud Creek, Georgia, but we remain on high alert.
It definitely looks a whole lot better with the European headlights it was designed to have. Lovely job on remaking that rusty and smashed front end...
Thank you for continuing your channel. Frankers is doing a great job. She fits in like all the panels at the front SM. I’m looking forward to the remaining process with the SM an not to forget upcoming DS. If I can speak on behalf of many viewers, we are all agents in the woods of Alberta. Cling to your spirit and do the puzzles to come. Thanks a lot for sharing highs and lows in the workshop. Agent 8435
Those "few parts" turned out to be the Motherlode of scores, wow!
You have enough parts to put the blue car together now (ha!)
I'm having great fun watching you rebuild this interesting machine.
As we would say in the Aviation business " a clever array of rods and levers"
hell hole ??u know
I couldn't have imagined you settling for anything less the the Euro lights, you appreciate the car too much to compromise- it just wouldn't be the complete SM experience without them. Smart move to make it a stand-alone project too- get it all buttoned down before moving on with the rest of the car. I always knew these cars were exotic & cool, you're making me appreciate that even more. Great work as always, cheers from NZ
Thanks for checking it out! Always a treat to hear from other SM fans! Cheers...
Constantly amazed at the engineering marvel of these terrific cars. Certainly would have learned a valued experience being part of the build team!! Scott you have some very fortunate friends and agents out at the garage were magic happens.
Please keep up with the videos of your soon to be daily driver!
Keep up the good work, i have just took my Citroen Dsuper4 outside after the winter!
Greetings from the Netherlands (Groningen)
I don't think I can emotionally go through this restoration with you. I just want to hang out with the dog.
Cheers
It's a great day when a new episode pops up, crack the whip Frankers!
Dang its so funny. As i said before i drove a 49 Frazier to high school. But my dream car was an sm. Love your channel
That front end of the Citroen SM is coming together nicely. Also what a nice score on those extra parts. There is a lot of money sitting there in those boxes. Keep up the good work. I'm eager to see more of the Citron build.
Never ever did I think I’d like a Citroen but man this is one wicked car!
Here on the east coast we call it New England loctite!
I can't say how much I love that car. Cheers from Costa Rica.
Now your an authorized Citroen dealer, the motherload of parts is amazing! This is another great season of Coldwarmotors restoration of a vintage French automobile. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Monumental task but will be worth it. Good choice of words...”Ferocious “
Scott, phenomenal work on the nose and headlights! (and the rest of the car for that matter) I am trying to take a similar approach with my own projects- being sure to document everything and labeling hardware. Grade A work you guys do.
On Hemmings, there are 4 of these for sale. One in New Jersey for 38500, and 3 across the pond ranging between 79500 and 118000. So tell us Scott, is all this to finance the next twenty episodes cost for 'My Classic Tire". Or maybe, I'm thinking you are just doing this to go to car shows and start peacocking about to bring in the ladies. Either way, this car, (whatever level of Pebble Beach standard you bring it to) is sure to still do awesome power turns in the freshly snow covered Walmart parking lot when you get it done
Nice to see you back at the Franco-EyeTalian project. I really enjoy your videos. Francine is growing up!!!
Brilliant job, the European headlights are so much better. Frankers is looking good. The SM is going to be a wonder machine. Thanks love the video.
Thanks for checking it out! Cheers...
The Citroen is coming along nicely. Much respect to you for taking on a project like this. Very complicated, indeed!
Outstanding job, your patience and fabrication skills are peerless. I'm loving this build. Keep us posted on the CWM tees, please. Great score on all the spares !
That Citroen suspension is definitely a Plumber's Wet Dream !
Great work....... I bet the engineers that worked on this car were a hoot to hang out with LOL
In 1948 my dad took me to Chicago to see Preston Tucker's factory, and to look at a Tucker 48. What stayed in my mind all these years was a central headlight that turned with the front wheels. I'd be willing to bet that ol' Preston didn't use that complicated of a control system, but then, it wasn't an SM! The front end is coming along great!
ah but of course Mr. Coldwar,please come this way,and welcome to Pebble Beach,I hope you don't mind, but I've placed you next to Mr. Leno and his 1932 Bugatti. lol! cut out the swearing bits,sacrilege I say!! were they ever aircraft manufacturers with all of that uber redundancy? I think Frankers needs another classick tire to chew through, she's looking a bit peckish. thanks again. ☆☆
Wow. Great work so far. Can't wait to see it completed man. *:D*
Glade to see the Citron is coming along. It’s good that you have some enthusiastic helpers. I knew that car would be an easy fix!
Say hey to Frankers for me!
I can imagine how full the swear jar would be filled in the Director's cut of this video! You're doing world class work here and show what's really possible if you've got the skill set, the ambition and no money.
Best, Tom
Hey, thanks for checking it out! Yeah, being extremely stubborn doesn't hurt, either, haha...Cheers...
Great work keep it up man.
Looking Great man! Can't wait to see her all done.
I am learning a lot and have a blasts watching all of your Videos.CHEERS and thanks for all you guys do.Thanks again.
Nice job as usual ,great parts gift !
You do brilliant work! Thanks for another episode!
Following this one with great interest! Love Citroens!
Keep up the Great Video's. Lots of pure talent there.
Outstanding fab work Scott! Love the euro front end
Wow !! After watching you work on this Citroen, I don't feel so bad spending weeks cleaning the bottom of my car so I can move on with the updates. Thanks !! My car started out as a nicely finished driver so doing cleanup, paint, and fab work is tougher while trying to keep from trashing the nice parts. Always enjoy watching you guys perform you "magic" on these old jewels.
Thanks for minimizing the swearing. I'm totally enjoying these videos
Shirts ... yea!!!, cant wait to get mine .... and 2 dozen stickers please. yhaoo from Tennessee. give frankerstine a treat
so cool always loved Citroen your videos are the first automotive videos I watched . Great
Oh man, that is one fussy headlight assembly! But as always, you're doing great work!
This is the definition of a labor of love! Seriously complicated mechanics throughout and you're methodically going through every bit with a nonchalantly astounding level of know-how. Keep up the fantastic, in depth videos!
Thanks for checking it out! Lots more to come on this one...Cheers...
Fabulous work! can't wait for more. it will definitely be worth all the effort. Great stuff fellas, and Francine!!
Can’t wait to see the SM fully assembled!👍
You are truly gifted to be able to piece that mess together. I get pissed using a rattle can. I bet when it's complete you won't be following anyone too close.
Nice load of parts. Pro frikken feshnal job on the front end bits. Way to go.
Wow. Quite an excellent fabrication and reconstruction job on that European front end. Especially since all you had to go off of to make your templates was a wreck of rust and shady prior repairs.
Wow! Just...wow.
Great work !!
Some serious metalworking skills right there - very impressive taking all those pieces and making a perfect front-end like that. And they're EURO-SPEC headlights!!! YAY!!!
Man, I am so loving this series of videos! Awesome car! Can't wait to see more! So glad that y'all love these weird cars that you never see on any other channel. Thanks for making these vids.
Amazing progress.
Nice work! A mammoth task. Sometimes I wonder if a Citroën SM was really ment to take apart at all, given it's perplexing French engineering. But hey, you're saving a rather special car. A good thing.
The most subdued, sober Scott we've seen in a while, that's one mess of steel and spaghetti front end and you handled it like a Rhodes Scholar. French engineering, how did they ever build the Panama Canal?
Another very informative SM video, it looks like you will have a very nice car someday. Also Francine looks all grown up now.
I really have a lot of respect for the Citroen's now I had no idea of the engineering involved. just imagine if a car was built like that with today's methods it would be a plastic and computer sensor shit pile thanks for exposing me to these crazy machines
That's a monumental job amongst all the other huge jobs of tidying on that car, nice works Scott.
"dishonest patina" LOL
Nice to see you sneaking in the pilot episode of My Classic Cushion when you thought nobody was paying attention, nice bit of chintz. Excellent work on the front end, with so many parts alignment has the potential to be an absolute nightmare.
"These never give trouble, I bet!" hahahaha
Brilliant work. I'm always amazed that people like you can see the diamond inside the stone.
I look at that SM and just see a pile of rusty French poo.
And on the subject of French, only the French could come up with such a weird looking 360 degree speedo. NEVER seen anything like that before.
Dear coldwarmotors.
Another excellent video. Great progress, very well and ingenious done again. Congrats for getting those parts. Maybe with this load of parts the blue SM can also be saved?? Please give Francine a "huge hug" from me. Best regards.
Thanks for checking it out! Yeah, I was really stoked to get that stash of SM bits home... Unfortunately, the blue car's problem is catastrophic rust, not missing parts, haha! Cheers...
Dear coldwarmotors.
Thanks for answering. Uuh, I see, it's a pity for these design icons. Every SM and DS should be saved but unfortunately it is not possible. Too much rust is a really miserable thing to have. I remember many Citroen in Germany all killed by rust pretty soon. But maybe you are able to find another not so bad SM, maybe for your brother? 2) Is my favorite car "Frazier" still O.K.? Best regards.
You're an upstanding and respected member in the car cummunity Scott. That's why hard to find parts for that car are finding their way to you, so no mystery there my friend. Keep up the first class work on that hydraulic jigsaw puzzle. I'm enjoying getting a good look at an SM. Take care.
Thanks for checking it out! Glad you're enjoying this SM series! Cheers...
coldwarmotors I'll always support this channel. It's the best on TH-cam!!
Some times ya have to cut your loses.....Great Work! Just recently I used three trunk lids to make one good one..... Look forward to seeing more Vids!
Wow! What a great treasure trove of parts. You can almost start and SM parts business
for the 70's... very convoluted. Good luck!
Good work !
On the positive side you have virtually unlimited content ahead
I work on DSes, and man, I respect you for trying to put together a SM. Never had love for that thing..
Oh damn, that front end has given me a headache Scott and I'm not even there, good luck with that ay. I feel your pain though I'm 2,000 miles away.
Cheers, and thanks for the same old shit..
Hello frankers....
Gratuitously enjoyed this video CWM
Haha Thanks for checking it out! Cheers...
Nice job, lot of skill. Cheers.
Thanks for checking it out! more on the way here soon...Cheers...
I really can't believe you don't just shake your head everytime you look at the spaghetti mess under the hood of that Citroen....amazing work you're doing.
Good God the amount of nice parts. Probably more than the company keeps in stock.
There is so much bizarre over engineered B/S on that car you'd think it was a BMW. Still, she's going to be quite a rare prize when she's done. Great fabrication work on that front end. Frankers seems to be calming down quite a bit. Thanks for sharing.
Holy smokes, what a score on Citroen parts! Wow, you are going to have to set up a online store.
Love this car, wish I could find one here in the states for less than a fortune. Great work so far especially the fabrication.
Love your projects keep it up!
Thanks for checking it out! Still a long ways to go, I think...Cheers!
Way to go! I can relate from piecing together two 1967 Firebirds into one good one 10 years ago. Both had front and rear end damage. They have the grill/bumper that goes all the way around the front end which has to be matched to everything. Nice parts score too!
Man, I am amazed at your resilience to tackle these beautiful but insanely heavily engineered cars! And adding the fact they are RARE and parts are ... how the heck do you find parts anyways!?
Fantastic work, as usual. Truly amazing job you did on the front end. Citroen must have let the engineers out of their cages for these. Based on what you are putting yourself through for this car, I think you should re-badge it as the "Citroen BDSM".
ATB,
Brian
ps - I will definitely be buying a couple shirts and stickers.
thanks for the upload !