Hello; I am now an X19 owner

Today I bought a Fiat X19. Its black, needs a respray one day, but seems largely structurally solid. There is however a large amount of rust behind the engine, and I cant tell whats rust and what is the rear boot sound deadening material, but it looks as though it had holes in from new?

Headlamps have a mind of there own, but most of the time they just dont respond, so for now I removed the motor wires so they are always available and up.

Has a severe hot starting problem: I just read about a carb fan so maybe thats not working. Also, I notice that there is a condenser with a wire coming off it not going anywhere.Very odd. And the coil itself gets awfully hot.

Other than that, its a hoot to drive.Need to back off the advance slighly as it pinks if you over load it. The steering on these cars is delightful. So neatral and relaxed, yet quick, crisp and precise at the same time.

Welcome to the fold, Adam.
Where abouts are you based?
Hope to see you at a get=together at some point.
Cheers
Juliet

Hi Adam and welcome to the forum.

I also have recently purchased and joined the forum, and I can asure you that they are a great bunch, and are there to offer advice, iv'e personaly have picked some brains and have recieved a warm welcome and been offered excellent advice and help.

As for the issues on you Exxie, i'm sure there are more experienced members that will be able to fill you in, I myself are still learning the ins and outs of the car.

Anyway a warm welcome once again.

Nigel

Thanks for you kind welcomes Juliet and Nigel. I have realised I have possibly posted in the wrong section of the forum. It seemed to be the default section after joining.

You have meetings! I had never even considered the owners club before buying an X19, and I am up until now, a Citroen nut, but an X19 is actually a quarter the cost of a 2CV nowadays, and is somehow even more fun! I genuinluy didn't know what I was missing out out. I expect problems, as I took a risk and bought a car with a short MOT at the lower end of the X19 price range.

Its really good to hear/see that there is a keen following for the X19. Its a truely unique and exotic little car, that has a lovely ride, lovely gearbox(even if you have to take it slowly), well weighted controls (although the brakes scared me to death the first few times as I has just stepped out of a Citroen BX, and those cars have fully powered, yes fully powered brakes (as in, your effort does not go into the brakes, you merely operate a switch which sends you through the windscreen :dry:

So, I am guessing the brakes are OK and I just need to acclimatise to them. I thought on the way home, Citroen brakes would make this car the best car in the World (They fitted them to the Masserati Merak as seen on Top Gear's "Supercars for under £10,000". Right, I am blabbering on. Just so happy I have discovered X19's!

Forgot to say where I am: London

welcome adam you are in for lots of fun,best car i have ever owned for the smile factor

Thanks Mike..Lots of fun and an awful lot of fault finding I think. Today, I got the radio working, but get this: I now have a choice between the radio and side-lights :blink: If the lights are on, the radio does not have the voltage it needs, and since installing the radio, the clock wont come on. And I thought Citroens had crazy electics. The Italians did it in style!

Hi Adam.

I also have jumped ship from being a Citroen nut, have owned BX - CX - And a first class XM, beautiful car, but I owned an X/9 back when I was 18 some 28 years ago :blush: , and swore that I would own another one day, Well! Two weeks ago (having sold my last Citroen) purchased a 1983 VS, and I must say (reliving my teenage years) what a great little car it is, parts are cheap compaired to Citroen and readily available.

Just have to find an exhaust system, as mine has a rattle, I think it's the baffles, and a few other minor things to sort out!, I will post pictures of my £500 what I concider a bargin with a years MOT & Tax when I have susted out how to do it.!

Having fun with it and certainly puts a big grin on my face.

It's great when you get people ask "What is it"? most born after 1989, A real headturner, my misses calls it my mid life crisis :woohoo:

Welcome. I am new owner myself and enjoy every moment I have with the car. Even though its been mostly in the garage!!!!!

Any pictures of your car?

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Nigel - Thats interesting that you also jumped ship from Citroens. I have had a Dyane, a 2CV for one week until it was stolen, BX's, some CX's, GSA and loved them all, especially the CX's and Dyane. The X19 is an all new World to me, although similar to Citroens in a weird way. Its my early mid life crisis!

Kai- Good to hear there are others who are new to these wonderful cars.I do have a picture I took shortly after buying it on the drive on the way home (200 miles, and the only fault was that the speedo cable broke, although today it decded to comne back to life, so think the cable has caught itself for s bit).

I have added the pictures as attachments as I have forgoten the code for posting pictures in a forum..Actually, that didn't work. Its this one from this Ebay auction though:

Ahh ! yes I saw that one, looked a good car, and at a good price !

I will attempt to do the same, as mine was also on ebay, I was bidding on it, i put a max of £800 on the auction, needless to say it went above that.

But two days later I was contacted by the seller, and offered him then £500 and he took it, the car also come from South Wales.

I will attempt to attatch the listing, I am no computer boff, so this may well go wrong ! :oops: