July 2017 – Engine compartment strip down

Second half of July 2017 The underhood area was grimey from 60k miles of use: I know the drivetrain had been pulled apart back in 1980 by the Citroen shop my dad used near Naples Italy as he wanted to preemptively address weak areas of the motor before shipping the SM to the U.S.  I […]

Read More July 2017 – Engine compartment strip down

July 2017 – Interior removal

Second half of July, 2017 – After a couple of weeks of doing nothing with the car, I elected to dive in and start cleaning it up. The interior is dusty and a bit grimey, but not in bad shape.  I pulled the seats and door panels/rear interior side panels out for a better look: […]

Read More July 2017 – Interior removal