My CITROEN SM: I've started the hardest restoration I'll ever do!

#citroensm #carrestoration #classiccars It genuinely is going to be the hardest resto I'll ever do. Why? Because there's nothing else worth the aggro! It's time to catch up and get reqainted with the SM. This video is about trying to remember everything I've forgotten, getting mentally prepared and making some final notes before getting stuck in properly in the next video. I've forgotten more than I realised :-( 0:00 - intro 14:23 - cleaning up a bit 21:38 - testing the electrics 33:02 - I did actually remove something! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Been a while, so here is the SM's full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2iWJUTDjxPGpRGe-DTjqRPAWY626X3ov&si=D2EgfbHp53hXNcrJ And here are all the videos inside it. You can see my issues regards available time: 1. STORYTIME: CITROEN SM Intro: The car I bought because I won a mug! https://youtu.be/RM3pk7fTX7c (MAY 2021) This is the first video both of the car, and of the channel. Just talking about why I bought it. 2. CITROEN SM Resto Update 1: The game commences! https://youtu.be/1O-LlA5EClg (MAY 2021) Second video (aside from a little one about a handbrake) - I try to get going on the resto. 3. CITROEN SM Resto Update 2: https://youtu.be/yNlhJoyIUU4 (MAY 2021) Still trying to get going on the resto! 4. CITROEN SM Special! Unboxing the parts car https://youtu.be/rXe75crf7c0 (JUNE 2021) The SB-chassis; a parts shell I bought in the hope that it might provide useful parts. 5. CITROEN SM Resto Update 3 - Is it incontinent?! https://youtu.be/ZyuLjV0zSIo (JULY 2021) Checking the cooling system for leaks, to make sure the block isn't cracked. 6. CITROEN SM Resto Update 4 - Stripping the parts car (pt1) https://youtu.be/byYG88XIiMY (OCT 2021) 7. CITROEN SM Resto Update 4 - Still stripping the parts car (pt2) https://youtu.be/6s5FKI0srP8 (OCT 2021) 8. CITROEN SM Resto Update 5 - Is that Maserati V6 seized? (Containing small Jerry Hathaway tribute) https://youtu.be/psGtCcpc0Kc (NOV 2021) Genuine jeopardy! 9. BRAIN SAYS NO! Citroen SM update (or lack of!) https://youtu.be/Yv7ODo2raC4 (JAN 2022) First signs that I was doubting my abilities to do this. 10. STORY TIME SPECIAL: Tracking the history of my 1972 CITROEN https://youtu.be/D6loSp_6M98 (APR 2022) Tracing the history in the USA from new until the 80s 11. STORYTIME SPECIAL No Cliffhangers (Guaranteed): Tracking the history of my 1972 CITROEN SM https://youtu.be/AVOaiFD1Nas (APR 2022) Tracing everything from the late 80s until now, or so I thought. 12. Tracing the HISTORY of my CITROEN SM - how did it reach the UK from Ohio? https://youtu.be/IbjTLt3kQqM (MAR 2023) Additional info discovered about how the SM made its way to the UK 13. Sphere Pressure Testing on my CITROEN SM: Patreon members bought me a new tool! https://youtu.be/NPtHgAjaxAY Testing the spheres to see if there's any pressure left 14. this video! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want to support the channel, or the cars featured within? There are many ways to do this! You could purchase some new sweet merch! (www.ihaveansm.com) You could become an official UPnDOWNer (channel member)!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoH_tsP7wkTviMQQiqZZdlg/join You could sign up to Patreon, where I can forget to post things as often as I should!: https://www.patreon.com/upndownvids ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catch me on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/UPnDOWNvids Instagram: www.instagram.com/upndownvids Twitter: @UPnDOWNvids

Added 4 Sept 2026