Well,

I am still working on a register/ inventory/ census (I don't know witch word is the best ) of MATRA :

Rancho : 848 surviving cars knowed, 42 in GB, 5 in Denmark

Bagheera : 1792 surviving cars knowed, 132 in GB, 30 in Denmark

Murena : 1894 surviving cars knowed, 67 in GB, 57 in Denmark

Ah perhaps times have changed. Lately I frequently see murenas and usually also at least one Rancho at the meetings as well as bagheeras and the occasional 530 but as it's a simca club we don't get the Matra built espaces and the Avantimes unfortunately.
Belgium is a bit far for me. I know there's a Matra sports club in the Netherlands as well but honestly I prefer the variety of vehicles at the simcaclub meetings. Simca built some gorgeous cars as well and things like a Talbot Samba always bring a smile on my face.

Two good looking gentlemen there with a beauty!

I found the Simca club did not do very much for the Matra scene.
In 2007 I desided to go with the Matramania club Belgium where I am still a member.
Its a bit closer to France ;-)
Its a small club but that makes it more social.
The interest for Matra is a bit less the last years.
I still hope to find someone that have a heart for the brand.
I sold my 2.2 to member that give it the TLC.
He has a simple job on it because the car was complete done by me and looks an drive very good.
The day I said goodbey, I still miss it.

Thanks for the feedback. It sounds like something I will consider at some point. You're not in the simcaclub Netherlands right? I don't think I seen your cars at any of the meets at least not the past few years.

It fits perfectly fine in combination withthe Spax but I presume it will fit with the oiginal shocks as wel.
It made the car a bit mor harder and stable in fast cornering but its just a bit.
Some people found it still not hard enough and mounted Mercedes springs, but that specific car runs sometimes circuits with a fast Ford engine.
Its just where you have your priorities.
I found it excelent for  daily driving on  the 1.6

Hi everybody,

I recently worked on my exhaust (1983 Murena 2.2) as one of silencer's mount rubbers disintegrated. I was not readily able to source a replacement rubber, so I asked somebody to make a few out of EPDM and polyurethane. If anybody’s struggling with the rubber, I can explain what I did. Let me know. Happy driving!

Yep, that's what I did as well. The original is 0.5 so I simply used the old cap which indeed is a good fit.

I do believe I seen an 80kpa short reach cap on a tractor supply site somewhere during my search... 🤔 I wonder why I didn't link or haven't mentioned it previously. Maybe I misremember it.

So Spax combined with rear springs from the 2.2 but fitted to the 1.6? I imagine that makes it quite a bit stiffer. Does that make it feel more responsive in corners?

That looks good 👌