1992 Peugeot 205

[Tepper]

So I've finally gotten round to joining retrorides...
I'm will, 18, from reading. I've always loved cars (apparently I stole a golf buggy at the tender age of 3) and this fine machine is my first car:
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My dad bought it about 7 years ago for £300 with 100k on the clock. It's just turned 150k, with me driving it since august 2010. I've worked on it this whole time, and it's been a great car for me to learn to work on and to drive in. It's survived 2 crashes, and even soldiered on after being driven with no coolant (apparently the meaning of the 'stop' warning light isn't as obvious as it would seem to my mother).

Parts/modifications:
1.6 GTI Alloys (£30 for all 5 with tyres!)
Steering wheel (saw it in the scrapyard and quite liked it)
Driver's seat (foam was showing through on old one)
And loads of boring stuff over the years: headlights, alternator, thermostat... the list goes on.

The fun truly starts in a few weeks' time: this car is my dad's, and he still drives it. However, he is moving to california before too long, and the car is then truly mine. Initial plans are to lower it (just a bit, there are some hideous speed bumps on the way to college) and install a sub. After that... who knows!

Some pictures:
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Any ideas of what direction to take with this car are most welcome

[Tepper]

Can anyone tell me why the pictures aren't coming up? They're hosted with shutterfly.

[bstardchild]

Never used that photohosting - take the img tags away and it links straight to the pics tho

[datman]

these are great little cars. Might get me another one day.

[Tepper]

Cheers bstardchild!

[Tepper]

Well i've finally gotten round to updating this thread.
There's been some progress: the car has been lowered. Big thanks to grunty for helping me out with this; he's exactly the kind of person us yoofs need to teach us about the finer aspects of angle grinders and coil springs. One of the torsion bars was stuck in its socket so it was a pig of a job but i think it looks so much better now.
I have also fitted a sub and amp from the scrapyard. £20 well spent ;D
Lastly I put in a water temperature gauge, 'cause I'd rather know what's going on before the red 'stop' light on the dashboard comes on. 205 owners might be interested to note that pretty much all the wiring you need for a gauge is behind that plastic panel to the right of the ashtray, regardless of whether there is a clock fitted or not.
Pictures:
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[Brian Damaged]

There ya go:


Looks nice lowered! 150k's nothing for these, that 1800 oil-burner will go forever as long as you keep it oiled and watered. EPIC engines.

[simes]

Looks good, no need for anything else.

I don't suppose you replaced the bearings etc in the rear beam when you had it lowered?

[Tepper]

This engine's been absolutely bulletproof, though i do change the oil and filter every 5k and try to flush out the cooling system once a year or so. Quite enjoys vegetable oil too
When we lowered it there was definitely something dodgy going on with bearings in the rear beam, but I'm on a serious budget (I'm 18 at college) and I also don't have anywhere to work on the car. If it ever gets urgent enough i think the easiest option is to just go for a replacement rear beam off a donor car, correct me if I'm wrong?