When I turned 17 and I just started learning to drive my grandad called me saying he had found the perfect first car it just need a little TLC. So the next day we went and had a look at the Peugeot at first glance it seemed to be in good nick and was told the only major rust was on the front wings and was a bit of corrosion on the front panel and tailgate so we picked it up for the princely sum of 250.00 pounds! (excuse the bad phone photography)
So as the car stood it had 60000 on the clock was tidy runner but it had failed its MOT because of the sharp edges on the rusted wings so set about taking off the wings. Just a week after purchasing the car my grandad was taken ill and I could only have access to where the car was stored when he was there due to many factors the major one being its location. 9 months and a full English winter had gone until my grandad was fighting fit and ready to work again and our worse fears had been confirmed...
The minor corrosion on the tailgate had turned into full on rust
And the front panel...Well the less said about that the better
So after the inspection of all the bad points we called it a day and did what anyone in our situation would do and discussed our options over a pint ;D We decided we had two options either scrap the car and try to get our 250 pounds back or do the project and end up with a tidy car at the end of it. As you can probably guess by now we did the later
A week later a friend of mine text me saying a good mate of his crashed his 205 GTI and smashed the entire front end of the car and has a tail gate with glass and wiper motor for sale so with a bit of haggling I got a tail gate and GTI front valance which was a great bargain but there was just one problem...
Next I spent about 3-4 weeks trying to source a replacement front panel but once I managed to get that it was full steam ahead removing the rotten old one. Which meant only one thing...POWER TOOLS ;D ;D
After the cutting was done we offered up the new front panel to see how well it fitted as we had our doubts as it was a pattern part.
We had to make a few minor adjustments such make a bit of metal to bridge the gap between the car and the new panel. We managed to get the panel riveted in place but then got rained off which is a shame as it was going to be the last session for a few weeks due to work and family commitments. The next session was an eventful one we managed to get the front panel welded in place. The next day I coated the front panel in white Hammerite as it was going to be seen so a paint match wasn't essential. After the Hammerite had dried I had a few hours to spare so I managed to get the new wings fitted and panel gaps looking good
The next stage was to get the car ready for spray unfortunately I didn't manage to get many pictures of it because we had a very tight window to get in prepped, sprayed and out. But here's a one I got on my phone. (excuse the instagram filter)
A few days after spray I managed to get a few hours in before work which meant I could get the lights and grille fitted up.
But as I went to put the front bumper and GTI front valance I hit a few snags one small snag I found was the bumper had a slight crack in so I had to do a quick bit of fiberglass work.
But the major issue being the supports tubes that attach from the car to the valance rotted away so thinking on our feet we cut two legs of an old stool hammered the end down and drilled a hole through it and as you can see from the ropey phone photo bellow it worked well.
So once the GTI valance and Front bumper were fitted the car was pretty much complete so I wont beat about the bush hear it is! (oh and when I'm next on the car I will get some shots of the rear including the sprayed tailgate)
This brings us up to the past week which was spent giving the car a service you change of oil, filters and spark plugs. The car was then sent on down to the garage on the same small industrial estate for an MOT which it failed But it was only on 3 small things which are as follows:
These jobs will be done promptly ready for a retest at the beginning of next week!
I hope you enjoyed reading this write up on a project that's last about a year and a half and is still ongoing, and I will get some pictures with my DSLR when the cars on the road!
Enjoy
Dale
So as the car stood it had 60000 on the clock was tidy runner but it had failed its MOT because of the sharp edges on the rusted wings so set about taking off the wings. Just a week after purchasing the car my grandad was taken ill and I could only have access to where the car was stored when he was there due to many factors the major one being its location. 9 months and a full English winter had gone until my grandad was fighting fit and ready to work again and our worse fears had been confirmed...
The minor corrosion on the tailgate had turned into full on rust
And the front panel...Well the less said about that the better
So after the inspection of all the bad points we called it a day and did what anyone in our situation would do and discussed our options over a pint ;D We decided we had two options either scrap the car and try to get our 250 pounds back or do the project and end up with a tidy car at the end of it. As you can probably guess by now we did the later
A week later a friend of mine text me saying a good mate of his crashed his 205 GTI and smashed the entire front end of the car and has a tail gate with glass and wiper motor for sale so with a bit of haggling I got a tail gate and GTI front valance which was a great bargain but there was just one problem...
Next I spent about 3-4 weeks trying to source a replacement front panel but once I managed to get that it was full steam ahead removing the rotten old one. Which meant only one thing...POWER TOOLS ;D ;D
After the cutting was done we offered up the new front panel to see how well it fitted as we had our doubts as it was a pattern part.
We had to make a few minor adjustments such make a bit of metal to bridge the gap between the car and the new panel. We managed to get the panel riveted in place but then got rained off which is a shame as it was going to be the last session for a few weeks due to work and family commitments. The next session was an eventful one we managed to get the front panel welded in place. The next day I coated the front panel in white Hammerite as it was going to be seen so a paint match wasn't essential. After the Hammerite had dried I had a few hours to spare so I managed to get the new wings fitted and panel gaps looking good
The next stage was to get the car ready for spray unfortunately I didn't manage to get many pictures of it because we had a very tight window to get in prepped, sprayed and out. But here's a one I got on my phone. (excuse the instagram filter)
A few days after spray I managed to get a few hours in before work which meant I could get the lights and grille fitted up.
But as I went to put the front bumper and GTI front valance I hit a few snags one small snag I found was the bumper had a slight crack in so I had to do a quick bit of fiberglass work.
But the major issue being the supports tubes that attach from the car to the valance rotted away
so thinking on our feet we cut two legs of an old stool hammered the end down and drilled a hole through it and as you can see from the ropey phone photo bellow it worked well.So once the GTI valance and Front bumper were fitted the car was pretty much complete so I wont beat about the bush hear it is! (oh and when I'm next on the car I will get some shots of the rear including the sprayed tailgate)
This brings us up to the past week which was spent giving the car a service you change of oil, filters and spark plugs. The car was then sent on down to the garage on the same small industrial estate for an MOT which it failed
But it was only on 3 small things which are as follows:- There is an imbalance in the breaks due some corrosion on the disks where the car has been standing outside 90% of the time
- The Headlights are aimed to high
- The Indicator has stopped working
These jobs will be done promptly ready for a retest at the beginning of next week!
I hope you enjoyed reading this write up on a project that's last about a year and a half and is still ongoing, and I will get some pictures with my DSLR when the cars on the road!
Enjoy
Dale
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but there sorted now!
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so any suggestions on this would be appreciated. I have been driving the car daily with no real issues and I'm just waiting till pay day so I can afford to lower it ;D today was one of the first real scorchers of the year so I ceased the opportunity to take a few snaps enjoy! 
. I intend on placing some carriage tape in the door recesses once i decide on the right colour.
