Self Built Budget Track Car Project

[blandy 29]

Seeing as I've had my 205 for a good few months now I thought I'd share my project. Story behind it is 2 years ago I decided to get a 306 rallye as always wanted to do trackdays but could never bring myself to use our only car so looked for some cheap fun hence the rallye. Unfortunately it turned into a bad buy (from a dealer over the net but when received was no way near as good as described) but stick with it and ended up spending a fair bit only to end up having to sell it on as needed the money more.

 

Trouble is 6 months on and I still wanted a toy as I missed it but as I like making it my own I ended up buying a rather sorry off the road gti which had already been semi broken for parts, but I wanted to build from scratch trying to do as much as possible myself

 

 

 

As you can see needs a lot of work.

[blandy 29]

First job was to strip it completely

 

 

[blandy 29]

Thought with it being a track car it could do with a cage so ended up buying another rather sorry and rust ridden shell with a weld in cage which was cut from the car and welded into mine

 

 

 

 

Also welded in some seat bars and mounted seat

 

[blandy 29]

Next step was to knock up a makeshift spray booth and give it a new colour, having never attempted anything like this I was unsure how it would go but after being quoted around £2k for a profesional job I thought if give it a go and am pleased with the results having only done the shell so far though

 

 

[Kane 34]

Considering the condition of the original paintwork the shell itself looked to be in great condition! Paint job looks ace also. Good luck with the rest of your build.

[nick205 12 5 Cars]

Looks good so far.

 

Must be satisfying to have done the paint yourself and saved a wedge!

[kyepan 291]

nice one!

[blandy 29]

Yes definitely satisfying took a long time to prep etc but results were worth it in the end especially when its cost around £300 including the spray gun (already had compressor and old gazebo) and I have plenty of paint left for the remaining pannels

[blandy 29]

Finally got round to polishing my DIY respray that I did a month ago.

 

Here's a quick shot of the roof all shiny and clean pretty chuffed with the results

 

[blandy 29]

Also put some thin acoustic type carpet down on the floor and also on the inside of the roof to keep it a bit tidier as I had my 306 stripped out and painted inside and it looked awfull after a bit of use with scratches on the footwells etc so thought this would be a tidier option

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

looking good what process did you go through to spray the shell? i guessed you used 2k base colour through the gun?

i have noticed above your rear windows looks like its started to crack, did you not think about filling them in or not too bothered about it?

 

looks good though id be chuffed

[blandy 29]

I sprayed it in cellulose so done a couple of coats of filler/primer let it go off for a week and then preped and done 3 top coat layers which I then ran out of paint. Got some more paint 3 days later so sanded back a bit to get rid of a few imperfections and done another 4 coats.

To be honest I didn't want to fill it as the line is meant to be there and dnt want filler cracking at a later date. Yeah really pleased with the outcome especially now it's been polished up and especially at what it cost. Still gotta do the other panels yet though

[boldy205 75]

Nice project, and nice barn too!

[Gman 29]

Ditto above. Looks like far too nice of a barn to be used as a garage!

[blandy 29]

Lol the barn doesn't belong to me I just rent it with a friend (cheaply) off a guy I work with. Sometimes it helps to know the odd farmer.

[rallyeash 155]

Good work!

[hudson 10]

Looking good

[blandy 29]

Thanks

 

Haven't updated in a while been busy doing things but not making masses of progress but managed to start to clean and paint the engine

 

 

Also painted the engine bay black

 

 

And got my dash cut around the cage and fitted but will be comming back out for flocking

 

[welshpug 1,657]

I hate black engine bays, pita to work in, so dark! also look crap imo on a car that is not black

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

agree with WP, should keep bay same colour as car.

[blandy 29]

Well I had issues with the paint adhering to the engine bay and this stuff is a lot more hard wearing and I done the same in my 306 and was happy with the results so hence doing it this time. Ideally yes I'd of originally liked it the same colour but by the time I'd preped it again and then spent out on more paint/primer etc it just wasn't worth it so I'm happier with it being black and tidy than a flaky white bay one that would look "crap"

[GLPoomobile 958]

I'm not usually one for a mismatched engine bay but I have to say it looks quite good having the contrast between the black bay and white body. Only for a track car though.

Edited October 16, 2014 by GLPoomobile

[Emmy Seize 8]

and the red block will stand out nicely....

[blandy 29]

Long time since a update but been busy on the car and finally got it running for the first time in my ownership. Not gappy with the engine wiring loom as concentrated on repairing and getting it to work so will redo a lot of it before finally fixing it in place for good. Same with the rad mounts and fan as need to get everything right so alot of trial and error but happy with progress

 

[rallyeash 155]

Looks a beast In that picture