[Car_Restoration] 205 Gr Project Car

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

I spotted this for sale - £168

 

Ive been looking for a car for my kid to work on as a project- and that might be insurable when he's 17 - so I've offered him £80....

 

Says he will take £100. Its a 205 GR - I think it might be just about worth it!

 

 

[Gman 29]

Good work - there should be plenty of cheap parts about to make it a cheapish project for him. Character building stuff and all that.

 

About 20 years ago my best mates Dad did the same thing, but with a mk 2 Escort RS Mexico. Think it cost him 200 quid at the time but it sat idle for 2 years and then was collected by some other bloke for 400 quid. Think he might be kicking himself now!

[calvinhorse 870]

Bargain, less than scrap money

 

Looks like it needs work in all the key areas so would be a good learning experience

[allye 530 3 Cars]

Scrap value is through the floor at moment, about £50 to Mr.scrap man that.

[Silky 33 1 Cars]

That old thing is round the corner from me, I did have a quick flick through the pics but too many doors for me.

 

Great project for your kid though

[tartanbloke 35 1 Cars]

If you fancy swapping the amber indicators for clear ones, let me know ​

[calvinhorse 870]

Scrap value is through the floor at moment, about £50 to Mr.scrap man that.

That's what every scrap man says, don't fall for their Bulls*it Allye

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

Got it for £90. Now just gotta find a way to recover it from Chelmsford!

[theoilburner 7]

There's a far better one on eBay for £290 in Brentwood

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

Yeah there are quite a few better examples but the whole point is that its not great - I want him to learn how to spray a panel, take mechanical parts to bits etc- and not be to precious about it if something goes wrong. At £90 it really doesn't matter much.

 

Also it will give us something to do!

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

 

Yeah there are quite a few better examples but the whole point is that its not great - I want him to learn how to spray a panel, take mechanical parts to bits etc- and not be to precious about it if something goes wrong. At £90 it really doesn't matter much.

 

Also it will give us something to do!

Looks ideal to me for what you want to do, good luck with it.

[theoilburner 7]

Yeah there are quite a few better examples but the whole point is that its not great - I want him to learn how to spray a panel, take mechanical parts to bits etc- and not be to precious about it if something goes wrong. At £90 it really doesn't matter much.

 

Also it will give us something to do!

Ah sorry, didn't fully read your original posts, ideal car!

 

Would be good to teach him how to detail a car, amazing what can be achieved without having to respray panels using the right equipment and products.

Edited August 1, 2015 by theoilburner

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

car arrived today so we gave it a clean and stripped the interior looking for rot in the floor- it cleaned up OK

Edited August 2, 2015 by Telf

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

but we did find some rot!

 

Under the jack and under the rear seat- I don't think its terminal I know a bloke who should be able to sort it out - I'm not up to welding yet!

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

no idea what it will cost but hopefully not too much!

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

All very sortable, under the rear seat is common and many have corrosion to some extent there.

Inner wing again is common although that's pretty bloody bad!!

[GLPoomobile 958]

Instead of paying someone to fix the rot, why don't you both learn to weld together and have a crack at it. Then if it all goes wrong pay someone else to do it. It is supposed to be a learni g curve after all ;-)

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

Peugeot did a 5 door (Stick on) GTi trim kit.

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

Of course I really should do this myself - having done a hours search of the internet it seems inner wings are no longer available? Is this right?

 

If so I guess I'm going to have to make a panel.

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

Today I took a hammer and screwdriver to my slight rot problem- this is what I was left with-impressive!

Edited August 4, 2015 by Telf

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

so now I'm thinking maybe I should just strip the front end and fit a new splash panel, 2 new wings and de rust/rot the other inner wing whilst I'm about it - incidentally I was quoted £350 to sort this current rot out.

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

Can one of the moderators move this most to the project section please - I think I'm going to be about this for a while to come ( I cant open a post in the section for some reason)

[welshpug 1,661]

go easy with the hammer, you dont want to bend what you need to weld to out of shape!

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

Mei,

 

I didn't really go mad with it - it all pretty much fell out - it seems there is good metal within easy reach so it shouldn't be too much of an issue to sort it out

 

Ive been digging around looking for the correct paint colour for the car - P3JZ which appears to be Regency/Andalou. Before the weather turns its getting a spray - time to start prepping the paint - such fun

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

I found a match on the net- its supposed to look like this

 

Edited August 5, 2015 by Telf