[car_restoration] Wolf In Sheeps Clothing

[Ollieb7 0]

Many thanks! I got the steering wheel from e-bay off a low milage car - risky but it turned out ok!

[de Noir 0]

Got soft spots for silver GTIs... Love the paintjob, man! Excellent!

[kaich 6 1 Cars]

Fraid not - lots of e-bay purchases and the raping of passenger seats. Peugeot stopped making the seat covers ages agO - big pitty!

 

understood.... what a mess...

Regards

Edited March 11, 2008 by kaich

[Pugnut 9 1 Cars]

Hamish, congrats on getting it finished. it must be about 2 years ago i was round for the sd cage ??

 

inspiration to us all and as i said before . silver looks awesome !! the whole car looks awesome!!

[Ollieb7 0]

Hamish, congrats on getting it finished. it must be about 2 years ago i was round for the sd cage ??

 

inspiration to us all and as i said before . silver looks awesome !! the whole car looks awesome!!

 

 

Hey Pugnut - i see your car is under 'long term restoration' bit like mine! Hopefully we'll see yours in a few years!

[Peetypug 5]

how have i missed this topic????

 

what a bloody top job..... i'm well impressed

 

4 years is a long time though, i bet its all worth it now

 

i want my 205 on the road now.........

[Guest 205bandit]

Quality - non sunroof aswell which is excellent

[SurGie 54]

Yeah me too - my dads boss got one of the first 1.9's in the country - D reg and Silver - always stuck with me and i've been suckered ever since.

 

Word of caution - insurance companies are proving a pain to insure this car for what it is actualy worth - provide a spread sheet with all the costs and they still don't see how a 205 is worth more than £5k Also get an everyday reliable car until you get the 205 right - it will let you down until you've replaced just about everything. You got to love it!

To me it is worth every penny - the car attracts so much attention - it IS so rare to see a 205 that is like new - i caught kids (circa 12 to 14) at the super market taking photos of it and genuinely being enthused - great! a car that wasn't even the 'thing' when they were born creating lots of attention - who would have thought!

Today i put all the sound deadning back in the car and had to sort the airbox which wasn't sealing properly - much better and has put the refinement back in the car for everyday use - refinement and 205 - now there is a word you don't hear too often - but when they were new they were!

 

 

 

You actually took your mint 205 to the supermarket ! OMG that would be the last place id take mine to after all that work, i didn't even take it there

as it was before i started the work on mine, i use the new Mini cooper with doors like a battle ship, or my 205 GT with rusty

doors to go shopping. I don't trust shoppers not hitting my car or door denting it.

 

Great project thread, the car looks great.

 

Can't really see it as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" when it has a cage though.

Edited June 20, 2009 by SurGie

[[L'e$kro] 2]

I think I saw this car in PPC mag a few months ago, and it decided myself to put back the throttle bodies on my daily driver

 

Nicolas

[Ludi 2 2 Cars]

It looks amazing.

No doubt.

 

[rubyna 4 1 Cars]

Fair play mate an inspiration to anyone restoring their 205fantastic project! Hope you

enjoy driving it now for many years to come ..Well done mate..

Luke..

[Ollieb7 0]

Wow - been ages since i have been on here but i see that this thread has been taking on a life of it's own since i've been away - many thanks for the further kind comments. Car's been in storage for the last 14 months as i've been living abroad - back next week so MOT time again and a small matter of a drive shaft oil leak to repair.

 

Been thinking of recent of super / turbo charging....

[Lucky Gti 0]

Going to have to agree with everyone else. Looks absolutely spot on. Been regretting stripping mine out completely of late. Too late now so I'll think about doing a resto next time Mind you, my missus might not be too happy about that!

[johnrobertgordon 0]

Lovely car. Really stunning.

 

Have to say I really like the carpet around the cage mounts, top effort.

[ilovemypug 1]

bloody nice car =)

[skyinsurance 2]

Love the car!

 

http://rosemarymaccabe.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/wolf.jpg

Edited September 18, 2009 by skyinsurance

[rallyejames 0]

nice job pal.

[un numero d'or 38 3 Cars]

Sweet GTI!