Well after not having a single working 205 for about 2 years (despite having 4 of them and a 309) I decided the only sensible thing to do was buy "another" 205
So a scan on eBay the other week brought up a tidy ph1 CTI for sale in Barnsley which I pass on the way to work each day so I went for a look the other Friday after work and £1250 notes later she was mine
She's in pretty good condition, there's a tiny bit of rot on the front of both the doors just below the check straps, but that's about it. Inner wings and cills etc are rock solid. Its got loads of service history and a box full of recipts MOT etc its been pretty well looked after.
Here's a few pics
On inspection of the boot floor I found a random surprise (which has now been removed!) full on Dixie horn setup!!
There are a few wiring niggles as some previous owner has made a bit of a lash up of wiring up the central locking/electric windows so I'll sort that out, plus a few bits of the ph1 dash are cracked so I might see if I can source a new one for reasonable money.
but the other plan is to use my other CTI to trial fit my V6 engine so I can literally do a drop and replace once I've sorted everything out. So keep an eye out for my V6 conversion thread