Day 1:

Well as most of you know Pugly my 205 1.9GTI (who was at the Merc Wolrd PH Meet last year) most would say she doenst need it but there are a few areas of rust that I want addressing properly (more photos of these further down)

She was off to the bodyshop on Friday....so I have had to get a wiggle on with it

















Sadly I gave in taking the front bumper off (grey part) as the bolts are thoroughly rusted which would not be a problem normally but the bumper bolts are no longer available from Peugeot...an before anyone mentions a certain vendor on eBay i refuse to pay his exorbitant prices

One thing that has been a lovely surprise is even though she is 1988 car there is next to no rust on the front panels under the bumper.

The the next day was the completion strip of the interior, and the cleaning and prepping the areas like arches etc....oh and I will take a proper camera and not rely on my bloody iPhone4

Day 2:
Photo updates....some similar to Day 1 but taken with a proper camera!








Now onto the bad bits.....well not that bad considering the car is 23 years old and french!
















...and after some grinding and sanding then treating and topping off with some paint to hold off anything till proper coatings...

Day 4:

Well my mate Darren came over with his Dads low-loader and took me and Pugly to my mate Ben's body shop up the road (well 10 min drive)....she is all tucked up and ready for him to start ripping all the nasty bits out and weld her all up.

Ben inspected the rust patch/hole in the floor and is going to be able to cut it all out and plate it up so that's really great news as it was causing me some concern!

So here are the photos of her all loaded up on the flatbed....





Next update will be when I can pop in to see her when Ben starts work

Great car, i remember looking at one in a pug stealer back in the day,bookmarked

Lovely car, looking forward to seeing this unfold! If I had a double garage I'd buy one in a heartbeat!

Love it! Will be watching this topic closely! I will scratch the 205 gti itch one day! Always wanted to restore one and drop a GTi-6 Lump into it!

Popped into see Ben and how he has been getting on with Pugly....here are the photos.

Good news the sills wont be needing replacing as first suspected (my motto is better have more parts and not use them, than to need them and not have them!), the worst areas are having the rot cut out and plated then ground flat and made like factory.

Rear 1/4s have a "healthy" skin of filler on them.....but then I kinda knew that already as she had had a rear end shunt at some point. But having only the one previous owner to me I know it was nothing too serious as I have a copy of the insurance claim in the history file

Anyhow photos that you have all been waiting for!!!!

Nice going nick , but does he realise that your going to be a right fussy bugger and want perfection ? lol
You sure you haven't just been buying those track stickers as i've never seen it anywhere near a track and always seen it parked up next to an enclosed car transporter .....lol

Fan-bloody-tastic. Bookmarked.
Keep up the good work fella

I saw your Pug at the Merc world PH Sunday service and thought it looked immaculate! Going to be looking even better now for sure