Mrs spudgun's 1987 Peugeot 205 CTi
Discussion
Back in July 1999 we had just sold our first house and were moving into my brother's for a bit when we were driving past a local car lot.
Among the boring hatches and saloons,taking pride of place was a 205 CTI with the roof down. My other half fell in love with it immediately and after a quick test drive a deposit changed hands.
Hang on a minute! Aren't we meant to be saving for a new house?
Anyway it wasn't perfect, we had a bit of paintwork done and that's how it carried on for the next 9 years. We did a few mods along the way. We changed the seats, put some 306 cyclone copies on it, a stainless steel exhaust and lowered it as well.
Anyway the time came when We were a bit better off by and decided it was time to take it out of the daily run and save it for a summer car.
At the end of the show season of 2010 it was starting to look a bit on the tired side. So we etiher had to make a decision to either call it a day or give it a bit of a make over. We took the latter route and here's a few pics of how it went.
First off was a new hood and headlining. The other half had always said if she replaced the hod she was going with a mohair option and that's what she went for. The two parts alone cost the thick end of £600 and that's with me fitting it. The insulating pad between was frayed and tired but with some black cloth and a couple of hours with the sewing machine we were back in business.
After the hood was fitted to the frame, I ended up stripping the car back as far as I could so it could go off for spraying. It needed a bit of welding and another driver's door as the original one was rotted out. I had to convert a CJ door to do the job (it is missing the GTI door trim pins)
Once ready it was collected by transporter off for spraying.
After a week at the spray shop we popped over to see how it was going and wasn't particularly impressed with how things had moved on, or not. We had originally agreed a schedule for completetion as we were working to a date we had to make. It should have been a couple days away from coming back at this stage.
I have to say this was a bit of a low point and I wondered if I had taken on more than I could handle. I had done a similar project before on my MR2 but not to this scale. Anyway, one rocket launched at the body shop nether regions and we put the date back a week.
Good to his word the car did come back on schedule this time but it had "developed" a few other issues while it was away, like a broken glove box cover and couple other bits and pieces. Nothing I couldn't handle though. Now began the slow process of cleaning and painting and putting evething back that had been taken off.
Here's where we were after the end of the first weekend putting things back together.
The interior all cleaned up and vacuumed and new dials fitted. That looks a better!
Another weekends work.
A few days longer......
More new seats. The corbeau replacements faded badly over the years and turned brown. We still have the original pug seats up in the loft but the side bolsters don't last long with frequent use.
And here is where we are today.
The only annoying thing is that the 205 has a higher insurance value than the MR2. Bummer.
Thanks for stopping by.
Among the boring hatches and saloons,taking pride of place was a 205 CTI with the roof down. My other half fell in love with it immediately and after a quick test drive a deposit changed hands.
Hang on a minute! Aren't we meant to be saving for a new house?
Anyway it wasn't perfect, we had a bit of paintwork done and that's how it carried on for the next 9 years. We did a few mods along the way. We changed the seats, put some 306 cyclone copies on it, a stainless steel exhaust and lowered it as well.
Anyway the time came when We were a bit better off by and decided it was time to take it out of the daily run and save it for a summer car.
At the end of the show season of 2010 it was starting to look a bit on the tired side. So we etiher had to make a decision to either call it a day or give it a bit of a make over. We took the latter route and here's a few pics of how it went.
First off was a new hood and headlining. The other half had always said if she replaced the hod she was going with a mohair option and that's what she went for. The two parts alone cost the thick end of £600 and that's with me fitting it. The insulating pad between was frayed and tired but with some black cloth and a couple of hours with the sewing machine we were back in business.
After the hood was fitted to the frame, I ended up stripping the car back as far as I could so it could go off for spraying. It needed a bit of welding and another driver's door as the original one was rotted out. I had to convert a CJ door to do the job (it is missing the GTI door trim pins)
Once ready it was collected by transporter off for spraying.
After a week at the spray shop we popped over to see how it was going and wasn't particularly impressed with how things had moved on, or not. We had originally agreed a schedule for completetion as we were working to a date we had to make. It should have been a couple days away from coming back at this stage.
I have to say this was a bit of a low point and I wondered if I had taken on more than I could handle. I had done a similar project before on my MR2 but not to this scale. Anyway, one rocket launched at the body shop nether regions and we put the date back a week.
Good to his word the car did come back on schedule this time but it had "developed" a few other issues while it was away, like a broken glove box cover and couple other bits and pieces. Nothing I couldn't handle though. Now began the slow process of cleaning and painting and putting evething back that had been taken off.
Here's where we were after the end of the first weekend putting things back together.
The interior all cleaned up and vacuumed and new dials fitted. That looks a better!
Another weekends work.
A few days longer......
More new seats. The corbeau replacements faded badly over the years and turned brown. We still have the original pug seats up in the loft but the side bolsters don't last long with frequent use.
And here is where we are today.
The only annoying thing is that the 205 has a higher insurance value than the MR2. Bummer.
Thanks for stopping by.
Edited by spudgun GB on Monday 10th September 21:25
Edited by spudgun GB on Monday 10th September 21:44
Cheers you Boys,
R1ch, your right. Those lights were an addition that the other half made me do at gunpoint when it was kind of fashionable. Me and my bruv wore her down and told her they looked a bit t
tish. She saw sense in the end.
Cheers Olie, although I have never really conversed with you, I have much respect for your achievements over on twobrutal. Much appreciated.
Steve
R1ch, your right. Those lights were an addition that the other half made me do at gunpoint when it was kind of fashionable. Me and my bruv wore her down and told her they looked a bit t
tish. She saw sense in the end.Cheers Olie, although I have never really conversed with you, I have much respect for your achievements over on twobrutal. Much appreciated.
Steve
s3fella said:
Prefer it with the stock wheels, but it's looking nice.
It's only a 1.6 so it only has the 14" wheels. We still have them stored in the garage. We would have got 1.9 wheels back in the day, but back then they cost mega money because every body wanted them. I remember a mate who had his 1.9 spare nicked in a pub car park. Apparantly it was quite common for them to cut the cage supporting the spare underneath with bolt cutters and having it away.
Bloody tinks.
Wasn't sure about the cyclones on it at first, but i think they look alright. That being said though the other part of me that likes the whole o.e / originality says if you can get a set of 1.9 rims in the future it would still look great 
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