Hi, I thought i would post this here as a lot of you are super intelligent
This post is a direct copy and paste of my thread on another forum
Having had numerous 306's I ended up with a stripped track gti-6
As a kid I was weaned on 80's-90's pugs!
My brother had a 205 GT, my dad a 309 xsi .. Neighbour had a few 205gti's and I was present when some close friends of the family (who were twins) had a brand new 306 xrdt in 1993 and I was present the day they went to the dealer to swap it in for two separate 106s a silver xs and a red rallye!
The rallye was Even used as my mums wedding car!
Anyway about 18 years after that photo was taken, after a few times of coming close to buying one I finally got my own rallye!
It needs some work, but it totally worth saving!
81k with original bill of sale and a fair bit of paperwork..
It was obvious from the advert that the roof and bonnet need painting and it needs a new drivers door! And let's not even talk about the towbar it had fitted!!!!
Oh and someone has brushed black hammerite over the wheels!
However, all is not lost because the garage was next to a light railway and we got to see Thomas
Booked it in for an MOT this morning 30/07/13
And it failed:
Number plate bulb
Directional tyre on wrong way (probably from painting the wheels a crap colour)
Rusty O/s Sill
Not too bad, the mot tester even said it was a cool little car
Currently the hunt is on for a decent welder to sort this out, I don't want no mot patches!
I got the car back to base and fitted my first purchase (I bought it before I bought the car)
Sounds awful but it's all about standard spec!
Then I spent 40mins stripping the carpet out! And removing the tow bar
I forgot how simple these cars are to work on!!!
In no time at all I had the carpet out and the drivers seat bolted In
I only found 20p doing this which is a bit crap
Plan is to Hoover, jet and scrub the carpet and refit
I thought these cars had less / no sound deadening?
This was preto heavy and wet and smelly
Car looks pretty solid apart from rust around near that sill
At least it's still movable
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So
What have I done in a year?
Not much at all!
This was my n/s wheel arch
at first i just gave it a clean and sprayed it with some of this stuff and it looked, well it looked awful
So i stripped it all back, and removed the factory under seal to see if there was any rust behind it, fortunately there wasn't much, just a bit of surface rust! never the less i coated it in www.rust.co.uk's FE-123 Rust Converter
Then i brush painted it with www.rust.co.uk's Epoxy-Mastic Rust Proofing Chassis Paint
As you can see it looks pretty brush painted but apparently this stuff is hard as nails and prevents rust very well, there are numerous articles about it. I seem to have a fairly rust free example and wish to keep it that way. It can be used as either a base or a top coat, I would like it a bit smoother so might look into spraying a extra couple of coats onto it so it has a nice smooth appearance but the general advice from many forums is to brush on two coats for the best protection
If anyone has any previous knowledge of this stuff or rust proofing cars then please let me know! I will always gladly listen. My plan for this year is to sort out any rust and under seal the car. hopefully if i pull my finger out i can have this car MOT'd (albeit with VERY scruffy paintwork) by the end of the summer!
Also forgot to add that I did a bit of shopping;
I got a replacement Drivers Door
Replacement Rear Bumper
and a service kit for the engine, including a cambelt kit
again, just need to find the time to crack on!
Also I seek your advice in regards to my seats, the black parts have faded quite badly into red colour on the bolsters and head rests :/ what do you suggest I do, how much am i realistically looking at for a reupholster (the actual patterned trim is in pretty good nick)
This post is a direct copy and paste of my thread on another forum
Having had numerous 306's I ended up with a stripped track gti-6
As a kid I was weaned on 80's-90's pugs!
My brother had a 205 GT, my dad a 309 xsi .. Neighbour had a few 205gti's and I was present when some close friends of the family (who were twins) had a brand new 306 xrdt in 1993 and I was present the day they went to the dealer to swap it in for two separate 106s a silver xs and a red rallye!
The rallye was Even used as my mums wedding car!
Anyway about 18 years after that photo was taken, after a few times of coming close to buying one I finally got my own rallye!
It needs some work, but it totally worth saving!
81k with original bill of sale and a fair bit of paperwork..
It was obvious from the advert that the roof and bonnet need painting and it needs a new drivers door! And let's not even talk about the towbar it had fitted!!!!
Oh and someone has brushed black hammerite over the wheels!
However, all is not lost because the garage was next to a light railway and we got to see Thomas
Booked it in for an MOT this morning 30/07/13
And it failed:
Number plate bulb
Directional tyre on wrong way (probably from painting the wheels a crap colour)
Rusty O/s Sill
Not too bad, the mot tester even said it was a cool little car
Currently the hunt is on for a decent welder to sort this out, I don't want no mot patches!
I got the car back to base and fitted my first purchase (I bought it before I bought the car)
Sounds awful but it's all about standard spec!
Then I spent 40mins stripping the carpet out! And removing the tow bar
I forgot how simple these cars are to work on!!!
In no time at all I had the carpet out and the drivers seat bolted In
I only found 20p doing this which is a bit crap
Plan is to Hoover, jet and scrub the carpet and refit
I thought these cars had less / no sound deadening?
This was preto heavy and wet and smelly
Car looks pretty solid apart from rust around near that sill
At least it's still movable
________________________________________________________________________
So
What have I done in a year?
Not much at all!
This was my n/s wheel arch
at first i just gave it a clean and sprayed it with some of this stuff and it looked, well it looked awful
So i stripped it all back, and removed the factory under seal to see if there was any rust behind it, fortunately there wasn't much, just a bit of surface rust! never the less i coated it in www.rust.co.uk's FE-123 Rust Converter
Then i brush painted it with www.rust.co.uk's Epoxy-Mastic Rust Proofing Chassis Paint
As you can see it looks pretty brush painted but apparently this stuff is hard as nails and prevents rust very well, there are numerous articles about it. I seem to have a fairly rust free example and wish to keep it that way. It can be used as either a base or a top coat, I would like it a bit smoother so might look into spraying a extra couple of coats onto it so it has a nice smooth appearance but the general advice from many forums is to brush on two coats for the best protection
If anyone has any previous knowledge of this stuff or rust proofing cars then please let me know! I will always gladly listen. My plan for this year is to sort out any rust and under seal the car. hopefully if i pull my finger out i can have this car MOT'd (albeit with VERY scruffy paintwork) by the end of the summer!
Also forgot to add that I did a bit of shopping;
I got a replacement Drivers Door
Replacement Rear Bumper
and a service kit for the engine, including a cambelt kit
again, just need to find the time to crack on!
Also I seek your advice in regards to my seats, the black parts have faded quite badly into red colour on the bolsters and head rests :/ what do you suggest I do, how much am i realistically looking at for a reupholster (the actual patterned trim is in pretty good nick)