Discussion
First up,the newest addition, a 1987 Peugeot 205 Gti. It's a 1.9 phase 1 in completely original condition, it's even got the original Phillips cassette player!
It was bought when I was looking for something cheap and fun and so far has fitted the bill perfectly. I've got no huge plans for it at the moment, as it's currently my daily driver,apart from a bit of body work tidying and suspension refurbishing, hopefully in time for a few trackdays next year
Secondly, the money pit in my life, a 1992 Rover Mini Cooper. Once upon a time it looked like this:
Then after a while it looked a little something like this:
and finally, three years later it looked like this:
It's had a full bare shell rebuild by myself, during which time it had a rebuilt engine and gear box, all new suspension with adjustable everything, an all new interior and a complete reshell. The only original bodywork left is the roof, bootlid and rear bulkhead and pretty much every nut and bolt is new. If anyone's interested there are plenty of pics of the restoration here:http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Daves_Mini_Resto/
It was bought when I was looking for something cheap and fun and so far has fitted the bill perfectly. I've got no huge plans for it at the moment, as it's currently my daily driver,apart from a bit of body work tidying and suspension refurbishing, hopefully in time for a few trackdays next year
Secondly, the money pit in my life, a 1992 Rover Mini Cooper. Once upon a time it looked like this:
Then after a while it looked a little something like this:
and finally, three years later it looked like this:
It's had a full bare shell rebuild by myself, during which time it had a rebuilt engine and gear box, all new suspension with adjustable everything, an all new interior and a complete reshell. The only original bodywork left is the roof, bootlid and rear bulkhead and pretty much every nut and bolt is new. If anyone's interested there are plenty of pics of the restoration here:http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v683/Daves_Mini_Resto/
AndyBe said:
What's a 'phase 1' ?
It's the one before a phase 2 
It just means it was the model before they updated the interior, rear lights etc and added cats and stuff like power steering.
As for the mini's arch clearence,that was the tart in me,however after driving it for a few miles like that and rubbing the archesover the slightest of bumps and everytime I tried to reverse off my drive it's now gone to a more sensible height
Wigeon Incognito said:
Beautiful cars, particularly the Mini.
I do notice one non-original thing about the GTi though - the front indicators are white ala Phase 2.
Shhh, no one else has noticed yet I do notice one non-original thing about the GTi though - the front indicators are white ala Phase 2.
Monster26 said:
Nice mini, whats under the bonnet? (yes i know an engine.....)
Nothing hugely exciting unfortunately, just a 1275 with the usual stage one bits, I'd never call it fast but it's certainly enough to have fun with.
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