The bought not built estate

[Frosty]

Its about time i got round to sorting a project thread so here it is. As some of you have probably seen a couple of weekends ago me and Mark made the trip to Southampton to pick up a certain estate off Jonny. Im sure it will always be called Jonny's estate but now its in my ownership and i hope to carry on the work Jonny has put in to this.

So anyway Mark helped me out big time by driving his truck and trailer so we could pick it up



We got it back and is down my work while i do some bits to it



And a pic of my 2 Derv machines




The plan is to make it into more of a daily (plans can change) so have all the interior back in and seats etc. Power wise im not really sure, the gt20 will of course be staying on and poss look into getting it mapped to the turbo though i haven't driven it yet so i dunno what it is like. Suspension im not sure on but i will see how it rides and go from there as i do drive on some lovely farm roads. I will be putting it back to power steering though.

So i made a list of bits i want to do and started buying bits and searching around. I got a complete hdi engine off Dangti6 so i got all the aux set up so i can put the power steering back on. Also got various bits off Mark off the estate that he was breaking and some other bits off Jimbo off the hdi he was breaking. Oh and a few bits from the scrap 306s my boss has, so i have been doing a bit of car part shopping. The estate is a good place to store the bits




I think i have pretty much got everything i need now. I have put the interior back in now apart from the rear seats and have changed all the door cars back to the leather pattern





Thats about as much as i have done now. This weekend i plan to do the clutch and put the power steering back in. My plan is to drop the complete engine out as it will back life a lot easier to do it all. So i will report back on how i get on over the weekend. 1 thing i have do ready is press and genuine Peugeot bottom engine mount in turned 90 deg as it currently has a poerflex which is ripped and a bit to harsh anyway i think



Plenty more to come so watch this space

[mr_fish]

Wondered how long it would take until you put some pictures up.

Attention to detail as per usual.

[Frosty]

So work has been going on with this, i just haven't had much spare time to write some of it up. Last weekend i dropped the engine out to do the clutch and refitted the power steering and a few other bits and bobs. Got the engine all back in and running. Just got a bit of tidying up and little bits and bobs left to do. I have got a few pics that i will load up when im down work as the internet at home in pants.

Will try and get a bit more done tomorrow and hopefully it will be nearly finished. My plan was to get it on the road at the start of October but i do need to ring up to see what damage the insurance is going to do on my bank balance.

Will plan to update tomorrow with some pics for you guys

[impotentials]

Love the bought not built philosophy

[Frosty]

Love the bought not built philosophy

haha yeah thought i would say it before anyone else

[impotentials]

In some way, I have paid for every piece of my car. Bought!!!! Because I work hard and have money to burn...

[MY95]

Any update on this?

[Frosty]

So yeah a fair bit has happen to this, just been flat out lately as pretty busy at work and trying to get this thing sorted. Basically it is now on the road and i have been driving it since Saturday. Racked up about 80 miles so far all seem seems good apart from a strange vibration noise that seems to happen mostly in 1st and 2nd which i think is exhaust or gear selector related which i will try and sort as its a bit annoying. It does seem to pull well and sounds pretty epic.

So any way back to the pics i promised, the engine came out



And i had 306 bits all over the workshop



The cg paddle clutch that come out the car that was pretty worn out and now been replaced with a valeo for the time being





Chucked all the bits back together and it looked something like this





So the engine was in and running but there was a few bits i want to sort/tidy up. I had to sort out the air intake due to not being able to have it where it was due to fitting the power steering. Fitted the ecu bracket that i had to modify to make fit and sorted out a junction box for the live wires in the engine bay







Thats about it for pics, haven't got any of the car as it stands now but will try and sort some this week. Got a few bits to do to keep me busy. Need to decide what im going to do for wheel. I got the black clones on there at the moment which i do like as usually i dont like black wheels but on this car they just seem to work but they could do with a tidy up so may whip them off and spray some fresh paint over them.

Got some black mask i have just about finished so will get them fitted this week as well. Any way comments welcome and will up date again soon

[WiNgNuTz]

ECU fwend!

Looks like pretty good progress, nice to see this living on in good hands!

[MY95]

Nice one, seems to be coming together slowly but surely
Would be nice to see it with black masks as ive got a HDI hatch in the same colour and have been thinking what black masks on it would look like

[Frosty]

ECU fwend!

Looks like pretty good progress, nice to see this living on in good hands!

Cheers, yeah im trying to keep up the good work on this car

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Nice one, seems to be coming together slowly but surely
Would be nice to see it with black masks as ive got a HDI hatch in the same colour and have been thinking what black masks on it would look like

Yeah had a few bits to do before it went on the road but got there in the end.

Hopefully ill fit the black masks tonight. They should look pretty good as black seems to work well with the this car like the wheels, tints and bonnet badge

[Matt]

Swear this already had black masks?

[Eeyore]

I thought it had black masks too. Good progress as always!

[Norledge]

Needs Nimrods IMO.

[mr_fish]

Needs Nimrods IMO.

+1

[Frosty]

Swear this already had black masks?

I thought it had black masks too. Good progress as always!

It did but Jonny had them on his cab. He did ask which i would rather had but i didn't mind. Gave me chance to do something i hadn't done before doing the black masks. In which i didn't make the best job but not to bad for my first time

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Needs Nimrods IMO.

Yeah you maybe right, when i first knew i was getting it i was really keen on getting some nimrods back on it but then when i picked it up i quite liked the black clones. But i am keen on having a set of nimrods to at least 'try'

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Needs Nimrods IMO.

+1

You offering to pick them up for me

[Poodle]

Looking tidier by the day mate, will be back to being an immaculate low-miler by christmas at this rate.

[Jonny81191]

Good job man, can't wait to see this back on the road again

[Frosty]

Looking tidier by the day mate, will be back to being an immaculate low-miler by christmas at this rate.

Cheers mate, it's getting there. Always bits and bobs to do to keep me busy

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Good job man, can't wait to see this back on the road again

Yeah will have to meet up at some point now it's on the road. I am loving it now it's on the road. Just want to sort out the rattle I got that's annoying me. It really is an epic sounding machine though

[daniel909]

Looking smart mate agree with the nimrods

[Jonny81191]

Any ideas on the rattle? Or a video? I'll try and help if I can..

[Frosty]

Looking smart mate agree with the nimrods

Yeah i am tempted. It did look good when Jonny had the white nimrods on it

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Any ideas on the rattle? Or a video? I'll try and help if I can..

Its a bit of a strange 1. Its a rattle sound and can feel it vibrating under the driver it feels like. It only does it in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear dont think it has ever done in in 4th or 5th which is the strange thing. It don't do it on light acceleration but anything a bit harder than light acceleration it does it. Cant see anything obvious. The exhaust is clear of everything unless you really do give it a good shake and it hits the rear bumper a bit. Gear rods and linkage is all clear of everything as well it seems

[Jonny81191]

That's a new one, never had that in my ownership.. Have you checked the driveshaft?

[Frosty]

That's a new one, never had that in my ownership.. Have you checked the driveshaft?

I did change the drive shafts when I put the engine back in so I do wonder if that could be my issue. That will be my next port if call I think

[jammapic]

I'm confused... is it still a stock clutch in this? Or have you put a decent one in? I think it will make a lot more power when we map it - so I'd be concerned about slipping the clutch.

JP

[Frosty]

I'm confused... is it still a stock clutch in this? Or have you put a decent one in? I think it will make a lot more power when we map it - so I'd be concerned about slipping the clutch.

JP

Yeah i put a stock valeo in it which was just for the time being. I know i will have to get an uprated 1 i was just waiting to see if anything come from the the group buy thread which seems to have died now

[jammapic]

Eoghan has one

[Frosty]

Got a bit more done to this. I finally finished and fitted the black masks which i think really do set it off nicely. Anyway i made use of the kitchen when my mum was away on holiday



Got the inners sprayed up and cleaned the grooves out for the sealant that was a bit of a pain to do and i did stab myself a few times with the screwdriver. Got them stuck back together and let them set of a few days



There not the best job but there were my first 1s i had done so pretty happy with them. A couple pics of them fitted





Next up some half leathers popped up on facebook local and i offered £30 and he accepted so i got them. Cleaned them up but they do had a few marks i cant get out but im not to worried but hopefully i should be able to get my hands on some better front 1s. I think they may only be temporary as will have leaf pattern to match the door cards



I also got the black sun visors that were for sale on here last week to match the black roof lining.



Been have slight issues with seeing where im reversing in the dark mainly due to the tinted rear lights i think so i got some CREE LED lights to try. Hopefully they will make an improvement



Vs standard bulb



Other than that not much has happened. Im pretty sure the rattle/vibration noise has to be the exhaust knocking somewhere. The only place i can think it can be is the sub frame so will look into that on the weekend i expect

The valeo is really only just holding in there now as well and has slipped on the odd occasion so think it maybe time to save the pennies up for a helix

[Jonny81191]

Good job man, it's almost like watching my project thread go back in time, refitting the interior and making her look/feel more standard. I like that you're going a bit more sleeper with it! Are you going to refit the grille?

[Jimbo]

Went out in this the other night after frosty gave me a hand fitting an engine into the kingfisher

Gets a thumbs up from me

Sounds win, goes well, looks ace