10-12-2014, 11:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-01-2015, 02:06 AM by dieselgeek.)
Peugeot obviously decided that crash protection wasn't necessary, but after one particular b-road session I decided that it would need a cage. I wasn't prepared to change the looks by adding a full cage so started to make my own 'stealth' hidden cage, not as strong as the genuine article but still better than nothing and completely invisible.
I built this framework for in the drivers door, at this stage I was still welding with a cheap arc so its not pretty but it is strong.
Then I put a huge crossmember in behind the front seats which ties into the strong point at bottom of the b-pillar. This then links through the door framework to the strongpoint of the a-pillar, hopefully bringing the strongpoints together.
I havnt done the passenger door yet because it took so long and I can't justify buying so much material at the moment, it bolts into 4 places in the door and is an interference fit with the outer panel, and very close to both the window and motor.
I had to cut out the inner section of the door, this then bolts very sturdily back onto the framework lower section and the rest of the door which gives it a further boost of strength
I had chopped up quite a few 205 bits to do the conversion as fast as possible initially so it was time to buy another car to get some bits from. I needed so many bits it was going to cost a fortune, bumpers, fuel tank, trim parts etc. I tried 'doing a deal' with various breakers but they were all **** and wanted top prices - so they got nothing. I couldnt afford £200+ on my toy car so found a cheap rotter to scavenge and scrap.
I bought this French one for £150 and rented a trailer for a day for £30. Took off as much as I could but eventually ran out of time as I only had the trailer for one day - any more and I wouldn't break even on buying the car. Picked the car up in the morning, took bits off in the daytime then scrapped it in the afternoon along with the empty shell of my 306. I'm not a fan of scrapping old cars for no reason but this was a mess of a thing with mega miles and hgf.
Bonus point was that the 205 had obviously just had a new rad fitted so I inherited that
Bad points were that I ran out of time before taking the boot floor (mine has some rot) and forgot to take the drivers seat rail - the tilt forward mechanism for the rear passengers doesn't clip into place on mine which I believe is an mot fail.
The Merc ML is my every day car, I do a lot of towing and this is rated to tow up to 3.5tons with max gross train weight of 7tons!
Around this point I got hold of a lockup garage so the car moved into a nice dry area instead of in the back garden.
When I'm posting these pics the writing isn't going with each photo, could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
getting frustrated that these pics aren't going with the writing, and when I upload more than one photo all my writing dissapears from my post and I have to type it all again
need some advice on how to use this forum better please
I built this framework for in the drivers door, at this stage I was still welding with a cheap arc so its not pretty but it is strong.
Then I put a huge crossmember in behind the front seats which ties into the strong point at bottom of the b-pillar. This then links through the door framework to the strongpoint of the a-pillar, hopefully bringing the strongpoints together.
I havnt done the passenger door yet because it took so long and I can't justify buying so much material at the moment, it bolts into 4 places in the door and is an interference fit with the outer panel, and very close to both the window and motor.
I had to cut out the inner section of the door, this then bolts very sturdily back onto the framework lower section and the rest of the door which gives it a further boost of strength
I had chopped up quite a few 205 bits to do the conversion as fast as possible initially so it was time to buy another car to get some bits from. I needed so many bits it was going to cost a fortune, bumpers, fuel tank, trim parts etc. I tried 'doing a deal' with various breakers but they were all **** and wanted top prices - so they got nothing. I couldnt afford £200+ on my toy car so found a cheap rotter to scavenge and scrap.
I bought this French one for £150 and rented a trailer for a day for £30. Took off as much as I could but eventually ran out of time as I only had the trailer for one day - any more and I wouldn't break even on buying the car. Picked the car up in the morning, took bits off in the daytime then scrapped it in the afternoon along with the empty shell of my 306. I'm not a fan of scrapping old cars for no reason but this was a mess of a thing with mega miles and hgf.
Bonus point was that the 205 had obviously just had a new rad fitted so I inherited that
Bad points were that I ran out of time before taking the boot floor (mine has some rot) and forgot to take the drivers seat rail - the tilt forward mechanism for the rear passengers doesn't clip into place on mine which I believe is an mot fail.
The Merc ML is my every day car, I do a lot of towing and this is rated to tow up to 3.5tons with max gross train weight of 7tons!
Around this point I got hold of a lockup garage so the car moved into a nice dry area instead of in the back garden.
When I'm posting these pics the writing isn't going with each photo, could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
getting frustrated that these pics aren't going with the writing, and when I upload more than one photo all my writing dissapears from my post and I have to type it all again
need some advice on how to use this forum better please