Red Rallye resto

[Ben_w]

Not a huge amount more progress at the minute. Combo of weather, being busy at work, saving more funds etc.

The biggest issue is I managed to break my windscreen, which annoyed me massively. Managed to drop my bonnet on it. Even worse, it appears it's the original screen for the car as it has the VIN etched on it. My parts guy managed to find 3 Rallye/Phase 1 GTi6 screens at a dealership in the UK (Rallyes and PH1 cars didn't have the rain sensor so had a different screen) and got them for a silly cheap price. £120, delivered by a bespoke man in van service. That arrives Wednesday. My next issue is that the screen is etched with the VIN from the factory. Then new one won't be. I tapped up Rikky to see if he could make me a template sticker to allow me to etch the screen. Making the image wasn't too much of an issue....




However, getting his vinyl cutting machine to cut it proved very difficult, to the point it wouldn't do it. I do have a plan in that I'll print the image off, stick it to a piece of vinyl and use the 1mm punch I bought from eBay to manually punch it. Be a ball ache but I need to try.

We've also located a couple of the cross member panels (can't remember if no said about those?) A pair were in Belgium and were initially MIA when the dealers went to find them. One has been located and we have tabs on another. I will be looking to replace the pair of them as the ones one the Rallye now have been trolley jacked as they all have and are a little bit crusty.

Also picked up a new seat pretension error loom. When I removed the driver's seat, the connector has been cut off and the cables hard wired so I had to cut them. New loom section was £9 delivered. Much better than the £30 odd Peugeot wanted.

Tonight, I managed to pick up the other brand new headlight I needed from eBay. £30 delivered which I thought was pretty good. That's a pair of brand new, genuine Peugeot Valeo units for £55.....yes, ph2 headlights aren't the greatest in terms of looks or light output but originality is what it's all about. I even managed to sell the Ph3 crystals with the broken mounts for £10 so these new ones cost me even less.