Willsy's 309 GTi - Latest update 04/09/2018

[Kylus1986]

Loving this

[willsy]

Originally Posted by Mickswan

How long till you think it'll be ready?

Ready to be on the road by Summer
Ready for a show appearance by next Summer

[Mickswan]

Nice, Im looking forward to seeing photos outside the garage.

[deano_123]

I don't have anything to say but I certainly appreciate your time and hard work, looks awesome

[chinkostu]

'Scuse me, I need to change my pants.

Where the hell are you getting parts from!! The work underneath looks brilliant, giving me ideas on tidying up the xantia

[willsy]

The parts have literally come from far and wide, I could probably tick off a majority of Europe. Germany has been the supplier of the bulk.

[willsy]

Today's been a long day. I finally decided to start tackling cleaning up the rest of the front end. It's particularly greasy and needs taking apart for a thorough check over. There's evidence of a few leaks here and there which I need to figure out if they're still actively seeping and where exactly from.

It also gives me change to do pre MOT checks on the front suspension and renew a few parts.
Anyway here's what I'm dealing with;











Today's progress only got as far as removing and cleaning up the subframe. It's taken hours to clean it up properly in all the crevices.



I'll get it powder coated at some point but for now it's good enough to stay as it is and keep the funds going into MOT prep

[stevo67]

Blimey that's come up clean,well done keep the pics coming.

[chinkostu]

that can't be the same subframe!

[willsy]

Another very long days work today, which was mainly taken by cleaning up the gearbox from this









To this, the best I can really do with it being in situe







Back of the engine block started



And got the lower bulkhead cleaned up on the passenger side

[willsy]

Originally Posted by chinkostu

that can't be the same subframe!

Came up well didn't it, it did take me the best past of 4-5 hours though

[Andre21]

Like always, you are doing a very good job on this car. The sub-frame was resprayed?

[willsy]

Originally Posted by Andre21

Like always, you are doing a very good job on this car. The sub-frame was resprayed?

Nope it hasn't been sprayed. Nothing but cleaning for the subframe. It was actually in pretty good condition under the road grime

[chinkostu]

I can't believe you're cleaning it all whilst its still attached! must be a nightmare for room!

[willsy]

Originally Posted by chinkostu

I can't believe you're cleaning it all whilst its still attached! must be a nightmare for room!

It is tricky, I've managed to get it cleaned to a good enough standard for now. When I get round to whipping the engine out to respray the engine bay I'll finish the job :-)

Autosmart Tardis, toothbrush selection and the baby wipes have now finished their job on this part of the car.

[MartinObviously]

I bet you get some funny looks buying that many baby wipes! lmao

[willsy]

Originally Posted by MartinObviously

I bet you get some funny looks buying that many baby wipes! lmao

I grabbed a whole box from the shelf at Asda last time, a few times I've been asked;
Cashier: ahh bless, have you got a bit of a messy one?
Me: Sadly yes, it's a 25 year old called Peugeot...

The look of confusion.... Priceless

[rushy_23]

Unbelievable progress so far Matt

[willsy]

Havn't had a great deal of time on this over the last few weeks again. I have however been gathering more parts, the front suspension will effectively be fully rebuilt.

One result I have had is that I was about to buy some new hubs, largely for the sake of it but I had a few hours spare and was curious about how well I could clean up the 25 year old originals, turns out with some determination they can be returned to pretty good condition

[lincolndanny]

keep up the good work mate