Peugeot 205 GTI Restoration

This car was still in use when we purchased it and its a bit crusty, showing signs of age but thankfully not too far gone

Preparing for this nut and bolt restoration means everything stripped, bagged & marked.

Its bare metal, cut out the rust and fit fabricated replacement or off the shelf new parts. Where we can we keep the original metal to retain its history

Due to the thickness of the underseal, it is more efficient for it to be removed by a wire wheel on an angle grinder. Then, once most of the underseal has been removed, it will be sand blasted to clean any remnants

Today the gearbox has been stripped to inspect the internal parts. The gears are in ready good condition as well as the bearings.

While the case is separated they will be blasted to take them back to a factory finish.

The internals will be cleaned of old oil, inspected in more detail and them oiled with fresh oil of the correct specs before refitting into the fresh case.

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Applied Hybrid Epoxy Anti Corrosion before applying Polycoat Protect once fully cured

The rear seat floor section had had a very poor repair done previously with multiple pin holes which had also made what material was left very thin and weak.The area was then cut out completely and a fresh new piece fabricated from scratch putting back in the original profiles for the captive bolt and the floor grommet hole. All internal areas coated with weld through primer and fully welded into place to create a seamless factory looking repair.

Hand stitching completed using the original loop and under stitch process.

Cleaned and Painted the shell in anti- corrosion hybrid epoxy primer . Using the cavity gun to get the hard unseen area