Before I scrapped the silver GTI I chopped this out: This was because I had realised the I'd was going to put the EW back in the Maxi so I'd need to repair the cut out I'd put into the chassis and I'd need a donor section. Now when I've been working on the Rallye,... Continue Reading →

So suspensions on, steering is connected up. Question has anyone else had any issues with getting the tracking right with Tommy's steering arm kits? I've basically zero'd all of the adjustment out of them and I still have quite a bit of toe in. Without shortening the arms I'm going to have to use thinner... Continue Reading →

Finally managed to get the paperwork sorted and it arrived back from the DVLA this week. 14(!) registered previous keepers which means that there's some significant gaps in my knowledge...

Bought some Motamec pedal covers, but they weren't a great fit and being thinner alloy that say a set of Sparco's decided that they needed to be modified: Bit of time shaping them: Did all three: Drilled the pedals and welded nuts onto the back to simplify fitting. Bit of matt black to tidy them... Continue Reading →

Back in 2012(!) when I bought Danny's Quaife'd BE box off him it came with a Satchshift. At which point I sold my MA version and cracked on with the then project car which was the 16v White S2 Rallye. The thing was that in doing this car, I'd welded in a trimmed down version... Continue Reading →

Finished the slam panel mods and repairs: Then fab'd up this out of some aluminium: And this out of some zintec: That'd be the radiator mounts sorted:

Did some fabrication. Made this. Side by side comparison with old and new: Tidied up the main panel. Lightened and swaged. Those who have looked closely will know the panel is not symmetrical due to the design around the rad. It turns out the aluminium plates are also not positioned equally, so I have redrilled... Continue Reading →

Stu loaned his spacial tool to me so I could crack on with a part of the project I have been wanting to get to for months. The slam panel on the car was not in the best of condition. Nice from afar but far from nice. The elements had taken their toll and the... Continue Reading →

Seeing as the battery won't fit above the gearbox mount anymore... Quite pleased with how that came out...

Plugged the floor pan. Didn't do some of the bits nearest the passenger side sill because it's got to come off. Made these out of some 3mm plate V-grooved the butt weld joint and welded in Due to an opportunity there's been a change in plans, so I needed to make this: Drill this bit... Continue Reading →

Welded in, primer's still wet... Did a load of stitch welding to the Peugeot Sport build manual spec too. So remaining jobs in the engine bay are: 1. Make some reinforcement gussets for the rear engine mount (these are now templated just need to cut them out of some 3mm plate). 2. Drop the engine... Continue Reading →

So after hand making them last time with aviation shears, as I have the floor pan in both this and Maxi to do I bought a load of blanking discs. I looked at getting them laser cut (astronomically expensive) so went for stamp cut ones in 25mm, 32mm and 40mm sizes. So worked out what... Continue Reading →