Found myself another French car
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:38 pm
As some of you probably know I have been out of England for a while now and have not driven a French car since I sold my Bx two weeks before we emmigrated in 07.
I have considered importing a Bx from Europe but in all honesty I cant justify spending that amount of money
Anyway, I have had a fair few cars and pick-up trucks since being here in Canada, currently I'm driving a S14 JDM Silvia, which is an awesome car but completly un-practical and next to useless in the winter here being pretty light on the rear end, also I dont fancy putting a 10k car on its lid in a ditch in a blizzard LOL, so I needed a cheap winter car!
Last month sometime on a local website I came accross a Peugeot 505 for sale, it was very cheap and came with a parts car. The owner has been busy and I finally got to go and see it this weekend. It turned out to be a 505 turbo, not sure if its a GTI but its black with heated leather seats and A/C. It has not been run in a few years, but its complete and as said comes with another 505 minus its engine and gearbox.
I have arranged to trailer them home next week, then I will clean up a few things, change the oil and attempt to get it running, I'm hoping I'll be able to use it as an everyday car and fix it up a bit as I go, but I guess I could have bought a complete dog BUT I only gave beer tokens for it, so its no big deal if I cant get it going I'll just break it and ebay the parts off.
Really hoping it turns out good tho, the inside is in good shape but it needs a spray job, thankfully it appears to be pretty rust free
I'll post up some pics when I get it home!
Cheers Jez
I have considered importing a Bx from Europe but in all honesty I cant justify spending that amount of money
Anyway, I have had a fair few cars and pick-up trucks since being here in Canada, currently I'm driving a S14 JDM Silvia, which is an awesome car but completly un-practical and next to useless in the winter here being pretty light on the rear end, also I dont fancy putting a 10k car on its lid in a ditch in a blizzard LOL, so I needed a cheap winter car!
Last month sometime on a local website I came accross a Peugeot 505 for sale, it was very cheap and came with a parts car. The owner has been busy and I finally got to go and see it this weekend. It turned out to be a 505 turbo, not sure if its a GTI but its black with heated leather seats and A/C. It has not been run in a few years, but its complete and as said comes with another 505 minus its engine and gearbox.
I have arranged to trailer them home next week, then I will clean up a few things, change the oil and attempt to get it running, I'm hoping I'll be able to use it as an everyday car and fix it up a bit as I go, but I guess I could have bought a complete dog BUT I only gave beer tokens for it, so its no big deal if I cant get it going I'll just break it and ebay the parts off.
Really hoping it turns out good tho, the inside is in good shape but it needs a spray job, thankfully it appears to be pretty rust free
I'll post up some pics when I get it home!
Cheers Jez