Cavcraft Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 What happens when you go on ebay when you're bored? This: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-205-1-1-GL-5-Door-Blue-only-2-owners-136K-/151275668018?pt=Automobiles_UK&autorefresh=true&hash=item2338bb8232&nma=true&si=wKs92J4r9%252FkcYaeJ6VgP6WojwN8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Just won it for £112.01! I'll get a train to Crewe, tax it then drive it home. Hopefully. ProgRocker, trigger, meggersdog and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 How ultra-pov-spec is this?Brilliant! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 GL? filthy luxury - it's got a clock, trip meter, rear wash wiper. Decadent luxury. Twiggy, Junkman and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Probably 4 speed with keep fit steering too. These older 205s have something of a charm about them I think, quite looking forward to getting this. saucedoctor and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Yeah, they still have this unshaved beret wearing Gauloises puffing baguette sticking out of the open window air about them.They must be driven around corners with maximum body lean, the inner tyres just not quite losing the last teensy bit of adhesion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Hey that's cool. Wedgwood blue with the early dash and no wind deflector on the rear hatch. RESTECP!!! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Crewe plates too! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 What a sexy beast! And that 205's not bad either. I bet an afternoon with a bottle of polish would work wonders on that. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 And some Poundland silver spray paint over the brake dust, rust, and half the tyres. Grundig and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 That was on my watch list! Didn't think it would go so cheaply though. Might have a bottle of light blue "Color Magic" somewhere left over from a mates Peugeot 309. Prolly about 20 years old now but when we used it on his it came up lovely. Cavcraft and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman5 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 And some Poundland silver spray paint over the brake dust, rust, and half the tyres. Don't forget the up and coming wannabe dealer 'special' black tyre paint for x3 value and profit, snapped outside a big house with a sweeping gravel drive. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 WOW! Now here in Franceland there LOADS of these in mostly battered condition, but it's been YEARS since I saw an early 205/309 in that 'Sky Blue' colour. When I was a little, there was a Sky Blue early 309 in the posh housing estate I used to live at in Telford. Please fill this page with as many photos as you can take. If needs be, I'll pop into town, nick some early 205 wheel trims and lob them over your way. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 This is not Corsa....? saucedoctor and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Not, but there could be another on the horizon. We've only got three now, and one of them is going tomorrow. My daughter's struggling a bit with the (non-power assisted steering) Cinquecento so that's probably going to be up for sale soon. crapcarcollector 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Nice one, Billy. Despite it's GL badge it's still quite basic for a Pug, isn't it? For example, tt's not the same as the 1980s Ford Escort/Orion/Sierra GLs in the standard equipment stakes. I think the 'G' in the 205 range meants that it has a pair of rear doors as opposed to 'X' which seems to designate 3 door only. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Now that is a lovely little thing. in the posh housing estate in Telford. Don't be daft ProgRocker and Twiggy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the judge Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 ^^^^^^ haha!! Very good!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_205#Versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crapcarcollector Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Not, but there could be another on the horizon. We've only got three now, and one of them is going tomorrow. My daughter's struggling a bit with the (non-power assisted steering) Cinquecento so that's probably going to be up for sale soon.More info required..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 YOU UTTER BASTARD ALL MY TROUSERS ARE NOW BROKEN KruJoe, mouseflakes, eddyramrod and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 My first 2CV and CX were TU regs - RTU and STU, both from Brooklands Garage Wrexham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Looks like the last owner upgraded* to a new Pug by trading this in - that's a main dealer's ebay account. Wor Will might have some spares if you need owt for it Billy. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 YERRRR BILLY!!! What a honey! I used to have a misery-spec 1.1 as my first field car when I was 15. Amazing fun! Looking forward to the kullectshun kaperz! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Excellent work. Between that car and the shabby green Renault 5 Mr Livered has, you two have got French peasant motoring covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I love your recent bid history: HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Christ, I bid on a Ford? That must have been one hell of a night out. mat_the_cat, HMC and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Today was collection day. £11.40 (or something like that) and just 19 minutes on the train to Crewe, a long-ish walk round an industrial estate trying to find the place, and voila! Cash exchanged for paper work (he let me off the 1p) and I was lobbed the keys. It's got a choke so there was some faffing about to get it running and staying running, but it eventually settled down after stalling a couple of times in Crewe. I think there's possibly a wheel bearing drone somewhere and there's some grot on the os/r sill area, but doesn't look too bad. Original (LW/MW) stereo fitted, it works too, so had R5 Sport on on the way home, which I quite enjoyed, if truth be told. Anyhow apart from some truly suicidal driving by a couple of right wankers on the A51 (a complete idiot in a Golf estate who overtook a tractor and was coming right towards me until I flashed the lights and flick the Vs and the silly twat had to pull back in pronto, and a gobshite in a silver Range Rover who pulled out of his drive blocking the road expecting me to move out of his way, I just drove straight at him and he reversed very quickly) it wasn't a bad drive home at all.It's really slow until warmed up and booted a bit, then it just felt like it wouldn't stop pulling. Gear ratios are great, 4 speed manual and I rarely had to change down/up at all, aside from junctions.It has that old Peugeot smell (like a sort of weird, hot plastic) and it really does show it's age as the whole driving experience* reminded me of my old Morris 1000: very comfortable, quite old fashioned, loads of room and a sort of detachment from the dashboard. I think it's got power steering, certainly seems lighter than the Corsa, which hasn't) and it had 1/4 tank of fuel in it according to the gauge, which didn't really move at all coming home. eddyramrod, barefoot, trigger and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Result! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 [ Very quick T-cut to try and see the difference. Doesn't show very well but it's made it look loads better on the bit I've tested... eddyramrod, Keymaster, 500tops and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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