Another Frenchie added to the fleet

[sco14]

Saw this and could not resist. Not a desirable 205 especially being automatic and and a more door! However it is in good condition, low mileage of less than 11300 miles and a phase1. The photos below were taken the day I purchased the car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Novanick1]

this is lovely!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Love the blue interior, reminds me of going with my Grandad to JCT600 in bradford to pick up his brand new XLD back in 1986, D244RCX

[Wilko220]

Looks brill!

[CreepingJesus]

That is stunning. So few miles is remarkable too.

[sco14]

Love the blue interior, reminds me of going with my Grandad to JCT600 in bradford to pick up his brand new XLD back in 1986, D244RCX

Your Grandad's 205 XLD  looked like this!

 

[seacow]

Love it - what a find!!

[Faker]

Mint!

[cort16]

Thats lovely. What engines in it?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Your Grandad's 205 XLD  looked like this!

 

 

Sure did, it was wedgwood blue on the outside too! Yum!

[Cavcraft]

Oh God, that's literally fantastic. Posh as well with a rev counter.

[sco14]

Thats lovely. What engines in it?

The engine is 1580cc fed with a 36 weber carb.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Excellent choice of vehicle, sir !

 

The next logical step is to implement some basic GIFFERLOOK YO 'scene' modifications, including a 2009 National Trust sticker, a tartan blanket on the parcel shelf, an NHS issue walking stick across the back seat and a large bag of Werther's in the glovebox.

 

Then, when the show season comes, you can attend the popular GIFFER RIDEZ GATHERING, where octogenarians from all over the country gather to consume excessive amounts of cucumber sandwiches and tea and discuss modifying their cars and mobility scooters.

[sco14]

Excellent choice of vehicle, sir !

 

The next logical step is to implement some basic GIFFERLOOK YO 'scene' modifications, including a 2009 National Trust sticker, a tartan blanket on the parcel shelf, an NHS issue walking stick across the back seat and a large bag of Werther's in the glovebox.

 

Then, when the show season comes, you can attend the popular GIFFER RIDEZ GATHERING, where octogenarians from all over the country gather to consume excessive amounts of cucumber sandwiches and tea and discuss modifying their cars and mobility scooters.

I have a few changes in mind but more of that later!

[eddyramrod]

 Not a desirable 205 especially being automatic and and a more door!

 

There are those among us who see both of those attributes as adding to the desirablility rather than taking away.

 

 

 

 

Oh, just me then? 

[chaseracer]

The next logical step is to implement some basic GIFFERLOOK YO 'scene' modifications, including a 2009 National Trust sticker, a tartan blanket on the parcel shelf, an NHS issue walking stick across the back seat and a large bag of Werther's in the glovebox.

My parents are clearly trendsetters in this area of the cultural zeitgeist.

 

The NT sticker on their ageing Audi is from 2008 (though the Malvern Hills Conservators parking permit is only a year out), Mum's stick is joined in the back by the old man's trilby, and while neither of them can stand Werther's a quarter of Mint Imperials is a very acceptable alternative. Stuck to the dash - as it has been in every car they've owned - is a green rubber 'Metzeler elephant', a souvenir of their 1963 Elefantentreffen adventure on a Triumph Thunderbird.

 

Lovely 205, BTW...

[HillmanImp]

Thats great. Reminds me of my grandads Wedgwood blue XLD, D244 RCX which he bought brand new from JCT600 Bradford, in 1986.

[chaseracer]

That's a coincidence.  Are you and Reg Nutsack related...?

 

[vulgalour]

That is very acceptable, I could certainly live with something like that in my life if for some reason I had to have an automatic.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Wait a minute.....!

[hennabm]

Auto moredoor - not many would want to save such a beast.

 

How many other moredoors do you have then as thetitle suggests you have more than one

[brickwall]

Buff up the trim and clean the seats of arse-crack sweat and you've got a winner.

[sco14]

Auto moredoor - not many would want to save such a beast.

 

How many other moredoors do you have then as thetitle suggests you have more than one

This is the only 5 door 205 which I own, the rest are 3 doors.

[skoda_fan]

May I just add my name to the list of those that have a sneaky inexplicable liking for these. Well done that man!

[HillmanImp]

Wait a minute.....!

 

Sorry, I got confused there. I was getting it muddled up with my dads Land Rover, D701 SWL. My bad.

[sco14]

Just a short update, not to all of your liking I am sure.

 

Amazed at the condition of the boot floor and beneath the rear seat base.

 

 

 

The original Phillips radio cassette player which is staying.

 

 

Fischer c box, purchased cheaply secondhand and fitted with new drawers.

 

 

car had to have a full respray as the paint has faded and could not do a few small sections.

 

 

 

Some detail work in front wheelarch, the paint finish is original factory applied.

 

 

 

 

the best looking jack for a 205 which I have ever owned.

 

 

Shocked to find the colour of the axle and torsion bars after cleaning only. The trailing arm has been painted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few under bonnet minus the alternator and starter motor.

 

 

 

[ProgRocker]

Nice work! Those alloys rather suit it.

[DVee8]

Thats a nice little motor

[rml2345]

That looks mintola! Top refurbishment man, you've done exceptional work there. I need to try a 205 before they start getting dear.

[carlo]

Lovely car in a great colour, well worth preserving.  No doubt drives as great as all 205s of the era.

 

Think I'd dispense with the rear reflective red strip, but that's just a personal opinion.