After a "Winter sleep", in May of 2014 I finally managed to find a bodyshop that has agreed to do a bare-shell respray of the 205, so it was time to get it out of the garage and do some more parts stripping...
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...and then finally make a move forwards, in every sense :-).
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Only being satisfied with the best results, I decided (and managed) to get new replacement front wings. Pattern parts, but the ones on the car were also not OE parts plus they have been a bit rusty as well.
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Meanwhile, in one of my other hobbies (cycling, if you are not already aware of it), I randomly got my favourite number for a starting number in an international race :-D.
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Meanwhile, at the paintshop - the car finally sees some fresh Miami Blue paint! Yay!
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The whole floorpan has been coated in stonechip and then resprayed in body colour.
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Although I'm not really going to go off road with the car, it's nice to have some, err, protection ;-).
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Also, not being satisfied with the two Automatic bonnets I've had previously acquired, a friend has found me the best one yet! Sweet!
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And here's the 4th engine presented in this story so far - rare and iconic XU10J4TE a.k.a. 220 bhp 405 T16 engine.
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Although it would have been amazing to have this beast fitted under the bonnet, it was missing a few things and would have made my project even longer and more complicated, therefore I decided to let someone else enjoy it! :-(
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