So......

Not happy with one red Rallye, I bought another.....more a case of right place, right time and spare cash. I won't tell you whast I paid for this one, but she was cheap. Too cheap to pass up really, even with its faults....

So, a jaunt to Delph near Huddersfield this morning it was.....trailer hooked up, off I went. After a brief digression with South Yorkshire Police, I was on my way again. Route took me right over the tops of the dales.....the hills with an empty trailer were enough....was bricking it about coming back the other ways with a tonne of Peugeot on the back.... Still the Citroen Xantia HDi towcar was a beast and did the job fine. Got a bit warm coming up the 12.5% incline but got there!

So, the car. Been stored in a covered car park on an industrial unit so not been exposed really. Was told the brakes were gone. Pedal to the floor, yep, no brakes. Discs plenty rusty, handbrake ineffective etc. Used the winch to pull it onto the trailer. Bodywork not great. Lacquer peel on the roof and tops of doors although the seller had made this quite clear. Been properly slammed but had a great surprise to find a big box with std shocks and springs in the boot!

Other than the bodywork, its a very clean car. 99k, fully stamped book, its clearly been looked after. Interior, other than the drivers seat, is great. Very clean.

So the plan is to sort the brakes, clean her up, get some paint and an MOT on her, and move her on.

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile

All the best with it. What springs are on the front currently, -60s by the look of it?

Member on here runs SC Tyres doesn't he?

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Senior Test Automation Engineer for the 306GTi6 Owners Club Forum

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Yeah, that's Luke. Use his unit and tools when he's not busy!!

99rallye.....this ones gonna take a little saving. Needs a rear beam. Cambered to f**k, seized too I think. Plus its been trolley jacked to f**k

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile

That fine mate. This build isn't a concourse spec thing....just want her back on the road!

Std ride height?

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile

Cool. I'll be in touch fella

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile

Ben also uses my workshop floor to store all the rust and debris from such purchases!! currently we have 4 shovels of original rallye if anybody needs some? £20 a bag

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that's what everyone says then fast forward 3 years and they're "projects" only touched once a month

or, that's how it is in my case

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306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips
306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges
gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3)
winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club]

Update from today…..

Got quite a lot done. First and foremost the welding work has begun and is about 50% complete. The cuts I got from the scrap 306 have come in very handy and have definitely sped up the repair. Sill now looks like this…



The inner arch section like this…



A fair bit of tidying to do but we are getting there…..mate who's welding it for me reckons perhaps another half day and it will be done.

Cracked on then with some other bits. The MOT failure said the brakes on the drivers side were binding. Had already fixed the front so set about the rear. Same issue really. Carrier properly gummed up. Removed, stripped, blasted, rebuild and voila! One more free wheel...

Next job was to prepare for removal of the rear beam. The spare wheel hook was properly crusty and was expecting a proper battle. Managed to loosen it enough to drop the cage off of it but it won't go any more. That's getting cut off and I'll source another. Spare wheel still has a brand new Pirelli P6000 from the 8th week of 2000…...never been used!

Moved onto cracking off the brake pipe unions. Two under the boot floor didn't offer too much resistance to two pairs of mole grips….the ones at the front are an utter pain in the arse and in such a difficult spot at the bottom of the bulk head. I'll undo the pipes at the abs pump and and go from there. The good news is it looks like I can replace the main brake pipes without removing the fuel tank. Result. Then managed to undo the flexible brake pipes at the front on both sides to replace those tomorrow. Again, an MOT failure point and it does appear they are splitting etc.

I've also possibly figured what's up with the emissions. Whilst faffing about with the brake pipe unions at the front of the car, I noticed two out of the 4 wires were hanging out of the plug joining the lambda sensor to the loom. That won't be helping. Will see if I can repair otherwise I'll cut it off and wire a new one on.

Feeling pleased with today's progress…….

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile

Epic work - wish I had those welding skills!

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Cherry Rallye SOLD

Mik, I can't take any credit for the welding, that's my mate Steve. He's pretty good. Day, thanks bud.

Got a bit more done today. Remembered to take the new brake hoses with me. Got those fitted eventually after a bit of messing about….front drivers side brake seems to be binding again though. Wonder if the caliper needs some love….



I then decided it needed a bloody good wash. It hasn't had one since I bought it and its been stood a long while….plenty of Autosmart G101 and a brush got in all the nooks and crannies and pulled out a shed load of muck….then washed properly, twice and its come up pretty clean. A bit pink in places and I know it needs a little paint but I'm still pretty pleased. Gonna machine polish it at some point as its a bit swirly…..









Last job for today was to fix the front splitter that's been hanging off and doing my head in since I got it…..job I thought would take ten minutes took 30…..stupid bloody clips and screws and no access…...I should knon better by nplaces

This is the problem with the emissions me thinks…



Will try and repair but if not have a replacement plug and a section of loom on its way.

So just waiting on collecting the beam and I'll do the front to rear brake pipes when I do the beam. Parts on order include wiper blades, spare wheel hook and bolt, a wheel brace, lambda sensor plug and hopefully a pair of ph2 side repeaters. Will need a new battery too. Also need to do the cam belt and I've a sneaking suspicion she's a tapper (its either that or its got a stuck lifter due to being sat….) although I'm not sure why. Had a belt at 62k, is now on 99k and the belt looks old son unless she was a snapper early doors I'm not sure…. No worries if she is, I've got access to a spare head so before doing the belt, I'll swap the heads, new hg and bolts and belt, job done. I've also a sneaky feeling it's been decatted. Not sure the cat pipe looks std and the exhaust makes an odd noise though it….exhaust coming off to do the beam so I'll find out for sure at some point!

Still hoping for MOT by next weekend.

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile

So the surgery got cancelled on Tuesday this week and its now happening Wednesday next week. Bit of a bummer as I've longer to wait and worry. On the flipside, it now means I can go the trackday we'd got booked at Mallory Park on Sunday.....assuming I can get it ready by then!!!!!

As of this morning, the two engine swaps we had going on in my mates garage are done. Rallye is back on the ramps and the welding will be finished today.

I'm there tomorrow and we are going straight through. All nighter if needed! Still to do is replace the front to rear brake pipes, swap over the beam and rear brake pipes, fit new rear brake calipers and handbrake cables, fill and bleed the system, rewire the lambda sensor plug, fit the cam belt, fit the wipers and then get it for MOT at 16:30 tomorrow afternoon!!!

To be fair, cambelt can wait until after the MOT but everything else needs doing!!!!!

Pretty sure we can get it done......I hope!

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile

No.......just doing a track day in it before it goes for/paint and gets sold!

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile

Oh it will be......

Too good to track this one.....plus I've promised her a holiday.....gotta pay for it somehow....have wangled a track car into the deal for next year though

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Cherry Red Rallye .... On going OEM spec resto

China Blue GTi6 .... Weekend toy

Black 208 GTi .... Wife's car now

Silver BMW 550i.... The executive missile