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Post by sochaux1983 on Jul 12, 2014 20:51:06 GMT
New to this forum and the former owner of farmerpug's 305 S5 estate. Previously owned a 306 GLX TD (still on the road) and currently own a Citroen C4 HDi among a motley pile of other rubbish (1966 Volvo Amazon, 1984 Daihatsu Charade, 1987 Isuzu Piazza and a 1990 Volvo 460 Turbo). Circumstances meant that I had to let the 305 estate go, but it appears to be living happily in Northern Ireland, which is great. Anyway - this, erm...thing.   Yes, it has a block of wood for a gearknob and a naturally aspirated XUD9 for an engine:  That gearknob again:  An initial drive back to Peterborough from Chatteris (via Bourne and Stamford) suggests that none of the wheels are straight, and there may be a dead wheel-bearing at the back. It also needs a new rear tail light cluster (anyone got one? French eBay and Leboncoin haven't) and a bloody good clean. To be honest, I don't like the side stripes and I may get a cheap spray place to tone down the dazzle-camouflage MoT tidemark. Be nice to me, I'm new! |
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Post by 205GRD on Jul 14, 2014 21:19:47 GMT
Nice to see some 305s popping up on here. Its a while since I saw one in the flesh. Have you tried Ian who runs our partsfinder service for bits: parts@clubpeugeotuk.org
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Post by sochaux1983 on Jul 14, 2014 22:41:20 GMT
Nice to see some 305s popping up on here. Its a while since I saw one in the flesh. Have you tried Ian who runs our partsfinder service for bits: parts@clubpeugeotuk.org I'll give him a go, yes. Mine is a bit challenged in certain areas. |
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Post by sochaux1983 on Jul 14, 2014 23:37:21 GMT
Friends on another forum found out some more history about the van today. It was a recovery vehicle for a local garage called Alda Motors in Huntingdon. I found the garage's public liability insurance in the sunvisor while doing a basic clean, which consisted of filling a local garage's vacuum bag with detritus. Got as far as Ely where I took this cheeky picture in the grounds the cathedral:  The main problem at the moment is the rubbing caused by the wrongly offset steel wheels, which I think came from a 206. On the hunt for another set of Rallye steels or a set of early GTX alloys. |
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Post by farmerpug on Aug 10, 2014 15:14:01 GMT
Its still in good nick, that gearknob is a great way to sort out a broken original, and being an XUD it shouldn't give any trouble as long as the coolant system is kept in good condition,
I don't have any lenses spare, my cousins van also has a broken one at the top, and the spares van has a broken lens at the bottom, one good thing about them is that they will split apart with a bit of time and a dremel and can be glued back together with some clear araldite.
Ian Kirkwood is worth asking for spare parts, but dean hunter at peugeot parts specialists is also worth ringing for parts.
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Post by 305derv on Sept 2, 2014 21:25:11 GMT
I have some spare tail lights
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Post by foad on Mar 5, 2018 17:58:24 GMT
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Post by foad on Mar 5, 2018 18:04:54 GMT
Luckily I had a spares car to swap some bits over from.  DSC_0295 by srblythe, on Flickr Welded the sills and new wheel arches.  DSC_0352 by srblythe, on Flickr  DSC_0300 by srblythe, on Flickr  DSC_0354 by srblythe, on Flickr Changed the lights, doors and tailgate.  DSC_0377 by srblythe, on Flickr  DSC_0394 by srblythe, on Flickr  DSC_0634 by srblythe, on Flickr  305 van by srblythe, on Flickr  RJC_0128 by srblythe, on Flickr  RJC_0143 by srblythe, on Flickr |
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Post by foad on Mar 5, 2018 18:05:35 GMT
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Post by foad on Mar 5, 2018 18:07:26 GMT
 RJC_0403 by srblythe, on Flickr  RJC_0406 by srblythe, on Flickr Still needs the bodywork tidied and some other bits and pieces but it's not a bad old thing really. |
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Post by Donaldiesel on May 12, 2020 15:40:08 GMT
Nice one! Good on you for saving this. I'm a great fan of the 305 diesel. Very practical model.
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