Cars > Simon’s Garage > “F560 VAD”
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1991 Ford Probe
Owner: Cam_The_Man
- White Donkey: 20 pts (win)
- F560 VAD: 5 pts (loss)
- Total votes: 5
- Ended: Feb 10, 2007
1989 Peugeot 205 XS (F560 VAD)
Last updated Jul 19, 2007
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About
Peugeot 205 XS that I bought for £51 last year to do up. Thought it needed a head gasket but in fact the engine was scrap so another one was put in with a fresh timing belt and clutch and with the head all cleaned up and valves ground in.
Very nippy and accelerative due to twin-choke carb and low gearing.
Specs
1360cc TU3S all-alloy engine. Solex 32-34 Z2 twin-choke carb. Stripped and rebuilt, mostly by Corin! New clutch, cleaned up head. Should be at around 85bhp (lively in a 730kg car)
Factory Options
Sports seats, Front fogs, Split-fold rear seat, door pockets, dimmable instruments, cigarette lighter, coin holder, intermittent wipers, clock, body-coloured bumper sections. Might sound like essentials but my last 205 had none of the above!
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205 : 1 - 0 : Attrition
Apr 7, 2007
Well, the trusty 205 completed the toughest 400 miles it'll do for a while I think! First of all, I was horrendously late getting down to Bristol for the drive down to Chris's so the car was thrashed good and proper on the way down there - cruised just...
All is well, for now...
Mar 31, 2007
Well, the dramatic tale of clamping I related in my last journal entry ended in a most bizarre way. I arrived at my car in the early morning armed with what I hoped were sufficient tools to dismantle my suspension and remove the clamp, only to find the...
Clamped!
Mar 23, 2007
With my new engine and box weighing the rear of the car down greatly (£50 in the end, including alternator and carb - bargain!), my car has been imprisoned by some cowboy cockface under the name of Able Parking Services. I was parked behind WHSmiths in...
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