07-09-2014, 11:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2014, 11:46 AM by BrianDamaged.)
(07-09-2014, 09:20 AM)RetroPug Wrote: Welcome, nice talbot!
I'm not too far from you, also have a ph.1.
Yours is a lovely colour, I think it would look fantastic with the sport bumper, yellow fogs and cyclones.
I like the colour as well. There's almost a hint of green in that grey in some lights.
It's a daily driver, just commuting to work/band rehearsal's putting 200+ miles a week on it and I can often double that if I'm away rallying at weekends....so it's never going to be a showpiece. It wears the scars of 20 years of service pretty well though, the back bumper's cracked where the previous owner had a back box drop off and the tailpipe swung upwards and caught it, there's a crease in the OSR wheelarch and a scrape on the door where he also managed to hit a gatepost. Nothing that a weekend's work couldn't sort out if I was feeling that way inclined.
Mechanically it's tip top, I've got a wad of bills about an inch thick for the work it's had including a completely rebuilt rear beam about 18 months ago. I paid £350 for it in March, put a brand-new radiator in it as the old one was a bit crusty and you have to keep on top of XUD cooling systems. Had the cambelt/water pump/tensioner done at the same time and have since put 5000m on it. Took it for an MOT at the beginning of August and it had to have a side repeater bulb. That was it. Not even a single advisory.
I grew up with Peugeots, when I was a nipper we always had 504 Familiales as family cars/caravan pullers. My dad's in his 70s now but still owns an '86 505STDT (which we think is the last one left in the UK) and the 1961 403 Berline he bought when I was 17 in 1982, as well as a very early P-plated Partner van that he uses as a parts hauler. I've owned (deep breath) three 504s, four 205s, a 405, two Citroen Dyanes, two 2CVs, two Xantias and three BXs in the past, but strangely this is my first 306. Like everything else French that I've owned, it's proving to have a decent combination of insane ride comfort whilst still being fun to drive. And to my mind, the XUD is the finest diesel engine ever made.
New wheels (15" Citroen C5 alloys, the ones that look like Rallye steels) should be here this week when I've picked them up from Didcot (another roadtrip), I'll get them cleaned/repainted and shod with some 195/50s before they go on the car. Wouldn't mind a set of half-leather Meridian 5dr seats/doorcards, although the stock interior is pretty much immaculate. I've got a replacement rear shelf to go in which has some half decent JBL 6x9s fitted, might well treat it to new head unit as the Sony one that's in there now is a bit long in the tooth.
Thanks for the welcome again guys, might try and make a local meet soon.
