22-05-2017, 08:23 PM
(21-05-2017, 11:11 AM)Mighty306 Wrote: First of all, welcome as see it's your first post. Good to have anothe member in the South West. Can we see some pics of your car n what you've done so far? Also, it would be good to know a little about what got you in to these 'fantastic beasts'. (Good description btw).
For me it's about a shared passion, the technical stuff (yea, I'm a bit of a geek) n the banter. Keeping an older vehicle on the road is a lot easier n more rewarding with the backup of great group like this.
Mighty306 cheers for the welcome I have to be honest I owe it to my misses for my love of the 306 (and her nan) who was left a 1.9 306 xrd with the perkins engine when her nan passed away, 2 owner from new her (nan and my misses) and by the time we took it off the road owing to a failing head gasket and seriously restricted finances it had over 650,000 miles on the clock, and everything else was solid. From then on vowed I would own for for myself. Sadly again due to financial restrictions it took me a while to find the money for my license and then also further down the road to by my beautiful reah, but I have her she's mine and I wouldn't change her for the world. She is a 1.9td 3 dr engine is still standard but the pump and turbo have been tweeked for a little more grunt. I also have plans down the line for a top to front mount intercooler conversion and probably a k&n air intake. Me being me I love my music and I'm a vehicle audio tech so obviously first thing was first new stereo and new speakers and a temporary sub but I'm currently working through a custom boot build sub enclosure but as always need more money....
As for photos I will happily upload some from when I bought the car and take some more of the interior work that has been done so far a little later on.