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Well I've been quiet on here over the last few months or so after the last project went to heaven and epically regretting it! For anyone considering giving up on a project, don't!!! Just shelf it and return to it later!
So, having decided I wanted another 306 and the missus hdi estate not being enough to satisfy the itch the search began! I wasn't sure weather to go for a '6 as I've never had one or go for something that I could make into a bit of a project.
I then picked this up last weekend!
She is currently a 1.8 16v SE 105k on the clock for £200 quid! Bargain! It came with a nice 2.5" stainless exhaust system too!
Drove 100miles to Leicester to get her then the bloody trailer burst a tyre 4 miles from home! Hence why it is on the side of the road in the pics above.
After a brief wash
The plans are:
Fix roof - has been leaking from one of the hoses but at the moment its not operating at all
Fix remote aerial - this has a crap aftermarket unit in which is getting ridiculously hot and wiping the battery
Fix central locking - currently bouncing back up (door loom??) also both key fobs not working
Begin prep for paint - yep the bodywork is overall pretty good but think a colour change may be on the cards
Lower - I'm thinking very low on this is going to be the only way to go!
Remove engine - the 1.8 is going (for sale)
Acquire a cheap donor hdi - yes you've guessed it 
Install a highly tuned 180+bhp hdi engine into the cabby
Timescale: FCS 2016!!!
I will do a proper project thread probably on monday when work begins so I hope this is ok in here for now (Nial) 
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f*cking DO IT! 
What colour you got in mind???
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Got to be done mate! Undecided on colour yet but possibly bianca, riding very low on some 16" black 1.2's with yellow 4 pots <3
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Yes
Sound s like a great idea
Yellow and black theme FTW
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Cheers piggy Going to be dropping you a pm at some point for some flocking details
(01-08-2015, 06:34 PM)7057sam Wrote: Yes
Sound s like a great idea
Yellow and black theme FTW
Still may do the body black too yet mate, undecided! Lol
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Oooh bianca.
Maybe use the Ford Frozen white instead?
Not sure I have seen a white cabby before!? Am I the only one or just me?
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White seems a bit pointless if you're putting a smokey stage 2 HDi in it! Personally I'd go for a non standard colour if I was doing a respray, but it's not my car lol.
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(01-08-2015, 06:38 PM)Piggy Wrote: Oooh bianca.
Maybe use the Ford Frozen white instead?
Not sure I have seen a white cabby before!? Am I the only one or just me?
Yea sounds like a possibility mate, was more thinking of keeping a stock (ish) colour but that frozen white does look good on the new mondeo!!
No I've not seen one either though, just a poorly wrapped one with a 6 engine and massive spoiler that was on swapz for ages!
(01-08-2015, 06:43 PM)Toms306 Wrote: White seems a bit pointless if you're putting a smokey stage 2 HDi in it! Personally I'd go for a non standard colour if I was doing a respray, but it's not my car lol.
I had a white estate which was s2 and wasn't too bad for smoke/soot stains. Not like it's an xud on a t2 with a 12mm headed bosch! Lol
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Good job! Everyone should own a cabriolet at some point!
Another vote for white here! Look stunning when clean!
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Looks like a really good base! There was a couple of super clean hdi cabs at pugfest and they were proper nice!
Looking forward to some progress!
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My bro has been trying to get me to buy a china cabby on a y plate he knows of, 2 sets of spare wheels and a hard top in china ( I'm assuming the roofs pumped ) £400 don't know too much more other than its been off the road for a while!( less than 6 months!)
Any point? Breaker? Fixer? Leave it alone??
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y reg is the funny tax rules so could get expensive. Still £400 with a hard top is probably a very good buy.
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(02-08-2015, 04:12 AM)Dum-Dum Wrote: y reg is the funny tax rules so could get expensive. Still £400 with a hard top is probably a very good buy.
Hi Chris, my china w plate Hdi estate was registered feb 2000 was £226 for a year and my moonstone 5 door Hdi registered oct 2000 was half the price just like my moonstone y plate estate so y plate should be cheaper tax too!
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(02-08-2015, 11:36 AM)Redordead89 Wrote: (02-08-2015, 04:12 AM)Dum-Dum Wrote: y reg is the funny tax rules so could get expensive. Still £400 with a hard top is probably a very good buy.
Hi Chris, my china w plate Hdi estate was registered feb 2000 was £226 for a year and my moonstone 5 door Hdi registered oct 2000 was half the price just like my moonstone y plate estate so y plate should be cheaper tax too!
That's not quite right I'm afraid!
Tax changed from engine size to emmisions based at Y reg (March 1st 2001).
After this diesels are usually cheaper because of their low CO2 (regardless of the other crap they chuck out  ) but petrols often become more expensive because they produce tonnes of CO2. I think the Y reg on cabbies will be in the £285 tax band but I'm not 100% on that.
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Cheers Tom, you right my 5 dr hatch was dear to tax too! Not being owning too many petrol cars in recent years! (03-08-2015, 08:33 AM)Toms306 Wrote: (02-08-2015, 11:36 AM)Redordead89 Wrote: (02-08-2015, 04:12 AM)Dum-Dum Wrote: y reg is the funny tax rules so could get expensive. Still £400 with a hard top is probably a very good buy.
Hi Chris, my china w plate Hdi estate was registered feb 2000 was £226 for a year and my moonstone 5 door Hdi registered oct 2000 was half the price just like my moonstone y plate estate so y plate should be cheaper tax too!
That's not quite right I'm afraid!
Tax changed from engine size to emmisions based at Y reg (March 1st 2001).
After this diesels are usually cheaper because of their low CO2 (regardless of the other crap they chuck out ) but petrols often become more expensive because they produce tonnes of CO2. I think the Y reg on cabbies will be in the £285 tax band but I'm not 100% on that.
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Yeah I wouldn't buy a petrol shortly after Y reg! My 110bhp diesel focus costs £30 to tax. The 75bhp petrol fiesta costs £205...
Fortunately petrols have got a lot more efficient in the last few years so tax has come down on those too. Not that it'll matter by 2017, new cars will all have a flat rate tax again.
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Never really thought about tax!! Shame it won't go off the hdi engine once it's changed on the log book....
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Should've bought an X plate one. 
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Lol! Great help you are!!
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You can apply to change the tax providing you can prove that the hdi engine you are fitting is from a newer 306. Therefore giving you cheaper tax. Its another for ontop of sending your logbook away to confirm an engine change
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I've never heard that before, telling dvla its a lower rate engine so getting emissions class road tax changed!! Don't think i'll inform them my 2.0 2001 HDI is fitted with a 1997 2.0 turbo Petrol lol!
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Might be a little bit behind here but what happened to the black super charged 306 did it sell or get broke?
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(07-08-2015, 07:52 AM)Chris_90 Wrote: Might be a little bit behind here but what happened to the black super charged 306 did it sell or get broke?
Got broken mate 
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