OK, so it's not a GTi or Rallye.. but thought I'd start a project on my cab as some may be interested, I'm on here because I find this forum a better fit for me than others like 306oc or the cab forum.

So this car came about from me needing something on a small budget, however I was determined to get something interesting, my first car was a 205 GTi, I later had a 205 CJ and also an S1 106 rallye (GTi engined) so not new to Peugeots, but this was all some time ago now!

I hadn't been considering 306s given GTi-6s and Rallye's were out of my budget, but then I stumbled across 306 cabs, which are at rock bottom right now! Whilst good in a way for buying, it also means most are total dogs with owners reluctant to spend anything meaningful on them, the majority don't have working roofs either.

Still after a bit of browsing I found a PH3 2.0 16v (XSi engine) in Sundance and in the spec I wanted (i.e no aircon/no nasty leather), the last owner had owned it for 10 years and it'd been dry stored for the last 4 as part of his car collection, it all sounded rather promising and I was hoping it was going to be one of those times where you get a truly great deal!

Alas when I finally saw it, whilst it was clear the owner was fond of the car, it basically hadn't seen bugger all work in the 10 years they had it, the previous owner owned a haulage company and said it was serviced when required, which I believe but this would have only been the bare minimum. Still, I was prepared for it needing a bit of recommissioning, and to be fair the guy had just bought a new genuine roof ECU for it so at least the roof was working. The bodywork was also acceptable and most importantly it was very good underneath, no rot/bent sills etc. It also had freshly refurbed wheels, the roof itself was in very good order, and on the plus side of it maybe not having received the maintenance it should have, it was nicely original.

So the bad bits and what was done to sort..

Tyres - 10 year old budgets bar one and very badly cracked. Replaced with Toyo Proxes in correct 195/55r15 all round

Brakes - shot! Replaced with Brembo Discs and Pagid pads all round

Misfire/Hesitation - took a best guess at the coilpack being at fault, and I got lucky, old one was the original Sagem & new Bremi coilpack completely solved it :-) put some Bosch super 4s in while I was there

Exhaust rusted/blowing - new backbox fitted

Radio not working - no code - got a replacement off Ebay with code, luckily electric aerial works a treat!

Gearnob coming off in my hand! fitted aftermarket Leather Momo gearnob to solve

Fuel gauge not working - still not working but won't be long.. wiring is good, looks to be sender

With the main issues out the way and the car now 10 times better to drive, I set about sorting bits for a good engine refresh and a couple of little mods, this included an oil change with gen filter, a cambelt kit, new aux belt & idler/tensioner, gen waterpump, gen thermostat, and new engine mounts, the mods were a OMP strut brace and Miles gear linkages.

The car went in to C.G cars/Carl aka MechanicalRepairs on here for the engine work and a few investigations (fuel gauge etc) on Friday, it was a 260 mile round trip for me but well worth it as he did a top job. And I have to thank this forum as I wouldn't of found Carl otherwise.

Unfortunately the gear linkages were wrong but everything else was done and Carl fixed a few little bits he found as he went along (the benefit of him having lots of spares!)

So that brings us up to date and the old girl is now on the edge of being a decent example - to be honest compared to most of these I guess its a bloody good one even now! - once the fuel gauge, gear linkages and a few other little bits are sorted I'll be pretty much on top of it for now, with bigger jobs like some bodywork and replacing some seals/rear window to happen later on.

I've also done a three stage treatment on the hood and cleaned the interior from top to bottom, more work to do on the outside though as only had a quick (desperately needed) polish so far.

So here are a few pics, not the best but you get the idea.

Future mods will be Bilstein B6 dampers with GTi springs, OMP lower brace, steering wheel retrim perhaps with yellow stitching, some custom bracing to reduce the scuttle shake as much as poss and a few other bits.

Thanks lol to be fair engine wise I'm just happy its the 2.0 version, with the engine servicing bits done and lots of super unleaded later its going well and is plenty in a cab. Imo before chucking a GTi-6 lump in the car would need plenty of strengthening and suspension upgrades to make it work properly.

I am surprised I haven't seen any decent trackday cabs yet, it may sound ridiculous but given how cheap you can get them, I'd love to strip one completely, fit a proper cage, then a GTI 6 lump or stick with XSI lump to start followed by the usual 306 track mods. Would be great fun being open top and pretty unusual!

Look we'll in that colour mate. I'd source some full cab leathers tho mind!!

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Thanks Carl and you :-)

It'll be staying relatively standard but I do want to address some of the inherent weak points.

I'm nearly finished removing the nasty window tints.. what a s**t job!!!