Daily driver...

[jonsowman]

This is excellent, really enjoying this. Good work

[dgt]

Now my daily driver as of the 1st of Aug

Very smooth, very comfortable and very smokey

Not a riot to drive like my van but I prefer the relaxed style of driving and diesel fuel prices

So the 406 has replaced this:


A few other bits I had to do...

Painted the sills


Fitted front speakers


A radio to match, from the van


And some flat blade wipers


Exhaust needs sorting, it fell apart twice this week

So as it stands:



Plenty to do still

[lozz]

Keep your eye on them Wipers mate,

Iput some the Same on a 406 ihad and they didnt want to stay on after being on fast wipe,

[scotty73]

Good work mate, is that a nasty crack in the screen?

[dgt]

Good work mate, is that a nasty crack in the screen?

Yep, like that when I got it

Apart from an electrical niggle, the car is flyin for me

Here it is on a recent trip to the wesht of Ireland...

[dgt]

Must update a bit...

A lot can happen in a few weeks!

First, the exhaust blew up and fumed out the cabin


New backbox time


Modified to fit


Back to that later...

Still trying to sort that stupid elec problem


This didn't cure the problem


Tore out almost everything in the fusebox area


Cleaned every wire that looked like this


Tested circuits


Still broke!

In the process, found out the car had gone on fire before I bought it....




Think I'll rewire the lot myself when I have the time...

Moving on, needed new springs badly.

So out with these lowering jobbies...


New rear drop links


Why I needed those new springs


And the result was... Well...




Got a full set of normal springs


And wheels


Looks much better


As for the exhaust....


Currently in the process of losing the vinyl, fiddling with fuelling and just enjoying driving it

[dgt]

True to my word

De vinyled


Played with some yellows


Brightish 501s


Silvered up the morrors



New hubs with discs and calipers


Ashwood ashtray


Then... Oooopsie as I was reversing out of my yard!



Finally...



Have spotted a transit pump to buy and mutilate into my own pump

[Ares]

love the way you put more pics than text.keep up mate,thats one happy 406 there.
I was thinking of pulling down that vinyl myself but didnt know how it going to look on the silver car.

[dgt]

I've had to make a decision on the car. After looking at a few floppy bits on it and weighing the costs, I can't justify the work or money needed to put it fully right. The fickle windows really left me scratching my head!

So, at the end of the month, my car will be stripped to a bare shell and scrapped.... Pity, it's a hoot of a car!

But what have I lined up as a direct replacement....?





In it's new home


I'll start a thread as soon as I start work on the red car

[Ares]

wow, a second 406,nice one.
i didnt get,what happened with the silver one?

[steve_earwig]

Too many problems with it so he'll put the good parts from it on the purple one (you can do that when cars are cheap )

[dgt]

wow, a second 406,nice one.
i didnt get,what happened with the silver one?

I'll be working my magic on that one too

No sunroof so I'm delighted! Only elec niggle is a flashing airbag light, I think a new module is in order but a very nice car for very little

As for why I'm stripping the other car, just too much wrong with it electrically, despite my efforts. This one really annoyed me and has left me scratching my head
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