The trend is alive and well!! Not back to the future but back to the past! Another going back to original factory delivered color combination.
A beater 206 showed up today!
Another project came in today. It’s a 206 that was completely bastardized by the previous owner. Bumper shaved, no chrome etc etc etc. It’s going back to it’s original configuration and color!
Getting wet sanded and polished
Almost ready for first test drive, hopefully tomorrow. Steve K. came down and wet sanded and polished it. It looks really really good. Hopefull once again the suspension will settle in. Looks like a 4×4 right now.
Cars and Coffee Dino’s
Dino was the featured marque today. Some fabulous Dino’s there. I brought my 206 and 246gts.
Replacing window cables
More progress. Working on the doors and replacing the window cables.
Putting the doors on
More work today, always 2 steps forward and one back. I picked up my chrome bumpers that were just finished and bought new rubber from Superformance. Unfortunately their rubber is NOT the correct profile so I had to scrap the plans to put the bumpers on until I find the right rubber. I have gotten a few things from them that are wrong or don’t fit and it’s usually more to ship it back than it’s worth so I end up eating the cost. But the day was not all lost as I got the doors on, a big step towards completion and spent a few hours on getting the fit right.
Installing the seats and steering wheel
I’m really closing in on the final chapter in the restoration of this car. I am STILL awaiting tires from Coker, they tell me any day. I am really down to the doors and then the dreaded part, testing my wire harness!! My friend Charlie has been helping me with mine and putting Tom’s back together. Jeff really misses helping me, but is starting his career in Austin, Texas with a great new company. The CEO has aDino 206SP!!!! IT was at Monterey last August with a crowd swarming around it.
Trunk, Lids, and Dash
Some more progress photos, it’s really coming together now. I’m really down to the doors and interior trim pieces.