Hugh's 1987 505 STX V6 Project

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Thanks to all of you for your comments. This is a really supportive group and I really appreciate that, especially as I am a member of a few other car groups (non-Peugeot) that are quite dysfunctional. Arun, I really like what you've done with your 505s and I will have quite a few questions in the future about the setup you use on your STI in particular.

I finally got the car from Lethbridge back home to Seven Persons (around 150km/100 miles) yesterday. Now the fun begins. Still cleaning out the garage so I can actually get the car inside. The chrome fender arch trim appears to be held on in multiple places by screws into the rolled edge of the fender lip - this is unfortunate, but it's also not very visible. If the screws provide the majority of the attachment strength then I am hopeful that I can remove the trim easily with a minimum of dealing with old adhesive. We'll see.

For kicks I threw the Grant steering wheel (that I plan to use in my eventual Turbo V6 505) on in place of the stock unit to see how a 350mm wheel looks. The Nardi I want to install is the same diameter and similar in design. It looks really good, actually. I will however place it a bit farther away from the driver; the Grant setup is optimized for a Series I car so the shaft is a bit long. In a day or two I hope to find time to fiddle a bit more. Organizing the garage is a huge chore, but the prospect of having some fun tearing into this project keeps me motivated. More to come shortly.

SRDT:

This one is normally aspirated, but in the near future I'm going to construct another 505 powered by a turbocharged and intercooled PRV V6, and detail it here in a separate build thread. That's a longer-term project. This particular STX is just getting an extensive refit and a few upgrades as I want to be driving it next summer.