1986 Peugeot 505 Diesel Estate (CPUK Member)

The car drove well when I tried it off road on purchase 8 years ago and it went through the gears well, the intention was to get it back on the road but this did not happen.

The normally aspirated XD3 engine in the car has always started up with ease whatever the weather and does not emit excessive smoke. The clutch functions.

The problem is corrosion resulting in large holing of the passenger side floorpan beneath the passenger’s seat and the lower parts of the inner and outer sills have corroded away beneath the B pillar on that side.

Less extensive corrosion is also present in other places on the underside of the car,  some of the worst bits being the passenger side rear sill/jacking point in front of the rear wheel and the inner wheel arches rear of the rear wheels.

I used to have another of these estates a good few years before obtaining this one and they are lovely cars to drive on the road.