The Junkyard Dog (clio 172)

I sold my last phase 1 172 after FCS last year and have regretted it ever since. So today I managed to save an early phase 1 from a scrapyard on the other side of Manchester.

To be fair, it's really not too bad although at some point in its life has been owned by an arse clown who badly fitted shiney trinkets to it such as a chromed battery cover and ecu cover, cheap mesh airfilter and tastefull yellow silicone hoses.

On the plus side, there's half a tank of fuel in it and it's only done 89k. The engine sounds sweet enough but there's the old phase 1 sticky throttle body.
The rear wiper arm and trim is missing, front fogs are gone, no stereo or parcel shelf. Probably no speakers either.
Central locking doesn't work, exhaust is blowing by the front. Needs a cv joint and ball joint.
Came on steel wheels but I've got some 8x15 schmidts to stick on it until I can find a cheap set of OZ F1s.
Rear arches are rusting and it's dented all over.

It is however perfect for my needs. With a bit of TLC, she should be a good car and if I decide to sell my phase 2 GT Turbo later in the year, I'll be sending it to clioturbo.co.uk for a stage 1 or 2 turbo conversion.

I'll update the thread as I go along but don't expect progress to be too quick :laugh:

Thanks.

Ross

Nice ain't she? ;)

Another

How much you give for that dog Ross?:D

172's are good cars, spent many a year with one as a daily and never failed to add a grin to the daily commute. Ali bonnet version? phase 1's really not that common these days, owned a couple of phase 2 172's. Looking forward to seeing it boosted! :agree: :)

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Originally Posted by Matt Cole

How much you give for that dog Ross?:D

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The princely sum of £410 :smokin:

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Originally Posted by Mr Raider

172's are good cars, spent many a year with one as a daily and never failed to add a grin to the daily commute. Ali bonnet version? phase 1's really not that common these days, owned a couple of phase 2 172's. Looking forward to seeing it boosted! :agree: :)

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Yeah I really couldn't fault my last one. It was perfect on track and plenty quick enough. Should be real good fun with an extra 50-70 horses :laugh:

Glad you got one Ross. I can't fault mine. O yeah apart from the broken door handle.:agree:

Thanks luke :agree:

So today the local scrapyard yielded a few usefull parts.
Rear wiper arm and fixing bolts for the wiper motor.
The small trim piece behind the wiper arm.
Rear parcel shelf
Inner tailgate trim
16 wheel bolts
Headlamp bulb plug
All for the price of £9

Next was a pair of ball joints and a set of pagid front pads.

These fitted without any fuss but when it came to changing wheels I hit a slight snag.
The calipers are touching the inside of the wheels which leaves me with 2 ways of sorting it.

1: grind the calipers down enough to allow clearance with hot brakes.

2: 5 or 10mm spacers but will need to buy longer wheel bolts too.

Seeing as I'm going to be refitting some original wheels at some point I'll just grind the calipers for now I think.


Today also revealed more hidden issues :scared:

Put the heaters on this morning and nothing happened. Shut the door and they started working so I assume there's a shite connection on the fan itself.

Also the interior light is stuck on so for tonight I've just pulled the plug on the light.


Not had chance to clean her yet but she's looking a lot better already

Side shot

[QUOTE=Slammed 66;389596]Thanks luke :agree:

So today the local scrapyard yielded a few usefull parts.
Rear wiper arm and fixing bolts for the wiper motor.
The small trim piece behind the wiper arm.
Rear parcel shelf
Inner tailgate trim
16 wheel bolts
Headlamp bulb plug
All for the price of £9

Result ,few more years and you won't get that all that for £9.

Love these cars. Def keep this thread updated mate. :agree:

Nice kidda..a steal for that price !!

Fridays are grinding days

As such, I've removed plenty of excess meat from the callipers today and now have wheels that clear the brakes. I've taken off a little more than I needed to compensate for hot brakes on track if I decide to use these wheels on a trackday
Today is also the first time I've driven the car and it was awful. Something is seriously wrong on the front end as the car goes where it likes and the steering wheel is all over the place. I've done the ball joints so will have to inspect the rack tomorrow in daylight and see what it's like. Maybe top mounts too

Ross

Looks super cool on those rims :cool: