If that car could speak, it would still not speak and prefer to be silent about what it has seen.

You must keep your sense of humour 😂…… or it’ll be soul destroying 😵‍💫😉💪🏼

Hell yeah... on these beautiful coupés, shields are rare (and therefore inevitably expensive...). Sad! But great job, btw.

It seems like you replaced a bunch of parts not yet worn out.

Salted roads should be banned. It ruins cars and such destruction is not good for the environment. Find some other way to clear roads.

Waste of money for a car chassis in that bad of a condition and that old but if you want to waste the money I guess so.

Its like M539, But for fords! Subbing because these cars are great.

my mother had one and it was always a problem maker this car i heated it was rust free cause it was a car from Greece i sold it 1000 euros with non running engine at some point after a 3 years of constant repairs and services . good luck man :') great edit!

Was really nice watching you working on this engine. Didn't know they were branded as Duratec in Europe, here in Brazil they were sold as Zetec Rocam. Also, I never replaced the entire alternator bracket as it is quite expensive. I usually only replace the little pulleys. These engines are known for overheating because of the bad plastic parts Ford used on the cooling system. Replacing the thermostat housing with the aluminium one is a really common "modification". We never had the sportKa here. Our "sporty" one was the Ka XR, it had a nice side skirt, but didn't had the same bumpers as these.

I didn't know they made a sporty version of the Ka, this is going to be interesting. Great editing as always!

Man, you had to get creative to navigate through that tight engine bay. It's a pleasure watching you work !. keep em coming

well that car went through hell and back , you did a great job on it tho , cant wait for the rest 🔥🔥

Bruh where did you get front spring plates? These are unavailable literally everywhere I checked and I've been looking for them for a couple of years now xD

I liked the video as i do the same thing myself. I would go to v6 3 litre only if I were you🎉❤

Sooo.. when will we ses the "next" episode ? :)

жидким мылом смажь сайлентблок легче будет запресовыватся а регулировка (ручного тормоза должно блокировать колеса на 6/7 щелчке ) это особенность 406 иначе сломается тот пластиковый тройник !!!

класс еще диски от пежо 3008 2014 года на r17 поставь и супер !!

Nice video. Do you recommend buying a Peugeot 406 as a first car?

Simplemente Espectacular como encontrás reparar cada pieza y armarlo. De los mejores del mundo diría. Sos Genial!! Gran Auto el 406....Saludos de Santa Fe Argentina.

First, good job on replacing everything and not loose patience for the crunchy croissant. You are the french hero! Second, maybe if you replaced the engine from 206 RC, or just the head of the engine, if the engine is the same, that would be great performance improvement. It's heavier than the hot-hatches by 300kg, and if you swap with V6, it would be gaining kilograms, not performance... So, sorry for the saling that car, it's gorgeous, despite the regular 406 have better designed rear lights.(That's on the Pininfarina fault) I just hope that you have whole specification papers and manuals saved, because on the internet it's non existing ones.

Great video. Can you please tell me how much coolant should be poured? I'm not sure if it should be filled, or is there a max level?

The rust is because the holes behind the Pininfarina logo allow water to pass through. Remove the hood next to the rear seat and seal the holes from the inside. You can also pour some oil into the sill to prevent it from rusting further.

I think your steering pump is leaking. Replace that too.

Man, I have been driving my 406 for 5 years and this is the first time I saw cabin air filter is supposed to have a plastic thing over it. Is it possible for you to share that 3d file? Nice video by the way.

The sill rust is usually due to the badge holes leaking and the void on top of the sill behind the panel getting wet. If you don't deal with that it will come back. If you remove the trim panel from the inside you can see in quite clearly with good access to clean that area and seal it.

Nice job 👍 I fully understand your motivation for all works done. My coupe is almost done after 3 years of searching components and spare parts for replacement. I spent several thousands euros and dozens of hours to refurbish axles, engine, brakes etc., now need to finish painting and it will be nice youngtimer for weekend drives 🤩 Cheers from SK

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I loved this serie of videos and love your work ! I'm planning to buy one soon and try to learn as many thing as i can before, and now I want to buy one even more

Very nice series. Did you already sold the coupe?

My grandpa owns a red v6, hoping to own it someday. Stellar car

Loved the series and the ingenious mend and make better hacks. The coupe has so many frustrating little weak points that were not well engineered, letting down an iconic and timeless car. Do you sell the 3d prints of brackets and nut fixings that you used throughout the restoration?

Great series! Albeit with an unexpected sad ending :( You never even experienced the full beauty/magic of the car as the wheel hubs are still missing. And it's a little thing, but subconsciously important I think. Also, I think you're right in your passage about meeting your heroes, but your meeting (with an almost fully restored) hero did not seem to last long. The psychological disappointment was perhaps akin to post natal depression - a type of depression that many parents experience after having a baby. You clearly poured your heart into the art that is the 406 coupe, and just need time to recover and appreciate. Perhaps :)

Fantastic mate! Ive really enjoyed this whole series of videos. I’m from Australia and looking to buy one of these nice 406 coupes, but they’re hard to find and hard to find for a decent price. Greetings

it's not often that you watch a video where you can actually feel what the youtuber is experiencing, well done, incredible work ethic, looking forward to the new project reveal in the next video.

Great video, and good work on the bumper!

I binge watched this whole series. Beautiful car and an awesome job! I’m going to miss Jesus though

Bwahaha, Knob-Cleaning Lawyer!

Hope you will refit an rcz. Mine 2012 mod are still in mint condision.not to many left on the roads😊

you can to some degree 3dprint replacement patches in the bumper the plastic should be PC-PBT which you can also buy as printer filament. I repaired my own replacement bumper that came with a small damage using a patch with glueing tabs on the back and then plastic welding it in using weldingrods i also printed myself. The old bumper i am going to attempt to repair in the next summer. It has cracks where the headlights are and a smaller crash damage from someone backing into my car

I had a stroke when watching this

Got my eye on a coupe for sale. Should I go for it?

FANTASTIC .... I love the time lapse footage ..... Well done you, I admire your patience and commitment

Looks like you put alot of time and effort into getting it back to the streets.. so why didnt you go for the V6? Just bought the 3.0 myself, its a hell of a machine compaired to the 2.0 and 2.2, or even the 2.2HDI... i driven all of them in the saloon models.:)

Ingenious solution with the 3d printed parts, love your work.

That is a crusty rusty girl. I'm enjoying the series :D Great editing too btw, getting some M539 vibes.

As a new owner of a neglected 406 coupe i feel this way too much

Bonjour merci infiniment pour le partage de vos vidéos qui aident très bien merci encore.

I'm not sure if the 406 Coupe version has a fuel filter or not, but in the sedan and SW versions the filter is in a rather stupid place, we can say, having to loosen two screws on the fuel tank to access it.

Oh man, thank you so much for this content, I can totally relate to you. I have same color and engine as you, just different interior specs (SE with black leather), I bought this car 3 years ago, with same reason, to restore it to factory conditions. I bought 3D printer, just to print parts for this car, main printing project was those caps for starfish wheels, I see you missing those, but I also see this is captured year ago, if you still did not found it, we can get in touch for model. Also thing same as yours, after fixing bumper I had small crush and had to drive to bulgaria to pick up new, which contact I'm willing to share with everyone who suffer from coupe bumper :) I had ups and downs with fixing this car, but still loving it and planning to keep. You are giving M539 Restorations vibe, maybe peugeot does't have as strong community as bmw, just keep doing this great work(and improve camera quality), fixing these great old cars and this will turn out great.

That broken bumper is a big setback, there are not too many good bumpers left, so that is going to be a difficult one. (Same for the center caps on the wheels) Anyway it’s nice to see the progress made, keep up the good work. A few tips: the fan in the ceiling console just needs a small drop of oil, then it will be quiet. There should be a ground strap between the clamp on the catalytic converter and the chassis, it seems to be missing on your car. The backlighting of the top center console screen does not work, it looks like 2 of the 3 lightbulbs are broken. A bit of spray glue can fix the loose fabric on the side panels in the backseat.