MINT 205 GTi 1.9 wanted

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Rob_the_Sparky said:

Furberger said:

pablo said:

the_stoat said:

TEKNOPUG said:

Buy the cleanest bodywork-wise one that you can find for >£1k. Then spend £2-3k (tops) replacing every mechanical part. Job done. Mint 205 for >£4k

Spot on advice

as the man says, spot on advice. they are quite easy cars to work on and most of the parts if not all are readily available.

mint cars are very hard to find and sellers charge a premium just because the gtis are quite rare but that premium does not, in my mind, offer anything like value for money.

i have seen them for sale advertised at £5K which is barking given the reputation for rot and faults, for that money i would want a photographic rebuild or a car with delivery mileage.

I would look for a car with a sound rear (chances are any crash/off has been oversteer induced) as the front panels are easily sourced and just replace parts accordingly. You can then uprate certain parts as necessary. eBay is pretty good for the hard to find parts and unless you are determined to make it as it left the factory, you should be able to build a nice car for £2K

Ummm, you mention reputation for rot. Thats one thing they don't have as far as I was aware, being galvanized and everything...

Correct, rot is really rare. Not that they never rot just they generally don't. I believe very early examples weren't galvanised though but you se VERY few of these around now, I'm thinking pre-86 or 87ish.

Rob

not rot as in the way an alfa would rot but when i took the front bumper off mine, the bolts were all fused together in some rust/bolt apocolypse. anything that could rot, will rot!.... there is always a spot above the rear side windows where rust bubbles will appear and the windscreens are notably bad fits on most cars.

cant wait to get the track car sorted...