1992 309 Goodwood impulse buy

1992 309 Goodwood impulse buy

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CarlosV8

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765 posts

171 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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So there I was, innocently checking out the values of 205 and 309 GTis, and I stumbled across an advert for a cheap 309 Goodwood - a car I had lusted after greatly during my late teens/early 20s. I couldn't resist a cheeky email to the owner to get some more info, and here I am a week later with it sat in my garage. Oooops

For those that don't know the Goodwood is a special edition 309 GTi with leather seats, painted alloys, wooden steering wheel/gearknob and it only came in green. I'd had a 309 GL and a 309 SRi in the past, along with a couple of 205 XSs and Dturbos, but always wanted a GTi and the Goodwood, IMHO, was the Daddy of the GTis.

So here we are, in all honesty it needs a lot of TLC, but it made it the 100 miles home without any issues so I'm a happy boy. So here's a couple of pics taken on my phone earlier:







The to do list is quite long, but in order to get it vaguely useable I need to fix the blowing exhaust, replace the front wishbone bushes to get rid of the involuntary lane changes on the motorway and sort out an intermittant starting problem (suspecting a dodgy starter motor). After that I'd like to find all the proper Goodwood bits (wheels and steering wheel) plus fix the long list of minor jobs, and possibly do a top end rebuild. Should be fun!


The Nur

9,168 posts

184 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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That is fking awesome.

What sort of ballpark figure did you get it for?

S10GTA

12,645 posts

166 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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Another fan of old French tat. Excellent smile

bmwdrivernigel

8,596 posts

223 months

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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Extremely cool.

CarlosV8

Original Poster:

765 posts

171 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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The Nur said:
That is fking awesome.

What sort of ballpark figure did you get it for?
£750 with tax and MOT till December and a bootful of spares. A good deal in my eyes, but it was that cheap because of the intermittant starting problem (when warm it sometimes refuses to start) and some other issues, so the guy just wanted shot of it.

bmwdrivernigel said:
If that's the going rate I'll stick with the standard GTi items (which I actually prefer!). The Goodwood wheels are much more important!

The Nur

9,168 posts

184 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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In that case, congratulations on a bargain!

mattman

3,174 posts

221 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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I always wanted one of these too after owning a 3dr 1.3XE when I was 18.

Weren't the good wood alloys the same style but painted gunmetal grey?

Had a similar warm start issue on a 89 295 1.6 gti I had in the past - it was the MAF sensor in the end, someone had bodged a fix by taking the top off which then screwed it in the long run. Would also drop the revs intermittently on tick over.

shalmaneser

5,930 posts

194 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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The first thing to check for the starting is the brown multiplug near the battery - this gets corroded and increases to resistance to the starter motor causing the classic 'click but no start' problem.

Failing that and the starter motor really is knackered, the 306 (sometimes called 'slimline' cos they're smaller and lighter) starter motor is a much more reliable part and bolts right on in place of the older unit.

S10GTA

12,645 posts

166 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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You will have to bring it to Southways when my French tat gets there.

northandy

3,495 posts

220 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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Brilliant i lusted after one of these when i had a 205 gti back in the day.

Back then mine had the tickover issue, never did get it fixed.

CarlosV8

Original Poster:

765 posts

171 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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shalmaneser said:
The first thing to check for the starting is the brown multiplug near the battery - this gets corroded and increases to resistance to the starter motor causing the classic 'click but no start' problem.

Failing that and the starter motor really is knackered, the 306 (sometimes called 'slimline' cos they're smaller and lighter) starter motor is a much more reliable part and bolts right on in place of the older unit.
Thanks for that. I haven't had it happen to me yet, so don't know the exact details of what I happens - but the previous owner said it would start fine after 20mins or so. Will check out the multiplug first, and I've seen the slim-line ones advertised so that's probably the route I'll go down if need be.

mattman said:
Weren't the good wood alloys the same style but painted gunmetal grey?
Yep, gunmetal grey with a silver lip.

S10GTA said:
You will have to bring it to Southways when my French tat gets there.
Sounds good. Don't leave me alone too long with your engine though... wink



Adz The Rat

13,948 posts

208 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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Oh wow, that is stunning!

I have always wanted a Goodwood 309, there used to be one with a Dimma kit near my house in the 90's, now that was beautiful.

johnnyBv8

2,417 posts

190 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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I was talking about these only yesterday! The paintwork looks decent - or are the pics misleading?! Would be great to get it back to looking standard.

johnnyBv8

2,417 posts

190 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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Is that the original wooden gearknob, just painted red?

HeatonNorris

1,649 posts

147 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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The steering wheel and gear knob are bog-standard Momo bits, by the looks of things.

So you may want to buy generic bits, then look for the appropriate badges / horn push.

CarlosV8

Original Poster:

765 posts

171 months

Sunday 15th July 2012
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The paintwork is ok, but by no means perfect. A good clean, polish and some paint touch ups should see it looking better though.

After a bit of checking the wooden gearknob on there isn't the standard one. Even the standard GTi items seem to go for silly money though, so need to keep an eye open for a bargain!!

shouldbworking

4,769 posts

211 months

Monday 16th July 2012
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Better get that chavvy nova esque grille back to how it should be too!


hoppo4.2

1,531 posts

185 months

Monday 16th July 2012
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i know of a company who will have all the bits you need for that. pm me if you want to no more

r1ch

2,867 posts

195 months

Monday 16th July 2012
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Nice! Not many of these around now. What's the rust like? The 309 seemed to suffer rust more than 205's.