My 205Gti 1.9

[wongthecorrupter]

I had a black turbo technics 1.9 back in the 90s, reg number D567 MWU. I kept it for around 3 years then sold it to buy a pulsar gtir. Always missed my pug, its the one car I wish I still had

[dom9]

Caddyshack said:

Literally just picked up my steel grey 205 from body shop full reps pray following restoration, new decals, new bumper trims etc....looks pretty sweet (1 of 300 in this colour)! I too have the gti6 engine.

Looking forward to seeing that - by far my favourite colour (and I owned a Miami, a Sorrento and a Black).

C. Grimsley said:

Oooof - Thats a beaut as well!

iplod999 said:

And here is my standard 1.9 I treated myself to for my 40th birthday.

And another! I treated myself to a '''rebuilt''' (utter lemon) Clio Williams for my 35th... Knew I should have gone back to the GTi!

[nottusleinad]

Looks lovely... I miss mine...

[Chris77]

iplod999 said:

Here is my Cherry Red 1.6 GTI I owned in the early 90's.



And here is my standard 1.9 I treated myself to for my 40th birthday.

OT, Would love to know how the experience was revisiting a past love, as in had the rose tinted glasses built it up too much or was it everything you remembered? just ask as I still miss mine after 12 years

[peteA]

The Surveyor said:

Bloomin' 'eck Pete, that sump's a disgrace lol...

Will it be getting powder coated or some POR15 treatment?

Good idea to take it off the road for the winter, it's too good to let the salt at it.

Paul

Pack it in Spensley!...its a work in progress! It was covered in black paint that looked like it had been applied with a stick!

Its now rust treated and undercoated and awaiting a nice top coat of black...hopefully tonight if I'm stuck at work...

[peteA]

Some great comments and other cars on here - obviously still a lot of love for these cars out there!

Would love a go in the Cosworth engined car!

Love the comment re the exhaust - yes, it looks oddly small by today's norm but its a new full length system and one of things that attracted me to this car was its mostly original and hasn't been messed with...even if the alterations ultimately mean an much improved car / driving experience.

Here's a better view of the pea-shooter!

[peteA]

Loving the old photos too....managed to dig out photos of my old 1.6 Gti's from back in day (apologies for the crap quality!)...



Started thinking about my old motorbike too...Yamaha FZR400RRSP...awesome thing...but that's another story from when I had no wife, no house, etc.

[iplod999]

Chris77 said:

OT, Would love to know how the experience was revisiting a past love, as in had the rose tinted glasses built it up too much or was it everything you remembered? just ask as I still miss mine after 12 years

I did wonder about the rose tinted glass effect. I went to view the nearest one for sale to me at the time. A Cherry Red 1.9.

Viewed it in the dark so couldn't tell if it had faded. However, I was mostly interested in the drive.

The seller hammered it around country lanes for half an hour and hammered it back to his house.

The smile on my face was from ear to ear.

I would have bought that one. Although, the cheery bomb exhaust had my ears ringing for a couple of days after.

I continued my search looking for an original unmolested model.

This one was found and after a 200 mile round trip she was mine.

[peteA]

OK, its a relatively small and simple job and small beer compared to some of the excellent work shown elsewhere on PH but the sump gasket is on and new oil added.



All looked well so after a wash and clean I decided to go for a little drive / test drive and took a few pic's when I stopped for a quick inspection...







All in all quite pleased and proud of the old girl!

[pjfamilyguy1]

sorry if this has been said before but that exhaust pipe is awful.

Other than that its a lovely lovely machine and so nice to see an OEM one.

Great work.

[HereBeMonsters]

pjfamilyguy1 said:

sorry if this has been said before but that exhaust pipe is awful.

Other than that its a lovely lovely machine and so nice to see an OEM one.

Great work.

Yes, the more I look at it, the more I get the feeling it's for a base model rather than a GTI. Or it's been stuck on the wrong way or something.

Mine's on its 3rd exhaust since I've had it, and none of them have looked like that.

[dom9]

I'm sure I had that exhaust on a 1.6 but it could very well have been a pattern part.

Car is looking great OP - very jealous!

[johnnyBv8]

HereBeMonsters said:

pjfamilyguy1 said:

sorry if this has been said before but that exhaust pipe is awful.

Other than that its a lovely lovely machine and so nice to see an OEM one.

Great work.

Yes, the more I look at it, the more I get the feeling it's for a base model rather than a GTI. Or it's been stuck on the wrong way or something.

Mine's on its 3rd exhaust since I've had it, and none of them have looked like that.

My 1989 1.9 GTI had a very similar one, but my current 1991 model has a much neater later design.

[anonymous-user]

I love these.

[SeanEP3]

Really nice car! my first car was a 205 1.4XS. was no GTI, but it was great fun!

[houghy3234]

[houghy3234]

Used to own this myself back in 2010, I did alot of work to it back then, you can see what it was like when I got it. Is it still own by the op?

houghy3234 said: