New Car!

[littlelise 2]

Today my lovely Josh (lemming) kindly drove me up to Ipswich in the GTi to go look at a 309 Goodwood, I think we both knew when we saw it we were going to buy it

 

The bodywork looks lovely, it's got 140k on the clock but the engine sounds and runs (and idles!) lovely, pulls well, tiny bit of smoke on cold-start and sometimes when letting off the throttle (?), no visible dripping of oil or water so I either emptied it on the way home, or it's not leaking much (but it's a Peugeot so I'm not naive enought to think it's not leaking ), umm it's got a single wiper conversion which looks lovely, not sure how effective it is though, seems slow... heater works (and doesn't squeak!!!), not much rust on the car, bit crumbly in 2 places which i will photograph in daylight but they're not visible from outside the car so they're fine... (I know i know) Sunroof works and seals, boot floor mildly damp and a couple of patches of surface rust but all looks treatable. Original wheels refurbed (polished), lowered (too much), cat 1 toad alarm with unnecessary flashy lights, original steering wheel & gearknob not present but very nice momo replacements which match, and suit the car. Had lots of maintenance done on it in the last year - new brakes, cambelt, exhaust, tyres, etc.

 

Novel over, here's the photos from Pistonheads:

 

 

And the new motor taking a breather with Josh's 205 after a long drive home

 

 

Edited March 7, 2010 by littlelise

[Baz 421]

Woop!! You got one!! Looks good, just needs OE Rims though now

[Anthony 1,003]

Glad that you managed to find one in the end

 

Guess I'll be seeing it on Friday when you come down with Josh to drop his car off, assuming that you'll not be trying to get the shiny rebuilt beam off him for yours now

[littlelise 2]

assuming that you'll not be trying to get the shiny rebuilt beam off him for yours now

 

The seller claims he's had a rebuilt beam put on it last year (I knew there was more I hadn't listed!), but it could do with raising a notch on the back...

Edited March 7, 2010 by littlelise

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

I VERY like that lots please!

 

Hmm, I would be searching Ebay for original Wheel and Knob though. Not my cup of Cocoa.

 

Also, I would have wheels redone to standard.

 

Looks VERY nice condition wise!

[littlelise 2]

There is some hidden rust which I shall be posting photos of and no doubt panicking about, but it is in lovely condition

 

I didn't even notice until I actually got in it that the wheel and gearknob weren't standard I like the ones which are there and they're like new, so I'll probably leave them

 

Wheels are recently refurbed and very very shiny when clean so I'm also going to leave them for now, if they need a refurb again at some point I will have them restored to standard though

 

The things I want to do very soon are: raise the back, then possibly the front (see how it looks), investigate/treat the dreaded tinworm, and I suspect almost daily washes to keep it looking shiny

[Baz 421]

The wheel is original! (How cracked is it?? )

 

It's just the gearknob that isn't!

[littlelise 2]

Fair enough, didn't realise the original wheels were momo! It's not cracked at all, it's like new, which is why I assumed it was replaced with the gearknob

[badj 0]

either this google image is the same car, or it has a suspiciously similar gearknob as well as the wheel....

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

I don't think that's the same car. Few things look different unless it's an old pic.

[Baz 421]

They're just standard wheel and gearknob...

[littlelise 2]

My gear knob says MOMO in big letters on the top and is hollow through the middle, it's not standard. Last one i looked at had the standard one, wasn't hollow And the seller said he bought it last year because the one on the car was broken

Edited March 7, 2010 by littlelise

[Baz 421]

Standard wheel & gearknob;

 

[littlelise 2]

Wheel looks the same, though the wood seems a different colour on mine. Gear knob definitely different. Phew, cleared that up!

Edited March 7, 2010 by littlelise

[lloydgti 0]

whats the track on the background of the centre cap in the steering wheel?

[hexhamstu 9]

whats the track on the background of the centre cap in the steering wheel?

...........goodwood.

[lloydgti 0]

...........goodwood.

 

awwww, sound like a prat now dont i cheers mate, at least i know now

[jimistdt 1]

Argh, my belly..sorry that made me laugh. That was longwinded, there should be an acronym for it.

 

 

And the car looks very nice as well littlelise, I've not seen one for about 14 years or so a lad at work had one.

Edited March 8, 2010 by jimistdt

[littlelise 2]

Went to work early today so I could take some photos outside... The camera was dead

 

So I have taken a load of photos with my phone (crap quality ahoy!!) which I'll post up tonight

[littlelise 2]

Photos are pretty typical phone quality, sun didn't help, but uploading atm will post up shortly ...

[littlelise 2]

Terrible phone pics as the camera was dead, but I had to get photos before I got it dirty!

 

The whole car

 

 

<-- I'm not that tall

 

 

Bit low!!

 

 

 

Interior (apologies for quality)

 

 

 

RUST :(

 

 

 

 

Plans so far:

• Raise the back a bit, probably the front too
  Fit a high level brake light (already bought)
  Get that rust checked out
  Get exhaust looked at too, it's apparently new but it's definitely blowing
  

[littlelise 2]

Well... It's in the garage already haha

[evskigti6 0]

mmmm goodwood, lovely car! is that frost or faded paint on the roof and spoiler???

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

that rot dont look too nice.

[littlelise 2]

mmmm goodwood, lovely car! is that frost or faded paint on the roof and spoiler???

Ha, frost, should have waited til the next day when it wasn't as cold in the morning, I'm impatient It has a big sunroof a-la 205 stylee under all that ice! After t'other half has had his rear beam done we are going to try and get a good collection of decent photos of both cars

 

that rot dont look too nice.

No it doesn't The guys who are looking at the brakes tomorrow are going to look over the car as a whole as well so hopefully can come back with am opinion on how bad it is - they're pretty honest (and good with older cars) so fingers crossed

Edited March 10, 2010 by littlelise