Whats It Worth

[Pugs in Pieces 0]

Im not sure if anybody has seen some of the recent practical classics magazines? they have a 205 1.9 gti think it is one of the editors cars, they are claiming it is the earliest 1.9 gti registered that is left, registered 02 feb 87 i think, certainly feb 87. i have come across a 1 owner winchester grey 1.9 gti, full history, 90k and its totally original registered 11th jan 1987.

 

i can pick the car up with no tax or test for a good price, what would we think this would be worth?

 

it has the orig phillips radio working, orig bill of sale, every job done by peugeot garage, its a proper timewarp car.

 

just an amazing find tbh

[monkee87 2]

If I had the money, I'd buy it no questions asked.

[GLPoomobile 958]

Winchester grey?

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

Winchester grey?

 

 

I was a bit about that bit too!

[Richie 32]

The one i think you "may" be thinking of is owned by John Simester? (sp) - i believe hes part of a magazine company and it would be a D plate graphite grey 1.9. (phase 1). Id find it hard to put a price without tax and test. It does look great in the magazines if its the one im thinking of.

[Pugs in Pieces 0]

its not the one from the magazine, its even better than that, and its definatly winchester grey not graphite, it would appear most phase 1 that are grey are winchester and not graphite. motf paint code.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Winchester was only a 309 color and never on a 205, would you say it's dark or light grey?

[Baz 421]

Yes, John Simester's car. Pretty damn sure it's graphite.

 

It's worth whatever someone will pay for it, if you think it's a good price, buy it!

[Pugs in Pieces 0]

its winchester grey people!! i have the original logbook with it stated and its a different colour to my graphite grey!! its very dark. 100 % winchester grey, and its not John Simesters car, its a different one.

Edited June 28, 2011 by Pugs in Pieces

[ade 4wd 11]

Winchester grey is not a dark grey... Graphite grey is a very dark grey.

The 205 Turbo 16 road going version is winchester grey.

[Baz 421]

I suppose it could never have been painted.

Edited June 28, 2011 by Baz

[Pugs in Pieces 0]

the paint code on the car matches with winchester grey on the paint code list on this forum. i have a graphite grey car already and its a different colour to that, i have not had the cars side by side to check, the "winchester" one is miles away at the moment so i was guessing that it was darker just from memory. its darker than the gutmann and as far as i know thats graphite grey, i got the auto bonnet for it from another graphite grey car and its a perfect match to the rest of the gutmann paint. the original invoice and logbook both state winchester grey too.

 

myself and another major 205 enthusiast both thought it was graphite until we saw the logbook and invoice etc.

 

odd.

 

edit. just found a picture of a 305 gt in winchester grey, and i would say it is the same colour as the gutmann wich is random, the other one must be graphite with a typo on the logbook and invoice as its defiantly darker then that colour i think.

 

odd thing is i must have managed to pick up a bonnet off a winchester grey 205 gti for the gutmann, it was original paint on the car too. gutmann has been resprayed.

 

is there more than one shade of graphite?

 

what colour is this car?

Edited June 28, 2011 by Pugs in Pieces

[Flozman 4]

Hey if it says winchester grey, its wichester grey. I dont know much about pug dealers back in the day but its not to far fetched to believe if a customer with serious dollar (or even the dealer himself) could have asked for that colour. Also its worth considering at such an early stage of production they could still have been playing with the colour range as the demos left the plant.

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Yes, John Simester's car. Pretty damn sure it's graphite.

 

 

He's on this forum too.

[Richie 32]

Strange one. Could be as above, might be a one off request or something. In all my anorak days i havn't heard of winchester. The above colour looks somewhere in between steel and graphite, doesnt it. I'd be interested in any more info you acquire on this one.

[rallyeash 155]

either way it needs buying

[Pugs in Pieces 0]

your right Ash i know. need to free some more cash up. what to sell......

[notamondayfan 44]

Quite a claim saying it's the oldest 1.9 around. I'll ask my dad to check his D reg 1.9 and see when that was registered, which is also still up for sale

[Pugs in Pieces 0]

i didnt say it was the oldest, i said was it was older than the practical classics one, which they claimed to be the oldest. maybe theirs was the oldest on the road where as this one is sorned.

[Baz 421]

IIRC Batfink's is older.

 

Mine's a bit younger at 30/03/87, i think the oldest i've owned was D459AFL, 30/01/87, but it was crashed before i bought it, most of it's bits went into the bare shell rebuild of F791TVC.

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

I had one a few years ago, 13/3/87, sadly someone had barried it before I got it and turned it from what was probably a nice graphite 1900 into a barry spec Purple monstrosity with St Tropez valances and Izuzu bonnet vent

 

Having said that it sold on for a good profit after I repaired the "blown head gasket" by fitting a new top hose.....

[Batfink 201]

Mine was august 86 registered

[MrG 3]

go buy it anyway (or have you already?)

 

Mines an April 87 car.

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

I saw a C reg 1.9 in Skegness once, ex press car apparently.

[gavbrum 18 1 Cars]

Think mine might be the youngest. 93 L Reg.

 

How much is he asking for?