Anyone Know This Restored Car? £13K!

[ATK 140 1 Cars]

Another expensive one...

 

http://www.sussexsportscars.co.uk/cars/1990-peugeot-205-1-9-gti/

 

Funny thing is, I think cars like these will end up selling.

[willis 18 1 Cars]

It will sell, but not for £13K, he might get £8K on a good day.

 

If it was a LE, in a rarer color or a very, very late one then he (or she) may get closer to that.

[nveeate 78]

Very expensive and 90k miles, but I do love a red GTI in good condition - that one looks lovely. He needs an OE radio though!

[Rjuhar 52]

And OE driving lights instead of Denjis

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

And a drivers seat thats not got a squashed bolster which is pretty much impossible in itself

[ATK 140 1 Cars]

Yeah I spotted it wasn't the right Clarion!

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

this garage sell a lot of overpriced sportscars - MGC, xk120's etc

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Chances are quite high that it was restored by someone on here as it has a set of the stickers on it that I had reproduced.

[ATK 140 1 Cars]

Be interesting to know the history behind it and the resto....

[GLPoomobile 958]

OK. So first of all, we can only judge this car by the photos, and cars always look better in photos than in the flesh. So without seeing it first hand, we can't make fully valid judgements on it. That said, there's a few details on the car that would concern me given the price, the most important of which is why the rear wheels don't sit centrally in the arches.

 

But if I were to accept the (very) few niggles, and lets assume that the resto has been done to an otherwise high standard judging by the photos, if I was a middle aged man with plenty of disposable income I'd probably be quite happy to offer £10k-11k and drive away in an exceptionally clean, classic red GTI. Forget for a moment what the market values are, and think about whether you could do a very thorough resto on a GTI for £13k, without lifting a finger and doing any of the work yourself. You couldn't. I'll state that as fact, you just can't. So if you have the money, and don't have the time, inclination or skills to do any work yourself, then £13k for an almost "as new" GTI really doesn't seem that odd. There will be people who fit that criteria, they just probably don't post on this forum.

[acox99 74 1 Cars]

Is the underside to the same sort of standard. Has it had an engine or beam rebuild. Pictures are good but where is the information?

I agree with GLP though. You couldn't do it for that.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Surprised someone would put that much effort in and then sell it..... Unless they have a garage or are in the trade and filled in the blanks doing it.

 

Nice car and well done whoever done it, but I wouldn't pay 13k for it, and certainly wouldn't without seeing what was underneath all the glossy stuff, I.e. before restoration.

 

I disagree, and think it could be done a lot cheaper than 13k.....depends on what you have to start with.

[GLPoomobile 958]

If you think you could do a decent resto for less than 13k, without doing the work yourself, tot up the figures and show us your workings. I don't think you could have done it a few years ago, and now many OE parts are extortionately expensive.

[Juttie205 123 2 Cars]

Im sure this was up cor auction a while back with proceeds going to charity or summit along those lines.

From pics badges and bonnet dont look good but engine bay is how I hope mine will look when done.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

GL, i don't know accurate figures cos it's hypothetical as we don't know what a particular car needs.

 

I know only too well how things soon mount up, but i still think it could be done no probs.

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

If you think you could do a decent resto for less than 13k, without doing the work yourself, tot up the figures and show us your workings. I don't think you could have done it a few years ago, and now many OE parts are extortionately expensive.

 

 

I'm sure cRaig was somewhere near spending the same as the original cost price on his, and he done a lot of the work himself.

[GLPoomobile 958]

GL, i don't know accurate figures cos it's hypothetical as we don't know what a particular car needs.

 

I know only too well how things soon mount up, but i still think it could be done no probs.

You've hit the nail on the head. It will be variable depending on the base car, what needs doing, and what your definition of resto is (i.e. how far do you go with it). I should also point out for the avoidance of doubt that I'm not assuming this car has had a full resto or that it's had more than £13k spent on it. But I stand by my belief that you cannot do a reasonable resto to include exterior, interior, brakes, suspension, transmission and engine for £13k unless you are doing most labour yourself. That last bit is key here, because I was basing my argument on somebody wanting an exceptionally clean 'as new' GTI who has money to burn but won't embark on a resto themselves. Edited April 16, 2014 by GLPoomobile

[jord294 92]

When I restored my 309gti 4 years ago, money spent was around £12k.

[willis 18 1 Cars]

Have you still got it or sold it?

[jord294 92]

Sold it.

[willis 18 1 Cars]

Dare I ask how much for?