B Plate Gti 1.6 - Rarity?

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

Hey fellas,

 

I've noticed that a 1985 B plate GTi 1.6 is up for sale currently and it's in danger of being broken up, how rare are these? I'd assume that is the first prefix they were commonly found on?

 

The car looks to be in really good condition bodywork wise, it's in white but is not really original in the sense that the Phase two clusters and interior have been fitted plus an MI16 engine and box as well. The windscreen I think he is replacing, and the trim is meant to be there too.

 

The guy is looking for £1500 for it, what's your views ?

[nick205 12 5 Cars]

A good solid shell must be worth £500+ on it's own so it could be worth it. Sourcing all the bits and the time to get it original would be expensive though.

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

The problem is, he's selling it with a solid Steel Grey shell thrown in, I'm not keen on taking a rolling shell on as well since there's no where for me to put it plus I'd have to send a flatbed up for it and it won't fit two on it, I wonder why so much effort was put into making it look like a phase 2 car when they can just be bought easily enough.

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Have you made it your lifes mission to own every "rare" 205 going or to have the oldest 205 ever made or what?

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

Have you made it your lifes mission to own every "rare" 205 going or to have the oldest 205 ever made or what?

 

No, no; there is a trend to the 205's that I buy and that's usually ones that may fall into dubious hands i.e the scrapman. I enjoy an unusual one as much as the next 205 fan, this one struck me since I haven't seen a B plate one for some time and it's future seems somewhat in doubt.

 

Certainly not worth a life mission but I like to try and help the occasional 205 out. To be fair, every 205 is heading towards being rare since they'll be in terminal decline before long, I'd be hunting a 1FM or Automatic GTi if I were looking for particular models, in an ideal world, there'd be an abundance of them left on the road but those days are never coming back.

 

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm tired of seeing a 205 breaking for bits because some knobber put £3K into it with pointless add-ons knowing full well it'd never make anywhere near that back and deciding to just break it up instead of just accepting a car usually makes a loss.

Edited October 2, 2014 by forbeslongden

[pugboyracer 3]

Not that rare!

 

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

Is that an STDT ​

Edited October 2, 2014 by forbeslongden

[welshpug 1,657]

not if its the original plate, STDT's are all on L plates afaik.

[pugboyracer 3]

Haha!! No, it's an '85 GTI.

 

Not very original, I grant you, but a GTI none the less.

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

not if its the original plate, STDT's are all on L plates afaik.

 

I thought it may have been a retrospective plate since those can go backwards can't they. There was an M plate STDT that belonged to a guy who was banned on here, he blew the gasket though.

[johnsimister 10]

When did anyone last see an A-reg GTI? I remember the one we had on Motor magazine was A706 VGT but it's long gone.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

My mates got 4 of them, One of those might be broken up even thou the body is Mint and I mean mint, But it's had cage mounts fitted in it again and most of the inside is missing

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

The problem with early ones was that they were not fully galvanised like the C plate onwards ones, hence didn't last as long.

[speno 239 2 Cars]

I saw an A plate one a bit back , think I broke his heart when I told him it was a ringer ...

[erbs 42 1 Cars]

i got a B reg graphite grey 1.6 GTI Non sunroof with immaculate interior

 

Recently rebuilt the engine and replaced all the brake pipes and brakes and exhaust

 

Body work needs attention but solid underneath

 

I think they are more rare but not massively rare

 

not sure what mine is worth?

 

mine also has the very 1st clocks on it, i have never seen them before

 

Edited October 9, 2014 by erbs

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

erbs yours has the early switchgear too which is square and from a 305. Later phase 1 205's had round switchgear.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Wrong gearknob thou , But nice to see some orginal seats, should also have the washer bottle in the N/S wheel arch

[erbs 42 1 Cars]

How is the gear knob wrong? reverse is next to 1st

 

Lift up reverse

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

My 87 phase 1 cti had that square type switch gear, thought all phase 1's were like that. Didn't the first gti's have the same gear knob as the talbot samba (which was similar to the 205 t16 gearknob)? Which that instrument panel is possibly also from.

 

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Thats the knob and the correct plastic steering wheel

Edited October 10, 2014 by Miles

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Had 3 of those sambas very under rated cars, s*it engines though.

Wish id kept the gearknobs though, who knew

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

One thing I do notice about that white 1.6 is the interior seems to be Phase 1.5 or later, no Phase 1 stuff is there anymore.... Either way, £1,500 is too much to ask for a car that isn't original.

[forbeslongden 32 13 Cars]

not if its the original plate, STDT's are all on L plates afaik.

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Sneaky little M