Back After 7 Years, With A Phoenix Gti

[mat1227 1]

Hello. I've been overseas (Australia) for ~7 years, back for a bit and thought I'd retrieve my MI16 205 from the field it's been languishing in . Apparently there was a squirrel living in it..

 

Originally planned to just spend a year in Sydney but the lifestyle is pretty alluring so one year fast became seven. Thriving classic french scene there surprisingly, I even bumped into a local coffee shop owner in Bondi who owns, and works on, a range of 16v 205s (spotted the Peugeot sport stripes on his coffee machine ). You'd see them around from time to time, I think the climate flatters an older car down under.

 

The forum was always super-helpful previously, so I thought I'd stop by and say hi.

 

The car held up really well, surprisingly. It's a low-ish mileage 1.6 that needing a load of engine work in ~2006 when I got it so after a year or so Paul (pug309twin40s on here) helped me fit a 1.9 16v from a 4x4 405. Fast-forward a decade or so, and the squirrel is homeless - we gave it a good clean, a teacut, replaced a couple of bits and it'll trundle quite happily down the road (needed to track down and fit new AFM, cleaned up delivey under load but retained a horrible misfire at idle I'm trying to tackle). It needs an exhaust, tyres and various snags sorting. I'd forgotten how direct the driving experience is. Such fun. These cars seem to get brilliant reactions from people, and appear to be more "exotic" than they were seven years ago - I guess the scrappage scheme can't have helped. Now an "old car" seems to be anything from the '000s .. I passed a campsite and a guy sprinted out of his tent to say hi when he heard the car passing love that they're more appreciated than they were.

 

Anyway, hi (again), and here's the phoenix 205 after a clean:

 

 

[mat1227 1]

ps. where do people get parts from these days? After dizzy plugs & leads in the first instance (fitment would be 1991 1.9 Mi16). I used to use GSF but not sure if they're still the place to go nearly a decade on

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

You might struggle with dizzy cap.

 

ht leads i believe people used vauxhall corsa 16v ht leads.

[welshpug 1,666]

corsa leads wont fit an mi dizzy cap, only the wasted spark coil with a different ecu.

[welshpug 1,666]

loads of caps on ebay btw, I think peugeot/citroen might still do them as well.

 

leads aren't too difficult, plenty of custom types if direct fit not to hand

[camgti 56]

Matt is this you mate? Had the V8 commodoore for a bit?

 

Have you moved home?

 

If your coming back, put the 205 on the boat and bring it over mate!

 

I didnt realise you still had it!!

[mat1227 1]

Hello mate! Wasn't sure if you're be on here yep!

 

Not moved home, just a trip back undecided as to what happens next. Would love to take it back to Aus. Will drop you a note