So there I was, innocently checking out the values of 205 and 309 GTis, and I stumbled across an advert for a cheap 309 Goodwood - a car I had lusted after greatly during my late teens/early 20s. I couldn't resist a cheeky email to the owner to get some more info, and a week later it was sat in my garage. Oooops
For those that don't know the Goodwood is a special edition 309 GTi with leather seats, painted alloys, wooden steering wheel/gearknob and it only came in green. I'd had a 309 GL and a 309 SRi in the past, along with a couple of 205 XSs and Dturbos, but always wanted a GTi and the Goodwood, IMHO, was the Daddy of the GTis.
So here we are, in all honesty it needs a lot of TLC, but it made it the 100 miles home without any issues. So here's a couple of pics taken on my phone when I got it back:
With my wife expecting our first child next month progress is not going to be very quick on this project, but I've managed to get started...
First job was to tidy up some of the mess at the front end:
Wiring is now all tidied and broken radiator cowling is replaced so it's not all wobbling about. Unfortunately found some rust that will need sorting:
Fortunately the other side has been 'sorted'....
I then turned my attention to the engine bay, where some more bodging became apparent. AFM was held in place with a dodgy mount, air cleaner was barely held on, a couple of the plastic induction pipes were crushed, header tank was hanging off and some of the wiring is a bit suspect. A proper AFM bracket was sourced along with some replacement pipe and all is now fitted properly - just got the wiring to look at. So, the engine bay now looks like this:
On top of this I also repaired a broken mount on the front bumper and also refitted the original grille, so the front end now looks how Peugeot intended (ish):
On the inside the carpet was ripped and the cable operated rear windows weren't working. Bits to fix this were included with the car so decided to pull the interior out and get that sorted. Unfortunately progress was halted after lifting the original carpet:
A closer up view of the issue:
Front left drivers seat mount has been ripped off (replaced with those 2 bits of metal on the floor), and the rear left mount isn't looking too clever either. Needs a welder to help me sort this one, so decided not to put the new carpet in yet! Not exactly what I was hoping for, but nevermind, it's a 20 year old Peugeot hot hatch that has clearly seen a bit of action!
So apart from also fixing the remote locking (with a new receiver and fobs) that's where I am for now. Might not get to do any more for a while, but it'll be sat in the garage waiting for me to attack the to do list. But the priorities to at least keep it roadworthy/safe is to fix a blowing exhaust, fit new wishbone bushes to sort the wayward handling and find a local welder.
For those that don't know the Goodwood is a special edition 309 GTi with leather seats, painted alloys, wooden steering wheel/gearknob and it only came in green. I'd had a 309 GL and a 309 SRi in the past, along with a couple of 205 XSs and Dturbos, but always wanted a GTi and the Goodwood, IMHO, was the Daddy of the GTis.
So here we are, in all honesty it needs a lot of TLC, but it made it the 100 miles home without any issues. So here's a couple of pics taken on my phone when I got it back:
With my wife expecting our first child next month progress is not going to be very quick on this project, but I've managed to get started...
First job was to tidy up some of the mess at the front end:
Wiring is now all tidied and broken radiator cowling is replaced so it's not all wobbling about. Unfortunately found some rust that will need sorting:
Fortunately the other side has been 'sorted'....
I then turned my attention to the engine bay, where some more bodging became apparent. AFM was held in place with a dodgy mount, air cleaner was barely held on, a couple of the plastic induction pipes were crushed, header tank was hanging off and some of the wiring is a bit suspect. A proper AFM bracket was sourced along with some replacement pipe and all is now fitted properly - just got the wiring to look at. So, the engine bay now looks like this:
On top of this I also repaired a broken mount on the front bumper and also refitted the original grille, so the front end now looks how Peugeot intended (ish):
On the inside the carpet was ripped and the cable operated rear windows weren't working. Bits to fix this were included with the car so decided to pull the interior out and get that sorted. Unfortunately progress was halted after lifting the original carpet:
A closer up view of the issue:
Front left drivers seat mount has been ripped off (replaced with those 2 bits of metal on the floor), and the rear left mount isn't looking too clever either. Needs a welder to help me sort this one, so decided not to put the new carpet in yet! Not exactly what I was hoping for, but nevermind, it's a 20 year old Peugeot hot hatch that has clearly seen a bit of action!
So apart from also fixing the remote locking (with a new receiver and fobs) that's where I am for now. Might not get to do any more for a while, but it'll be sat in the garage waiting for me to attack the to do list. But the priorities to at least keep it roadworthy/safe is to fix a blowing exhaust, fit new wishbone bushes to sort the wayward handling and find a local welder.
Would love another one day though. This looks like a decent project as well and although it seems to have a few bodge issues it doesn't look like it's been mucked around with too much. 
