1981 MK1 Golf Resto project

[Laura]

Thought id start this now , may as well and im bored haha

not picked it up yet but this is her

a 1981 (28 years old, 6 years older than me) Golf C

Was a barn find a couple of years ago, lad bought it but never got round to doing anything with it other than maintenance,

its done 42k in its time which is really shown in its condition!!

looks a bit manky because its been dry stored for the last 10 years ish and hasnt actually had a wash sinse

one patch of welding thats been done, just neeeds flatting back and painting

non sunroof!

mighty 1.3l engine

solid as helll underneith ( apparently... im yet to actually see yet)


Pick it up from oxford next weekend hopefully

 

[Ali]

Cool! Big plans! I do like a well done mk1!

 

[Gally]

Waht the f**k are you going to do with that!

 

[powey]

Drive it into a wall and call it rat

 

[Laura]

i hate rat look cars!!!

 

[powey]

its there though...

 

[Chrisbaker1000]

Love it!!... what did you pay for it if you dont mind me asking?

Get a turbo'd R32 in it!!...

 

[Laura]

payed £700 which sounds alot but when you look what they are going for its a good price for such a solid 3dr non sunroof example

 

[rory182]

Born the same year as me lol

What year did they stop mk1's? I saw an A reg Mk2 golf today which I thought was slightly odd because I thought the mk2 was newer than that,

 

[Laura]

1983 they stoped the tin top version, cabrios went on many years after

some 1984 mk1s and some 1984 mk2s

 

[martynrg]

Quality stuff!

What you planning on doing to it? Bringing it back to it's a former standard glory, or taking the DUB euro look?

 

[Laura]

striping it back to a bare shell, get rid of all the sound deadening and replacing with new, any welding etc required

respray

going with a black and rellow theme, not going euro just nice and subtle, some dished 14" wheels or something, quite a few ideas but it will evolve as i go on

 

[martynrg]

Sounds good :approve:

I've always had a soft spot for MK1's. Good luck with it all

 

[Saner]

Where have the pictures been taken? Look like golfs everywhere!

 

[Laura]

not sure, they were the pics that i was sent, i think it was a barn find, so i assume the guy had a collection, or they were taken at crazy quiffs which is where it is now, but doubt they would have that many on site

 

[kevin.s]

bet you cant wait to sink your teeth in can you.

 

[.GAZ.]

Dont see the appeal

 

[shadowsun]

Love those old things. Was considering gettings an old MK1 convertible

 

[Laura]

Love those old things. Was considering gettings an old MK1 convertible

my old one

 

[Gaz_]

2k scrappage ftw tbh!!

 

[Dip]

I've been on the lookout for an old VAG. Undecided for over two years now. Still searching for the right one

Good find for you though! Good luck with the project!!

 

[AlexS]

Mint, I would be going for an oem+ look, euro is overplayed these days, would love to have a MK1 again.

 

[Winston]

Bucket

 

[Englebert]

Mk1s own! Not a big fan of your big bumper convertible, go retro!

 

[mugglesquop]

love it.

mate has got a Mk1 GTI he is restoring atm, complete strip and paint.

 

[Laura]

Mk1s own! Not a big fan of your big bumper convertible, go retro!

Standard clipper kit that

 

[Laura]

had a propper think about what im going to do with it and what direction its going to go.

i was going to make it propper old, brown weave interior, series 1 clocks, small bumpers etc, but its not a series one and never will be so it will only be a fke if i do that to it,

so gti bumpers, smooth series 2 dash, custom clocks, split rim 14" wheels, low, yummy ness

 

[chrispy.clio]

If your making it into a track car then that would be quite cool. Dropping in a decent engine and making it ubber quick, but just restoring it to boggo standard FTL.

 

[Laura]

Wont be a track car, not will it be standard, somewhere inbetween

 

[jesus]

How much did you pay for this beast? I want!

 

[MrTrick]

I love the MK1, it's deffo the best version of the V.W Golf.

 

[Nafoff]

you say custom clocks...

i saw a mark 1 where the clocks were stitched into the panel which normally houses them, it was a single piece of material with the clocks stitched in, probably one of the nicest mods i have ever seen

 

[Laura]

yeah , seen that was amazing, makybe something like that, not sure, just dont like the standard clocks lol

JME: £700

 

[Laura]

GOT IT!!

very long day yesterday and a bit of a nightmare collection, Massive thanks to Danny from E38, for messing about sorting someone elses mess especially on his birthday

Its been to its 1st show too, popped into the mk1 mega meet on the way home
was about half way home

anyway couple of pics

 

[Daniel]

My mate had one of these.

£40,000 later and its PROPER quick. Mint too.

I'd love to have the space to store/refurb one.

 

[bmh.01]

Thats just crying out for a 1.8T lump, mates got a silver 5dr one with a 225bhp version ini it you'd never know it wasn't standard engine wise for looking at it proper sleeper.

 

[Laura]

already got one 1.8t lump, want something different, something that i can rev the back side off,
Few ideas in the pipe line,

aim to have it on the road at least 90% done by next summer

Although it does have 12 months MOT so i could in theroy just drive it now. thats not the idea tho

 

[Keith185]

Nice, will be keeping an eye on this project

 

[Winston]

Yummy

 

[Laura]

thanks guys, really cant wait to crack on with this!!