golf resto thread

[Laura]

as most of you know ive just picked myself up a 1986 mk1 golf cabriolet

with it being 22 years old it needs a wee bit of attention in some places and so i started today

sods law it rained too lol

1stly the boot floor looked a little worse for wear, not rotten but a bit brown looking
so emptied it out gave it a scrub down and dried it

then some good old hammerite.. the colour is not at all what the lable was lol, o well no one will see it haha

all done much better

then i decided to take the side trims off to clean underneith

yuck but now much better

the handle fell off the other day

took it apart, new screw needed
fixed

Massive gap between the window and the seal

mended

and a mate came over just to check the car over -
his mk1

hope you like

 

[Guppy]

sweet. deck it on some euro rims and it will be a nice summer run around.

your mates mk1 is nice

 

[Vish]

Looking good! Any more plans for it or just going to use it and sell it on quick after summer?

 

[Laura]

id like to keep it as a long term project, will see, i guess ill probably have to sell it when i get my house when ever that maybe.

 

[Ali]

Liking your mates mk1! Quite cool.
God i wish we could bring our old mk2 GTI home from spain. 23k KM on the clock! B reg!

 

[Vish]

I bet its a load of fun driving it. Any more plans for it or just general maintenance/restoring old bits?

 

[Ian_182]

Great effort

 

[Renault_Boy01]

good effort....decked on some polished porsche design 90 rims would look mint

 

[Laura]

not sure on wheels yet tbh, want to get it fully mint 1st

more work to do tomnorow up early me thinks

 

[Laura]

well i decided to paint the side strips to match the roof, worst idea ever, luckly i only did one so i only had one to strip back,
then went with silver vynal, really impressed

then the kids got a wash

pics with side strips on
(much better i think)

 

[fUbAr]

cool car!

 

[Ian_182]

You need those bbs rims on there

 

[R20 CWH]

Liking your mates mk1! Quite cool.
God i wish we could bring our old mk2 GTI home from spain. 23k KM on the clock! B reg!

no bad my son, any snaps of that?

 

[Rich]

lol @ the boot floor colour ! Should have just done it black.

Nice little project.

 

[oska]

Looking good. Don't think the lip suits twin headlamps though. Need some clear indicators too. Great job of cleaning it up. Would love a Mk1 project, maybe one day.

Found this pic earlier of one. Looks great.

Your mate's Mk1 is nice although I'm not too keen on the chrome detail, but it's Euro so it's a given. Any engine conversion?

 

[Laura]

his mk1 has a 1.3 polo engine on bike carbs, not fast but cool lol

 

[Bubbles]

looks like those door pockets/trim could do with some love!

 

[Laura]

everything just needs a clean really lol

 

[R20 CWH]

there was a bettle resto project on detailing world - takes alot of effort to get it back to its former glory, but SOOOOOOOOOO worth the effort

 

[crazyeyezclio]

mk1 golf are awesome cars would love to have 1 as a resto project but have no room to keep one at the moment shame really as i do like doing the old little cleaning bits on cars.

 

[R20 CWH]

love it on those alloys.

 

[kevin.s]

looking good mate

 

[Rage]

cabbys coming along nice...

that mk1 of your mates tho is SEX

 

[R20 CWH]

http://www.volksworld.com/eventsandclubs/volksworldshow.html

get along to that next year, i went about 15 years ago and it was a pure FEST of quality dub motors

 

[Ian_182]

love it on those alloys.

Very nice indeed

 

[Laura]

the remainds of my cold air feed

black boot now lol

new plates

 

[Limca]

should have got german plates

 

[Hazza]

Bonnet bra would look awesome on that!

 

[MattT]

^^ PMSL.
Taylor's gonna love you posting in this thread.

 

[Hazza]

Hence why i deliberately did it

 

[Laura]

i cant see what he writes anymore, i cant even be bothered to press the view post button as it will be a waste of time,

Police are on a giant crack down atm on plates, ive even had to put the standard ones back on the clio, cba with £30 fines everytime i go out.

 

[AlexS]

Hence why i deliberately did it

18. Please do not "Flame Bait" - if your post is made to deliberately get peoples backs up and cause an argument - Then please, don't post it. Breaking this rule will result in a major infraction (2 points).

Looking good Laura, black paint in the boot looks much better, get some standard mk2 gti bbs wheels will look far better than those and won't cost the earth either.

 

[Laura]

well ill be taking the interior out at some point and checking it all over and painting the whole lot, so i figured i better keep it all matching lol

 

[R20 CWH]

see the weird blue colour for the boot lasted long

 

[Christopher]

Hence why i deliberately did it

18. Please do not "Flame Bait" - if your post is made to deliberately get peoples backs up and cause an argument - Then please, don't post it. Breaking this rule will result in a major infraction (2 points).

Looking good Laura, black paint in the boot looks much better, get some standard mk2 gti bbs wheels will look far better than those and won't cost the earth either.

 

[cat171]

The black inside of the boot looks a lot better

 

[Baz-ESD]

im in love with the cab.. id have one of em anyday if u dont mind me askin how much it set u back?

 

[Laura]

i paid £1200 ish for it alot of money for a 22 year old car, but not alot when you look at what it is lol

 

[cat171]

You'll get back what you paid for it anyway when (or if) you come to sell

 

[Laura]

o deffinately, i think i paid a good few hundred less than whats its worth, all tidied up, the wee bits sorted id be looking at 2k ish,