quality '83 Mars Red for sale...

Model 3 door tintop
Spec/Trim option GTI
Modification? yes, 9a + KR on carbs and but otherwise subtle updates
Year of manufacture 1983
Mileage 115k
Price  €9000 ono
Location  Dublin
Contact details  martco@hotmail.com
Service history yes, 4 inches worth
Mot expiry Date 2014
Taxed March 2013











SO the car has had a major shell up restoration + build 5 years ago followed by an engine bay overhaul last year. I have 4 inches of history/receipts.

you can see all the pictures here:
http://www.tinyurl.com/Mk1golfgti

Youtube vids here…sorry for quality but will try sort at the weekend and add its rolling road session too
short flypast
onboard
interior

This is my 3rd Mk1 and I'm pro-originality but I also really wanted some uprating so have made what I think are the more subtle/natural mods possible on a Mk1 to improve performance.

The car is driven daily by me to and from work (about 8 miles) and a longer blast at the weekend sometimes down the country. It has it's NCT (MOT) just recently and is taxed to end Feb

There is technically nothing to do (although as we all know there's always something needs doing even if it doesn't I have a planned 2013 list (bad bits?) below…



RESTORATION WORK included the following:

Car fully stripped back to bare shell….chassis floor, rear arches and front inner wings completely stripped back and then treated with POR15 rust preventative paint and fully waxoiled. 2x rear wheel arch repair panels, 2x Genuine VW Wings, Genuine VW Bonnet, Tailgate (Second Hand), 2x Genuine VW Doors (Second Hand)….all new panels professionally fitted and new rear wheel arch repair panels welded in followed by full inside and out respray in its original Mars Red (including engine bay) then…mostly new or nearly new items as follows:

2x Bumpers
4x Genuine VW wheel arch covers
2x Headlights
2x rear light clusters
2x indicators
2x Wing Mirrors
2x Delocked doorhandles
2x door catches
Genuine VW Front Grill
Front spoiler
Side trims
Full new Carpet
Aerial
2x suspension track control arms with new bushes
steering rack gaiters
2x ball joints
2x tie rod ends
2x suspension top mounts
4x eibach 40mm lowering springs and Koni adjustable shock absorbers with new bump stops
anti roll bar bushes front and rear
fuel tank, fuel filler neck
fuel pump, lines and relay
all brake lines replaced + brake flexi hoses fitted
rear brake drum assemblies
rear brake shoes
rear brake cylinders
ignition coil
4x new wheel bearing sets
new rear axle bushes
all new window and door rubbers/seals
badge set
water reservoir & water pump
2x oil switches
radiator
new number plate lamps
new tailgate strut
3x wiper arms re-powdercoated matt black
Refurbed Altenator
Filter King fuel regulator and filter fed by a Facet fuel pump
Replaced rotor arm + distributor cap (from Pug 205GTI due to fouling the brake servo, it sits 90 deg) + Cosworth HT leads


ENGINE WORK as follows:

The car came to me with an engine that served me well for a while but it developed a weep and eventually compression problems. I decided on a rebuild but just as I was planning that a contact in Germany announced he had a just rebuilt 9a Passat lump matched with a KR head available…had been for a Caddy project but he was having some financial issues and had to abandon the project SO I went for that. In the rebuild he replaced big end & main bearings but left cylinders alone they were perfect…I checked and compression is great no probs (the lump only had 113k kms originally on it).

The KR head was fully rebuilt, head ported polished with new guides seats and valve stem seals. Generally as you'd expect new seals, gaskets & bolts were used throughout for the build and it's fitted in the bay on new engine mounts. Now well run in about 3000 miles completed it will get a 3rd oilchange before sale

The engine runs on Yam R1 Carbs (just recently cleaned and balanced btw) they sit on a custom inlet manifold which comes from the well known Bogg Brothers (www.boggbros.co.uk) who specialise in this particular setup. They are suprisingly easy to live with…these carbs are not like say more fiddly Webbers in that once set you leave them alone and they just work. On a long run you can get around 30 to the gallon which I dont think is too bad considering…obviously these figures drop a bit when you are in town or if you floor it. Together the results are really great - it's just the whole package of simplicity, rorty sound from under the bonnet and instant throttle response that anyone who likes to drive wants in a proper light cart like a Mk1 Golf…I've had 2x Mk1's, Mk2 8&16v, Audi S2, S3, Corrado VR6 and have driven all sorts of other cars and nowt comes close for fun factor in my opinion!

I also gave the gearbox an overhaul (020 box) - all major bits fine but I replaced the clutch bearing, pushrod and seals and it got gaskets and an oilchange of course


OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE:

Storm 4 branch stainless exhaust manifold (heatwrapped) and a full Powerflow stainless steel exhaust system
Golf Mk2 Lightened Flywheel + Mk2 16V clutch (3k miles was done with the engine work above)
new gear linkage bushes
280mm Front brake disks with G60 Calipers and pagid pads, braided brake lines
4 x eibach 40mm lowering springs and Koni adjustable shock absorbers with new bump stops
2 Recaro Black leather front seats & a black leather rear bench from a Mk1 cabriolet
VDO clocks for Oil Press, Oil Temp and Volts
Pioneer KEX-25 headunit, integrated speakers (no holes in parcel shelf etc.) & have even added a proper line-in option for iPhone which works really well
Clifford Alarm/Immobilizer + Central locking
Headlight loom upgrade
Mk3 Golf wiper motor retrofit
Summertime Wheels: 4 x VW BBS RM splits 7x15 alloys VW 191601025R in (vgc rubber - Uniroyal Rainsport 1 195/45 R15 under 5000 miles)
Wintertime Wheels: 4 x VW Sebrings VW 535601025B, very professionally refurbed + powdercoated in Anthracite (ok rubber - Yokohama A539 195/50 R15 approx 12000 miles)


Things I'd planned for 2013 (the bad bits?)

replace the exhaust hangar rubbers
VDO Oil temp clock not working
MFA not working (never did and never really bothered me but it would be interesting)
Rear screen demister only partially working now
See if there is a way to reduce the usual creaky squeaks off the dashboard


PRICE:
Tricky…overall the reciepts alone come in for around 15k. Now as anyone knows who does this that's not the point and although I'd love it naturally if someone walked up to me and handed me that sum I'm not expecting to see it. BUT the car IS defo worth much more than the average Mk1 in parts alone and so I'm pitching it at €9k or a sensible nearest with good home offer

Reason for sale is that I need the money to build a workshop as I'm fed up working off a driveway in my new house + sensory room for my little boy who has DS.

I'm based in Dublin…I'm aware most members are UK and I'm willing to facilitate a visit or even take a spin on the ferry to Holyhead to deliver (or even a bit further…sure any excuse for a spin )

If you are serious interested and want to make an offer just PM me or you can drop me a line at martco@hotmail.com
Not advertised yet elsewhere, forum first for a couple of weeks

Martin