My 1983 GTI - progress to be made.

My name is Harry and I'm 15 and I have been looking for a mk1 golf GTI for about 6 month and found one on Friday night and picked it up on Saturday from Blackpool and towed it back to bishop.
So here goes its a mk1 golf GTI 1.8 in black.
Good points:
Very little welding
Good interior just the drivers bolster but whole thing is being retrimmed
Engine rebuild 10,000 mile ago

Bad points:
Doesn't run
Been stood for 7 years
Needs a boot, Bonnet, Wings because of surface rust
Headlights cracked

Will add photos soon

Sounds interesting buddy, looking forward to the pictures.

o my a  gti is a lot of torque for a we young lad.
how much is your insurance?

blackcherry said

o my a  gti is a lot of torque for a we young lad.
how much is your insurance?

Looking at 3 grand when I'm 18 with a years no claims bonus so not too bad really



As my dad owns his own garage and I was helping out he let one of his employees have a look at it. So it turns out that I need a fuel pump and a metering head which is ordered so will hopefully find a fuel pump soon and have it running.

looks nice mate...

3 grand are you sure I have a 1.3 golf and it's going to be 2800 for that to insure ?

Thought I would just say that this is going to be a slow project as I do have 3 years to complete it.
Am interested in the following parts if anyone is getting rid
Cross hair headlights
Single lamp debugged grille
M3 style rear lights
Smoked indicators
Chrome mirrors
Black bonnet, tailgate, front wings

Will be able to buy more parts once my beetle sells

abbouncer said

3 grand are you sure I have a 1.3 golf and it's going to be 2800 for that to insure ?

Yeah when I'm 18 with a years no claims had to look twice myself though.

Agh I see sorry i didn't see the 1 year no claims, looks like a good car where are you planing to get the seat retrimed ? Cheers Ryan

Also I have some m3 style lights for sale If you intrested

Don't know where to get them retrimmed yet but am planning on half leather with tartan cloth on whole interior
Could you send me a pic or post it up please and how much are you after for them delivered please.

http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=110787&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
I I'm open to offers

Hazza said

Looking at 3 grand when I'm 18 with a years no claims bonus so not too bad really.

In another 3 years time it will be a lot more more than 3 grand! Still gives you plenty of  time to save up  :wink:

Hi, how much did you pay for it?

Today I 1st removed the immobiliser that had some dodgy looking wire connections on it and put the dash back together after finding all the parts for it. Then I tidied up the interior so that it looked better. I painted the bumpers black the way they should be and will do the arches tomorrow if I can get them off. I then found the duckbill spoiler under the back seat  :dontknow: . So it got painted gloss black and fitted it but will improve it tomorrow. Painted the grilles surround gloss red. But I will fit it when I get my new grille which I ordered today along with some smoked cross hair headlights which I bought anyway time for some pics.

Before


Masked up


After


Before


After


Duckbill before


Fitted and painted


Tomorrow I will take it back off and fit it properley.

butleraw said

Hi, how much did you pay for it?

500 quid mate

After ordering my grille yesterday I decided that I best tidy up where it is going so took the old one out with the lights.
Wire brushed all the rust to get the all the loose paint off
Give it a good sand down
Put some rust stuff on 2 coats and left it to dry properly
Primed it 2 coats

Tomorrow I will wet and dry it and then I will spray some gloss black on and the lacquer it
Will post some finished pics on tomorrow

Also got my metering head today now I just need my fuel pump. And it might be running. Hopefully
 :pray:

Looks a great wee project, keep up the good work.

I started mucking about with cars when I was your age with an old 1200cc Vauxhall chevette, kept me out of trouble!

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