What made you buy your first ever Mk1?
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What made you buy your first ever Mk1?
Mine was in a friends garage looking so sorry for itself I just had to fix it up, spent a year working on it without ever driving a Mk1 before 8O and when I did…. It made all the blood, sweat, burnt skin from welding and a few choice words at times completely worth it!
what made you buy your first Mk1?
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And the long, sort of shark-like bonnet and grill. The flared arches too with their stone chip covers. I guess it's no one single thing, but the whole package which comes together so well and makes them look so good. 8)
1983 Lhasa Green GTI
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1991 MK2 Golf G60 20VT
1991 MK2 Golf GTI 16V Oak Green
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1991 MK2 Golf GTI 16V Oak Green
www.vwgolfmk2.co.uk
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Oh and something to fiddle with cos they're never finished!!!
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Then I remember my mate at work had a LHD Mk1 imported from Germany and it was mint when I was 18 which had been subtlily modded, I really loved the looks of his Mk1 1st, then when I actually drove it……well you know the rest
My 1st one was a X reg Mars Red 1.6 gti and it was a screamer!! :twisted:
wicked little car sold that to a mate who promptley wrote it off and then brought my 1st 1.8 DX in shiny Shwartz Black when I was a mere puppy (20 years old) that got written off by a muppet in a fiesta who was drunk with no insurance (the saddest day of my life)
Now 32 and with my 16th Mk1 under my belt still love the design handling and character :wink:
1983 MK1 PIRELLI EDITION
Alpine White LHD ("SOLD")
Alpine White LHD ("SOLD")
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I'm now mk1less, ahhhhhhh!
Gone but not forgotten;
'83 Schwarze black GTi
'83 Lhasa green GTi
'80 Indiana Red Met. GLS
Gone but not forgotten;
'83 Schwarze black GTi
'83 Lhasa green GTi
'80 Indiana Red Met. GLS
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judgeyc said
The performance,and the fact you don't see many others.
Oh and something to fiddle with cos they're never finished!!!
something along those lines yeah & just to confuse the "mechanic" at the garage when he asks where to plug the laptop in! :mrgreen:
86 Christmas Collection Cabby GTi in Saphire Blau!
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that and seing Richard LLoyds black mk1 winning everything in the early years of touring cars! the cars just looked good to me even in standard form, and I got my first mk1 when i was 17, a 1978 1600 GLS with a badly knocking bottom end!!, a few weeks later and me and my big bro had put in a new crank, shells etc etc and a webber twin carb, and it was a little flyer!! easily as fast as a gti well almost :wink:
92 Sportline in Flash Red, Standard **SOLD**
91 G60 Corrado in Aqua Blue pearl
91 Rallye Golf, Tornado Red, AMD tuned to 220bhp 227 flb torque 9j x16 Borbet B alloys
1985 B Alpine white mk2 Golf Gti
91 G60 Corrado in Aqua Blue pearl
91 Rallye Golf, Tornado Red, AMD tuned to 220bhp 227 flb torque 9j x16 Borbet B alloys
1985 B Alpine white mk2 Golf Gti
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Really i just love the styling, if you think back to what else was on the market in 1980, the golf gti just blew them away.. I owned a triumph spitfire for a while, it was 1981, the same year as my gti.. there was no comparasom the gti was so technologically advanced!
Garage:
83 Mk1 Golf GTi Campaign - Mars Red - Totally Standard
78 Honda Civic 1200 Hondamatic - Silver
07 Honda Civic ES 2.2 CDi - Black, all the options!
83 Mk1 Golf GTi Campaign - Mars Red - Totally Standard
78 Honda Civic 1200 Hondamatic - Silver
07 Honda Civic ES 2.2 CDi - Black, all the options!
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I pick my 1st GTi up tonight
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found some wheel trims at the WV dealer that looked just like alloys.
it did for the time look the dogs the thing i never did was put the GTI badges on didnt think that would be right
i had that little car HEN307N till the floor pan rusted through in the rear and the revers gear went
it has taken 25yrs to get another but at least this time the badge is the one i wanted but couldn't afford way back then
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Love made me buy my car :wink:
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Yradave says relax.
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GTI Campaign Helios Blue, Going back Standard
GTI Campaign Schwartz Black shouldn't have sold
GTI Mk7 Performance pack Daily drive
Polo 1.4sel Sunset Orange The Wife's
Triumph Tiger
GTI Campaign Schwartz Black shouldn't have sold
GTI Mk7 Performance pack Daily drive
Polo 1.4sel Sunset Orange The Wife's
Triumph Tiger
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Speeding is like masturbation, everyone does it ,but it's not something you should record and put on the internet!!
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