Mk1 cabby hard top

How rare is a mk1 cabby hard top, I think they look the part! Anyone got one or general info!!!

Only 2 of these known left to exist. Only ever seen 3. As far as i know only 5 were ever made.
Cheers
Andrew

Rocking horse poo indeed by the sounds of it. There was one at the AGM this year.  

They are rare enough for me to tackle building one myself onto my hood frame. The one you are talking about I presume is a vilkus roof … I think about 4 exist and one of those is heavily modified. They were about £1000 in the 80's I think and a good one if I am correct is a few thousand if sold. And to add a rumoured 9 were built before the company went bust lol 

madman said

They are rare enough for me to tackle building one myself onto my hood frame. The one you are talking about I presume is a vilkus roof … I think about 4 exist and one of those is heavily modified. They were about £1000 in the 80's I think and a good one if I am correct is a few thousand if sold. And to add a rumoured 9 were built before the company went bust lol 

Just out of interest which are the 4 that you know of?
The only ones i know of are the yellow highly modified one, the green one with the black roof and the black sportline (all these cars had the same roof on them). Then the all white one and the white one with the stripes down the roof has the same roof on.
Thats two, the only other one ive seen is pictures of one which is black with a yellow roof but dont know if it still exists.
Cheers
Andrew

Same ones that you mention but wasn't aware that they were the same roofs on different cars … I will do some digging and see what I can find out … a white (unfinished?) Roof went on eBay some time ago as I remember seeing the thread with the link to it. As I said earlier I was informed by a friend who works in the classic car editorial trade that there have been a rumoured 9 built total and I kinda trust what he says as he is very reputable within his work 

is this one?

looks very smart


All Types - Mk1 Golf by M-B Photography, on Flickr


All Types - Mk1 Golf by M-B Photography, on Flickr

yeah thats one mate.

That's the fella. Look awesome IMO.

I was idly thinking about this the other day. I love the shape of the Vilkus one (and its Transformer-esque charm) and the way you can turn it into a targa, but it's kinda ugly when folded down and my chance of ever owning one is zero.

A single-piece fibreglass hardtop, fitting over the folded-down soft-top like they did with the MX5, would be pretty easy to do. Admittedly you have to have somewhere to store it but the wind noise is pretty obnoxious with the roof up and that's a major point against keeping a Cabby as a daily for 4 months of the year with the weather we've been having recently…

The only downside for me would be worrying about the roof mech seizing or the top getting damaged from being retracted for half the year. I know the owner's manual warns against leaving the top down for more than three days - is this because of the layers of a vinyl roof sticking together (not a problem for me, I have a mohair roof…) or for some other reason?

I've asked a couple of suppliers, no promises but maybe a group buy would be a good idea?

Stone