does anyone else have a mk1 ngolf with a 1100cc engine

hi does anyone else have a 1100cc engine in there golf as i have been told that there as rare as rocking horse poo and i was wondering if this was true.

Mine did, but it was seized when I got it, so I replaced it with a 1300.

My Golf C still has its 1093cc lump in it 8) . Don't think they're that rare, although lots of 1.1 mk1's have had 1.3 blocks stuck in them by now.

Think the old 1.1 gets a bit of unfair stick. Mines standard apart from a weber replacment carb. the carb transformed the engine. Now not that much slower than my mates standard 1.3 and regular 36-7mpg, I'm happy

Not rare at all !  Sorry.  

Not rare as such but I would say that they have a very low survival rate compared to GTIs and Cabriolets. I can't honestly remember when I last saw a clean original example. 6 yrs ago when I was refurbing my GTI lots of the bits came from 1100 and 1300 Golfs in scrapyards for relatively minor rust or mechanical problems, no one wanted to save a lowly Golf C.

I can't honestly remember when I last saw a clean original example.

What about Dubboys blue series 1?

Probably because 1.1 and 1.3's lost their value quicker than GTI's/cabs and got sold on as cheap runarounds. Would have taken took a lot more abuse over the years and owners probably took less pride and care in them :cry: .

Cheers

Exactly, 1 out of @1,500 GTIs and Cabrios on this site  8O

markwon said

I can't honestly remember when I last saw a clean original example.

What about Dubboys blue series 1?

Cheers

Taken the day I bought her….  

Exactly, 1 out of @1,500 GTIs and Cabrios on this site

Mines not that bad …

…apart from glass sunroof, some stone chips and a bit of rust of the rear corners. Could also do with some better front seats, but can't find any good ones that match, another sign they weren't looked after

Origionaly i craved for a GTi, its the golf to have :mrgreen:  but 17 yr old didnt go down well with insurance  so i was forced onto the small engine models. funnily enough i have gained an immense ammount of respect for them, more so than the GTi, for their less common ness and character - and they still run!!  

A credit to the privious owners too for keeping them going (both of mine granny owned from new) and still piling hundreds of pounds into them through the 90's when the majority were going to the scrapyard

I dont think there is a LOT u can do the the engine itself, but i do run a weber carb on mine, still with standard air filter. it is suprisingly pokey for a 1.1

oh yeah, as for the rareness there was a 1.0L which are few and far between.

Greg 8)

markwon said

Exactly, 1 out of @1,500 GTIs and Cabrios on this site

Mines not that bad …

…apart from glass sunroof, some stone chips and a bit of rust of the rear corners. Could also do with some better front seats, but can't find any good ones that match, another sign they weren't looked after

Is that Paragas Blue (sp) markwon?

Is that Paragas Blue (sp) markwon?

….certainly is (Pargas blue - B5A)