yahoo , mk1 back on the road Today

Hi

the Sun is back in the sky & im just about to drive my mk1 for the first time in nearly 5 months , cant wait   ,fed up pampering her just want to do some driving now.

Front running gear re-furbed
Front panel re-sprayed
new Decals fitted last night
& a few other small things i cant remember right now.
cheers
baz

Ps.thanks to the friendly people on this forum who have posted tips/advice.

woo hoo, looks clean under there bud, glad shes back on the road again

chris

good stuff!

like the little ramp you have there  :wink: nice one!

ya lucky devil you, mine still not going to be ready for a month atleast, enjoy the ride mate

you have got it lookin good! i must tell the beak to log on to this forum and come see what a mistake he made selling it lol.

its a fast car too, there wasn't much between it and my last mk1 16v.

must get my one mot'd, been a while since i drove a mk1, just the best drive ever!!!!

thanks chaps

Thats it got road grime on it again & going like a rocket , only had one mishap today I had no radio reception so had to pull into a laybe & extend the aerial  

cheers
baz

thefox said

you have got it lookin good! i must tell the beak to log on to this forum and come see what a mistake he made selling it lol.

its a fast car too, there wasn't much between it and my last mk1 16v.

must get my one mot'd, been a while since i drove a mk1, just the best drive ever!!!!

Hi

Yea its being the perfect buy for me ,
first year i run it more or less the way it was til the winter set in, then i Enjoyed refurbing the running gear & fuel system at the back
then I run it all spring,summer,autum with out any problems
then I refurbed all the running gear at the front this winter
havnt had to touch the engine or box & dont intend to unless it goes Wrong , i did think about going for a full engine bay clean but im using it to much & it would just get dirty again in No-time

Have you decided to keep your MK1 ?  it looks great in the photos , TBH i cant understand how no-one snapped it up i even thought about coming up & having a look mysel but i didnt want you to think i might of being wasting your time
cheers
baz

Yeah i'm keeping it now, it doesn't need much really, cash flow and temporary loss of interest was my reason to try sell or swap.

its had nearly everything renewed with some nice upgrades, so would hope for 100% reliability once on the road, touch wood!

had somewhere in the region of 50 peeps looking for more pics and info but not one viewing, glad now! we must be meant to be together lol

will maybe do a thread on its progress, got its back end up in the air tonight ready for dropping the beam, so got the head on to get it done, just need to
keep at it and think of the rewards, a weekend should see it done.

cheers paul.

thats great , hope to see you around when its going , or if you need hand a extra set of hands to help with the work , just ask
cheers
baz

im away to get another pint of milk in the mk1 , thats ten pints today any one want some  

Cars looking good, bet you have some great roads up there to test out your handy work on the suspension , always fancied driving the scotish countryside

Hey Baz, good to see you got the old lady back on the road, I am finally mobile too at last! Whats the plans for this year?

bazmk1 said

thats great , hope to see you around when its going , or if you need hand a extra set of hands to help with the work , just ask
cheers
baz

im away to get another pint of milk in the mk1 , thats ten pints today any one want some  

cheers for the offer see how things go, you might just regret that lol, i will be out and about in it soon i hope.

Looks cracking!

cheers


hi
golfchick
I like that forum name , not sure what events im going to this year yet , but i am thinking about starting a Post for a meet at Knockhill classic car speedfair again , it was a great day out last year &  we can also meet up with other forum members from the south
also hoping for other peop to start a post this year for a Meet so i can just join-in , but if no-one starts a post by say the end of april I will make a effort to arrange a couple of meets
cheers
barry

the mark 1 golf is just a amazing car to drive   left for work this moring at 6:00 had the road to mysel , great tune came on the radio & i just opened her up , brilliant what a great feeling  :dance:

Lol maybe more like a hen than a chick these days!! I doubt I would make it to Knockhill, got a little dude to take care o now too so it changes things again. Do you know if there's any folk north o Inverness? Maybe you can give me a shout if ur planning going up to Dunrobin Castle (did u not go last year for a day out?), its a pest being all the way up here :roll: I guess there is the Tain Vintage Rally too. Its hard trying to organise stuff cos folk say they're coming then don't show up and its a bit off putting for the next attempt. I couldn't keep up the last run and that was in the Gti, the cabrio is much slower 8O

Cars looking great Baz. You can always tell you love that car when reading your posts It shows in the amount of work you put into it too!

Im hoping to get to some meets this year but unfortunately it will probably be in a blue oval :redfaced:

ross_m said

Cars looking great Baz. You can always tell you love that car when reading your posts It shows in the amount of work you put into it too!

Im hoping to get to some meets this year but unfortunately it will probably be in a blue oval :redfaced:

same boat as me ross :redfaced:  

dubhighland said

ross_m said

Cars looking great Baz. You can always tell you love that car when reading your posts It shows in the amount of work you put into it too!

Im hoping to get to some meets this year but unfortunately it will probably be in a blue oval :redfaced:

same boat as me ross :redfaced:  

What Ford are you driving?

Edit- sorry to hijack!

golfchick867 said

Lol maybe more like a hen than a chick these days!! I doubt I would make it to Knockhill, got a little dude to take care o now too so it changes things again. Do you know if there's any folk north o Inverness? Maybe you can give me a shout if ur planning going up to Dunrobin Castle (did u not go last year for a day out?), its a pest being all the way up here :roll: I guess there is the Tain Vintage Rally too. Its hard trying to organise stuff cos folk say they're coming then don't show up and its a bit off putting for the next attempt. I couldn't keep up the last run and that was in the Gti, the cabrio is much slower 8O

golfchick/hen  

the Ur quattros were struggling keeping up through the twisty roads as well , 2 Ur Quattros in my rear view mirror through the Glens , simply brilliant , prob never re-live that again
cheers
baz