Hello from Gloucestershire

Evening all.  I just found the site through Google and thought I'd sign up as I may be in the market for a Mk1 Golf GTi.

A bit more about me?  Well my name's Jon and I'm from Cheltenham in Glos.  I'm 36 now but my first ever car was a Lhasa Green Mk1 GTi (EFH 189Y) which I bought for ?750 in 1992!  To say I loved that car would be an understatement, it was my pride and joy.  I lowered it on Bilsteins, added a Magnex, BBS body kit, 5-spoke alloys, Zender roof kit and lots more.  I wonder if it's still around, maybe the owner is on here!

Here's a photo (was a scanned image so quality is a bit crap)…



Owned 3 further GTi's (all Mk1's) as well but the first was by far the best.

I'm looking for a car at the moment and would love an old skool Golf again, will have to see if one turns up which fits the bill.

Anyway, just wanted to say hello!

Oh, just found this mint programme too, from back in the day when I attended GTi International

how u doin mate… same age as alot of us on here (well there are a few old en's)!!
Hope your old car is still alive
 :wink:
daz

Thanks pal

There's just something which has drawn me back to wanting another one.

I've had some pretty cool cars including a 306 Rallye, Impreza P1 and I currently drive a Renaultsport M?gane R26.

At the moment it's a flip up between a 306 GTi6 or a Mk1 GTi

Welcome cuj i owned a helios blue campaign back in the early 90's then moved with the times as you do 2 mk2 gti's,mk3 vr6, audi's bm's etc etc.Always knew that i would have a mk1 again some day. Earlier this year got a silver campaign and joined this club.Meet loads of sound people and made loads of new friends.The comments and attention a mk1 gets is amazing.forget the 306gti6.You know it makes sense

Where do you guys recommend is the best place to look for one.  I've trawled Edition 38, PH, eBay, Autotrader, Veedub owner's forums - any other tips on where I might find one for sale?!

Welcome to the forum!

Good luck in your search for you new MK1, keep an eye on the for sale forum here and on the other forums. Hopefully you'll find your dream car soon!  8)

The enquiry is complete  

 The vehicle details for EFH 189Y are:  

Date of Liability  01 07 2003  
Date of First Registration  01 02 1983  
Year of Manufacture  1983  
Cylinder Capacity (cc)  1780CC  
CO2 Emissions  Not Available  
Fuel Type  Petrol  
Export Marker  Not Applicable  
Vehicle Status  Unlicensed  
Vehicle Colour  GREEN  
Vehicle Type Approval   
This vehicle can be licensed at a DVLA Local Office without the V5C Registration Certificate  

Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle     
6 Months Rate  ?104.50  
12 Months Rate  ?190.00  

Nothing has happened on the old motor since 2003.. maybe inside someones garage?  :dontknow:

Anyway welcome to the site matey!  :mrgreen:

Thanks guys, maybe old EFH is no more then

Does anyone know anything about http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-MK1-GOLF-GTI-CAMPAIGN-MINT-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ230394583542QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item35a49659f6#ht_1328wt_999?  I noticed an old Classified Ad for it, and it didn't sell for circa ?6k.  Anyone on here got any clues, seems in pretty honest nick!

Patience is the biggest problem took me a good 6-8months to find the right one.Put a post on cars wanted

welcome to site mate,we have a local s west meet at the air balloon 1st sun of the month if you are interested  

Hiya   ….you have just took me back reading your post. Welcome by the way…Mine was an MK1 1100 70,000 on the clock and in white back in 1991 (probably rare now), my mate ran it into a lampost that apperaered in the road, :dontknow:  it broke my heart and it stayed with me untill I could afford another, not that I can afford the current one just lucky i have a vw scrapyard up the road and parts are resonable and fun to look for; The recent one was originally for my partner (maniputaed of course ) but she could not get insurence for it so I guess I had to keep it. Yeah it was a bit of a dog but is that not half the fun of putting it back together :roll: So may i suggest just buy the best of whats on offer at the moment and forget about the other car: :mrgreen:

i think i had that car im in winchcombe cannt remeber the reg but the description sounds the same as i had did you sell it or px with cleeve hil garages?ive to come back to the mk1 s great cars

Evening folks. Hi Matty, I sold the car on to a chap in Cheltenham, can't remember exactly where or what he did with it but it was a private buyer.

Few more pics I found.  I seriously have the bug again for another, I'm just worried about having a 26 year old car as a daily driver.







That car was the nuts  

why not import a brand new Mk1 made by VW of South Africa. They are phasing production of these out soon due to jigs getting old and increasing cost of keeping plant running. Just a thought! Here's a link
http://www.vw.co.za/models/citi/
Obviously you will need to ship it, sva it, tax it etc but its brand new