I'm new, hello

Hi all, I have just got my first mk1. Its 1978 1.5 Diesel in need of engine and gearbox. It came from a garage where it had been taken for repair. The engine and box were removed and for some reason work stoped time went on and eventualy the engine and box were thrown away. The car hung about in a corner for a few more years. Finaly a friend found it and ?100 later its mine!



I'm now off to the Teck section to ask people about finding engines. See you there!

Oh yes, anybody know what colour it is?

I think I remember seeing this car advertised on Volkszone, you did good to get it for ?100 because it was something like 300-400 wasn't it?

Anyway, I think you're looking at a very faded Mars Red there.

Goof luck with the project and welcome to the site!

Perfect opportunity for a 1.9 aaz conversion :wink:

Nice find!  Welcome to the site.

Nice find. It looks like it will be mars red 1 as its an early car. Hard to tell though. Good luck with finding an engine

hi there and welcome to the site.

saw this on VZI and Lawsy was interested.

what are your plans for it.

nice to another member of the 5 door clan.

   

LOl, yeah i was interested, but not at teh ?350 or so taht it was advertised for..

Good buy for ?100 mate

Welcome to the site, dont forget to start a thread in cars n projects to keep us all updated

Well done on another 5dr.. yay

Ps, dont also forget to sign up, its ?15 for the year and you'll soon save that with discounts from the likes of GSF, Footman James and others…

OK so It was from a friend and a gave him a few parts for his car in the deal but ?100 was the cash that changed hands :wink:

Tell me more about the 1.9aaz conversion, is that TDI?

I have a 1.6 TD in the garage that I was thinking about fitting but need to sort a gearbox, not sure what to use.

Will post pics as I go.

Thanks for the welcome!
Rob

Hi and welcome! It's a shame the engine wasn't in it, there are precious few 1.5d's left, it would have been cheaper tax than the 1.6d aswell. Nice biscuit coloured interior by the way! My dad's selling a running 1.9TD (75hp) out of a Vento (same as Mk3 Golf) if you're interested. Although your 1.6TD will obviously go straight in without any mods. Nice to see another diesel on the scene anyway! Here's my 1.6 Mars red diesel :

That looks like a bargain, I know of a drivable VR6 ?500 you could slap that in their!

Adieiow Thanks for the offer, its going to be used every day, think I'll keep it a bit more standard and useable!
Diesel Dubber thats Beautiful! I'm a fan of basic bodywork with no spoilers, arches etc Is that Mars Red and what are the wheels?

Ta for the comments. It's Mars Red, yes. I've slowly got it up to this standard over the last couple of years cos it was faded like 99% of them are, and needed the usual minor cosmetic repairs to be expected. The original engine is so reliable though, it's just keeping the rest of the car up to scratch that takes the work!
The wheels are Mk2 Golf 14'' steels. I wanted something non-GTI-ish, but wasn't that keen on the skinny original 13'' steels it had (they'd seen better days anyway), so opted for these as they're a bit chunkier…6J instead of 5J and take slightly lower profile tyres.