'83 Mk1 Golf Formel E
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Last Sunday I picked up my Mk1 Golf Formel E and yesterday was the first day of many to come making a start at completely restoring the old girl!
So, I started by taking all of the junk out the car as I couldn't even see into the back!
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Happy face after getting the seats out!
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Looked much better after a bit of a clear out!
Once the inside was a little cleaner, I started on removing the bumper, grille and lights!
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Getting the bumper off was an absolute nightmare!!!
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Managed to get the grille out…after snapping it at the top, ugh.
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And then the lights! Also had to get Mike help me with one little screw on the left light, I just couldn't get the silly thing out.
Once I had most of the front end out, I went to start on the back bumper…
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Unfortunately, I couldn't get these bolts to budge AT ALL!
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I will be at UD all next weekend so won't be working on her now until the weekend after, hoping to finish stripping the car down and then start sanding some panels down - fun stuff!!
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A few pretty pictures I got
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if you get a socket set with a T bar you can also use a longer bit of metal tubing on the T bar to give you even more leverage for really stubon bolts.
keep the updates coming and sorry if I'm telling you "how to suck eggs"
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1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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I do love that colour it's the same as my golf c
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Managed to remove the rest of the carpets today, which was a nightmare!! Slowly starting to realise every little thing on this car will probably be a ballache..
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On the upside of things I'm currently waiting for my new door to arrive and looking out for a windscreen if anybody knows of one going cheap?? (not bothered about cracks/chips)
I desperately need to get the car sealed properly, it's kinda looking like a swamp!
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Hopefully the next update will be a better one with better progress to share!
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I thought I'd follow my last post up with some pictures from Sunday's work and also tonight's
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She wasn't looking too good this week at all after the weather seemed to have destroyed her completely the past two weeks
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It'd been bugging me like crazy all week that my car was in this state, so took advantage of the glorious weather we had this evening and really cleaned her up! Stood with a mop and bucket for 30 minutes (yes, 30 minutes!!) mopping up all the water festering in the foot-wells, much better!
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I also swapped my pedal rubbers for some new ones, the old ones were looking a bit worse for wear
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…I'll just keep pretending that I never saw that rust for now.
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Pretty new rubbers
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So…that's all for now! Saturday I will be removing my back bumper and maybe fitting my new door..if it ever arrives that is! I seem to have been waiting a lifetime for that thing
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Was going to sell the car as me and my partner did a last minute move and there was no room…couldn't do it.
She's being moved on Saturday to my grandmas house until i can sort an engine for her
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Anyone selling an engine?
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