The 81' Lemongelb 'moredoor' restoration page.

Hey Everyone

I am fairly new to this forum so i'll introduce myself again my name is Jack and i have just purchased this very early series 2 Mk1 golf GLS which missed out on being a series 1 by just 60 days which is rather remarkable but it was owned by a old man here on the Isle Of Wight and i have bought it to restore it!

i am no rooky to the world of Volkswagen's having owned 4 other Mk1's i live, eat, and breath these retro icons and with no further ado here is the latest.

Here she is the day i picked it up. ( the previous owner had tried to make it 'cool' by lowering it 40mm and putting some snowflakes on )



I got her back to the workshop and immediately got to work on a clean up.


bumpers off!


non genuine wings off!


unfortunately i didn't take Before & After shots of the engine bay cf_emoticons__BangHead: but i did spray everything over several times with degreaser to remove 32 years of grime!


more progress to come and more pics of the absolutely immaculate un molested interior  

a little bit of oem. just bought these to get rid of those cabby snowflakes



and a bit of inspiration for those who are wondering what direction this project is going

Workshop?

You mean BATCAVE!

Good luck dude.

zorg said

Workshop?

You mean BATCAVE!

Good luck dude.

well there is bats in there lol

looking forward to the updates, good luck with the restoration    

Good luck with the resto mate! love the man cave!!

Nice to see another lemon yellow. And what a cool workshop. I'll be keeping me eye on this one.

thats not a workshop, thats a bat cave! haha

seriously though, where is your workshop?

haha cool setting for a workshop

Looks an interesting project/restoration. Not many Lemon Yellows about. Keep the updates coming.

Be interesting to see a more door completely restored.

I love the workshop. I take it that it's an old entrance to a mine or on old workshop on a mine somewhere?

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thank you so much for the replies and good comments everyone!

the workshop is actually an old storage cave that was used by a nearby train station which is no longer in use!

as soon as i get some time off work i'll be giving the car some more love. will update as soon as i can

Nice car and should look stunning when finished! I also love the workshop! Is that the workshop the 'A' Team use and in about an hour the Mk1 will drive out looking like a Sherman Tank?

haha i hope not! but thanks for the nice words mate i cant wait to get stuck into it a little more! must make more free time

I know how you feel! I took my Mk1 off the road 10 months ago with full intensions of a full resto within 2 years, I've not started yet!!!!   Good luck with yours dude and I will be keeping an eye on progress.

also for those who didnt get to see my introduction thread a while back, here is my daily mk1 for the minute but sadly she is up for sale!

Looking forward to the updates

cheers mate

i was wondering though if anyone can point me in the right direction. i'm looking a website that might be able to help me figure out the original spec for my lemon yellow.. i know that there is websites like this for the swallow tail mk1's but id really like to find out exactly what sort of tyres ect this car would of have from factory cheers

Nice car, better cave, awesome  

Your cabby looks rather special too!

Matt

pazwaa said

Nice car, better cave, awesome  

Your cabby looks rather special too!

Matt

thanks for the good comment Matt

Cabby is for sale if you are interested