1983 1.5 GX project (pic heavy)

well today i started a little bit of stripping, no real shocks lurking so far although there is some water in the rear o/s footwell which i will investigate further when i get the carpet off!




















rust free front arches which is nice  :smiley:







the evil rusty rear arches and sills;







rear tow hook




folding seats without a realse leaver in a 5dr  :grin:

I used to have a papyrus green GX, exactly the same as yours really! Same rust spots, and the same pools of water in the footwells  In the end I found it was coming in around the rear light clusters, as the panel around them had rotten through..

Good luck with the restoration!

Greg

got a little more done today, have also orderd a few engine service parts to see if i can get it running.


started by taking out the rest of the interior and checked the footwells for rust which there was none.














sump is very low  

Just changed the rocker cover gasket





was hoping to get it to fire up but couldnt get any life from the battery  :undecided: not sure if its the battery(i had it on trickle charge over night) or something more sinister

also found out therad is leaking like a seive so will need a new one. found this but surley it cant be right, a radiator for £2.96?? http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Volkswagen_Golf_1.5_1983/p/Car-Parts/Cooling-and-Heating/Cooling/Radiators/?200440030&1&65a81854352485332acc1821cc76f9c2335662f6&RADD

that price on that rad seems very wrong to me but if it is that much then happy days lol

simmo88 said

that price on that rad seems very wrong to me but if it is that much then happy days lol

well ive orderd it so we'll see what turns up through the post  

small update, now have around £3k to spend on the mk1. will more than likely get in contact with crazyquiffs as theyre pretty close by. anyone know if they do engine recons as well as bodyshop stuff?  i also have the dilemma of getting the mk1 there as i have no trailer


also now deciding on a colour to respray the car, im thinking a gold/brown metalic, thoughts?

Looks like you've got your work cut out and it's great to see a mk1 getting some TLC.  Hope it goes well.  As for colour I wouldn't go gold but that's just my thoughts… maybe check the old VW colours and have a look through  :dontknow: .

Good luck mate and hope it goes well.

Spudfingers said

Looks like you've got your work cut out and it's great to see a mk1 getting some TLC.  Hope it goes well.  As for colour I wouldn't go gold but that's just my thoughts… maybe check the old VW colours and have a look through  :dontknow: .

Good luck mate and hope it goes well.

any idea wherei could find a list/preview of old vw colours? :?

shepgx said

Spudfingers said

Looks like you've got your work cut out and it's great to see a mk1 getting some TLC.  Hope it goes well.  As for colour I wouldn't go gold but that's just my thoughts… maybe check the old VW colours and have a look through  :dontknow: .

Good luck mate and hope it goes well.

any idea wherei could find a list/preview of old vw colours? :?

You might want to install google toolbar and then click "translate" but this is from a German site:-

Paint Codes

Happy to help  :wink:

Spudfingers said

shepgx said

Spudfingers said

Looks like you've got your work cut out and it's great to see a mk1 getting some TLC.  Hope it goes well.  As for colour I wouldn't go gold but that's just my thoughts… maybe check the old VW colours and have a look through  :dontknow: .

Good luck mate and hope it goes well.

any idea wherei could find a list/preview of old vw colours? :?

You might want to install google toolbar and then click "translate" but this is from a German site:-

Paint Codes

Happy to help  :wink:

very helpful cheers  

No worries mate… probably one of the most important things to set the car off is the colour…. no pressure then   .  Keep us posted wont ya.  :wink:

Spudfingers said

No worries mate… probably one of the most important things to set the car off is the colour…. no pressure then   .  Keep us posted wont ya.  :wink:

haha i agree and its made harder because i dont want the colour to make it look to modern! :?

It's not a problem mate don't stress…. this thread shows lots of peoples cars for ideas IDEAS HERE or look around in the "Your cars and projects" section for ideas… with the colour chart and these two it should make your choice easier  :wink:

Update.


finally made a start on sorting the mk1 out recently.


new sill. (inner wing nice and solid)






chopping out the rot





dodgey repair section?

If you wanna shift the original wheels and caps let me know

I've got a GX too that I am fixing up.

Please keep the original colour! :pray:

I think so too-theyre aren't too many GXs about and to keep it original colour etc is a good idea in my opinion.

I still don't know why the previous owner of my car went for Matt black!! Soon to be back to OEM goodness though!

But its your car so do as you please!

yeah my plans towards the car changed regarding the paint. my only concern now is getting it solid and road worthy(and running :p)

chopped out and replaced the whole sill last weekend so i feel im making progress!


cavs the original steels are yours if you want to collect them. centers are gone though.

Ok cool-don't suppose you are at any shows this year are you?