Lifer project '79

hi all, just thought you'd like to see a few pics of my 79 gti, which although I haven't got the skills (yet) has gotta be worth a go….any ideas of the colour?

with 'new' tailgate and rust repair

The good side!

Both sills are shot and both inner and outer arches too!
Oh and found a few holes in the roof!!! No doubt more still to come
gotta love the tartan
call in rentokill…….got serious timworm

hope your pockets are  full of cash  

you gotta start somewhere :y: . keep us posted with how you get on ,

colour is inari silver, love it but they all seemed to rot in that colour.

Say goodbye to your weekends/evening/other half and social life that car will take over your life and your bank balance!    

Keep the pictures of the progress coming

Got a mate who's giving me his mig to lend and an air compressor, which is nice
Just don't tell my mrs about those bank balance comments.
Thanks for the colour volkswarren, been on my mind.
Oh an this used to be my daily driver until the gearbox went bang

She's still in the garage awaiting a box (18months!)

nice little project

for an early Mk1 those inner wings don't look too bad.. mine were as bad as that and managed to repair them myself (previously never welded)

keep the updates coming  8)

Some wings and wheels…..haven't sorted out the inner wings yet, and the wheels will go on my '81 gti as i want 280 brakes

Looks like a good buy there. Is paint original, didn't know you could get a GTI in that colour? Get to work on it :borg: .

Good luck

Best of luck pal!

You going to keep it in that colour… hope so, looks  8)

yea the paint is origional, bar a crappy respray in same colour !!! it's everywhere, lol
I'd never seen a gti that colour before and I love it so it's gotta stay, real contrast with the red tartan interior….think it'll look well smart with a red surround grill too (which is what it came with)
At the moment she's gotta take a back burner to my black mk1 though as the mrs is gettin well peed at me havin 3 cars. just cant explain enough how rare the 79 is and I had to have ops:     :twisted:
My 81

Gotta get the gearbox in, and fit 4 branch maifold, exhaust, sand down and spray the sunroof, and give some rust treatment.
Too many fingers and too many pies

Good luck with the resto mate. Get stuck in there!

There was a thread about that colour a week or so ago. Apparently its an imported car if its in that colour as it was never an option in the UK.

Anyone got one of the manuals if so are they any good?
need all the help I can get
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Cheers

Yeah, I got one. I think its pretty good. Its got a nice lot of pics too.

I have one but i honestly dont think theres a lot in there that isnt in the haynes mk1 golf workshop manual and haynes bodywork repair manual, infact i would just buy these two as they have more detail (imo)