my first mk1 golf

hi im 17 and been looking for a mk1 golf for a year now but onli being a student not having much money being able to buy one well my lucky changed and was looking and found a 1.1 formula e four door for 100 pound i went had a look and fell in luv with it straight away it had been stode for a year and ran out of petrol and wasnt keeping my hopes up but i put some petrol in the tank turn the car over on the still charged battery and it wasnt man anoth so sucjk the petrol up so sucked it up my self
luvly taste and the while my dad turned it over i poured a lil petrol into top of car and vroom it started like straight away so from then my mission begins the car itself has had a 1.3 engine put in at one time and wondering does anyone no what the E stands for in its name because on the gear stick it dont have 4th its just E and got it home because was dark and had a good look over and was well suprised most of the golfs on hear have lil bit of rust but this one has one lil bit were had a scuff on the rear quarter were has gone throught to paint but it isvery clean even under neath is no rust but the big thing is gonna be today because it has a big leak and been told its the plastic membrane in the door because there all ripped out so the floor carpets are verry wet so gonna get the interior out and up comes the carpets and then we will see whats goin on so i give my self luck and will post some pictures and will keep u posted  thank  

sounds good mate, btw its a formel not a formula…sadly u wont be going THAT fast lol.

i found if u pressure wash the carpets it will take most of the smell out…leave it hanging on the line/in ur porch or something.

check underneath plastic arches, where the rear axle mounts on, around the fuel filler neck, fron jacking points, and anywhere else…u will get a much better idea when u take the carpets up
hth all sounds goos mate

JJ

pictures!!!!  

are sound took out the seats and carpets and door card there was no membrane so sorted that out today and the seals at the top of the door are had it so does any one no were will get them from but the floor under the carpets is imaculat was very very suprised with the amount of water and the jet was was the best idea the carpets are no long growing lol and smell alot better went over the whole car andf only rust i can see is lil hole in spare wheel well and lil bit on drivers side rear wheel arch but no holes the 70 quid is getting more worth while each time goin for a pre mot next week that will be funny all good but brakes feel lil sloopy anyways will get some photos and get them on tomoro for ya im a car sprayer myself and not sure what to do with the colour any ideas thanks

hi how does i get photos onto this can any one tell me please

Go on to something like photobucket.com, register and you will be able to upload images.  Onece you've uploaded them, you can copy the IMG code and paste it on here and it will bring up your photos.

chears mate got that sorted will put some pic up tomoro thanks

here are some pic sorri about quality using my phone and lil misty out side today
if u wondering where the grill is was just getting all the mold off looks horrible and just had to straighten the beam behine the bumper it was bent and the indercators were all bent inwards looks loads better now   best buy so far brought these wheels of a freind there bbs but are in abit of a state all paint flaking been restoring these wheels and so glad they came out amazing i striped all paint of them the painted the centers and sides white and spent alot of time polishing the rim and spoke well chuffed just 3 more to do

not bad for 5 hours work

Its going to look good with those wheels on it. Your car reminds me of the first MK1 I went to look at, we drove for about 3 hours to get to it and it was totally roten. The guy selling it said it was solid!  :twisted:   I never even spoke face to face with him just seen it parked and had a look!

thanks mate hopeit does its taking me long to do just two wheels but will be worth while and this was a exelent find for me forthe price andits rust free im well supized starting under the bonnet tomoro till i get paid have no money so a lil elbo grease dont cost nothing clean it right up take bonnet of and do under side of thatto  just a spross up

just relized started my engine up today and notice when first starts and ticking over its kk but the oil like came on does any one know what that could be cheaked the oil and thats all fine thanks

well just updating short of money so went on a cleaning rampage and cleaned under side of bonnet and stater to clean the drivers side inner wing and chassis leg looking smart well cool and painter the fan cover black looking smat under the hood gonna do the other side tomoro cuz looking odd

started some body work today what a ass to get the wings of so much sealer and panel bound well got the wing of because of bubling on the top and some one had painted with good noes what but i found out why it was bubbling because some one had welded a patch in the top of the wing and not put nothing on the under side and it had rot away so cut that out and got ready to fill the dents and weld new patch in tomoro just wondering what 5s that rubbry shit that around were the wing joins is it panel bond

well was gd today repaired my wing and dents and found a suprise under there but one good suprise was that was cleaning inside my engine bay and noticed that it sed webber 34 on it and looked it up and this seems it better than the original so that wwas gd