New addition to the Lawsy Household _ AGAIN

Yes folks

I've picked up another ebay special

Yes, its another 5dr, descritption on ebay was very vague, but didnt look too bad, had MOT till end of July next year, Taxed till august next year and had just received new tyres and brakes with a full service, so i thought, It cant be that bad!!!

so here's the spec

He's a 1982 GL auto, 1457cc
10   8O  previous owners

Cant really get a good name from the plate so we're going for Eric  :dontknow:

But yes he's another 5dr in a cool shade of blue(not sure of the wheels tho)

so anyways, here's the ebay advert

ebay said

HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY LISTING,

AS YOU SEE FROM MY FEEDBACK I AM VERY LOYAL TO E-BAY,

I HAVE NEVER LISTED A CAR BEFORE,SO HERE WE GO,

THIS CLASSIC BELONGED TO MY LATE FATHER,

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GL AUTO  MK1,

1457cc,

2-AXLE RIGID,

PETROL,

TAXED TILL AUG 31st 2009,

MOT TILL JULY 22nd 2009,

REALLY GOOD RUNNER,

BODY VERY GOOD ,

ECONOMICAL,

HAD ?312.05 SPENT RECENTLY ON  OVERHAUL,GOT RECEIPTS

NEW BRAKES,TYRES OIL,FILTER ETC,

WINNING BUYER,I AM WILLING TO TRAVEL UPTO 50 MILES TO MEET OR DELIVER VEHILCLE ON RECIPT OF PAYMENT FIRST AND COVER COST OF A LITTLE FUEL,

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE E-MAIL ME OR E-MAIL ME YOUR PHONE No,

SELLING DUE TO OWNING MY OWN CAR,NO NEED FOR 2,

CHEAP STARTING PRICE,

GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR LOOKING.

So as you can doesnt look too bad!!!!

Looks like you got a bargain!

Love the colour  8)

Is that a blue dash. 8O

Love the seats. :wink:

yradave said

Is that a blue dash. 8O

Love the seats. :wink:

ye smate, blue and more blue..
blue everywhere..
so thats one of each now..

Re done with brown interior and brown dash, blue with blue interior and blue dash and silver with blue interior and blakc dash  :mrgreen:

will whack some more pics up ina bit when they've uploaded

looks good steve, wish i could get another golf for a daily but i'll have to wait until my insurance next comes up for renewal.

do you still have baptist's mk1, the mk2 and the mk3?

i think we need a big photo of them all.

ps. hope you and wendy are both well

John

No the baptists was only here a few days till mr CQ came and collected it..

Me n wendy are ok thanks mate, will have to try and get up to a meet of yours soon mate and catch up..

Anyways

More pics anyone????  :dontknow:  :dontknow:

:mrgreen:

Nicccccccccccccce

sweeet man get the wheels powdercoated though

will look awsome

Holly83 said

sweeet man get the wheels powdercoated though

will look awsome

why would i want them powdercoated??

they coming off soon and its getting a proper right whallop with the whacking lowering stick…  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

Had a good poke round today, found RUST, Some more RUST, a bit more RUST lots of water here it shouldnt be..

Auto choke dont work, neither does the heater or rear wiper, the horns been relocated to a bracket off the rocker cover with a switch on the dash, the dash lights dont work so the bulbs been pulled from the heater ocntrols and shove dinto the side of the dash lights.
did i mention the rust?
the arial mounted in a  bizzare place, the wings have been seam sealed to the scuttle
the scuttle bit inside has been coate din what looks liek creasote, the underneath has had lashing of waxoyl, probably covering lots of sins, the boot resembles a swimming pool!!

soin all, its a bit of a shed, but a shed with a years ticket, slam and use it whilst the hof gets re-born, then maybe eric will be re-born after

hi steve, and mrs L. i did see this on ebay,, looks gooood !!

dazzle

 

wen i got mine the rear wiper motor dint work

if i was you dismantle it and then soak the parts in a tub of wd 40 and spray some on the motor and the cogs

then leave for a day or so

then whack it direct to your battery with a couple of wires and it shuld free of mine did

jimmy

I did see this on ebay was tempted to make a bid for it because it was so cheap.  Looks lovely for the money, what you plan for it then?

Jimmy, think rear wiper dont work cos its not the original tailgate and it looks liekthe wires havent been connected, but even if they were, i dont think it would work as you can just grab the wiper and move it..

It'll all come off in time tho, its just going to be a daily andget used and abused whilst teh hof undergoes his transformation, then if its still alive, I'll start on him too

Just need to sort a few of the little things first to stop them getting worse then all will be ok.

If anyone wants the AA or RAC badges make me an offer by pm…

welsh-mk1 said

I did see this on ebay was tempted to make a bid for it because it was so cheap.  Looks lovely for the money, what you plan for it then?

not that great really, if it wasnt for it having nigh on a years tax   but willsee when i start using it/tinkering..

It stinks inside of DAMP..

As to plans, as said above sort the few little niggles and then whack it with the lowering stick and use it..
Got the mk3 as my daily and also mrslawsy's bluey to use too, so (hopefuly) it'll turn out good which means i may move ont he mk3 and use a permanent daily.

your gl brings back happy memories mate,i sold mine in late 90's and then later wished i hadn't.it was exactly the same as yours,the colour everything,even had the little overriders/headlight washers on the bumper.

rabbits do as rabbits do and rabbits do multiply

Don't look too bad for the price mate, especially if it's all surface rust!

You can iron out the little bits with time!

Still should have dropped in for a brew on your way past!

I think the surface rust is a little more terminal

had a poke round this morning and its worse than i first thought, it coudl stay on the road till its next mot, but if the rust thats easily spotted isnt cured NOW then i fear for its survival..

So it may become a parts source for us all yet, just annoying that ALL the DOORS are scabby, the wings have been seam sealed to the car (hopefully not welded)

The interior is tatty, all window rubbers have perished, the tailgate is even damaged

there's lashings of waxoyl/creosote stuff everywhere..
oh well, I'm still  :mrgreen: as it could become a garden feature!!!

Haha, what a good garden feature it would make.