Pepe's Mk1 Golf GX

some of you may now this car, its been owned by a couple of mods on here and maybe a few members too, i bought my 5 door gx 1.5 8v in april to restore etc and have been using it as a weekend/mess about car really and not done much to it, its pretty solid where it matters and runs like a dream, the only problem was abit of rust on the body so yesterday i got my finger out and started my little resto project! sorry about crap quality pics, digital cam is bust so iphone will have to do

did have gold rims but they were flaky so quick paint in satin black was done


got it on the operating table and cut it open


this is the worst area we found along the sill, apart from the bent floor (from improper jacking) which was easily whacked out


new sill cut/shaped and postioned, was suprised at how well the pattern fit to be honest




welded on ground back and filler added


thats all i had time for yesterday

oh forgot to add a pick of engine bay parts painted up, made it look so much cleaner



more importantly more progress today!!!

Arch cut out and repaired!




Bit of the back panel repaired



Rubbed down and stonechipped the sill, bit more filler on the arch but couldn't be bothered taking a pic of that as I was hungry so tomorrow I should be rubbing like a mad man and get some primer on to seal it all up!

any/all feedback welcome

looking good, yours is coming on better than mine at the mo but getting there, keep up the good work

chris

cheers mate, clicked the link in your sig but doesnt go anywhere?

another skim of filler a rub back and then some high build on, looks good if i do say so myself, lol

is that A289 FLF  :dontknow:

it is indeed, i gather your a previous owner?

Pepe said

it is indeed, i gather your a previous owner?

yeah :mrgreen:   i had the car about 2/3 years ago, also bert owned it before me :wink:

its looking pretty damm good, if my arches come out near as good as those ill be well chuffed, my link now works too

chris

Looking sharp dude.  I'd love to have a butchers at this.  You do the welding and body stuff yourself?  Great stuff if so.  High five for you.

Cheers man! Yeah I do it, love getting my mitts dirty shouldn't be too long before I have real progress then well have to all have a meet again!

Got bored had a few mins spare, an expensive touch up can (nozzle is amazing!!!) and the state of these always vexed me, so….





Have the two strips in primer but think I might need to put some high build on and flat them as they had loads a dents!

Few deliveries I've had over last few days!



Also bought a chrome water pipe on eBay at the bargain price of £17!!

A "perfect condition" bonnet for £22 and still have a load of new parts at my unit!

Starting to get excited now!!!

good job
i have GX too

I owned A289FLF many years ago,used it every day,was going to chop it up when i finished with it but sold it barry the bodge,he sold it to an old guy called Don,he run it for 18 months and ans4r had it off him,the engine is from a jetta with low mileage,it was a W plate jetta off my old gaffer a 1 owner car,i dieseled the jetta and put the petrol in the GX
The wings were just put on when i first got it,but were a darker shade of green,was a great car,never missed a beat,i put a luk clutch in with the engine and it drove mint,i had gti rims on it,the sills were squished when i had it,but never did anything about it as they wernt rotton so i left them alone,my names on the old mots if you have them,i always test my own cars  :wink:
Bert

Don't have much in the way of paper work but did abit of digging around this time last year and it seems no on has a bad word to say about the little slapper! Lol

Still runs sweet! Gonna treat it to a real good tune maybe use my carb rebuild kit this summer!

Hey Pepe.

Golf is definately looking better than your Polo.

haha cheers rich  :wink:

ok not updated this in an age but thought i better had, a few months ago i had a week off work so i cracked on with the body work, rebuilt 2 of the bbs rms, built up a spare bbs rm, bought a load of fresh bits and bobs. heres some pics of the progress

general prep etc


























what was a mint arch decided it was going to rot away whilst in storage over winter under the gti arches so that got welded up etc



as did the back corner



in primer



then got it into paint









panels started to go back on




then it was time to start rebuilding it





having a bake in the mini heat wave we had in may/june


windows back in ready for a flat and buff




starting to look like a car again





got it ready for its MOT











Flew through its mot, then i took it to a show that weekend

Love it!  :mrgreen:

Glad you like it, done a few other bits and pieces and hopefully today I'm going to fit my new rear screen seal with the chrome trim as it the only seal that don't have the chrome in it!

Nice ! great job

ok so postman delivered another load of goodies the other day! few detailing bits and a couple of head units, (one is for my mate bought 2 to get them abit cheaper)



had a bit of time before i got back to work so decided id fitthe new headunit gone from this which doesnt suit any part of the cockpit and stick out like a sore thumb





to this





Today i fitted my new seal and chrome trim today! Think it finishes of the exterior nicely!

Before


After


Just ticked over 200k aswell!


Nearly ready for vw fest