Project power house - Coilovers fitted

Well, after buying train tickets to go to bonny Scotland to get a Golf C. The guy decided to tell me the back windows been put through and its a write off….ye nice one.

So saw this on ED38, yes am aving that. Where a ya from I say…..Portsmouth!!! Christ! 560 mile round trip here I come. So off I went, my good freind kindly offered to tek me down, wish she didnt now

Drove the 1981 golf n 1.1 all the way back from Portsmouth to Yorkshire. Not a nice journey, the carbs dodgy as hell. Requires the choke been on for it to run and it doesnt like to idle, and front driver wheel bearing must be non existant, as it meks a rate racket. Then the aerial for the radio is duff, and the CD player wudnt play my copied CD's…nooooo! The only station I could get on the radio, probably the worst station ever……..classic FM. Must admit I'm up on some classic mozart now :wink:  8)  

Things it needs

Wing and door
Rocker gasket
Aerial
Carb sorting
Wheel bearing

Other than that the car is actually pretty mint. The only rust is a tiny bit on the back panel near the tow eye, and a tiny bit on the back arch

It has only 2 owners from new, me been the 3rd. 65k miles. Every single MOT from new, every tax disc from new. Original bill of sale from new. Everything that it needed doing it went to a VW garage, and have about a thousand reciepts for this lol Every single bit ya get when its new it has, booklets, owners handbook etc









Plans are to make it mint, wide ass wheels. Keeping it simple

decent project, although not the best example i've ever seen :wink:

what's up wth the wing? it just looks scratched to high heaven, or is it faded etc?

good to see another one being taken back to glory

Its just faded, should come up mint with a t-cut and polish

Also got old skool seats with no headrests 8)  8)

Looks like it could be a good a find - are you sure O/S A-post is straight?

Hairyarse said

Looks like it could be a good a find - are you sure O/S A-post is straight?

good point, could be bent from that door knock :dontknow:

i saw this little  beast, looks like a nice little number, very tidy and standard, should turn out to be a nice little car
JJ

No its not bent, the door still works fine it just has a massive wack in it

Mullet52 said

No its not bent, the door still works fine it just has a massive wack in it

Obviously worth having a good look at the base of it, when you remove the wing and door for repair/replacement though. From the pics, the sill looks straight.

Looks to me like the door's been blown/knocked all the way open so it's even contacted the front wing. :dontknow:

Looks very tidy other than that. :y:

Any interior pics? (just because I'm nosey)

What's the plans?

No interior pics yet will try an get some tomoz

Just stripped engine bay out a bit, found the carb problem. Got a oil leak somewhere so cleaned engine down, nice, clean and dry now so gotta find where that leak is coming from. Think its either coming from the crank pulley or sump

The plans are

Wide ass wheels to get a mega stance
Painting the outside of the grill red
All red rear lights

Keeping it simple and clean really

Just need to source a genuine wing and a door

Wing nearly off



Nearly there!



Wehey!

looks nice and solid under there chris :y:

Aye its solid

Ave got a massive grin on me face now aswell. Theres a little VW auto place in my village like 5 min walk from mine. Thought I'd pop in and try if he got a passenger door. The only mk1 panel he has…..and its a passenger door. Thats absolute mint condition, no rust at all. ?50 he wants. Loving it!

good stuff, if there's owt you're after let me know. i've just stripped my mk1 and am replacing 99% of parts

What ave ya got John? I need a ashtray, handbrake cover thing as mines just the metal, some sort of K&N open filter to go on my 1.1 solex carb, wing arial that goes up an down

Engine looking a bit sorry for itself



Cleaned up front panel

i have a spare handbrake cover, the bit at the base. or do you need the handle cover?

i might have a spare ash tray mucking about, got a spare dash that is a bit mullered, might still have the ash tray with it.

The handle cover I need, also I need a drivers side mirror. The old skool type with no inside adjusting

sounds like your running problem with the carb is to do with the flange/gasket at the base of the carb just had to do this to mine (1.3) seems a lot better but realised inlet gasket needs replacing so gonna do that in bout an hour.

Na I found out it was the vacumm advance pipe wasnt connected, sorted that nar

Just been down to get me door, and he's found an absolute minter of a bonnet, in same colour as my car, no dents, no scratches, its mint!. Best thing is he's give me it for nowt  :mrgreen:

What a legend!!!!