Rieger GTB MK1 golf cabriolet 1985 C plate

I have owned the car for 1 year and the previous owner eight years where he purchased it from a farmer who had it stored in a barn for a number of years. Over the years he has spent his time working on the car and modifying it.

I purchased the car just over 1 year ago with the intention of making it a show car.

As with a car of this age there are good points and bad points which I will go into below, however it has just been through an MOT. The Car drives well and has a good deal of power considering the age of the vehicle!

The mileage is around 85k however the clock says in the 94k as the original one broke and replaced it with the one currently in the vehicle.



Good points:


(Previous owner)
Complete engine strip down, clean and rebuild including new valves, head, injectors.
New water pump and radiator.
4 branch performance manifold.
Full performance twin pipe exhaust system back from new manifold
Metering head adapter to fit cone air filter
Unleaded fuel conversion ? I recommend only using Shell Optimax or a 99 ron fuel.
New suspension system including 60mm lowering springs
Full powerflex kit including: front wishbone inner and rear bush
front anti roll bar mount and outer mount

rear beam mounting bush

rear anti roll bar inner and outer bush

steering rack mount

GTB body kit  (This was the last GTB kit ever made and exported from Germany.))
Kamei square grill and headlights
Professional Re-spray from Champaign to Suzuki racing bike purple
New Mohair roof
Fully de-badged and de-locked (not one lock on the outside of the car)
Tram lines smoothed out
Audi R6 door handles  
Central locking with automatic opening drivers door  
Momo steering wheel
Replacement dash, in excellent condition.  
Keskin Racing Alloy wheels, imported from Germany and are 16 inch at the front and a massive 17 inch by 255 wide at the rear which gives it a great look.
Aluminium Petrol Filler cap
Tyres are in a as new condition
50 50 rear light clusters


I hate to think how much money the previous owner spent on the car over the years but it has to be in excess of 20k. I?m probably forgetting loads of stuff but I?ll add things as I remember!!

Bad points

Few chips and dinks on the paint work which you would expect with a car of this age but otherwise bodywork is in excellent condition.  Windscreen wipers need a paint.

The car has not really been used to any length in around 4 years so the engine needs a good tune up. Always starts first time and has not let me down. As a result of needing a tune up the engine revs sometime drop quite low when you take your foot off the gas, it then immediately picks back up again though and does not stall. Good tune should sort this out. I?d advise if driving a long way home to follow another vehicle because as said not really used in three years.
Audi A6 door handles can be a bit stiff and to be honest the automatic door opener can be annoying as it overrides the door handle meaning that it can?t be opened from the outside. This means you have to go round to the passenger door if you leave your keys in the car! This can however be removed to standard door opening and locking.
 
Front alloy wheels suffering a little from salt corrosion but nothing major.  


Car will be MOT'ed next Tuesday along with a full service. I have only done 5 miles in the last year.


The car can be viewed anytime after MOT.

During the year i have owned the vehicle. I have replaced the following:

Genuine Rieger front bumper (with receipt) plus spray and corrado indicators
Kamei sqaure headlight and grill conversion.
Retrimmed all seats and door cards in white vinyl.
Replaced most missing BITS trim wise
2nd hand bonnet
Insurance approved immobiliser
New battery

Genuine buyers only, car is located in Sheffield.

Looking for £3000 no offers. Am led to believe there are only 2 of these left in the UK.

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