Campaign at auction

Anyone else view this last weekend?

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-26th-january-2019/1983-vw-golf-18-gti-mki/

There can't be many 2 owner MK 1s out there !

7K?  That is insane for a car in that condition, over here you couldn't give it away…500 tops.

 

jez said

Anyone else view this last weekend?

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-26th-january-2019/1983-vw-golf-18-gti-mki/

There can't be many 2 owner MK 1s out there !

The number of owners doesn't really matter if its not been looked after.
It looks like its gone for decent money for what it is, proving that some people still assume that buying a project is the cheaper way into ownership.


  

I was surprised on the hammer price given the condition of the interior and the floor.

Nearly £8K does sound a lot but as per another recent thread MK1 prices are getting that way.

Not mint but looks as expected for a 128K miler, the usual drivers seat bolster wear, a few small dents etc, not sure what Jez means about the floor?

Body looks sound and overall a complete and unmolested base that would require more of a recommissioning and light rolling restoration whilst being able to driven, rather than spending another £8K+ on complete-disassembly-windows-out-welding-marathon spending £millions on ebay tracking down all those missing and bodged parts. 

It's only had 2 owners as it's sat about for over 20 years which is never any good for cars… I does look a bit rough around the edges and dent on the wing?
As with any Mk1 tin top there could be rust hiding any where….

My resto looked similar and had been sat 20 years. It then proceeded to consume 150 hours welding, 200 hrs labour on the paint, 200 + hours assembly plus all the parts engine,gearbox, retrim, suspension  etc etc….

I'd love to be retired and have 6 months - 5 days a week to spend on a MK1

jez said

I'd love to be retired and have 6 months - 5 days a week to spend on a MK1

Its taken me 9 months to do mine spending an average 16 hrs per week. I also painted it in that time.
I am self employed so that helps as you can pick and chose your timings a bit but its hard graft either way. Plus the guilt knowing you should be working!!

I agree with Yomp here, there's no easy way to restore a Mk1 properly, it takes a lot of manhours. I'm 4 years in and hoping to finish this year,.

Pistol said

I agree with Yomp here, there's no easy way to restore a Mk1 properly, it takes a lot of manhours. I'm 4 years in and hoping to finish this year,.

lolololol

You are never finished.
I finally finished my interior 3 years ago or so, and that is after owning it for 10 years previous.

These "Keepers" are a WIP (Work In Progress) while keeping up with the Kardashians over here is really popular, I would rather Keep Up with Maintenance. While mine aren't Garage Queens, they are Daily Driven, that is why I suspect one has about 220K and the other is at 185K.

 

You make a good point about a "keeper".  I'm just hunting for my next… "keeper" I expect contemplating a MK2 is a dirty thought on this thread

jez said

You make a good point about a "keeper".  I'm just hunting for my next… "keeper" I expect contemplating a MK2 is a dirty thought on this thread

I'll have a Mk2 Golf Gti over a tin top Mk1 Gti any day, I've had a couple of Mk2 Gti and I really should of kept my last one, 1988 small bumper, digifant,  power steering, electric windows all round, central locking, only 130,000 miles, a little bit of surface rust here and there, I bought to 9 years ago for £700 with a years MOT!
Getting married and running 3 old cars something had to go…
You can't find a road worthy one for that money now a days….

jez said

You make a good point about a "keeper".  I'm just hunting for my next… "keeper" I expect contemplating a MK2 is a dirty thought on this thread

   

I've got a mk2 Golf Syncro that gets abused as a daily during the winter. Its been a fun day today  in the snow!

Is it me or is the on-line community for MK2 golfs a lot less active than vwgolfmk1.org.uk ?   

jez said

Is it me or is the on-line community for MK2 golfs a lot less active than vwgolfmk1.org.uk ?   

Mk2 owners are a few light years back on the evolutionary  scale