Golf GTIs needed for Classic and Sports Car Photoshoot.

The features editor of C&SC rang me this morning with a request for :

1. An early 1600 old dash series 1 Mk1 Golf GTI
2. A Campaign GTI in Lhasa Green

Both to be available on July 4th in the evening @ Cowley in Oxfordshire.
Cars need to be standard and in good (concours not necessary) condition.

The photoshoot is for Mk1 > Mk5 Golfs, featuring an 'early' and 'late' version for each Mk. (Other than the mk5 of course!)

If you can help out with this and fancy getting your car in this magazine (good quality mag!) then please post your details below  and I will feed the details back to C&SC.

Cheers,

Drew.

I've got a Silver Campaign but no Lahsa on the road  

Drew

Willing to help out with my black Series 1!!

Cheers
Rajan

Consider yourself booked Rajan…

Come on you Lhasa boys and girls! It's not such a rare colour you know! :wink:

Cheers,

Drew.

hello , i will volunteer my lhasa green mk1 gti. if  you go onto clubgtiderby.co  look at mk1jim  photos.  if you can remember drew i spoke to you at gaydon anniversary meet , my car was the one left at the end.  cheers jim.

Thanks Jim,

Can you PM me your contact details and I'll put you in contact with the Magazine.

Cheers,

Drew.

We had the photoshoot yesterday featuring Mk1 to Mk5 and it took 5.5 hours to complete  8O  Good fun despite lots of doing nothing except moving cars and stuff. Met mk1jim with his tidy Lhasa Campaign and VW brought their Mk5 and red Mk3 with only 250 odd miles on the clock  8O . Oh and next time you see a Mk5 GTi, take a close look at the end of the bulb holder!  8)  I won't spoil the fun too much, so here are a couple of tasters to be going on with. To find out more you will just have to buy Practical and Classic Sports Car won't you? Should be either the October or November issue.
Will get a plug for the Club too  :wink:

Cheers
Rajan

The feature should be in the December issue, out early November!

Keep an  8O  out!

looking forward to seeing it,  i hear it will feature two rather nice mk1's  :wink:

i know what you mean dubboy that mk5 thing is a very cool touch!

I just picked up the mag - I was wondering whose the series 1 is, and then I looked back at the Gaydon pics - I'm not stalking you Rajan, honest!!!

Its nice to see the Mk1 came out on top, although they didn't go so far as to split the Series 1 and 2. What's best though, is that your car made the cover! (Admittedly not the main car, though).

Thanks Paul! Chuffed to bits there is a pic of my car on the cover  

Keeping the Mk1 where it belongs  :wink:

I think there is a paragraph about the S1 being supercool, but the 1.8s are quicker. Interestingly I think only the Mk5 had a higher power/weight ratio than the S1.

The article prompts a few questions:

- what is your favourite model Mk1?
- what Mk would you have in the garage if you didn't have a Mk1?

Managed to get a copy today, excellent read!

Great photos and a nice write up. Well done for the mk1s chaps, showing the way forward.

Interesting, but astute, conclusion. I came to this myself after test driving the mk5. It's hugely competent, but it's not much fun at sensible speeds, whereas the mk1 is. You have to be going very quickly in modern cars to get the fun factor.

Don't sell those mk1s!

As for the other mk if not the mk1… Mk2 1992 Runout spec 8v or 16v in Oak Green, the only other GTI for me.

Cheers,

Drew.

ps. Rajan 'Ultracool' dubboy :wink:

Also got my hands on a copy today and thought it was a pretty well researched article, and some great pics.

Have to say if I couldn't have a Mk1, a late Mk2 3 door 16v in Oak Green or Atlas grey with all the trimmings would be close to the top of my alternatives list.

I haven't driven the Mk5 GTi yeat, but regularly have use of one of the "lesser" Mk5 golf variants and its a very nice drive, and very well put together.

Chris

Yep, it was a good article. That looks a nice black Mk1.

I do like the new GTI, especially in white.  

Just bought a copy, your mk1 looked great in the driving shot Rajan,

Darren

me too, great read but can anyone really wheelspin going into third?
i know i cant  :dontknow:

Steve

moreno said

me too, great read but can anyone really wheelspin going into third?
i know i cant  :dontknow:

Steve

Yep….maybe its because mine's still on the standard wheels & tyres, though!

so's mine  :scratch: maybe im not pushing it hard enough

moreno said

so's mine  :scratch: maybe im not pushing it hard enough

Tip: wait until 6750rpm to do the gearchange, don't lift off the throttle! It should bounce once, off the 7000rpm rev limiter.