Hi from Halifax

Hi  
I've just come across the forum which seems pretty informative with some good info.
My first car was a white Mk1 formel E, 17 years ago.
That went and I've had various cars since then, but after visiting a couple of shows this year, I'm seriously thinking about getting hold of another mk1 to restore.

I love the Mk1 but how hard are they to find nowadays!

I'm hoping I can get some advice on the forums here - I really need to figure what I'm letting myself in for first!

Hey welcome to the club, you got any picture of youre old mk1 ?? might still be around

mk1's are not too hard to come by theres always a decent selection on ebay and the classified's here.

Good luck with the search

Scott

No pics of the Formel E I'm afraid. I think what photos I did have of it were lost ages ago
I'm trying to figure out which way to go, I'd really like to get hold of a MK1 GTi, tin top, I suppose so do most Mk1 lovers.

I've been trawling the ads and there are loads of soft tops about, which do look good and would be fun for the summer

But I'd prefer the tin top mk1 - I'm just dreading the rust lol!

Need to do some more homework..

Yea theres loads of cabbies around now its coming to the end of the summer

If you wanna do some reading heres a buyers guide for a GTI:
http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1

and one for a cabby
http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/uploads/pdf/Buyingacab.pdf

Thanks for the info - i'll check those out.
Took a look at your cab thread and looking really good  

Hey fella Im not too far away from you, I live in Haworth

Welcome and you are right, everyone on this site wants to help you

will16v said

Hi  
I've just come across the forum which seems pretty informative with some good info.
My first car was a white Mk1 formel E, 17 years ago.
That went and I've had various cars since then, but after visiting a couple of shows this year, I'm seriously thinking about getting hold of another mk1 to restore.

I love the Mk1 but how hard are they to find nowadays!

I'm hoping I can get some advice on the forums here - I really need to figure what I'm letting myself in for first!

Hi and welcome to the club.

As for your reference to what "I'm letting myself in for"  I suppose depends on what your happy getting yourself in to. Fair few projects available but it does always come down to money and skills. If you can do bits yourself then you save money but if you buy a shell theres lots of work there and also it depends on what you want as an end result. So as said its really what your happy with spending or doing yourself to get the result your happy with.

Personally myself I try to avoid ones that need alot of welding and patching up as I can't do this myself and it generally ends up costing a fortune to get someone else to do it, altough I do have contacts as in the trade which brings the cost down a little.

Last one I got needed rear pockets done which cost £300 (not inc parts) but other than that just a bit of tlc.

Get something your happy to spend time and money on within your means else your just regret having it.  

Dan

Thanks for the info guys - much appreciated.
I'm off to look at original 1.6gl cab this week which has apparently no rust,
But it does have a few golf ball sized dents on the passenger rear wing.
I think there's about 4 or 5 in total, looks like someone's vandalised it.
But, the paint is unbroken - how easy is it to get to that rear panel to massage the dents out from within?
If its too hard, then it'll need bodywork and paint, but being a metallic, probably a full respray which I don't have funds for at the moment…