Hi! From Spain

Hello, in first place sorry about my english..
My name is julio i have 21 years and i´m student of mechanical engeneering, and i´m from Canary island, in August i bought my new old 1981 Golf MK1 XD its a 5 door GLd, it was from 1998 in the street…broken glases, dust,animals, etc.. It needs some care now, but the engine it´s perfect and the interiors too.

The day that i bought i say.. well i have to call a tow to pick up to the mechanic and repair the engine…but i decided to try luck XD, i buy 4 liters of diesel and i took a batery from my girlfriend´s Golf mk1 Cabrio and suddenly… it turns on¡¡¡¡¡ jejej in that moment i can´t believe.
on the last weeks i put new filters, new oil , brakes,new water pump and new timing belt.

The project.. well in first place i want to restore the paint and last week i bought TaTechnik coil overs to see the car down XD.
in the future who knows… maby an 2.0 Tdi inside XD

i don´t know if the english versions of the car has the seat belts from the floor to the door. And the funiest thing is that the car don´t start the engine if the pilot and copilot has the seat belt on¡¡
in spain its a very bizarre thing..

that some pictures of the D-Day XD





Well thats all for this moment, i hope to learn a lot in this forum and meet people.
Thanks''

Nice find julio! another diesel… we are taking over!! we need a diesel smiley    welcome to the club.

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Welcome to the site, good luck with the car, keep us updated  

All the way from Spain!!!!  Lovely!!

Apart from the car needing a wash it does look very nice for its age.

Good to see you are trying to fix it yourself  :clap:

Welcome to the mk1 golf family  :wink:

hi
that mk1 looks pretty clean , no rust in site
well done for saving another mk1
cheers
baz

Welcome to the site mate. Post some more pics.
Looks a clean and orignal car.

You should try keeping it that way

Thank you very much'''
i´m lucky because i´ve only seen 2 heavy rust points.. one in the back Door(typical point) and front part just under the copilot Door,

when i take some pictures of the car clean and down i´ll upate XD,¡¡¡

for the moment until i reach the money for painting it will be a Rat style car jejej

Welcome & good luck with the car.

There was another guy from Tenerife with a GTI on here alittle while back too.

Found it ;)

Looks a Cracker! Nice find Julio!

hi! again ther´s so much time that i don´t write here…
well i have bad news and good news, the bad new is that I sold my mk1 some month ago… but something in my interior tellsme "WRONG WRONG WRONG"
then with a bit of patient i find my good new XD
this is my new oldie mk1

it´s from 1979

this is my treasure  XD i called "kill bill" because the color combination XD
jiji
well about the car is a 1.5 carb petrol engine and today I´m giving all that it needs oil, filters, new pink water, joints etc…


once more i say sorry for may poor english

Looks good man….. Did u pay a lot

are many of these pre 1980 cars there

Thanks
Well, I get the car Swapping my ex Lancia delta Hf turbo for the golf and of course money to my.
The market of mk1 in canary island is above 500£-1000£ for the gl,gld l..etc models and for the gti's depend of the general shape.
For example a Gti from 1982 with the oem 1.6  injection engine with a bit of rust and need a painting it's above 2400£
But if you are looking a very good unit you will pay near of 4000£

And here there's a few of Pre 1980's I will upload a photo with some friends with mk1 Pre 80's