im back

Hi all im back
After buying my 1.8 golf gti for £300 back in 2005 then spending about £3000 to get it back on the road. This was doing all the work myself including striping down to the bare shell, welding arches and sills (this was all the welding the car had ever had not bad   ). full respray inside and out then total rebuild of engine with no expence spared. brakes, suspension, Trim, windows (i broke the windscreen  :redfaced: ) wiring loom oh how i remember the wiring loom basicly 9 months of hard work.
This was all worth it though as i loved the car and used it untill 2007, this was when i moved house with a smaller garage and as the previous owner wanted to buy it back i sold it for £3000.
Two weeks ago i had a text off the now second  time owner asking me if i would like to buy it back for £400.
Wow i could not believe my luck i was straight round. He had not done a single mile in it since i sold it 4 years ago it was covered in dust, plaster boards on the roof and bits of wood and rubbish leaning up the sides of it. He told me that he would like the car to go back to a good home and he needed the space in the garage and this was the reason for it been so cheap so i said ok   .
Well saturday was the day i got my old skool baby back.
It had not even been started in 2 years plus the battery was clapped but with a couple of gallon of fuel and a jump off my car which just about turned the starter it fired back into life. A bit of air in the tyres and that was it i was off driving my gti again with the biggest smile on my face ever.
One thing is for sure i wont be selling it again in a hurry. For now i am just going to give it a good check over and full service before putting it back on the road.
see you all soon regards one happy chappy  :mrgreen:

result !! welcome back to the fold and local to i'm from oldbury

keep your eye on regional meets us midlanders meet 3rd wednesday of the month at mcdonalds in oldbury junction 2 m5

What a great story - Needs some pictures though!

Nice story - what's meant to be will be…!

I hope you took some pics with the dust and plasterboard on it?

Oh my God…. that's brilliant!!!!  Keep it and sell it back in a year…. get another £2600 in your pocket  :mrgreen: !!  Only joking mate that really is good.  Welcome back  :wink:

Great feeling being reunited with an old motor, I can vouch for that!

Welcome back

Sorry no photos with the plaster boards on the roof but this is how it looked before i sold it.

This was at gaydon in 2006.

Now its had a good jet wash it all looks pretty much the same now apart from a couple of small rust scabs and a few light scratches.
Brought a nice new battery today £46 blimey lead has gone up in price.
I will pop along to the midlands meet in olbury to say hello although i will be in my latest dub a t25 (i must be getting old)