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Hi all, i have been a member for some time now, but never posted before ops: Im looking for my old mk1 golf gti cabriolet karmann

 F371 RBC, BLACK whith BBS multi spoke rims and a  Mow hair hood I sold it about 6 years ago to some one in wolverhampton, Im wondering if any one on here owns it or if any one knows of it???

Thankyou, Stu

Hi and welcome! Check the Register (left hand menu link) to see if it's listed.

Will you be buying another one?

Cheers
Andy

Hairyarse said

Hi and welcome! Check the Register (left hand menu link) to see if it's listed.

Thankyou

Hairyarse said

Will you be buying another one?

I will be getting another one, but not for a while yet ops: Im in the middle of modding my Nissan pulsar gtir

I do really miss my mk1 cabby thou :cry:

Hairyarse said

Cheers
Andy

Thankyou mate :wink:

still on the road according to dvla

Hi again

Im going to view 2 Mk1 golf cabbys tomorow :cheer:

Its been some years since i last owned my last one and wonderd if there was anything i should be looking out for?? what gremlins should i be looking out for guys??

They are both 1.8 clippers with the big bumper kits on. not a gti but still as good looking one is at 70000 miles and the other is at 90000.

Im so looking forward to owning another Mk1 cabby      

here are the only pics that i have of them……..

70000miles and selling for ?1600


90000miles and selling for ?1200


What is the going rate for a really well maintained mk1 golf cab clipper??

Im not looking for one that neads atention!!! i dont have the time to do any body work or engine work ops:

Thanks in advance for any help

Stu.

If you have a read of the cabriolet buying guide

http://www.vwgolfmk1.info/main/Buyingacab.pdf

That'll tell you what to look out for.

Thankyou mate

:cry: I went to see both of these cabbys and come away with none of them :cry: when i got to the first one that was on a garage forcourt, at 9:30 am. The engine was boiling hot 8O so i decided that one was one to give a miss :cry: why would someone get the engine upto temprature if they wasnt hiding something :dontknow: Its not like the guy had to drive it to the garage :roll:

The second one that i had a look at, which was on ebay. just went for ?920

neaded a new hood, which i wasnt botherd about!!! i was wanting to replace it with a moi hair hood anyway The body was in a great shape and the interior was spot on aswell!!!!! The only concerns i had were the engine ops: on start up the lfters were noisey and stayed like it while i was there, about 45 minutes, not a big job i know ops: when i got in the car to drive it, the oil light was flashing 8O  when i pressed the throtle it went off and then when i lifted my foot off it come backon, compresion we thought :dontknow: anyways i took it for a drive and the steering wheel was jumping left to right all the time (steering rack)?? the front wheels were shaking up and down with a clunk noise ( lower arms or ball joints)?? :dontknow: and the rear exhaust box had a big hole in it ops:
Plus the brakes were useless!!! Nothing to do with it being an old mk1 golf, i know the standard setup isnt the best!!! But this one didnt even pull up 8O

Its not much i know, but to much for me!! as i wanted to be able to drive it right away and sort the little isues out as i went along ops:  :cry:

So at the moment im wondering if i should come back to the mk1 cabby scene again or not ops:  :cry: I love the look of them!!! but the basics of them was a bit of a culture shock ops:

I have an old car as it is, but mine is a japanese import and top of the range 16 years old!!! and has power steering the lot ops:

I think i nead to have a sit back and think about it some more ops:  :cry:

Maybe i should save up a little more and then look for a totaly sorted one and then i might not be so shocked :dontknow: