Love & Legacy

Hi guys,

I’m a newbie to the Mk1 owners clan!

Unfortunately  i’ve joined under difficult circumstances, and I am the bearer of bad news… A former member of the Mk1 OC and one of my closest friends Mike Rathbone (Mikey_v-dub) has recently passed away. Following his loss i’ve managed to track down and get his pride and joy back - his Mandarin Orange Mk1.

I only have an very basic knowledge of mechanics, but hopefully with a little help from you guys, I can get his legacy back on the road and would love one day to win a show for him - I know this is ambitious but it’s something he always wanted! It’s going to be a long project so the posts may be few and far between, but i’ll do my best to keep you all updated and i’m sure ill have plenty of questions.  Looking forward to getting involved! Here she is…

Thanks guys, Tom
   

Hi Tom

I never knew mike. His car looks great and it's an amazing thing you are trying to do. Best of luck and look forward to the project updates

Wes


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Thanks Wes! i'll do my best to keep everyone updated!

Good to see you are saving another Mk1, good thing with these cars are they are quite basic to work on, mostly simple tools needed and most things are easy to get to and get hold of.

Any pictures etc of how the car is now?

So sorry to hear about your friend. Glad to hear you have taken charge of his beloved mk1. All a mk1 needs is to be loved and looked after really so if you're up for that then all is good! Welcome to the forum and I'm sure that we can install some of the passion your friend had…..welcome to mk1 golf madness, the best kind you can have


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Welcome aboard, even in sad circumstances. There's lots of info on here including how to's to assist and a shout out if you;re stuck. It's worth looking at others build threads and projects for ideas and inspiration.

Mk1 looks great, look forward to seeing the progress of it    

Thanks guys, great to know there's help when needed! mark1gls - I don't have any other pictures just yet as it's still with its current owner until I have arranged storage, which I haven't had chance to get onto just yet. But as soon as I have it ill put some pics up!

Hi,  Never new Mike!  But welcome aboard..Kind Regards Martyn