Another newbie with a cabby

Hi All Another newbie with a GTI cabby saying hello. Thanks to Jazzydog (Andrew) for kindly agreeing to sell his pride and joy to me after some bad luck with his showroom. I’ve promised I’ll look after it and have given it a deep clean today and it’s looking great, the colour is stunning and it’s had thumbs up from other drivers on the short journey home. Unlikely i’m going to mess with it as Andrews done a fine job keeping it standard, just needs the drivers seat bolster repairing and the sun to shine!

Welcome to the forum , one rare colour you have there, only seen one like it before.

Thank you, I’ve never seen one despite many years of attending shows so I’m chuffed I’ve got something that brightens up the roads!

Lagos yellow nice one.
Seen quite a few but is a rarer colour.
Looks nice and welcome to the club


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Thanks very much Chortle, I’ll know where to come if my hood gives me any grief.

Glad the car has re appeared on here, I think the colour combo suits the car…

The wipers look a little high when in the parked position, mine sit lower down the screen… They are held on with a nut on a spline so perhaps they are a tooth or 2 out?

Or could be they have wipped a dry screen and not sat all the way down?…

Google image or look here..
https://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/reviews/volkswagen/golf-mk1-cabriolet/

Thanks Mark1gls, I’m guilty of nudging the wipers on when cleaning so they haven’t gone back down but I’m going to take them off this week to get them powder coated and will need to sort power of wiper motor as it’s a bit slow but it’s unlikely I’ll use it in much rain if it can be avoided.

Good time the give the splines a good clean out, scrap out any dirt etc with a pin or thin screw driver and clean then re grease the wiper mechanism if removing the wiper motor.
Info on the here and web with a wiper upgrade to a newer motor as that helps a lot with wiper speed and strength.

Top advice, thanks Mark1gls, this forum will be most helpful as the advice from experts is appreciated

All in aid of keeping these Mk1 Golfs on the road and being enjoyed.
Welcome to the site and if wish to know anything to keep the car running just shout, start up a new thread in the right section or have a search as most questions/answers can be found here.  

Kingy76 said

Thanks very much Chortle, I’ll know where to come if my hood gives me any grief.

No worries
When you’re ready mate.



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That yellow is intense thanks for your kind words on my thread also


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Welcome. Cool golf.