Rolof the Golf

Hey everyone thought i would put up a few pictures of Rolof, bought it as a half finished project couple of weeks ago. Been taking more steps back than forward tho, but il start off with some pic of the car back in the day! 

Some from 1999
When it came home More recent ones

Welcome to the forum. That looks very tidy, Lhasa is a great colour  

What's left for you to do on it now?

just installed new fuel lines today and got it running which was a relief as never got to hear it running when i bought it. i thought it was just suspension to sort out and a couple little jobs here and there but after a good poke about theres rot under the windscreen and behind the filler cap

Nice car mate, love the reg plate. 'Let me Ride' would be an apt song to play in that car!

Looks like a good one! not much to do to get that on the road  

Thanks guys, heres a couple pictures after a good poke about. was told there was no rot, the arches were repaired and car was resprayed recently so was chuffed to bits. wish i knew the places to look when i viewed the car as ive noticed there rot along the bottom of the windscreen






And when i removed the fuel filler pipe



When i poked up a screw driver a big lump of black silicon fell out!!

Cant weld for toffee but it looks like im gonna be learning quick!! Also a lump of rust just under the rear o/s seat belt

Looks very nice on the outside man but I've got areas the same on mine, she was supposedly repainted as well .. why you wouldn't bother to fix 100% of the rust before the repaint I don't know!!

Good luck bro! Im in the same boat about not being able to weld but im tempted to try and have a bash! whats the worst that can happen  

Check my project thread mate, I've just replaced the arch tub on the fuel filler side, you can see whats involved!! If you've got any questions give me a shout.

Andy.

I know! the guy was telling me he put in a repair panel in the bulkhead where the clutch cable comes through, so why didn't you repair the rest of the bulkhead before paint! away to take the dash out and the windscreen and take it from there.

 Gonna price up a little welder, theres only one way to learn steveey!

Here's the welder I'm using, does the job spot on!!

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/135te-turbo-mig-welder

Cheers Melteddrummer, funny you should say, i was reading through your thread last night and seen the tubs at the back, your a much braver man than me!

Im really not sure how to repair the inner wing around the filler cap to be honest! the inner wing seems solid enough apart from round the filler cap.

I'm afraid it's a tub out job mate   If your inner tub is ok,  you can split the tub in half and buy just the inner arch panel, or you can wait till the end of September and VW Heritage should have some whole tubs back in stock again.

Inner arch panel
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-MK1-GOLF-HATCHBACK-CABRIOLET-REAR-INNER-ARCH-REPAIR-SECTION-RIGHT-HAND-/321037106901?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4abf4d7ed5

Hope this helps.

Looks like this is gonna get serious! there is a wee bit of rust under the seat belt reel, was gonna just patch it but think i might look into getting the whole tub! 

Welcome along buddy. Nice MK1. Good luck with her

Cheers Smudger 

Well last night i took the dash out and windscreen this morning, i dunno, do you get a repair panel for this bit? ive seen plenty scuttle panels for sale but cant seem to see the panel for the inside anywhere 

Best bet is probably to try and find someone cutting a shell up to cut it out for you mate. They do come up on here from time to time.

Put a post up in  the parts wanted section and look in the breaking a car section for someone cutting a shell up!

looks like a ot of work

Hi mate I can cut this piece out for you,send me an email address and I'll send you a few pics, its solid on mine,cheers,Sean 

Cheers Sean, yip il send through my email