I got me a Golf gx

OK so this is my first post! For years i have seen a cheeky mk1 (what i thought was a polo) peeping out the bottom of a worn car cover near my house.
Was a nice sunny day walking my dog when i saw that the cover had blown of the old mans car and to my supprise it was a mk1 golf what perfect exuse to make an apperance and warn its owner of the coming good old british raincloud on the horizon?

Anyways after dinging the old boys bell for a min, he came to the door with a pre prepared speech for me regarding his mk1 mentioning how it was worth more to him to have it around for the rest of his days, than to srap it (AGREED)
he litterally must have seen me coming.

So after i had identified myself a freindly and a bit of a friendly face off about who love cars more, I started winning the old boy round by showing him some pics of mates cars mk1s mk4 golfs and a reletives camper!  As fate would have it  the old chap had a mobility scooter he was having troubles with and asked me if i would take a look for him, now we are friends, and soon after that a deal was struck

This is her….A 1983 4 door 1.5 golf gx,. with what i know now to be a (rare?) bbs spoiler for wait for it ……………….$100 (I don't have a pound key)  


A bit more info…The car was originally bought by a woman back in 83 from new, then the old fella aquired it in 1985 with 25000miles on the clock The car now sits on my drive with 26800 miles on her.

Now at this point i might mention the severe lack of history as in NONE, the old guy had a bonfire sometime last year
he asures me the mileage  checks out and who am i to question the credibility of an an old war vet at the ripe old age of 92! he says allough he is fond of cars he dosent actually like to drive and so the golf did minimal very small trips (probably at 28 mph) to the buthchers and greencrocers once a week!

this was until soon after he bought a automatic hyundai with was apparently much more to his liking? lol and so the golf sat still in the garage for many years up until his hyundai broke down and he fired the old girl up in 2009 for an mot the car as it would past with flying colours and all was fine and dandy for the old boy until one day as the result of severe cataracts  and a bit of steam in the cockpit from the wash he had just gave her at the garage, he caught the end of a small 2ft wall he has along side his drive way unfortunatly the old boys ears arnt what they once were too and
he didnt notice until he drove a distance the lenth of the car Ouuuuch!

and so the doors are damaged but it will polish out im sure
also the seats dont look like they have ever been sat on.
original cigaret lighter, unused astray all nice too see in an old car.
unmarked roof lining and the old two knob job soundsystem! unfortunatly the airiel wasnt one of the things that got left unscaved.

ofcourse im going to attempt to restore her a little, treat her to some new legs, sexy shoes and a full respray.

right now im rambling on a bit or rather A LOT here i know, only i have a question or rather 2 , the first bieng for insurance purposes and for the sake of curiosity? what do i value her at?
I have heard that a good gx with such low milage is a motor of ever increasing rareity and so might be worth a pretty little penny?? Im unsure myself?

secondly how worried should i be about the severe lack of history should i come to sell her in the future? as i dont plan on any major road trips the mileage  should stay very low

Any input at all really would be helpfull.

Thanks for reading Gav.

Damn pics didn't work Anyone know how to attach jpegs?  And I sincerely apologise for the terrible grammar!  hope you will forgive me?

No pics?

I tried buddy but with no joy?

Lets try this….. ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs

Here is a pic of the damaged doors http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/1558/dsc02061q.jpg

Hope this works.  

Ahhh, a teasing pic

Hahaha Actually it was a complete upload FAIL (wrong thread)  Im going to update this thread soon, having the doors repaired at the moment  and awaiting some bit n bobs..

that rear wing/ spoiler is amazing, the car looks very rust free

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maxbailey1 said

that rear wing/ spoiler is amazing, the car looks very rust free

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/dsc02091x.jpg/

Thanks mate! The spoiler is for sale on here  I have spent a while now wondering if to keep it or not?  I decided against it in the end..

As for the car itself Its defiantly not rust free, There are little surface spots of rust doted here and there
 Thankfully nothing worth worrying too much about. Looks like I caught It at the right time.

I am Very happy with it though

nice find dude........i like it already...........wish i found it, i would have pimped out his scooter for free. lol

what a bargain very nice find.
you sure he had all his marbles?lol only messing.

Well not much of an update Due to funds being at an all time low
I thought I might share some ideas I have for the old gal… And to just generally rabble on a bit like I know what I'm doing  8)

Right After MUCH deliberation on where to take the styling, all the way from early series 1 rear panel and small lights and a trip to the painters For a nice coat of Copper/brown or maybe an early pastel color finished in chrome bumpers, door hadles (all four of them)    chrome waist line trims. And of-course  
a roof rack or a bike rack for a cheeky 80s bmx.  

Now Because of the scale of work involved my limited expertise  Not to mention the budget or rather the lack of budget and not for the better    I decided against it and to keep things simple! After all seems  kinda sacrilegious to me  to whop out a perfectly good motor with such low milage only for it not to work as it did, or generally  creating unnecessary problems, In short and probably for the best haha  I'm too bloody scared…
And so at 5:19pm on monday 11/6/2012 The plan "for now" is to keep her Diamond silver and just have a respray without  the hassle of under the bonet to deal with or at least for now anyway….

Now i am keen to mix it up (A bit) and maybe introduce a little splash of colour about.. In moderation of-course.
The plan as allways been to get some bbs splits rs/rm's. I used to own a set back in…where was it again… oh yeah DREAMLAND!!!  Oh well I may settle for a set of bbs mahle's or some other tidy weave type rim, and regretably I'm sure some cheep coilovers.
Being silver I feel I'm going to be limited in what colours to introduce?? That said I think this could work well, what do you guys think?

I'm sure its not going to be to everyone's taste only I think its whithin the unwritten rules of styling, and in keeping with the mk1s awsome looks and appearance  8)  
I think the orange could work on some other parts too like the rear beam and possibly a few select parts under the bonnet.  could always throw some porsche d90s on for a touch more…well Porsche !!

Woot another GX thread, hows the project going?

hi
i also own a gx and i like where your going with yours as i thought about going for a porsche theme on mine aswell  but have since decided to keep it as original as possible but im definitely keeping an eye on this one

Hi guys!

Yeah I'ts not going bad, had a lot of time lately so I have been cracking on!

Here is LOTS of pics

  

Wow great work keep it up. Love to see everyone getting involved.

charlie-says said

Wow great work keep it up. Love to see everyone getting involved.

Thanks!  I get by with a little help from ma friends