Jo's '83 satin black cabrio

Hello all, I'd like to introduce you to my first dub, an '83 cabrio which I picked up yesterday. It's a 1.5 auto which cost me 590 quid with tax and full mot. And some strange wheels.
Anyway, here it is -











Plans are to lower it, get some little fat wheels and hopefully some small bumpers if I can find some relatively cheap.

Any suggestions/ideas are welcome  

looks nice, id def get rid of those wheels and put some bumpers back on

chris

agreed mate, going to dub freeze next month to search for some bits so hopefully will be looking a bit smarter then.

hopefully see it at the agm in july?  i love the satin black colour, looks great

chris

Like the wheels!

Yeah all being well I'll be there, looks like a lot of fun!
I'm not sure about the wheels, just don't think they suit the style of the car, I'm sure they'd set off a different car very nicely though so I'm hoping to find someone wanting to swap for some smaller/wider wheels.

hi there i nearly bought this when it was listed before as im only in birmingham myself and loved the look of it,good purchase i love the paint to,but im with you on the wheels they would suit a more modern car,jap maybe?

Yeah, it just caught my eye and I decided I had to get it! I was originally after a mk3 cab but thats the way the cookie crumbles I suppose.
Yeah I reckon the wheels would look good on an old jap car or maybe a low 6n polo?

I'm loving those rims mate, how much?

T :mrgreen:

cabrio-jo said

Yeah, it just caught my eye and I decided I had to get it! I was originally after a mk3 cab but thats the way the cookie crumbles I suppose.
Yeah I reckon the wheels would look good on an old jap car or maybe a low 6n polo?

good choice the mk1 is loads better than the mk3,(in my opinion) yeah they would look good on a polo actually,
you got many plans for it?

make me an offer on the wheels if you want Tian, they've got decent tyres on.
sphmk1 - I've never driven or even been in a mk3 of any kind tbh so can't comment but I just wanted some mod cons, power steering, stuff like that. But then I saw this little guy looking a bit sorry for itself and the deal was done.
My plans are just to keep it going for now really! Obviously it's going to be as low as I can get it and have some silly offset wheels (not everyones taste I know but I love mk1's with stupid amount of poke)
I've been thinking about DIY resprays as I wouldn't need many halfrauds cans to get it done, I've had matt black cars before and they're getting a bit played now. I'm thinking white/beige/brown would suit it.
Other than that if the shell's still in good condition in a couple of years when I'm 25 (for the insurance) a 1.8 conversion of some description.

a two tone would be nice on a cabs,beige and brown would look ace mate  :wink:

cabrio-jo said

make me an offer on the wheels if you want Tian, they've got decent tyres on.
sphmk1 - I've never driven or even been in a mk3 of any kind tbh so can't comment but I just wanted some mod cons, power steering, stuff like that. But then I saw this little guy looking a bit sorry for itself and the deal was done.
My plans are just to keep it going for now really! Obviously it's going to be as low as I can get it and have some silly offset wheels (not everyones taste I know but I love mk1's with stupid amount of poke)
I've been thinking about DIY resprays as I wouldn't need many halfrauds cans to get it done, I've had matt black cars before and they're getting a bit played now. I'm thinking white/beige/brown would suit it.
Other than that if the shell's still in good condition in a couple of years when I'm 25 (for the insurance) a 1.8 conversion of some description.

Hi mate, send me some pictures of the wheels and let me know if there's any curbing or damage, also what tyres they have and the condition of them. I can only really make you an offer then.

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Cheers

T

I'm thinking beige with some wood vinyl down the sides, old american station wagon style lol
I'll get some pics of each wheel and the tread at the weekend if thats ok, it's dark when I leave for work and when I get back