Mk1 Golf 1.1 C - TDI Conversion

Hi all,

after slogging it for months on the GTI in my other thread, i saw this golf C come up. So that project will go on the back burner!  Its the find ive been looking for for 5 years, and i finally have found it. I wasnt willing to spend 3k on a minter, that doesnt interest me, this i found for a "small fee" and its an absolute corker in my eyes. To some of you it looks like an awful expample, however to the "welders" and restorers on the forum you will appreciate what i have here!!

More or less FSH, with the original stamped service service book, no welding has ever been attempted, nor did it have to be, it spent about 10 years in its middle life in a garage, 4 of the last 6 on the road and the last 2 sitting under some trees!!!

It has been started and rolled forwards and back once a week for the last 2 years!!!!

The last owner bought it at 49k and its now on 55k.

I couldnt believe it when i got there! The only real damage is to the sills, where "some experimental" jacking has taken place, still, no rust however…..

So here we go, i havent touched it, no cleaning , nothing….













And the money shot!!!



And i have no doubt that its genuine, i will get picks up of the bay at the weekend, and after a good clean and polish!!!

Any comments more than welcome!

Nice find! whats the interior like?

brown, haha.

Its good apart from the drivers seat, no bolster wear but its been damp at some point and the fabric is breaking up. Its going to be changed though (just the seats) for GTI ones i think….

anyone got some

might take the car to a bady shop to just pull out the dents in the sills (quite bad) and a  couple here and there, not decided yet, im happy to spray it, but not sure about the dents in the sills, as i dont want to weld new "parts" of sills in as there is no rust!!!

decisions….

Plans…

5 Speed Box,
Refurb engine bay
Head gasket
water pump
clutch cable
accel cable

poly bush all round
coil overs
wheels bearings
top mounts

sand blast rust spots
respray any areas needing attention
wheels?

This will take my attention until its finished. my other project will have to wait now.

lucky find  

Are the big dents you talk about the ones in the pics on the lip of the sill? If so they dont look bad at all. Shouldnt be too hard to put right. At first I thought you meant they were crushed

nah they are pretty crushed in two places.

i'll have a loo at the weekend, i just dont want to disturb the lip where the sill meets the floor pans, its not rusted for 24 years, so i dont want to open it up now!

smillsey said

brown, haha.

Its good apart from the drivers seat, no bolster wear but its been damp at some point and the fabric is breaking up. Its going to be changed though (just the seats) for GTI ones i think….

anyone got some

nice one mate

Looks a good find, I got some corrado seats if interested, see for sale section


So what you gonna do with it then??

looks like a very nice dry shell, lucky find, good luck

Lawsy said

smillsey said

brown, haha.

Its good apart from the drivers seat, no bolster wear but its been damp at some point and the fabric is breaking up. Its going to be changed though (just the seats) for GTI ones i think….

anyone got some

nice one mate

Looks a good find, I got some corrado seats if interested, see for sale section


So what you gonna do with it then??

wooo really? I will deffo have a look in a min. It will be to restore the engine bay to standard, ie engine refresh, bay clean, new clutch and plate

Then to make it ride like it should i will….

poly bush,
coilies,
proper wheels,


But first to get it through the mot it needs rear brakes just to make sure it passes, and an engine service inc plugs, filters, oil, maybe dizzy rotor arm etc….

I may actually sell my other project to fund this one, unsure as yet.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Ok heres an update for you all,

First off i decided to ask a friend around to help with the dismal paintwork, due to it being stood in a garden for 2 years the tree it was under had left its mark!!! Also i am trying to determine what is going to be salvagable and what will be resprayed….

So we started with this…..



After two washes we used some paint cleaner from auto glym and got this…..



The we clayed the car and got this….



I have never seen a clay bar get so dirty!!! And there is still loads left on the paint, it will take a few go's to get it off, but i finished with a wax to seal. And as the bonnet was clayed twice gave it a quick rotary polish…..

The doors before claying and paint clean



Roof before



Bonnet during



My mate elliot helping out! Cheers mate  



Rook after





The car after



And heres a mk2 i saw last week, with wheels on it i would eat my left nad for





They would look awesome on my car!!! hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Also replaced a snapped handbrake cable.

Did an oil change and filter change (VAG ofcoarse)

Air Filter

Fuel Filter

Replace the window seal scraper thing on the doors

I Was going to repalce the clutch cable as its still but the more i use it the better its getting, i assume it was a sticky clutch plate…..

So i have one here if anyone needs one!

Next Jobs,

Replace window washer squirter thing on bonnet
Adjust Clutch Cable
Fit Stereo - I was going to stay retro but i have a 500 quid setup doing nothing, with boston component spekers which sound amazing, not loud but amazing nonetheless.
Swap wheels for the P-Slots form the polo in the pic above


cheers, Scott

Huge difference 8)  Looks really good

Hi guys,

Although i havent beeen posting recently, i have been very busy….

I only have afters pics, but hope you will appreciate them….

I have been over on the migwelding forum getting tips and advice on spraying  and bodywork.

Here are the results first…






So the story…

I had a spare wing (pattern) in the garage from my abandonned project.

Stripped to bare metal (it had about 1mm of 2pack primer on) This wasnt fun

Etch primed the whole panel
Primed with cellulose primer (2 coats)
Guide coated
Blocked with P400 then P600
Reprimed to rid the lows
Guided
Primed once more, blocked again with P600
3 coats of colour (Mars red)

After this had dried (1 week baking in my car) it didnt turn out well, i made a few mistakes , the gun was at 4 Bar not 2 Bar, i mixed the paint in the gravity cup not in a mixing container, didnt strain the paint, this left the finish pretty awful, a lot of overspraqy, dry spots, and large Blobs of paint on the surface, so it was all rubbed down quite a lot with the da, then blocked and i went again at it with 2 coats of colour,

This turned out really well, still with a fair bit of orange peel but thats always going to happen,

So i blocked it and hand sanded it with P1500 then finished with P2000

This was then attacked with the rotary, (my first real rotary polishing i might add) firt with a 3m Blue pad with Fast Cut Plus, then the yellow pad with Fine Cut Compound.

It has turned out awesome! Im so happy with the results, the colour match is good, depth of shine even without wax (still waiting for the paint to harden) is top!

I did make a mistake with the rotary and burnt through in the tiniest of posts, but its where the bumper attatches, so wont even be seen. I cant wait to get the door done next week, as i have a week off work…..

Im thinking of doing a detailed How to soon from start to finish, as it took me months and months to gather info of every stage (i am very particular with every detail)

Any sorry to babble on.

Scott

Looks like you did a really good job. Im going to be spraying a car soon so Im looking forward to your how to...if you make it

cheers mate, yeah i will do it,

its just sticking to a plan, and make your plan as detailed as possible….

Its was hard work flatting it though, and i may next time go for P800 before colour coats. I dont really want to though to be honest….

we'll see.

right guys, was meant to be in spain with the mrs this week. long story short, lost my passport , she didnt, she went with her mum.

On the upside, my golf now has a new rea panel on it and has had the whole rear end and underside at the rear derusted, rebult, and treated to Rustbuster Epoxy Mastic!!!

So here are a few pics, i will get some of the underside tomorrow. What a job, took 3 1/2 10 hour days to get it ready for the new panel……

Horrible. Really happy now. I have just rattle canned the bare metal for now and i cant spray it properly for a few weeks. Just to keep it waterproof…





So still need to do a bit more rattlecanning and a bit more finishing, and the panel needs stonechipping at the bottom, and stonechipping on the underside……

ALso , got some epoxy mastic in my eye, (a lot) and nearly ended up going to A and E…..

Anyway, cheeers.

nice work mate

wheres the gti or have you got 2 garages????

WOW. thats good work pal, rear panel looks sweet as

foxy

cheers foxy,

well jelly, the gti is going im afraid. I havent really got the time to finish it so decided to take on a smaller project. It will be up for sale soon, its such a shame after spending well over 150 hours on it.  :roll:

But hey, ive got this to work on now! I am in contact with a retired sprayer of 30 years and he is helping out so so much with the spraying. as hes retired hes just telling me everything he knows!!! Honestly its invaluable info.

The back panel was a pleasing little project to do, i used a whole tub of seam sealer on it too haha!!! The long term plans for this are.

Summer 2009 - Body work and paint
Late 2009 - Interior (headlining) + Polybushing whole chassis, brake upgrade
2010 - 16vT? Maybe, maybe not.

Either way, the massive 1093cc beast cannot be a long term powerplant ! Haha