mk1 golf series one rebuild

October 10 when i bought the car










them all the repair work and smoothing began




rear light modified for fuel filler neck



smoothing the engine bay



mock up of my 16 v engine



engine bay painted



engine painted up and back in

excellent work sir. can't wait to see this one finished. Pulling up a chair to watch this one. What are the plans for the car?

Good work my man! Following with interest

Scooblitz said

excellent work sir. can't wait to see this one finished. Pulling up a chair to watch this one. What are the plans for the car?

all left to do is finish my interior (running porsche 924 front and rear seats) with customer centre console and arm rests

Well done for taking on what can only be described as a rot box
takes some effort to see beyond the rot
To custom for me but hats off to you  :clap:

love the colour

Mark

Man respect for taking that on but it's worth saving a S1. Loving the black engine finish, something i've always wanted to do.

cheers guys. the car was to far gone in engine bay to leave. full front end has been rebuilt 3 times. all replaced in 6mm steel. even made a new front slam panel out of 6mm steel

nice work mate i can see you removed raintray in the bulk head what you doing for heaters ie to demist front screen thx billy

budge said

nice work mate i can see you removed raintray in the bulk head what you doing for heaters ie to demist front screen thx billy

going to source an electric heater from a convertible bmw or something simular

bumpers have arrived

new trumpets for carbs

thats awesome man good progress

cant wait for the end product, respect !

looks a stunner mate

love the colour! this is gona look SWEET!

"robbarcas" said

did you lead sweat that swage line out or gob it up ??

"G-DUB" said

robbarcas said

did you lead sweat that swage line out or gob it up ??

it is seam welded up. i dont do bodge

an update

Cool , its looking good mate ! So did you mig all along the line then grind it back ??

Ive got two new sills to weld in and i really dislike all the low down clutter too .

The chrome trim and bodyline recess is just too much on such a simple car .. I`m thinking of trimming out the sills on the car just shy of the line on them , planishing it flat than over lapping the new sills with the line flattened out too . Seems like a lot of work but the result you have got looks much much better than stock !

G-DUB said

Cool , its looking good mate ! So did you mig all along the line then grind it back ??

Ive got two new sills to weld in and i really dislike all the low down clutter too .

The chrome trim and bodyline recess is just too much on such a simple car .. I`m thinking of trimming out the sills on the car just shy of the line on them , planishing it flat than over lapping the new sills with the line flattened out too . Seems like a lot of work but the result you have got looks much much better than stock !

alright matey,
it is a hell of alot of work. mig it all, ground bock, body fillered smoothed. probably took over a week to achieve. i didnt like the original sill edge after putting sill on and completeing it as standard so chopped it all out and smoothed. are you using a roll over jig. makes life easier