my ?200 project work/toy?

picked this up the other day no mot…well ran out the day b4 i picked it up i should use this as my new work car but my mind starts racing with convertions ect ect no im going to use it for work as i work on site i hate leaving my mk2 parked anywhere the mk1s just got a bit more body work defects so i would not be so worried parking on site stupid i know :dontknow: il probably change my mind again coz i think its to good for that.
had never drove a mk1 b4 its onlt a 1.3 polo engined but love the way it moves my mk2 felt like a fat bast*** when i got back in it…. anyway here she is after being sat since march will get more pics when i clean her up shes got 1 and i mean 1 little rust patch on back pasenger side next to the exhaust 8)








woooops how did that get in there cant leave her on site no damage no rust :wink:

looks like youve got a bit of work to do on that paint dont worry about it though, itll soon come up with some T-Cut and wax… mine did, and mine is looking pretty good now..

That blue mk2 is looking soooooo shiny though its unbelievable :O

i wish the paint on mine was like that

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Nice pair!

lol sure have got some work 2do with the paint, faded in random places like along back of both rear windows 1 side down to the strip  :dontknow: …..considering the last time i polished the mk2 was about 6 weeks ago still shins up ok  8)

Looks like a nice, solid car, good find.

Do you know what these seats are? The material looks a bit too modern to be from a mk1 but the side material and the actual shape of the seats look like mk1. :dontknow: Recovered perhaps? :dontknow:

think they are pre 90 spec mk2 seats the driver has a base lowering handel (handy being 6foot plus) on the left unlike mine in the mk2 which is on the right and they look the same as my mates seats in his f reg mk2 but with mk1 head rests :wink:

Ah. They look in really good nick, might have a look for some myself :wink:

Looks like you carry REALLY small passengers looking at your passenger seat.

The seats are from a MK2 GTI, my brother has the same ones!  :mrgreen:

Looks like you carry REALLY small passengers looking at your passenger seat

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funny you say that me being 6,4 my other half is about 5,1 but she has'nt been in the car yet :wink:

thats sweet mate.

de trimed today and gave a wash loads to do my polish is not up to the job of geting rid of the dulling    only got a bit of the bonnet done and not happy with it needs a machine but got no power up me garage gonna get some new graded polish 2mor and get bizzy :twisted:

some pics of the progress and the rims i have to go on once i get some new 185/55/15 tyres…..and still need a chin spoiler :roll:




thort id give the door ago beeing that its not faded did'nt come ot to bad :wink:

looks like you got yourself a nice solid project thair mate

looks   quite good without trim buts thats just cos mine has 86,409 different shades of red around the doors.. and about polish… (read below lol)

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blue8v said

my polish is not up to the job of geting rid of the dulling  

I dont know what polish youre using, but my car was exactly the same and i just T-Cut :dontknow: mine came up after spending about 30 mins to an hour on each panel (actually, ive recorded the time i spent on the car, and ive done 13 hours of polishing to get rid of the dulled oranged paintwork

T-Cut is the win so if you havent got any you should invest in it

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looks like you got yourself a nice solid project thair mate

yep sure have there has been some proper dodgy paint touching in not small ones either but im managing to get round that with my cutting compound to harsh for the rest of the car couple of rubs and the clothes red. 8O

gonna get to work today xman 8)

well got bizzy 2day not as early as i would have liked but got a good 3 hours in and this is all i got done along with some bits not photo'd shes gonna be good i can feel it


still not happy with the top part of the wing do it again…… 8O

thats looking really shiny already, nice work, its a shame about the stone chips/rust spots on the bonnet though

Your paintwork looks pretty smooth aswell

keep up the good work

thats looking really shiny already, nice work, its a shame about the stone chips/rust spots on the bonnet though

the stone chips have been treated/painted but the colour is dark red and its run and sat at the bottom of the chip rubbish… :evil:  theres loads all over the car… at least they havent rusted to bad :?

as for the shine good old t-cut then a polish then again if not good enough :wink:

well hello all been very bizzy with the mk1 of late a mate of mine is using the car as hes mk2 had to have a full engine re-build there was a catch to this tho….he had to get it mot,ed witch we were both worried about being that it had been sat for almost a year……..anyway long story short she passed first time  :wink:  then we had some running issues long story short again all it needed was a new alternater……so all in all the car has cost me ?20-mot
            ?30-ulternater
            ?3-badge
            ?15-polish
            ?200-car its self
            ?60-ish on road tax
and now she looks like this

That just shows what a bit of elbow grease can do. Well done and a steal at ?200  8O