my 83 gti

hi, heres my 83 gti that i bought about 18 months ago to restore, unfortunatly i didnt take any pics before i started on her and during the early stages of the build which i wish i'd done!

anyway i stripped her to a bare shell, did a small repair to the drivers cill and replaced one axel mounting, 2 new rear arches were fitted, new wings and bonnet, i replace the doors for some rot free ones, its got new poly bushes throughout, new brakes, bearings cables etc etc, basicly id tryed to replace or renew as much as possible

theres still a few bits left to do like i want new lights, door handles etc and a few small bits and bobs that i want to be new but arnt urgent so shes ready for the MOT

well enough of the wrighting i've got a few pics……..

Great pics mate... looks like you put a lot of time in......

Awesome restoration….

very good job….  8O  

Some specs of wheels & tyres??

Well done that man.

That looks fantastic, you got enough wheels  

PS where did you get the new number plate hanger?

Absolutely superb mate a big pat on the back for some excellent work

Nice one!! Got a great shine to it, I love the wheels too :wink:

Good idea putting the vinyl on the rear arches by back seat - the plastic covers get so tatty.

Cheers
Andy

Nice potted version of what I'm sure has been a lot of time and effort! And a great result.

Having done/doing the same sort of resto myself at the moment, I'm interested to know;

1. How long has it taken you
2. How much work was subbed out, ie what didn't you do yourself?
3. If you can bear to recall, or if you kept a rough idea, how much it has cost you?

Great work!

Cheers
Jon

thanks for the positive comments people, much appriciated
ive tryed to keep it standard with the exeption of the wheels, coilovers and the lack of arch trims so in the future it can go back to being completly standard with little effort

tonac - the wheels are oz turbos 7x15 et15 with 165/50/15 bridgestones

chriswizz - haha i sold the bbs the were too big being 8x15 and 8.5x15 and the numberplate holder was on the bay, cost about 12 notes

and your questions jonharmer, its taken since nov 06 till now to do but it was in the bodyshop for around 6months doing nothing
ive done everything apart from the paint
and its scary how much it's cost me to do, some would say its not worth it but to me it is, when i started i had a figure of what i thought it would cost………. but that soon went out the window when i bought a box of nuts, bolts and brackets from the dealers and it came to nealy ?300! you start getting bits and bobs and it soon mounts up, it will have cost me in the region of 5k

thanks again

dan

8O  :clap:  :notworthy:  :y:

Mate your Mk1 looks the absolute dogs dangleys!!!!!!

Perfection and the OZ turbos look so smart!!! well done mate!

All I'm going to say is that looks spot on!  :y:

afew updated pics from last week……..




how she looks now…… back completly standard

Nice! 8)