My restoration.....she be pritty

heya people here are a few pics of my car how it is so far. i had a quick tinker with it today and found a few rust spots and a hole in the washer bottle which look like a angle grinder cut into it  :dontknow: . its a 1.5 Cab so yeah here pictures.

need some help to know where the boot release handle should go cause mine is just hanging there.

thats where it is at the moment and dont know where to put it.


damage that needs to be repaied.


the motor house  


air filter (modified one though) and carburetor. i was wondering if its the original one or a new one?








that one looks sweet     


damage to drivers seat  









yeah so thats my car let me know what you think and any tips would be nice.

also just won a golf haynes book on ebay ……99p

that carb isn't the same as i've just replaced, so i doubt it's the original… try having a look around the carb itself… for a make or something.. probably a "solex" but if you're lucky you'll find "weber" on there 8)

and for the haynes, good call, i paid about a tenner for mine though. one thing with the haynes, some bits of it are really useful, but some bits are just terrible.. for example, it says "set the camber correctly" and thats it, no info on tools or anything

but your car looks pretty sound APART from that filler neck. you'll wanna get that to the top of your things to replace.

The bonnet release handle screws to the side of the passenger footwell there should be 2 screw holes umm not sure how to explain it..

Under the dash, between the door and the fusebox (about the same height up as the fusebox) on the side does that make sense?

Looks good and that interior is smart, wont take much to get it looking amazing, honest. Most stuff will cost ya nothing but time an a little effort.

Well done for getting the Haynes manual but to be honest I think a Bentley is better and easier to follow.

Tian

Looks sweet 8) bett of cleaning and fetling she will be ace again , and the "angle grinder"  mark you mention in the washer bottle, it wont be an angle grinder mark!! i will be where someone has forgot to put the bottle back in the clips on the inner wing properly and its tilted over and touched the alternater pulley!!!

been there done that……… twice in fact over the years!!!

Topoftherange said

 the "angle grinder"  mark you mention in the washer bottle, it wont be an angle grinder mark!! i will be where someone has forgot to put the bottle back in the clips on the inner wing properly and its tilted over and touched the alternater pulley!!!

been there done that……… twice in fact over the years!!!

Who on earth would be that stupid?!?!

Tian ops:

sweet thanx for tips guys keep em coming    all help in the end

Ive found where the boot release handle goes but i could only find one screw to fix it with so tis still a bit loose.

Also found a name on the carburetor its a "weber", that any good?? ill put a pic up when photobucket decides to work.

Here the proof of the weber  

Lucky you to find a weber in there!

I've found that it's good to have both Haynes manuals for Mk1 and Mk2 golfs, as some things on your clipper will be later parts that won't be in the Haynes mk1 manual. Definitely worth having if you can pick it up on the cheap!

I recommend the Haynes restoration manual too.

Bit of hard work and that car will be right as rain in no time!

same thing happened to me!! i was cleaning my k & n panel filter and i took a further look and realised that there is a weber carb sitting there all pretty!



well pleased!!!!!


 

i'd imagine the carb is a weber 32/34 dmtl, probably the most popular upgrade for these models. now you can sit back and be happy that you've saved yourself ?230!

:mrgreen: oh yes!!
need to start some work on it asap. my grandad is being nice and buying me a distributor cap and new coil and some HT leads  8)  and helping me fit em woop!!
gave it some life the other day all the electrics work apart from the wipers but can be easily sorted…i hope. didnt fire tho  maybe because the distributor wasnt connected to the coil. i was like pulled a lead to show my dad and was like whats this……

Finally started to work on the car   
BUT
Went to do a compression test on each of the cylenders found out the the whole thing was ceased solid wasnt moving any were  
so removed the head, and underneath found the cylinders full of water and rust around the bore's. so now i gotta rebuild the engine by removing the sump and knocking out each of the pistons and replacing piston rings and big end shells. oh well will be nice to gain the engineering expirance 8O.

whoops.
if it's had water in it you'll most likely be replacing con rods and possible the crank if you've turned it over with it in there. hydrolock. water unlike vapour does not compress.
might be worth finding a new engine unfortunatly.

yeh, same as john said.
will definately be a 32/34 dmtl!

this is the set up i had on mine before changing to dcoe's

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almost won a new engine off ebay the other day. only had 30k on the clock but some other guy out bid me. grrrr. the water was only sitting on the top of the pistons and has been running before so might have caught it before any major damage was caused. hopefully

ill keep it posted what happens to it.

went to a re bore centre and they told me the the pistons were ruined and would cost ?400 to recondition the engine. screw that!!!!!
phoned up all the breaking yards in my area and managed to find a replacement 1.8 engine and gearbox all for ?125. and its a really good runner. all i gotta do is remove old one and take it back to them and all will be good.
cant wait to hear it fire up  

aint added any more to this for ages.
well alot more has happened to the car. the new 1.8 engine is in and running sweetly. changed the gear linkage to a 5 speed and replaced the bushes in the process. all new brakes and lines on the front. so now just got the rear brakes, bleed the system then fit the new hood.
ooo also fitted a new grille as the old one had been painted blue with house paint i think. just took the chrome trim off and cleaned it. "good as new"
so yeah very happy with progress. has been a little slow but am still in collage so i dont get much time.
some newer pics

looking good!!! :y: