quartet cabby resto thread

as most of you know ive just picked myself up a 1986 mk1 golf cabriolet



with it being 22 years old it needs a wee bit of attention in some places and so i started today

sods law it rained too lol

1stly the boot floor looked a little worse for wear, not rotten but a bit brown looking
so emptied it out gave it a scrub down and dried it


then some good old hammerite.. the colour is not at all what the lable was lol, o well no one will see it haha


all done much better


then i decided to take the side trims off to clean underneith


yuck but now much better


the handle fell off the other day


took it apart, new screw needed
fixed


Massive gap between the window and the seal


mended


and a mate came over just to check the car over -
his mk1


hope you like

looking good so far. Im 22 and need some attention lololol

8O  I would have maybe considered using some sort of wax oil instead of violet hammerite :roll:

hammerite rocks,
 so what if the colour isnt right, its underneith the carpet, its not damp and doesnt get whet so no need for waxoil :roll:

meh waxoyl isnt that great… its fine if you're not the one putting it on (or in my case, taking it off) but its messy stuff.. and expensive

Looks like you've been busy! Enjoy your MK1 8)

well i decided to paint the side strips to match the roof, worst idea ever, luckly i only did one so i only had one to strip back,
then went with silver vynal, really impressed



then the kids got a wash



pics with side strips on
(much better i think)

Nice job on those side strips, makes a great difference.  Scrubs up well

the remainds of my cold air feed



black boot now lol



new plates

I think your boot will be the last part of your car to rot!

nice car, looks pretty tidy, my air feed pipe has perished also, do u no where to get a new one?