My sixth Mk1 Golf

After five years without a Mk1 Golf (I had a Porsche 924 in between but baby seats wouldn't fit in it) I've picked up this little beauty around about five weeks ago.  It's already nearly killed me thanks to a rusty filler neck, blocked fuel filter and stopping dead on the A1 across a junction.  After a tow home from a very understanding wife and some lateral thinking for a no-cost temporary repair I've clocked up around 200 miles in it (under it's own power).

I have plans over the winter to replace the filler neck, drain and clean all the crusty bits out of the tank and change all the fuel filters.  Hopefully that should be all it needs to provide trouble free progress.  Other plans include ordering some seating material and re-trimming the car so that the front seats, rear seats and door cards all match.  You can't really tell from the photograph but the quality of the re-trim that's been carried out on the front seats is, to be kind, not the best.

Other than that, a smattering of genuine parts and some effort to undo decades worth of "fixes" to bits of the loom / fuel system / dashboard plus some localised repairs on the bodywork is all that's in the plans so far.  Aim is to have a clean and tidy Mk1 that's true to it's era and doesn't look like a boy racers wet dream.  To that end, the 13" alloys will NOT be replaced by crazy wheels, the dampers will NOT be swapped out in favour of coil-overs and the bumpers will NOT be replaced by a massively oversized bodykit.  My rule of thumb is that everything I fit to the car should be either original equipment from the pre-big bumper period or period specific / sympathetic enhancements.

That's the plan, let see if I can stick to it!

  

Hey Steve!! Nice to see you back on here  

Nice looking cabby, I like the colour  

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What are the 2 knobs to the right of the steering wheel?

Thanks, it's good to be back!

The two knobs relate to a previously fitted aftermarket air-con system.  There is an extra heat exchanger mounted in front of the radiator which isn't attached to anything plus a load of conduit and an air-vent fitted in, bizarrely, the recess in the back of the centre console.

I have no idea why you'd want A/C on a car the roof comes off.  There are various bits of wiring around the place which have been added by various former keepers.  I discovered on Saturday that sounding the horn illuminates the overheat warning flasher on the dashboard.

I suspect a bulk of the early work I'll be doing on the car will actually be un-doing previous "enhancements".