very rare mk1 golf GL cabby

A very rare car from a daily runner up until just over a year ago a full restoration was long overdue no expense spared just the new roof and head lining to be fitted now read to show.

Nice looking car 👍

Any details of the restoration?

Matt

It looks good, did you change the colour to Green?

this is the original colour from factory it is Irish green possibly the only one in the world from factory in its colour. the original owner was my dad all documents from the point of ordering from Germany as he was stationed in Germany.the firm that did the paint job said they took pictures but never got any apart from a few that i took. i will try and post what i have.   

Looks nice. Good work  

Ian

Nice cab!

Is it the colour that makes this so rare?

Cabchapp

Morning
at the moment as far as we know this is the only cabby in this colour. this is a totally original car no colour change as this is how it was ordered by by my parents back in 1983 from Germany .The colour is Irish Green special order as by parents were in the forces stationed in German .This car was ordered in 1983 but was completed in around September 1984 due to VW going on strike the only time in their history that they have done so. VW offered my parents a white GTI  due to the time length and  production penalties they would incur but my parents hung on and waited 9 months for the car and as my father can not drive any more as a tribute to them as this was their dream car of the day and not cheap in those days i took the decision to restore the car for them as best as my wallet would allow.    just a new hood to go on now which should be going on in a few weeks if all goes to plan.

Lovely looking Cabby, its a long shot, but I don't suppose your dad was Gus Boag ?

Happymick sorry no my father is Brian.

Thanks for all the kind words about the Golf much appreciated .

OK thanks, thought it was a long shot, we had a Captain Gus Boag in my unit in Germany 83 - 84.

Wow what a rare beast!!

It looks great - nice story and glad you've kept it right