Arf's 2nd Mk1 Golf - 1978 Series 1 GLS

Most people will know i started on here with a clipper a few years back, which i sold the other week.
Ive wanted a standard S1 4 door for a while now and I posted a few *wanted* ads around facebook and on forums etc

I got a reply from Rich B on facebook (bluey12) about the S1 he had for sale, which he told me was in pretty much original condition. The only problem was that he was 4 hours away from Bristol I booked a B&B on Friday night and because of rain and poor driving conditions on the M5 and M6 it took us over 5 hours to get there The place we stayed was brilliant - an old farm converted into B&B with a few classic cars n tractors dotted around. Full English breakfast as well as polish/continental meats/fish etc ready for you first thing in the morning If anyone is staying around Bradford its called The Model Farm B&B and prices start at 35 a night much nicer than a premiere inn





Morning came and after an early breakfast drove another 30 minutes up north to Rich's place.
Fell in love with the car straight away it was exactly what I was looking for;

1978 1.5 GLS
55,000 Miles
I will owner 4
Original condition.

Then came the most depressing bit of buying a car……..


A few £ later I was proud owner of my S1 which drove fantastic back to Bristol
230 mile trip from Rich's house to mine and it didnt miss a beat I am going to keep the car as close to factory spec as possible Heres a few pics






Scott

Nice one Scott, she's lovely. Must be weird driving with a 4 speed box, it's been years since I drove one.

Doesn't look like she needs anything doing, so that's a bonus.

You know how much i love the car mate, perfect car at the right time, happy days.

Dont forget if you have to sell for any reason i want first refusal :-)

Its gone to a good home, and i know Rich B will be glad its with you and staying within the club

Great purchase Scott. She looks a beauty. Glad you're gonna keep her original.

Love the S1 clocks in her too.

You gonna be tucking her away for winter?

Cheers guys

Yea its the first time ive ever driven a 4 speed im finding it a bit strange to get used to, the amount of times i tried to find 5th lol !

Smudger its taxed til January so im going to keep her road legal til then and then sorn for a month or 2 to sort out any niggles that could come up, if theres nothing to sort it will be taxed straight away

Scott

Nice one Scott. Good to hear you're gonna use her.

Lovely looking series 1 you got there! 

To be honest Scott, how many times did you actually get into 5th? Better off with 4!! Looks great mate welcome to the 5dr club, you know it makes sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great road trip, B&B and of course MK1! I remember looking over this at the AGM with envy. I'm sure you'll enjoy this  

Nice one Scott, I kept seeing this advertised on Car and classic and was very tempted to go have a look.

It looks like a cracker!

Yea it was all good apart from the M5 and M6 traffic!!!

Stu, trust me 4000+ rpm on the motorway for hours on end 5thgear wouldve been nice lol

arf333 said

Yea it was all good apart from the M5 and M6 traffic!

I know that feeling mate. Coming back from ooop North a few weeks ago. got stuck in 35 miles of slow moving traffic which was caused for no apparent reason.  

   

You need to get some 70's style raised letter plates on that. Would look so good!

Tippers 70's Car Plates

yep those plates would look the nuts!

Wow yea they look wicked but are £50 a pair
Would they be road legal??? I wouldnt pay £50 for "show plates"

Scott

as long as its reflective background and stamped by postcode of place that makes them mate they will fine. At the end of the day original plates of that era would still be road legal :-)

get em bought !

Yeah they are road legal. I searched for ever to find a company doing the 70's style ones, this is the only one I could find. Was thinking about getting some for mine, but got some pressed ones in the end as I needed them next day.

But these will look the nuts on your s1!

Ok cool i might get some then i think they will look wicked Also on a side note does anyone know how accurate howmanyleft.com is?

Ive been having a look on there at Golf GLS and there are 3 registered 1977 2 of which are SORN and and 10 from 1978 6 of which are sorn.

So i could POTENTIALLY have the 4th oldest GLS in the country or look at it another way the 2nd oldest on the road

Stunning tintop you have there Scott. Are you taking it to the Malvern show ?

Thanks, yea I should be going as long as its not hammering down, ive been the last 2 years

Scott