The start of restoring my sick mk1

1stgolf said

havent done much today just put another coat of red oxide on. Just wondering what other products are out thair that are like underseal but not as messy and have a neater finish?

also trial fitted my clipper front bumper

Looks like a really cool project, looking forward to seeing more photos as you go along. How much are clipper kits generally now?

Mark,

Very inspiring restoration thread mate.

Good work, you're making me wanna start pulling my Golf to pieces on my drive now at in the middle of the night.

All the best.  :wink:

marklawrence said

1stgolf said

havent done much today just put another coat of red oxide on. Just wondering what other products are out thair that are like underseal but not as messy and have a neater finish?

also trial fitted my clipper front bumper

Looks like a really cool project, looking forward to seeing more photos as you go along. How much are clipper kits generally now?

Mark,

i couldent tell you how much the kits go for now mate but my clipper bumpers just sit in my back garden as soon ill be selling them

Gillie said

Very inspiring restoration thread mate.

Good work, you're making me wanna start pulling my Golf to pieces on my drive now at in the middle of the night.

All the best.  :wink:

thanks mate and why not start pulling your golf apart you never know what you might find lol

At least at 2 am I won't be able to see much rust.  I'll put some pics up when I begin the mission.

Good luck

look foward to seeing some pictures mate

Keep at it mate.

One day it will all be worth it!

Some of those photos made me cry.. :-)  really…

looks good mate

cheers lads. Due to the very cold weather and me working all the hours i can get due to xmas just around the corner and a little madam on the way ive not uncovered the mk1 for a while now i realy must get stuck in as i wanted it finished for summer 08 but ive no chance as you can see from the last pictures taken ive still loads to do  :cry:

Nearly 6 months down the line and nothings changed due to beeing very busy with work ect ect.
I took a few pictures a few days ago.
This is how she sits as of today.

Good to see u aint given up matey  :wink:

Still got tha bonnet for ya  :wink:

Given up no way mate but with my daughter here now just means the projects going to take even longer lol

and nice one frank i thought you would of got rid of the bonnet. Where do you live now then mate? but dont know when i can pick the bonnet up as my polo's off the road at the moment :cry:

1stgolf said

Given up no way mate but with my daughter here now just means the projects going to take even longer lol

and nice one frank i thought you would of got rid of the bonnet. Where do you live now then mate? but dont know when i can pick the bonnet up as my polo's off the road at the moment :cry:

Yeah I can understand your littl'un will take up loads of your time mate  :wink:

Mate the bonnet is still at my parents garage in Thamesmead down Yarton Way whenever you you wanna come and get it  :dontknow:

Hi again seen as i had saturday off work and had a couple of hours spare  i decided to put a set of mk2 golf steel's on that ive had laying around for a while.


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I also started to strip the passenger door back to bare metal.
Heres how far i got.
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Just thought i would add a picture of the little maddam (My daughter) who will be slowing my project down even more then it has been but never mind it will get finished sometime.

She looks happy!!

Yes very lol

…or did you tell her you'll have the golf finished by the weekend?!

No i told her by the time shes 18 lololol  

Ive been planing to polish these up for a while now there cavalier gsi alloys also known as cav slabs.
I started to polish these the other day heres how far i got (Only realy stripped the paint off and started to sand).

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I forgot to menshion im planing on putting these on my mk1 once fully restored.
I also need to make the centre bore hole's a little bigger to slip on the mk1