My First Mk1, Updated and back after TWO years :) Now back again after 5 RE SPRAYED

HAVE NOT BEEN ON FOR DONKEYS BUT EVENTUALLY GOT HER BACK INTO THE SWING
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Just got my first mk1 today we drove from stafford staffordshire to east sussex was 220miles, we set off this morning at 7 and it took us about 3hrs to get down there. We got there greated the guy and he was very nice, Its in good condition the rust patch here and there. But runs sweet as a nut. he wanted ?700 but we got it for ?575 which was quite good.

The journey back was good it crusied all the way back a 70 which i thought myself was good for a 1.3 i was expecting alot less. It did take us 4hrs to get back as we were going but slower.

The bad points are the indictators dont work, they dont "tick tock" just seem to stay on. with no lights showing either so need to sort that out.

The driver seat very un comfy the sspring sticks in your back.

I managed to get back on ?40 and its used bit more than 3/4


I will be getting pics up later on just thought id post thou.

Im going to use this post as my project page, when i put my alloys on, lower and then spray eventually etc .

So here the PICS

When i first saw the mk1, love a first sight :p




The Mk1 back at home after a 220mile drive.










Ill get pics of the engine lata on today.

Comments and advice welcome

Excellent, looking forward to seeing it!

good to see another mk1 in staffordshire i l look forward to the pics

Yeah id like to start coming to the meets. Meet a few members and that.


I think i need a new flash unit for the car as the indicators dont flash just stick on but  the harzards work fine.

flasher relay unit, about 8 quid from halfords…same happened to mine, just before its MOT but it behaved until the first junction leaving the test!
btw car looks great

thanks for that, was goin to ask where to go for one.

cheers for the comments

Nice, I especially like the retro headrests and gear knob, I hope you have fun tidying it up mate  8)

I reckon it would look nice on some original Gti wheels too

that looks ace, look forward to the doing up?

im looking forward to the doing up too

today im clearing out garage to put the motor in and then giving it a good clean inside and out.

yey! another mk1 in staffordshire!
looking good anyway, us staffs lot will have to arrange a meet now i've got the cab back on the road  :mrgreen:

yeahhh im up for a meet sometime.

so how many we got from staffs area?? . I seen a guy in a dark blue i think the covertable. In rugeley ring a bell to anyone??

i used to come down your ends a while back in mine.

to  leek..?

and also that racecourse place of the roundabout in uttoxeter?


what a place! haha

Just picked up a set of allloys today. He did say they were 14s but when i got there they were 13s but not to fussed they need a good clean and a set of tyres but will look good. Im wanting to have that stretch look on the tyre so what size tyre would be best??






The wheel says 5.5/13/50inches??? No to sure on what it means myself.

Check the fusebox for the indicator problem, I recently had the same problem, only the indicator dash light worked, and stayed on rather than flashing.  Found it to be a blown fuse.

Cool mk1 too

I have checked that there only like 12 fuses i think and they seem ok.
Or is there another block somewhere of them??

cuz on my 206 i had 2 fuse boxes in different places.

have you tried them wheels on your car mate, are they def the right pcd 4x100mm

5.5 x 13 is the they are 5.5 inches wide and 13 width, not sure about the 50 part on your rim, whats the et on them

Yesterday i gave the car a good 1st clean since i bought it last week.

I washed and waxed. I sprayed the VW badge silver too

I have took a few pics of how it went, also a few of where the oil leak is coming from.

so here you go….









OIL LEAK



Few of it washed and waxed.



Love this pic





So my saturday rather well spent.

I just need to get the engine fixed then im on to the mods. Im looking to get the ebay coilovers and i need a new exhaust anyways but wanting to get the uplift pipe.

Comments welcome

Sprayed my alloys now and im ready to put them on the car.
I have had to get spacers for the front and order new wheel bolts that are longer. I Never new that they were illegal i had to have them ordered went looking round for ages.

Anyways i picked up a set of tyres from the guy at the scrappy for ?6 each and they nearly have full tread
Only because we are buying so much off him like??

Im getting my new engine and bolts tomorrow so ill get pics up asap.

Just got my wheels on after a real pain in the backside of looking for wheel botls. Been told to have them diamond cut ! Happy with them. Also got my new exhaust on, that i had done at powerflow.












What people think??

as long as you like them thats what matters.

But in my very honest opinion i personally don`t quite like them, what size tyre you got on them cos they look quite wide

but like i said as long as you like them thats what matters