My Mk1 Golf Cabriolet

Ive had it a few weeks now but not gotten around to putting a post on here! Well its a 1987 1.6 Cabriolet! Up to now i've bought a few things and gotten it painted….here's the pics

On route home…towed by the Ford Burgular van…





On the drive..







Battle scars.





Wing off…













The engine bay has seen better days..



Coat of underseal



Underseal + Paint



New Wing



Sanded down..





Ready for primer











Base coat of black





Then the Helios blue



Flattend down..



Polished + satin black badges



Inside is minging













The old brake fluid black/green colour



Fitting coilovers





and new disks and pads









Her first wash..









Could'nt resist the roof down





Engine bay is degreased, needs doing again but i've fitted engine and gerabox oil, plugs, dizzy cap, rotor arm, oil/air/fuel filters and the full gear linkage kit









Thats as it is at the minute, i've ordered the crosshair headlights and single badgeless grill, new door pins, bush for throttle pedal but they should be here in the next few days.

I've polished two of the wheels face's up to pretty much chrome with the help of a friend, we'll be doing the other two at the weekend. I'll get the pic of that when i go down the garage next. Then the interior needs sorting badly!

looking good!!  

Thanks!

The wheels before and after (i know they need a wash)

looking gd mate, love the colour

You didn't hang about then! 8O  Top work, love the colour :wink:

top work! wish my cabby looked anywhere near that good.

small bumpers ftw.

Wow Thanks for all the good comments :-) Its pretty much ready for its mot now, gotta fit the exhaust tomrrow then try and get it booked in, I've grown to like the wheels now they have been sproused up haha

Here's a few more pics

Looks really good mate, I wish I had a larger garage and I'd give mine a lick of paint too.

Gotta love this pic though.



T

Haha is that because it has my yawning oily mate in the picture!

It's much easier having a big garage, Thats at my dads house tho, sadly up for sale too :-(

She's past the mot :-) :-)

H2XBY said

She's past the mot :-) :-)

Happy days mate.

T

Hi mate, car looks sweet!!

I have the same wheels on mine but look just like yours did before you polished them. What did you do to get them looking so fine?

Hi, not sure if this is the right way of doing it but i just used the same sanding discs as i was using to sand the car down on the sander because the corroding was pretty bad, then i wet n dried them with 1700 paper and then a quick once over with 2400 i think it was. Then i got the polishing wheel on the drill and used that with some autosol. Took about two hours per wheel but that was sitting chatting with a mate so you could prob do it quicker. They arnt perfect but they look 1000 times better than what they did! They'll do until i get some new ones.

Ian you left your mirrors on to paint? tu tut  

Tian said

Looks really good mate, I wish I had a larger garage and I'd give mine a lick of paint too.

Gotta love this pic though.



T

looking nice, yep i need a big garage too! I got my Cabby as the body was ok, and I don't have the facilities, but would have a go if I did.
How you got on with the interior/ Seats etc…?

paulydixon said

Ian you left your mirrors on to paint? tu tut  

I'm buying new ones or wanting a checky stickers over the top

Having a garage is a big help, i hate working outside in the cold.

I've had the carpet cleaner hoover out on the interior, Its all came up mint but sadly it does'nt fix the bolsters lol I'm looking for a new interior but no hurry. Gonna see if i can get lupo gti or ibiza cupra. Going to measure the rear seats in both to see how wide they are. Dont know if anyone on here has it already?

Wow! Those wheels look great; I have the same ones and they too are all corroded. I'd have a go at polishing them like you but I'm  not sure I have the patience for 2 hours work! What is a polishing wheel for a drill anyway? Can you get sander attachments for a drill also because that would save time surely? Oh and did you coat them with anything to protect them? did you use a Dremel type thing with attachments to sand them?

I'm a big fan of keeping a car the way it was designed and I think your wheels look ace. Stick with them!

Sorry for all those questions, it's just I was going to get my wheels sprayed then I noticed yours and was amazed :d

I'm not even sure if its called a polishing wheel, its just an attachment that you put on the end of the drill that buff's up the wheels with the autosol. I'll take a pic when im next down the garage, I guess you could use a dremmel but you dont want to put any scratches in the alloy so i just used the orbital sander with plenty of sanding discs and it flattened them down perfect! A "mouse" would be good too with it being smaller! Its well worth the time, its half the work if you've got a mate to help you……….

stunning!