Golf 1.6 Diesel - now 1.9 TDI

Just got back from seeing Alonso, happy to say a new project has been purchased…….. a 1.6 diesel  :twisted:

It needs a little love….. and 2 wings to start with, then a door later….. and rear arches even later on :redfaced:  :redfaced:

It's got 12 months MOT, so there'll be no rushing in sourcing the parts, but you'll probably spot me at Edition 38 looking through the autojumble on Sunday  :mrgreen:

GTD comes to mind, but for now it's 1600cc  

Here's some photos for starters…………..

I wanna Derv!! nice find.  

yes my friend :wink:  though i was thinking of buying that  :twisted:

ans4r said

yes my friend :wink:  though i was thinking of buying that  :twisted:

I was getting worried someone was going to buy it before I could get chance to pop over to see it.

Blans, I've also been looking for a Derv for a while, have you seen the yellow mk1 diesel on Ebay? Link below….  :wink:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-YELLOW-/270622967438?pt=Automobiles_UK

Bad enough following 1 smelly chip pan around the country to meets,,,now there will be 2  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:
 :wink:

not happy warren

i was the other person interested only to get an email saying someone bought it the night before :cry:

the search continues

jellybelly said

not happy warren

i was the other person interested only to get an email saying someone bought it the night before :cry:

the search continues

There was plenty of interest Jelly  :mrgreen: , including from Milton Keynes and Bristol  8)

Got back from Edition 38 and delved a bit further into the body work, here's some photos of the problems………

N/S Front wing shot………



O/S Wing shot………….



O/S Wing again…………



N/S Rear arch needs replacing eventually………..



Filler cap panel shot……….



Rear panel, lot of rust by the number plate lights…………





Interior is a bit tired, but extremely comfortable  :mrgreen:







On a plus note its solid in the spare wheel, boot area, the brown you can see is dust  8)  8)





Another plus is it's a diesel and pulls like a trojan……….



And the paint work that isn't affected by rust,  actually T-Cuts up well  

looks a deep project.

good luck mate hope to see it at the agm

Another oil burner being given a new lease of life,thumbs up from me

GAMMYGOLFGTI said

ans4r said

yes my friend :wink:  though i was thinking of buying that  :twisted:

I was getting worried someone was going to buy it before I could get chance to pop over to see it.

Blans, I've also been looking for a Derv for a while, have you seen the yellow mk1 diesel on Ebay? Link below….  :wink:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-YELLOW-/270622967438?pt=Automobiles_UK

I would love to buy pretty much every mk1 I see, But as i'm not Alan Sugar my bank balance won't quite stretch as it's being eaten by my gti!!! car's looking good though nice to see another saved.  

Just looked at that one on Ebay,I would think that one would be quite rare now being a series one 1500 diesel :?

Nice one Gammy, you beat me to it

Good luck with the build. Hope you keep her original  :mrgreen:

Nice project there mate, be keeping an eye on this one as I also just bought a 1.6 Na Mk1 and I have a rotten mk2 GTD as a daily, can you see where I'm going with this… be good to compare notes on a GTD swap over the winter. JJ

looks like a nice project Gammy! best of luck with it

Rich

sir gammy with a smelly noisey rattley diesel? nice one bert,good choice  
Bert

John,

Post us some pictures of your Diesel mate.

Gammy any updates on the project


Cheers

still smell's  8O
 :wink:

daz1971 said

still smell's  8O
 :wink:

 :lmao:
Bert

Looks like a cool project. Would be nice to have a diesel.

When does the work start?

daz1971 said

still smell's  8O
 :wink:

Robmk1 said

Looks like a cool project. Would be nice to have a diesel.

When does the work start?

Start properly this weekend, though had the wire brush on the panel next to the fuel filler cap and exposed the extent of the corrosion, put a bit of kurust on it last night  :mrgreen:

Might have a trip upto a scrap yard in Crewe on Saturday and get a wing and interior, just waiting for the guy to get back to me with some photos  :wink: