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mk1 series one project

more welding completed inner and outer sills back panel and spare wheel well











all welding now completed inner arches now painted and underside undersealed



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now ready to put in the rear suspension and fuel tank









next step is prep the car reary for inside and out respray

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Great work! you make it look sooo easy  :)

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You really did make that look easy! Great to see how you've done some of the work though as I'll need to do a few similar bits to my car.

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cheers for the comments wish it was as easy as it looks alot of time and hard work but it will all be worth it in the end, heres a big up date havnt had chance to post any picsfor a wile.

test fit of the wheels

the cars now ready for primer



cars all primered and inside painted

just before paint








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Mk1

Looks amazing !!! Great work and well worth all the effort when you see results like that.
Can't wait to see the finished article.

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phwooaaaarh !!!

nice dude… that looks proper tasty!

excellent work - and quality too.

1980 Series 1 GTI (gone now .. what a mistake selling her!)
1979 Series 1 LD - the Mandarin Dragon … gone as well. oh dear.

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Nice 8)

Andy

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1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si

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Ha, tracked you down on here and i was right, you have put some hours in. Man, thats a quality job you've done there

92 caddy, Now stripped for full rebuild
83 golf gti R1 carbed 16v(soon to have 1.8T)
07 Leon FR TDI daily

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beautiful job mate

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good effort on your can of worms, she looked deceivingly great in that first pic..  

can't wait to see her finished, do you have the black and white tartan interior still?

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Loving the work on this, top job, that freshly painted silver looks amazing!

MK1 Golf - 1.3l Driver
MK1 Golf - 1.8 GTI (Build Thread - Here)

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another big update on the build over the past week or so, yea keeping the standard seats as they were in prity good condition


new headliner ready to go in






new door cards now on






under side now all undersealed

brake pipes and fuel lines



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engine ready to go in









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looks the nuts mate a full resto in 6 months good going it just a shame im only going to see it in my rear view mirror from now on  :D

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wow awsome mate, great work, looks lovely!

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Niice! Wish I had a garage like that…

Great progress!

Mk1 Gti Cabby project on the go! Detailed engine, roof off, leather interior, 16's, painted, now getting put back together!

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VERY nice work so far man, the quality of this build looks insane, ive never been a fan of those backboxes though :(

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this is awesome , the ats classics finish it really well !

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Stunning work sir. Stunning car.
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