prices paid for mk1's

Year                                            1989
Style & Model (cab,tintop,Gl GTI)   GTI Cab
Engine                                         1.8
Fuel                                             Petrol
Manual/Auto                                 Manual
Milage                                          108k
year purchase                               2011
Price paid                                    £ 880
Condition poor/fair/excellent    Not too bad….seen a lot worse (still a massive money pit though !!)

Year - 1983
Style & Model - Tintop Driver 3 Door
Engine - 1.3
Fuel - Petrol
Manual/Auto - Manual
Milage - 76000
year purchase - 2012
Price paid - £2000
Condition poor/fair/excellent - Excellent

year-1983
make-vw
model-golf 1.5gx 5door
mileage-just over 140,000 now
state-bought with no tax,no mot,scruffy bodywork but has a britax sunroof,coilovers and clean original interior
price-bought for£900 in december of 2011
best bit-GTI SPEC WITH 5DOOR PRACTICALITY

Year 1983
Style gti
Colour Lhasa green
3 door
Condition good,very good underneath
Mileage 104000
1 weeks mot (but went straight through the next one)
1 months tax
Purchased 2012 price paid 1500
Very happy  

Year 1990
Style & Model (cab,tintop,Gl GTI) cab
Engine 1.8 carb
Fuel loads of it
Manual/Auto Manual
Milage 128k
year purchase June 2012
Price paid £600
Condition poor/fair/excellent   Pretty good, completely solid underneath, there's one rust patch on the rear wing but that's easy enough to repair. It's got FSH till 2007 and since then she's been neglected.  All it needs is a few new parts and a spruce up and she'll be sweet. Well chuffed.

David said

I've had mine so long that it would skew the data (£5k I think in 1985). It'd be really interesting to find out what someone pays for the £11k one at Panorama Bay but it's usually hard to get that sort of info and I've noticed that in the classic trade, cars sometimes move from dealer to dealer
It's interesting to follow auction activity and there's a Mk1 coming up this week at H&H, a red 1600 that's had loads of work done and is said to be close to concours save for a bit of work on the interior. I'll watch for the result but it has an estimate of £4-5K.

I've bought the car from Panorama Bay, ill not say what I've paid.  This is exactly what I have been looking for (black non sunroof with no work required), this car is qorth more to me as a possession than an item for re-sale to make a proffit or to get my money back,

I am also looking at a 1 owner 1977 gls with 36,000 miles been dry stored since 1982, I would imagine ill pay about 2 - 2.5k for her.

As people have said if you buy a cheap car you may end up spending lots and lots to get it up to a specific standard.  I would only recommend getting a cheap car as a project if you have money available to fund your project and to only go own this rout if you enjoy restorations and are experienced in restorations.  All depends on what finished product your looking for, if you buy a 1983 GTi for £500 and want to make it concours then your in a dream world unless you are very knowledgable and have 10k available to spend.  Be realistic in what your wanting as end product.

Good luck

Year: 1984
Style & Model (cab,tintop,Gl GTI): C Tintop
Engine: 1100cc
Fuel: Petrol
Manual/Auto: Manual
Mileage: 184,000
Year purchase: 2003
Price paid: £50
Condition poor/fair/excellent: Fair, slight rust to rear arches but had tax and MOT, mechanically sound - started first time, every time.

£150 for my 1st MK1 back in 2001. Spent another £15 to get it road worthy

Year: 1983

Style & Model: Tintop GTI (glass sunroof)

Engine: 1.8

Fuel: Petrol

Manual/Auto: Manual

Milage: 12500

Year Purchase: 2007

Price Paid: £1700

Condition: Excellent!! Full nut and bolt rebuild from the ground up and with just under 10K including the car (originally bought for £800 in 1999), coilovers, magnex exhaust, recon engine/gearbox etc etc

Year 1985

    Style & Model Cabriolet GL

    Engine 1.6 Carb

    Fuel Petrol

    Manual

    Milage 135000

    Year purchase 2012

    Price paid £400 (£310 after selling a set of wheels that came with it).

    Condition Fair - Needs a new roof, dented bootlid, faded wing. Nothing major though.
    Had been off the road for 4 years and stood in a barn. Spent over £1000 getting it back on the road.

Year: 1986

Style & Model: GTI Cabrio 'CC'

Engine: 1.8

Fuel: Petrol

Manual/Auto: Manual

Milage: 97000

Year Purchase: 1997

Price Paid: £3495

Condition poor/fair/excellent: Good at the time

Year: 1988

    Style & Model (cab,tintop,Gl GTI): GTI Karmen

    Engine: 1.8

    Fuel: Petrol

    Manual/Auto: Manual

    Millage: 126.000 when first bought (now at 146.000ish)

    year purchase: 2010

    Price paid: £2450

    Condition poor/fair/excellent: Excellent

Pictures from when i first bought it.

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I got this beauty for £1500  in 2010 and spent about £700 doing it up

Year: 1983

Style & Model: GTI  tintop

Engine: 1.6

Fuel: Petrol

Manual/Auto: Manual

Milage: 170,000 KM's

Year Purchase: 2012

Price Paid: €1500

Condition poor/fair/excellent: Good but needs paint.

hi guys

mine is year 1988
style/model cabby gti
engine 1.8
fuel super unleaded
manual gearbox
mileage 114k
bought march 2010
paid £1200 (very fair price)
condition very good/clean/no rot

work done:-  new mohair roof, new tappits, bbs rims, leatherette seat refurb, few shiney engine and interior bits, stainless exhaust system (nice not chavvy)
worth today???  who cares she my baby and i love her (but prob more than when i bought her   )



chris

Year - 1992
Style & Model - Clipper Cabriolet
Engine - 1.8 Carb
Fuel - Unleaded
Gearbox - Manual
Mileage 116,00
Year Purchase - 2009
Purchase Price - £1250
Condition - Fair

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Year - 1992
Style & Model - Clipper Cabriolet
Engine - 1.8 Carb
Fuel - Unleaded
Gearbox - Manual
Mileage 118,000 - 120,00
Year SALE - 2012
SALE Price - £3000
Condition - Good - Excellent

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Great thread building up here, keep listing them!

Year - 1991
Style & Model - Clipper Cabriolet
Engine - 1.8 Carb
Fuel - Unleaded
Gearbox - Manual
Mileage 91,000
Year Purchase - March 2011
Purchase Price - £900
Condition - Aveage



Scott

Wow, I've paid way over the top for my rotter


Year - 1983
Style & Model - Gti tin top
Engine - 1.8 8v
Fuel - Unleaded
Gearbox - Manual
Mileage 159,000
Year Purchase - August 2012
Purchase Price - £1500
Condition - In need of restoration.

Year - 1983
Model - TinTop GTI
Engine - 1.8 8v
Fuel - Petrol
Transmission - Manual
Milage - 140,000
Purchased - 2/02/2012
Price - £500 (quick sale wanted)
Condition - Body-Average    Mechanical - Poor
No tax or test, stood for 7 years, Very little rus, got engine running but piston ring in cylinder 3 seized interior pretty good.