prices paid for mk1's

Gordonthegolfer said

twstrong said

1981 , 1 lady owner since new. 68,000 on the clock. All original. Needing a little tlc but overall a cracking little car for £1k.

Heyup buddy
Is this the one that was for sale in Kingslynn? We were all talking about this one not long back hoping that somebody on here was gonna snap it up! Well Done.
Chris

Hi Chris,
Yes it was mate.. Bit of a drive from Dorset, but drove her all the way home and didn't miss a beat. Hadn't been drove for months and when it did was only ever used to pop to the shops and back. So was good to give it a good run home.
Very pleased with it and so original… The old lady was lovely as well, and was sad to see it go.

twstrong said

Gordonthegolfer said

twstrong said

1981 , 1 lady owner since new. 68,000 on the clock. All original. Needing a little tlc but overall a cracking little car for £1k.

Heyup buddy
Is this the one that was for sale in Kingslynn? We were all talking about this one not long back hoping that somebody on here was gonna snap it up! Well Done.
Chris

Hi Chris,
Yes it was mate.. Bit of a drive from Dorset, but drove her all the way home and didn't miss a beat. Hadn't been drove for months and when it did was only ever used to pop to the shops and back. So was good to give it a good run home.
Very pleased with it and so original… The old lady was lovely as well, and was sad to see it go.

Whereabouts in Dorset are you?  I live in Christchurch.

butleraw said

twstrong said

Gordonthegolfer said

twstrong said

1981 , 1 lady owner since new. 68,000 on the clock. All original. Needing a little tlc but overall a cracking little car for £1k.

Heyup buddy
Is this the one that was for sale in Kingslynn? We were all talking about this one not long back hoping that somebody on here was gonna snap it up! Well Done.
Chris

Hi Chris,
Yes it was mate.. Bit of a drive from Dorset, but drove her all the way home and didn't miss a beat. Hadn't been drove for months and when it did was only ever used to pop to the shops and back. So was good to give it a good run home.
Very pleased with it and so original… The old lady was lovely as well, and was sad to see it go.

Whereabouts in Dorset are you?  I live in Christchurch.

I live in Gillingham..  

Good on ya mate, She looks superb! Whats the plans for it?
Chris

Gordonthegolfer said

Good on ya mate, She looks superb! Whats the plans for it?
Chris

New set of 15" wheels, lower it a little, and change/take off the bumpers. Thats pretty much it.

Nice one mate, make sure you fire up a build thread on the projects page, so we can follow the progress  

Gordonthegolfer said

Nice one mate, make sure you fire up a build thread on the projects page, so we can follow the progress  

Good idea! will do mate.. Even the wife loves going out in it..

Year, 1983
Style & Model (cab,tintop,Gl GTI) gti
Engine 1800
Fuel petrol
Manual/Auto manual
Milage 248k
Year purchase 2007
Price paid £625
Condition poor/fair/excellent, poor

2 re-sprays, 3 engines, 2 gearboxes, 4 interiors, 2 sets of wheels later…….

twstrong said

butleraw said

twstrong said

Gordonthegolfer said

twstrong said

1981 , 1 lady owner since new. 68,000 on the clock. All original. Needing a little tlc but overall a cracking little car for £1k.

Heyup buddy
Is this the one that was for sale in Kingslynn? We were all talking about this one not long back hoping that somebody on here was gonna snap it up! Well Done.
Chris

Hi Chris,
Yes it was mate.. Bit of a drive from Dorset, but drove her all the way home and didn't miss a beat. Hadn't been drove for months and when it did was only ever used to pop to the shops and back. So was good to give it a good run home.
Very pleased with it and so original… The old lady was lovely as well, and was sad to see it go.

Whereabouts in Dorset are you?  I live in Christchurch.

I live in Gillingham..  

Nice place.  My last mk1 came from near there.  A place called Bourton.

Looks like you've done very well with your purchase  

1989 all white ltd edition triple gti clipper.
107k on the clock.
bought for £600 and been stored in barn for 2 years.
dirty but rust free and never welded.(2 tyres and wheel cylinder for new mot)
spent around £700 getting to condition now inc new roof,cambelt/service/suspension/brakes/complete coolant system overhaul/alarm/battery/coil.
all standard apart from coilies and sportline alloys.
full respray soon.
insured for £4250 with lancaster classic insurance specialist.

750 Euros for the '80 cabby two years ago, needing work;


 and another 200 or so to get it running:


To be joined last september by the '79 GLD for 150 euros:


And very little more to get it running:


Robin

This one cost £600 (Nov 2011, 1984 1.8GLI 290,000kms):

before:



After:



This one was considerably more however was bought as is (many of you may recognise it as DJRuss's old car, and will remember the lengths he went to to bring it up too standard)
This is actually my Dad's who caught the bug while helping sort mine out.