MK1 Golf 1.1 (1.8) part restoration

And here's a few photos I forgot to upload from last week of the engine bay and inside, yes it looks rubbish but I love the matte black bonnet, when I have more money I'm thinking of a 1.8T conversion from a Mk4 golf and to tidy the bay up a bit



Here's a random photo of when they were still repairing it, yes I've done it slightly the wrong way round but oh well

Heres what it looks like on the inside at the moment:

Oh and I also bought a Pierburg carb which is the one that is supposed to be on it    

So hopefully it'll be running properly by the time I get it

Nice car mate i would have left it the way it was, looked lovely. im not a fan of all the racecar stuff... but hey, each to their own

browner01 said

Nice car mate i would have left it the way it was, looked lovely. im not a fan of all the racecar stuff… but hey, each to their own

Thanks, yeah the idea is when I'm a bit older is to get a proper GTI and fully restore it to it's original factory standard, but at the minute I'm just experimenting and seeing what works with what

And it's painted!!! Hope you all like it  Pictures to follow and now it's just having the interior sorted. Rear strut brace came yesterday, and the waistline trim and clips came too. Also picked up the rear lights from the post office from Icky. Cheers, here's some pictures of the car! 

Sorry about the poor quality! Will get some better ones on Thursday or Friday

Tyres have also arrived today! Nankangs, 195 45 15 so should give some reasonable but not stupid stretch on my wheels

Paint looks very nice  

Are those the wheels you'll be keeping?

Matt

pazwaa said

Paint looks very nice  

Are those the wheels you'll be keeping?

Matt

Thanks!

Nope, sold them for £100 but tempted to buy them back  

Why's that?

Will have some more photos of interior, paint and wheels tomorrow or Friday.

Looks good on them. Thought you might be refurbing them and using them.

Matt

Looking good mate! I also like the wheels that's on

Looking good bud, what wheels are they out of interest?

Olly

pazwaa said

Looks good on them. Thought you might be refurbing them and using them.

Matt

Yeah after a think the other day I'm keeping them, they're badly damaged though but it'll be better to refurb them instead of spending £160 odd quid on some other wheels. Thank you  

olethalb said

Looking good bud, what wheels are they out of interest?

Olly

Cheers mate  

They're BBS KBA's I think  

If anyone knows of any centre caps for sale for them I'd appreciate it if you could let me know! 

Melteddrummer said

Looking good mate! I also like the wheels that's on

Thank you! Yes think I'm keeping them now, may be for sale in the future 

So I went to see the golf yesterday, and a lot has changed! It's nearly there with just a few more bits to do I dropped off the tyres, waistline trim&clips, rear lights and the strut brace which I cleaned up and painted matt black so looks much better Just waiting on the debadged grill to arrive from VW Heritage and will drop that off as soon as it comes to see which one I prefer.

Interior wise a lot has changed since last time I saw it; the gear knob is on, carpet is down and the steering wheel is fitted. It looks much better but there is still a few more bits to be fitted All I need now is some headlining to cover up the white bits! (if anyone is selling any hit me up)

Exterior wise it had just started to be polished when I got there so will include a photo of the little polished bit The wheels are on with the old tyres, look absolutely boss IMO, tyres are stretched to hell but I love the look, I know a lot of people won't but it's my car at the end of the day and I love it! The new tyres will be used for everyday use and the others for shows etc.

The seats and harnesses will be going in soon, as there is only 2 more bits of fabricating to be done; the exhaust cutting down and the seat subframes, so they've just been waiting for the strut brace to put the seats in.

The aluminium fuel cap has also been fitted which looks great too So, here's some pictures;

Tyres


Interior:









And the outside


Still needs polishing!

And from the back;





You can see what I mean about the exhaust…

The front, getting the red bits in metal as it's just a vinyl at the minute but was just seeing what it'd look like and tempted to get the badge black;



Hard to see but where it's been slightly polished;



And you can see from that photo where the waistline trim will be going Last 2 pictures which are my favourite!;



Little instagram edit

Oh and I forgot to mention the front wheels have had to have spacers on to clear the big Audi brakes due to the ET0 offest Here's a photo of the fuel cap;