Louie's 83 GTI Build

May have been naughty and bought myself a 3rd project… Metal work on it is great though so just going to get it through the MOT and have it for a run around.




Raptor was given another layer of base coat for good luck then lacquered. Pictures don't do it justice!







Sneak peak of the engine bay in colour. Will upload pictures of that after a polish.

Superb work, I honestly envy you!    

golf Cabrio  - Cheers bud, got to say I've had a lot of help getting it here!

How's your Mk1 doing?

Any updates? It's been months since the last one.

chrisL - Hi mate, phone lost all my pics but matey had a few on his phone (Bit lower picture quality).


Back when the engine bay's high build was rubbed down.




New genuine bonnet from VW Heritage, being put into 2pac high build primer.








Interior was bare metaled entirely, rubbed down with 180 before filler work, etch priming and being put into high build primer.












Rubbed down ready for paint.

One of the pictures I still have for interior in colour, will get some again soon.




Front arches were rolled and inner wings Raptor'd & lacquered.




Inside of the doors and tailgate were put into high build, lost these pictures but have this 1 of a door after high build was rubbed down.




Guide coat applied.

Sneak peak of my BBS RM's. Fresh refurbish, with new dishes, bolts and valves. Looked very much different when I got them!

My mate wanted to try his new toy so he sprayed the inside of the bonnet in his inflatable booth!




Had months of problems with metal finishing with parts not being up to standard. Eventually found somewhere which convinced me on their Zinc Nickel plating with the salt spray testing over 1000 hours so couldn't complain. The larger yellow parts at the top were a bit too green, so sent them back them to get that original golden finish.




Top guys they sorted it out in no time, I understand colour matching with different pieces/material can be a right pain but they've done a top job!




Started laying out a few parts to get it rolling. Every nut, bolt, bush and bearing replaced with new and metal finished.

One hell of a restoration!  

Crazy and awesome a Full Dream of each mk1 Fan…  can't wait to see it finished.. than you can get my mk1 to do the same.. smile


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Excellent, well that didn't disappoint.

The zinc plating looks superb and will go great against the fresh paint.

Is the rear beam powder coated?
What Coilovers have you gone for?

All those fixings etc laid out on the table is OCD heaven!    

WOW….

Superb attention to detail, this is amazing and I cant wait to see the next stage updates, more over the finished car…!!

Credit to you, a MK1 owners dream a rebuild such as this.

WOW….

Drool worthy collection of parts there  

Matt

Wow. I feel inspired! are those all original fixings that you have had zinc'd? Who did them for you?

Thanks for the comments! The pictures make it seem more straight forward than it ever is, everything has had a problem somewhere. Zinc plating was sent to 3 different companies for example until I was happy!

Baggins -  I used AG in Birmingham for mine, they're top guys, Alan is really knowledgeable and helpful so if you go with them make sure you're clear with them as to what you want as normally Yellow finishes show more green. But they do a good price on Zinc Nickel and it's a much more lasting finishing than standard zinc.

chrisL - I had the beam powdercoated mate but it didn't go inside at all really so will use a rust treatment on that to protect it internally. Coilovers are H&R twin tube, got them from Germany a couple years back the the Euro was a good rate luckily!

Is it painted yet?

Didn't take many pictures when getting it rolling but will get plenty of it all when it's complete. Stub axles were also plated to stop any rust between the backing plate and rear beam. H&R coilovers fitted with new genuine bushes. Powdercoated steel brake lines, black HEL braided hoses, new rear brakes and handbrake cables.
Anti roll bar is only cable tied on as stainless clamps are being blacked and haven't had them back yet.



Fuel tank was new then powdercoated black, 2 pipes were rubbed down by the powdercoaters and rusted in storage but they were cleaned up before fitting new hoses. Also new sender unit and Neoprene tape applied. Had to buy thinner neoprene tape for the new tank straps to get them to fit, but all together now.





A bit dusty but all clean up front with all new and metal finished nuts, bolts and washers. Everything but the hub itself is brand new, Hub was powdercoated satin black

Last couple pics before paint.





Finally!













Next up the shell itself.

2 years of bodywork building to this moment!























Finally it's home!



All flatted back and polished on the exterior, tried on the NOS Frankani tail lights I picked up on here a while ago. Tailgate will be worked into position again soon will make the lights line up better.



Only had 2 BBS built up to see how they fit, reckon I can get another 1/2 inch under the rear arch for the other 2.