Ebay mk1 £14990

Personally not interested in standard 1.6 anyway but ignoring that, its got a webasto sunroof ???.  That totally devalues it for me, wasn't that many years ago I won a mk1 gti, a nice one for £300 ish cause it had an aftermarket glass sunroof.

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Hi there, did you mean to share a link to the car for sale on eBay?


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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswagen-Golf-GTI-1-6-1981-3-door-MK1-Mars-Red/273074637609?hash=item3f94844b29:g:rYoAAOSwLilaiVq8

Hi, no I wasn't intending to do a link for 2 reasons, I figured members would probably eventually see it,  and I haven't a clue how to anyway.

Another car dealer trying there luck, happens alot on ebay, it may sell ???

Much rather have the mini for just under 1/2 the price of the golf….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Rover-Mini-1-3i-1998-Volcano-Orange/273047437309?hash=item3f92e53ffd:g:eVsAAOSwMqBacFn3


Or how about this for expensive..  

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Williams-Formula-1-Racing-Car/302643114852?hash=item4676ef7364:g:P~YAAOSwhiZaiZVa

Yes a nice potential profit seeing how much it went for at auction.

The seats are a bleached out mess.
Any potential buyer would surely expect
recovered seats in original material for that price.
 

It looks like it's been resprayed at some point as the paint looks like an orange peel….

For that much I would want an un restored original car as that would make it rare as most tin tops cars have had some repair due to rust.

Think it has been repainted or front end repaired at some time. They haven't sprayed the central support behind the grille with matt black. Seen a few claiming to be 100% factory original and its body colour and sticks out like a sore thumb.

Yes I am an anal MK1 enthusiast……

It would be interesting to know how many
never welded and original paintwork Mk1 Gti tin tops
are left out there, if there are any I assume  they would command
a very high price.

escovedo said

It would be interesting to know how many
never welded and original paintwork Mk1 Gti tin tops
are left out there, if there are any I assume  they would command
a very high price.

Not many I'd say but impossible to put a number on it.
Sellers interpret "original paintwork" in many different ways!


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I don't get why some slate the prices people are asking for the cars. The guy was bothered to go to an auction, buy the car at his risk, get the tyre kickers round etc etc. If someone wants to give him 14K for it then fair play to him. Nothing ventured nothing gained I say. If it doesn't sell then he can drop the price by 25% and still be making something while at the same time your car is better and cheaper so more likely to sell!

Look at the stance, so I would have to ask what does he have in the boot, or fi the engine is missing.  

Yomp said

I don't get why some slate the prices people are asking for the cars. They guy was bothered to go to an auction, buy the car at his risk, get the tyre kickers round etc etc. If someone wants to give him 14K for it then fair play to him. Nothing ventured nothing gained I say. If it doesn't sell then he can drop the price by 25% and still be making something while at the same time your car is better and cheaper so more likely to sell!

Personally, I have no problem whatsoever with a seller making a honest profit. you speculate to accumalate etc, but if a seller is asking a top end price the car needs to be correct, unless you are hoping to hook the uninformed.
As I mensioned in my original post the seats need to be retrimed and minor details correct for that price.
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escovedo said

Personally, I have no problem whatsoever with a seller making a honest profit. you speculate to accumalate etc, but if a seller is asking a top end price the car needs to be correct, unless you are hoping to hook the uninformed.
As I mensioned in my original post the seats need to be retrimed and minor details correct for that price.
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There just seems to be a bit of sour negativity on here regards the price. Without seeing the car in the flesh its impossible to say what its worth is. Seats are an easy fix. I'd be more interested to know what the body is like. Looks to have a webasto roof  which is the real shame for me. With 85K on it if its genuine then it could be a good car despite the faults.

For me, there is no getting around that massive hole in the roof. 

It's double the price it should be. 

Roach said

For me, there is no getting around that massive hole in the roof. 

It's double the price it should be. 

Someone told me I was mad spending £3.5K on a 40,000 mile gti in 2008…….

http://www.classicandsportscar.com/classifieds/classic-cars/volkswagen/golf-gti-mk1-mk2/golf-gti-mk1-with-complete-history/8162428

RichardHall said

Yes a nice potential profit seeing how much it went for at auction.

I'm not 100% certain, but I'm pretty sure it's the same GTI that didn't sell in the November auction and carried over to the next.

When I was there in November the bonnet was up and the inner wings by the scuttle jumped out at me like a sore thumb - full of filler!!!



I didn't look at the rest of the car after seeing that

That inner wing is shot… looks as if they have sprayed painted over some of the rust… why oh why….  

Yes it's the same car, just got the details up from the auction and here's the under bonnet shot.