Another Mk1 To the fold

Got this recently off the old e-bay.

'78 1.5 GLS 5 door Series 1 - The car is not for parts!!

Need a brown dash for it if anyone has one.  Starts and runs well.  needs a little welding on the driver's rear sill and a little on the a post - otherwise quite a sound shell  

Needs some chrome bumpers :roll: , dash replaced, wing strips and a little TLC

nice little find you've got there mate :y:

so your not breaking it, does that mean it's a keeper?

Nice one Rich! Doesn't look too bad at all :wink:

nice find fella . thats rusty the same place as mine (round window) you gonna weld in new section?

Yeah I think it'll be a keeper for a while - sort out the main probs and get a ticket on it and have some fun  

Will be cutting out the rust and welding in new metal.

Cheers

Rich

I saw that one…

There was another on there at the same time down my way with chrome bumpers, though they weren't too good!

Nice little car though mate!

Tres bon, tres bon!

Keep an eye on those arch extensions hiding any nasties.

oh we are sooo addicted to our cars. why do i get the impression that if you lot had a 10 car garage you'd have 10 Mk1s. by the way, if anyone knows where theirs a cheap early 1.6GTi for restoration that i can play with alongside my Clipper let me know. (subject to talking wifey into it)  

I love the yellowness! Very 1978! I hope you can T-cut the paintwork to its original shine, it will look very retro then. My parents owned a silver Golf GLS (VCF248S), and its what got me into them. Its good to see you also have the original raised lettering number plates too.

dubboy said

Keep an eye on those arch extensions hiding any nasties.

The arches are Ok underneath - they'll soon be taken off though.

paul_c said

I love the yellowness! Very 1978! I hope you can T-cut the paintwork to its original shine, it will look very retro then. My parents owned a silver Golf GLS (VCF248S), and its what got me into them. Its good to see you also have the original raised lettering number plates too.

Nice one rich. Saw this on ebay, Me thinks you got a bit of a bargain. Would be good to see some 'progress' pics when you get started.

Does anyone know if you can still get this type of number plate, as mentioned above????

Yes I think these plates are available from plate specialists.  Cant remember off hand who I used in the past.

Cheers

Rich

In my line of work i can make this kind of plate
we have the correct typeface and the right engraving tools.
if there is a abit of interest then maybe i cando them to order.
cheers
Jjl.

I would like some period style plates for mine, I would like the ones that are on Rajans '79 which look as if it has plastic lettering stuck to a metal plate????

crazyquiff said

Will be cutting out the rust and welding in new metal.

Cheers

Rich

any chance you could take picks when you do the bit round the window as i need to do this but im not sure where to start  :wink:

Mr_GTI said

I would like some period style plates for mine, I would like the ones that are on Rajans '79 which look as if it has plastic lettering stuck to a metal plate????

These are the plates that I want…..plastic lettering on a metal plate. lakesk8, are these the ones you can do?? and how much we talkin about??

Crazyquiff isn't the only one who's been acquiring more Mk1s. With the ongoing restoration of my GTI (which seems to be a troubled teenager) I've decided to take a risk and 'splash out' on a cabby! It was really dusty when I picked it up, but its scrubbed up really nice and seems to be in really solid condition!



Its a bit of a funny spec, its a 1600 GL Automatic.

One thing I've been wondering about, are those wheels standard and if not, what would it originally have come with?

nice one paul - yes those wheels were standard - I have white one on my cab.  they are AVUS wheels.

8) Nice purchase there paul

everybody's buying new Mk1's now.. feel left out that my last purchase wasn't a Mk1  ops:

you bringing the yellow beast to the berkshire meet on wednesday Rich? plenty of time to get it on the road    :wink:

Phil,

Would like to but as i havn't changed the box in my Campaign i don't think i will be  :roll:

Will only be bringing the cab of it passes the MoT

Might have to come in the Pug  8O

Or in a Gold Caddy if I can get Rob who lives round the corner to come.

Cheers

Rich