The start of restoring my sick mk1

no mate mars red is out of the question as ive had to many red cars lol im thinking of blue not sure what shade yet but time will tell.
Heres a few more pictures




The picture below is the passenger side wing. I thought this was un repairable untill i took it off the car a few hours tlc should get it looking like new again

how did you get inside the top of the strut tower so smooth and clean looking? mines looks a bit flaky up there with rust and have used wire wheel to take it back as best i could

i used a small grinding stone on a dremal drill to do up inthe strut area

That is looking good Mark.

Did you get my message about the wing?

Just gimme a ring if you still need it, but by the look of it you dont!!

hi frank yes i still need the drivers side wing/wind screen/seatbelt clip and a few other bits i cant fink of at the moment.

No worries,

Im trying to get a couple of days off work, to hopefully strip the car and get all the bite sorted???

Will let you know matey! :wink:

cheers frank look foward to hearing from you mate

Yesterday evening and 20 mins the smorning and the rust was gone off the arch lip all i have to do now is bend the arch lip back to its original place primer it and thats another little job out of the way pictures will follow

i started stripping the paint off the front panel yesterday as my sisters mate couldent wait to give me a hand doing somthing to the golf so i decided to do the front panel as im working my way back on the car.
a few pictures to keep you lot updated.

Looking good! Where did you get you heat gun from? I need one to strip the paint from my new back bumper.

i got it from b&q mate

ur gettin there mark  :wink:

yes very slowley though frank lol

I can vouch that 1st golf is doing a very proper job on his mk1, got to see it in the flesh over the weekend!

Top work!

thanks for the great complement frank.
Your cars looking sweet mate just cant wait till i get to drive mine

It'll be well worth the wait matey!! :wink:

bloody hope so lol

it's 1.3 motor  :cry:   no good..

SlashLT said

it's 1.3 motor  :cry:   no good..

and whys that no good?

well a few weeks have passed now since i last done any work to the mk1 as ive been busy doing other things so i decided to add a picture of a very small portion of parts and bits and bobs ive brought since ive owned the car (6 months).