I forgot about my 1.3 Driver project

wow, looks like this should keep you occupied over the winter!
what are your plans for the car, keep it a 1.3 or is an engine conversion on the cards?
if you are changing the interior, first dibs on your door cards! (if you have them all)
i have a driver with the same interior as this and some pillock painted the door cards with dark brown paint  

mk1john said

what are your plans for the car, keep it a 1.3 or is an engine conversion on the cards?

it's getting a 1.4 ABD code engine out of a mk3 Golf, with multipoint fuel injection from a Polo GT, Schrick cam, Ashley 4 branch and Janspeed GTI exhaust  :wink:  

mk1john said

if you are changing the interior, first dibs on your door cards! (if you have them all)

the guy i got the car off has the interior    if he's selling it i'm sure he'll put it up on here

only reason the passenger door card is still there is cos he forgot to take it off

if that was mine i think i would scrap it and sell that number plate must be worth a fortune    



best of luck with that mate i feel you may need it keep us posted with picture progress.

sounds like a sweet set up there paul, cheap insurance and tax, and should see off little corsa boys nicely

no worries about the interior, if it appears, it appears, not in a position to be shelling out cash at the mo; didn't put my hours through for last week on time, and off work all this week with tonsilitis so 2 weeks pay down  

arghhhh rusted in the usual mk1 places i see.Good luck with the resto mate.

big project , good luck im sure it will be a fun adventure

with the few f**s thrown in for good measure..  

Did you find it on the bottom of the sea bed??    To say you have a lot of work to do would be an understatement  8O

Good luck and don't forget the pics  8)

lol, was about 2 say, pull this 1 out of your local river?
as people say, looks a mission. keep us up 2 date

got quite a bit of muck off  

made a start jet-washing the wheel wells tonight…….no were near as much mud in them as i was expecting

only got the drivers side wells done tonight










got the dash & soundproofing out



custom lightweight doorcards to come…….passenger side card is still on cos i can't get the winder off, will have to drill the top of the screw off



lights off for cleaning

i forgot about the work our Matt did on the car for me last night  ops:  

he made up a lockset for me…….1 key fits all  :dance:

he dug through all the bits we have at my house, found a lot of the bits we will need

& he found/fitted a good set of front door window rubbers

 :mrgreen:

Looks like the tin worms got in everywhere on that little one 8O  good on ya for trying to save it though, its gonna need a major overhaul to get it into shape and get it so it will last a few years though :roll:

Topoftherange said

Looks like the tin worms got in everywhere on that little one 8O  good on ya for trying to save it though, its gonna need a major overhaul to get it into shape and get it so it will last a few years though :roll:

it's actually more solid than the mars red driver that i bought 4 years ago…….and that car cost me ?600, had done nearly half the amount of miles & was MOT'ed

started off like this





looks like this now



has cost me a little over ?3000 (inc. buying the car) to get it to what it is today

this gold driver isn't getting done to the same standard though……….cos i don't dare leave the red car in carparks & and i won't drive it in the rain or winter

red one looks like a new car 8) ..............if the gold one looks 1/2 as good it will be worth it, but is there any reason why you havnt gone for a Gti to restore though? it would be worth more in the long run i would have thought :dontknow:

gti's are far more common than the smaller engined golfs, people have wanted to keep the expensive, fast gti's in good condition, whereas back in the day a 1.1 or 1.3 wouldn't have been so well looked after as they weren't seen as being as 'special'

a 1.3 has as much right to a resto as a gti! & regardless of what model paul's car is, it is better for it to get a full resto than be left to deteriorate further.

i love my 1.3

All mk1 deserve the right

stop showing off with your red one Paul  :wink:

1.3's rule

full on 1.3 defensive going on here