new owner of 82 gl.25,000 genuine miles.anyone help??

hello there i am new to all this as i have been into aircooled vws most of my life but i have now crossed over to the rather more sensible and hopefully more reliable water cooled side.
i have just purchased my first ever mk1 golf and i was wondering if anyone could help me with some info on whether i have got a good model for my first or not and if anyone could suggest a value for me please for insurance purposes(got it from a friend for next to nothing)
the car mentioned is a very good condition y reg 1982,1500cc,golf gl in regatta blue.it has full service history and original bill of receipt and various other paperwork.
the best bit is it has only done 24,900 original miles!!
as i said i have no real knowledge of mk 1 golfs so would appreciate any help at all.
thanks  

I'd say if you got it next to nothing with that millage it's not a bad deal at all mate.

Bearing in mind is 25 year's old and only done 1k a year!

My Cabby has done 115k

Sounds like an absolute steal. Any pics to help us?

Welcome to the site,

Get some photos up, it sounds like a fantastic buy you've got there  

Where you from?

Welcome mate, look forward to seeing the pics :wink:

thanks everyone,i am very pleased with it
should be on the road in june as i havent got it taxed yet
as for pics i shall try and get some on here this week some point(not great with computers so may take me sum time)
i am from just outside peterborough
the car could do with a new front bumper as has a very small crack on corner and has one or two very minor bits of surface rust on a couple of wings and a small faded patch on the bonnet but i am sending it in in the next few weeks to have them all sorted by a proper bodyshop to get it looking the best it deserves.had its mot this week and it past with no probs.
does anyone know whether the gl was a popular model?
thanks again

I'm just up the road from you mate :wink:  - just outside Stamford

GL was pretty popular in its day, still see a few about now. I had one when I was 19 and couldn't afford a GTI/insurance, a few (ah-hem) years ago!

im in deeping so you may see me about in it soon when its road legal. i got friends in stamford so am over there a bit and obviously the shopping at morrisons!! :cry:

lumphead said

im in deeping so you may see me about in it soon when its road legal. i got friends in stamford so am over there a bit and obviously the shopping at morrisons!! :cry:

I'm in Easton on the Hill - bloody hate Morrisons but not much else!

Sounds like a nice mk1 you've got there. Looking forward to seeing some pics.

cant seem to download pics onto here,tried photobucket but it wont let me make an album for some reason
any ideas of an easy way of doing it?

:faq: The Mk1 Golf Owners Club

Here you go chap :wink:

ditto Pics please!

hopefully here are some pics.sorry they are a bit big but dont know how to re size them.only finally figured it out how to upload them after 2 hours!
it is in need of a good polish and the wheels are going away to be blasted and painted soon.
apart from that this is my first mk1 golf and i love it!!
hope you all like it too.





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Ruddy nice looking car that mate, think you did very well!

I'd love a 5 door tin top in that sort of condition!

Great looking 5 door you've got there. Are you planning on taking it to any shows ?

thanks alot for your nice comments.glad you like it.
being new to the golf(water cooled) side of things i dont really know what shows would be worth going to or where most are.i have seen a post about a meet up at billing aquadrome,i will probably go to that one as its not far from me.i shall put up some more pics once its been tidied up properly,i havent had time yet and it really is filthy inside and out as it has been stood for the last year on someones drive.
can anyone recommend where to get a good roof rack from?

Theres only one place to go for a good roof rack and thats Crazyquiffs.

Looking good lumpy! 8)  Try crazyquiff web site for the roof rack - he does the retro ones - there's a link banner bottom left of the site

yeah you gotta get a rack and put some old skool can on it.

Great find mate! I would love one like that…..