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Offline colgateam

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MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« on: September 02, 2011, 06:30:23 PM »
As you have probably seen before, this is how she sat the day I brought her home


What seems like an age has passed(it actually has) since I first acquired this car but I have finished the civic up to a standard where I am happy to thrash it.

(My other car)
This means that I could finally start on this golf!

I bought it off of my cousin who didn't have the money to repair it properly and then neglected it for 5 years having it sit outside in the elements..
I couldn't bring myself to let another GTI die so I had to have it! My plan is to bring it back to stock with a bit of modern flair suspension and brake wise.

Now I didn't quite know where to start...but I thought the best thing to do would be rip up the carpet and assess the floor pan, as I had read quite a lot of horror stories from UK builds about massive rust in that area (mainly due to their salt on the roads).

Took me about 15mins to work out how to remove the seats, turns out you just push them right back and they slide off the rails lol.

Carpet out and I was pleased to see no major rust at all, I did however notice all the sounds deadening material was still completely damp, so obviously had to be removed.




This is all the s**t I ended up removing from under the carpet:


Seats need a good cleaning/recover


In progress shot, showing the nice repair job on the door..


This is what it ended up looking like after I'd used half a can of crc, I don't know whether to wire brush out the surface rust myself or leave it until I take it to get the bodywork repaired.


Cleaned up the dash as well, just because I knew it would be an easy job and look good once I was done..boosting morale =p


Lots of work to go!!
Next thing I want to start on will be the brakes, I have new lines, master cylinder, rotors/drums and pads to go in before I start on the engine

Would love to hear what you guys think I should be looking out for/what to do first.
« Last Edit: September 02, 2011, 06:35:28 PM by colgateam »
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Offline spooln

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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 06:39:38 PM »
Another mk1 getting the love. Great!
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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 09:29:22 PM »
This looks promising :) Will be following.
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Offline colgateam

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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2011, 05:41:25 PM »
Tried to get the engine turning over today.
Drained the old oil(was black as black), drained the old fuel and gave it some new stuff.

The engine turned over once then stalled itself and it couldn't be restarted.
I took the bolt out that connects the fuel line to the intake and cranked it to see if any fuel came through, alas none.
Went straight to the fuel pump and it was seized, so a new one is in order.
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Offline Far4ngn

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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2011, 06:20:33 PM »
I thought I'd seen this car before, I live round the corner in Churton Park :)

Saw you working away today when I walked past.
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Offline colgateam

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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 07:02:55 PM »
Oh awesome  :D

You should've come said hi, it was a long day where not a lot was really accomplished in the end.

My mate had the idea of grabbing an old fuse box to route the cables through, eliminating all the in line fuses and relays that go to the headlights and the like.
There also seems to be a lot of random cables running to what seems to be an old alarm setup, will rip these out as I find them.
Tempted to take the engine out and re-do the whole loom, but I'll see.

My main goal at the moment is to get it running, have the brakes sorted, then take it somewhere to get rust repair on the bodywork/chassis done.
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Offline Far4ngn

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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2011, 07:08:14 PM »
I will next time I see that garage door up :)

If you need anything shout.
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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 07:50:12 PM »
Nice to see another one getting love. You should have this moved to the Mk1 section it will probably get more traffic there :)
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Offline colgateam

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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2011, 08:16:19 PM »
You're probably right.
Mod request to move thread.
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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2011, 09:14:15 PM »
Great to see another Mk1 GTI being restored. I'm guessing it's an 1800? Is it a Campaign?
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Offline colgateam

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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2011, 09:21:58 PM »
yeah it's an 1800, it has many signs of being a campaign edition, including chassis code but I couldn't say for sure.
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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2011, 08:45:26 AM »
Nice. Does that make it a uk car or did a few campaigns make there way here?
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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2011, 05:51:13 PM »
Quote from: spooln on September 04, 2011, 08:45:26 AM
Nice. Does that make it a uk car or did a few campaigns make there way her?

I've never seen a NZ new Campaign Neil. We did have a Mars red one around the same time we had Maddie, it was exUK in 1986.
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Offline colgateam

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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2011, 06:43:48 PM »
It doesn't have the leather steering wheel campaigns are meant to have, everything else yes.
But it is NZ new so I'm going to say it isn't a campaign  :)
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Re: MK1 Golf GTI Resto Build
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2011, 06:01:18 PM »
I can't decide what to do engine wise, keep it as the 1800 for originality or go for the MK3 GTI engine for more power..
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