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[RubbadubdubT]

Hello all,

So after owning my Mk1 for two weeks and getting familiar with it all i decided to make a project thread (well more of a thread to show it off!)

So yes, i had been looking for a mk1 for almost a year and after a long wait was contacted by Pete and Daz (NASTYGRIFF) about a 1.3 3dr tin top they had just brought. Some of you may know them on here as they buy alot of mk1's and basically restore them and sell them on. This sounded like a great idea, so i decided to take the plunge and make the 170 mile journey to view the car. After viewing the car in its rawest form i decided to put a deposit down!



So now i had to wait for them to respray the car, give it a service and get it MOT'd! The next four weeks went incredibly slow for me as i couldn't wait to get my hands on the car, especially after being sent teaser pictures of the car!



Just after the respray.



Waiting for me to come and collect!

As soon as i got in the car to drive home i fell in love! Daz and Pete did a really good job on the car an would highly recommend them, really helpful with everything and the car looked great!

So enough storys and more pictures! I gave it a clean when i got home, and had a little play around with the car with the bumpers off!





back together!





After owning the car for a week i decided it was time to get rid of the manky old seats which were in there and replace them with some GTI grey stripe seats. I purchased these form joe90k, with a set of doorcards and parcel shelf, before i picked up the golf itself, so during the four weeks wait i decided to clean them up a bit!


Before and after


Before and after

So now it was time to swap the seats over, which is such an easy job!


old seats!


rear bench


Fronts out


Rears out and time for a quick scrub


Much better!


Rear bench in


Fronts in

Now thats where im up to this the car so far! my plans are to ort out the stereo and speakers (nothing chavy!) get some ats classics on it and then see where it goes from there! but so far loving the car and ownership (my first car owned in my name too   )

so i shall leave you all with my favourite shot of the car for now

 

A long time since ive updated this, not a great deal has changed but i thought i would update with some pictures over the past year  

Need to re do these badges so that they are matte black



New headlights fitted

Engine before a little tidy up



And after



New smoked rear lights and terrible exhaust







New Shoes 

German Plates fitted



and the tidy new exhuast! 

My staggered bullet wheels to go on, 7j front 8j rear with 175/50/R13 nankangs all over



7J



8J



and the most recent shots with the wheels fitted (yes it needs to come lower )





This thread is no way near as exciting or technical as the majority on here but still somewhere for me to dump my photos Thanks

Toby

[RubbadubdubT]

Copied from another forum, but yea owned her for almost 2 years now, finally getting somewhere with it!

[shammy]

Beautiful mate

[EDmush]

I'm sure I've spotted this somewhere in surrey, where are you located?
Car looks wicked dude, I'm loving the wheels.

[BargieMk4]

nice, nice, like the newer exhaust def a better option.

[RubbadubdubT]

thanks for the comments guys 

 

EDmush - yea im from leatherhead, so you may well have seen me haha

 

BargieMk4 - it goes much better with the look of the car being original, i do sometimes miss the sound of the old one though 

[BargieMk4]

ill regret asking buy the todo list ? if its super long just highlights lol 

[RubbadubdubT]

Haha it will get longer and longer when i get going but overall i just want to tidy her up and have her looking smart, particularly the engine bay, and i need to sort the interior out (seat foam is dying and the dash is a little tatty) im not too mechanically minded so i sort of learn as i go along!

[al_kaholik]

Very tidy.

 

Terrible photography effects, but a nice car!

[CBGTI79]

WOW... Stunning car. 

 

I love the MK1, always a soft spot for these. Anymore plans for it?

[shammy]

This was stunning the other night bud such a nice car!

 

Good to meet you too!

[RubbadubdubT]

Thanks Buddy, was good to meet you too, hopefully see your golf in the flesh at some point too 

[squares]

Very tidy.

 

Terrible photography effects, but a nice car!

 

I like the fish-eye shots especially the petrol station ones

 

 

 

Gorgeous car mate and nice choice of wheels

[damianmkv]

lovely. The mk1 I had was the best car I've ever owned ( even though it died after a year ) - brilliant to drive

[RDub30]

Super clean! Love it 😃

[RubbadubdubT]

squares -  thanks buddy petrol stations always offer great lighting too 

 

damianmkv -  yea i love driving it, my little go kart! always get appreciation from random people too

 

RDub30 - thanks mate 

[alex-atari]

Very cool - Love mk1s 

[Timo Chiciudean]

Looking awesome! I'm really curious on how much it cost you the initial car when you got it. Always wanted one.

 

T

[RubbadubdubT]

Alex - Thanks buddy

 

Timo - Car set me back £1950 2 years ago. Could probably find one cheaper, but this one just seemed right at the time. Should get one buddy  I've had no trouble whatsoever with mine, so long as you look after them, as with any car, they will last.

[RubbadubdubT]

Couple more pictures to add

 

Crusty Bumper Shot

 

 

Front end in the sun

 

 

and my sig

 

[Timo Chiciudean]

ah man, the more pictures you post the more jealous I become ). 

[shammy]

[BargieMk4]

want 

[RubbadubdubT]

Lost access to my flickr account, so unfortunately no high quality pictures just instagram rubbish.

 

 

Got some yellow bulb caps which i am running currently, not 100% i will keep them on but see how i feel about them for a while.

 

 

As you can see in the photo they only show up head on (they are fitted to both lights) makes driving at night interesting, being met with yellow reflective signs everywhere 

 

Ordered a couple bits, mainly to clean up the bay a little bit, also an slr camera to take some proper pictures  Just hopefully i can remember my flickr password

 

Cheers

 

Toby

[ProjectMick]

Lovely car dude, im going to regret asking this but do they guys yu got it from do mk2s and Jettas etc?

[RDub30]

So much love for this car... Is it a daily?

[izzy1]

nice tosee another classic being restored and back on the road. amazing.

[RubbadubdubT]

Thanks Guys 

 

ProjectMick - I dont think they did, they had a ton of mk1s there though, the green one you can see in the background of the second pic was a beast   I have since tried to contact them though to thank them but no reply. If i had a bigger garage i would be going for a jetta next myself!

 

RDub30 - Thanks buddy, yes it is a 'daily', but that said i work a 10 minute walk from where i live, so it only gets driven in the evenings if need be and most weekends.

 

Izzy1 - thanks for the kind words i appreciate it 

[xJay1337]

Awesome car mate! Love it.

[RDub30]

 

RDub30 - Thanks buddy, yes it is a 'daily', but that said i work a 10 minute walk from where i live, so it only gets driven in the evenings if need be and most weekends.

 

Still; nice to see a classic is being appreciated in the way it should, by driving it and not bubble wrapping it