VIC New Mk1 Golf owner

[860000]

Hi there the name is Tony

I have been reasearching throught the forum for tha last couple of months and its been a great help and very informative.

I have grown up in a car club oriented family deep seeded in the fiat car club of victoria with dad draging the family to sprints motorcanas hill climbs and interstate events.

Growing up in the fiat car club its got to the point where i wanted to try somthing new and I had always fancied the golf range and Volkswagen seemed to have a large following here in Australia and still had that euro feel.

So in the past 6 months I have been going through the tough decision what golf? started at VR6 Mk2 gti but in the end I went for the original.

Two weeks ago aquired a 1977 Mk1 Golf
3 door
Orange
with side skirts and wheel arch flares
1600 cc engine which has been played with, mild cam, higher comprsion pistons and a single dcoe 40 side draft weber
5 Speed box - I think its a mk2 box but not sure
GTI grill and what steering wheel
15 x 6.5 wheels
upgraded brakes

All in all im absoutly stoked

The car has spent the last two years in a garage so there are some bugs that will need to be iorned out.

And there a few bushes that need to be replaced and other odds and ends

but other than that it runs like a beast

I have reached the stage were i am now the dad and I still own 5 Fiats - but its time to start a new chapter with a Volkswagen

Thanks for all your help and information and I hope to meet some of the victorain members soon.

Cheers

[mikinoz]

Welcome dude, you will have a lot of fun and meet some cool people along the way.

Post us up some pics.

[Jarred]

welcome dude, always great to have more enthusiasts join up!

sounds like a good car, get some pics up

[860000]

Thanks guys I apreciate the replys it was nice to get some intrest as a first time postr.

As for a good car, yes it has some good point but it will need some work

At this stage i only have the photos from the second inspection of the vehicle with it tucked away in the garage covered in a layer of dust but I knew at that stage it was for me.

Im a bit of an internet retard and i just read the how to upload photos post thingi so lets see how I go

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if this worked i hve just learnt a new trick - and more photos will come as soon as i have taken some good ones

[Jarred]

looks good so far!

(and good work on the pics)

[mikinoz]

I don't know this car - I call it as the 'Barn Find' of the year though with the BBS rear spoiler, and the bodykit. Those rims are trick and a sweet Wolfsberg wheel is a winner (ditch the white dash dials but).

I'm excited to see where this heads.

Start a thread in the MK1 section.

[Water Boy]

Pretty sure my Dad owned this car at one stage.

And also a bloke called Rob B.

[dylan8]

Welcome and congrats on the buy!
Where in Eastern VIC are you?