Hi,
I've been snooping around the forum for a little while now since joining, but never got around to posting anything before now.
I'm sure some of you might have seen that black 84 GTI on Car Sales back in March. Well, I was looking for a nice straight 2 door Mk1, so I snaffled it...
It was advertised as a Campaign (it wasn't), but a reasonable car anyway.
A bit rough around the edges, but straight and pretty much rust free.
I've never had a 1.8, fuel injection, or 5 speed 'box before, so this was a bit of a treat - all my previous Golf experiences were 1.6's, carby's and 4 speeds... Anyway, I have gradually been fixing things on it - new radiator from Golf Loon (soon mate, I promise!), all new gear linkage bits, and a big brake kit from TSR (270mm). Front suspension is still stuffed, and I haven't quite managed to get the cooling system to stop heameraging yet, so there's still a little work to do. At least it stops now (for a Mk1), and I get first gear instead of reverse when I take off from the lights
I had intended to get stuck into modifying it, but seeing that GTI's are such a rarity in OZ, that would be a real shame, so I now going to keep it stock.
I must admit that I am very impressed with many of the cars I've seen on the forum - very nice work. I wish this forum had been around in the '80's when I had my previous Golf period...
It's great to see that there are other Golf enthusiasts out there!
I've been snooping around the forum for a little while now since joining, but never got around to posting anything before now.
I'm sure some of you might have seen that black 84 GTI on Car Sales back in March. Well, I was looking for a nice straight 2 door Mk1, so I snaffled it...
It was advertised as a Campaign (it wasn't), but a reasonable car anyway.
A bit rough around the edges, but straight and pretty much rust free.
I've never had a 1.8, fuel injection, or 5 speed 'box before, so this was a bit of a treat - all my previous Golf experiences were 1.6's, carby's and 4 speeds... Anyway, I have gradually been fixing things on it - new radiator from Golf Loon (soon mate, I promise!), all new gear linkage bits, and a big brake kit from TSR (270mm). Front suspension is still stuffed, and I haven't quite managed to get the cooling system to stop heameraging yet, so there's still a little work to do. At least it stops now (for a Mk1), and I get first gear instead of reverse when I take off from the lights

I had intended to get stuck into modifying it, but seeing that GTI's are such a rarity in OZ, that would be a real shame, so I now going to keep it stock.
I must admit that I am very impressed with many of the cars I've seen on the forum - very nice work. I wish this forum had been around in the '80's when I had my previous Golf period...
It's great to see that there are other Golf enthusiasts out there!
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