Golf GLI Cabrio

[dug584]

Here is a pic of my Golf GLI Cabrio.
It has the original 1.6 EG K Jet engine and is currently undergoing a rebuild!

Does anyone know how many other GLI's came to Australia?

Cheers!

[velly_16v_cab]

looks lovely

[Jarred]

Looks pretty neat!

I'm pretty sure all GLI's (inc cabby's) were all imports. I wouldn't think there would be many more than a dozen or so in the country.

[DubSteve]

GLIs were imports, they were basically pov' pack GTI's with all the good bits but without the badging...

[dubai gti]

Mine is a 1985 GLS which came with an 1800 carby motor, imported from the Uk in 1995.

What year is your red one ?

[RedMk2Gti]

Very sweet car, look much better than the usual Mk1 Cabrio with Karmann body kit.

[dug584]

Its a 1981 model GLI. It was purchased late 1981 by an Aussie bloke who drove it around Europe for a month or two before shipping it to Australia. It was imported under a program that VW Australia had where the new owner picks it up at the factory then ships it back here. VW Aus then dealt with getting it certified for rego in Aus.....It has all the original paperwork with it still! It cost the bloke a bunch of cash back then!

[gtimk5]

I had a silver 81 GLI cab. Great car, the GTI 1.6 revved out well, very smooth. Unfortunately this one was T boned one christmas eve. Showed its strength though and was driveable when I took it round to get insurance quotes.
Replaced it with a late Cab which has no performance in comparison.

[mrlex]

Wow, minters! Looks very clean with the small bumpers.

[dug584]

gtimk5 what happened to it after it was T-Boned? That is a real shame!

[JoshFair]

hmmm i have always wanted a cabrio..one day perhaps

[gtimk5]

It was dismantled Dug, I actually sold it to help my daughter to fund getting the later model Mk1 Cabby. She was extremely lucky to get out of the prang unharmed, it copped most of the impact on the rhf wheel. I replaced the hub and drove it to the bodyworks for quotes. It still steered straight too! The other car, corolla, was a wreck.


Her "new" Cabby is featured on TV down here in an ad for Bass & Equitable, a finance company. She gets $300 , full tank of fuel and detailing each time they borrow it!

[dug584]

Well some drivers are just inconsiderate aren't they.....

[Jarred]

I've got a soft spot for early cabby's. I reckon I've gotta have one one day!

[dug584]

My car also has an original roof rack! I don't have a pic of it on but you can see the mounting point on the roll over hoop! Apparently they are super rare too!