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The Little Red Rocket.
So finally I thought I would make a proper thread for my car, and stop posting random threads all throughout the forum haha!
She is a 1976 VW Golf LS with the "Swallowtail" rear, took me three years to find her. I spent many years looking at Mk1s and (and even a few Mk2s) for various dollars, going all the way from humble hundreds to the far reaches of the triple zero digits. Every time I saw one however, they didn't really strike me down, never being obvious that it was the car I wanted. So I kept searching for a clean Mk1. Eventually I found my Mk1 for sale on Gumtree. In need of a bit of work and for sale for $800 from a bloke in Yanchep. So after calling him up I told him if the people coming to view the car that day weren't committed to it, i'd drive up the next day early in the morning. So the evening rolled round and the viewers weren't committed to it so I got Dad in the car and he drove me there (3.5hr trip one way) the next morning at 6am. Pretty much bought the car straight out for a reduced price there and then, then returned to pick it up the next week with a car trailor. After that she pretty much sat in my shed under covers for a few months and very little happened with her.
In November of last year I finally sent her down south to a friends mechanic who got her finally running again, by reconditioning the head, redoing gaskets, and a full service (belts, fluids, etc).
Since then she's been my daily, covering anywhere from 250-330odd kms every week, and never letting me down! I've always made it home, and mechanically all is well! Electrically though there was a few kinks to work out haha (like having very dull headlights that alternated from side to side as it pleased)..
Anyway, enough rambling and on to pictures.
These where taken just after I got her home many months ago and got that paint looking a bit more lively.
Many items of restoration and modification are soon to follow!
Most of which are here already, some arriving today!
Love getting mail!
Most, if not all the work from now on will be done by myself or with the help of another in the know.
Anyhow, cheers guys!
She is a 1976 VW Golf LS with the "Swallowtail" rear, took me three years to find her. I spent many years looking at Mk1s and (and even a few Mk2s) for various dollars, going all the way from humble hundreds to the far reaches of the triple zero digits. Every time I saw one however, they didn't really strike me down, never being obvious that it was the car I wanted. So I kept searching for a clean Mk1. Eventually I found my Mk1 for sale on Gumtree. In need of a bit of work and for sale for $800 from a bloke in Yanchep. So after calling him up I told him if the people coming to view the car that day weren't committed to it, i'd drive up the next day early in the morning. So the evening rolled round and the viewers weren't committed to it so I got Dad in the car and he drove me there (3.5hr trip one way) the next morning at 6am. Pretty much bought the car straight out for a reduced price there and then, then returned to pick it up the next week with a car trailor. After that she pretty much sat in my shed under covers for a few months and very little happened with her.
In November of last year I finally sent her down south to a friends mechanic who got her finally running again, by reconditioning the head, redoing gaskets, and a full service (belts, fluids, etc).
Since then she's been my daily, covering anywhere from 250-330odd kms every week, and never letting me down! I've always made it home, and mechanically all is well! Electrically though there was a few kinks to work out haha (like having very dull headlights that alternated from side to side as it pleased)..
Anyway, enough rambling and on to pictures.
These where taken just after I got her home many months ago and got that paint looking a bit more lively.
Many items of restoration and modification are soon to follow!
Most of which are here already, some arriving today!
Love getting mail!
Most, if not all the work from now on will be done by myself or with the help of another in the know.
Anyhow, cheers guys!
(adds 10hp!)
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