DUBSTAR'S PROJECT - Weiss Hase - 1976 Golf LS

[dubstar]

I've been hanging out for a project car for a year+ now and I finally found a Mk1 3 door. The search has been long, with a few near misses, but it's complete!

















There's tidying up to do, but overall its in great condition.

Plans are:

1) Keep the outside minty fresh/period patina
2) Good suspension and some wider 14/15's with sticky rubber.
3) I want to go 2.0L crossflow/counterflow 8v and run some Weber DCOEs, but use programmable ignition.
4) Interior needs a full refurb/strip out. I want some oldschool race seats, like on the early 911s/minis/fiats.

Things I need are:

1) A black dash, no cracks.
2) The lever/lock for the left hand opening vent window, it's gone and I want to glue one back on.

Any help would be appreciated

[HuH]

Brilliant! Looks to be in fantastic condition. All the best, mate.

[Antonvs]

It looks pretty damn clean as! Good find was worth the wait. I like the idea of the old type racing seats.

[EwenHayton]

Perfect 3door clean and looks slandered and un tinkered with! be nice to see the way you go with her

[gldgti]

I have a window lock.... somewhere. Will try and look between now and weekend

BTW - the car is bloomin awesome looking. I dream about mk1's as straight as that

[GeorgeMK1]

Omggggggggggg im so jealous ! Its so clean dude, great find !

[mk1turbo79]

Was that Steve's car?

[robbie]

Clean find. Body's straight and no rust. What more could you ask for! I'll keep a close eye on this thread. How did you come across her mate?

[dubstar]

Thanks all, I bought it from a guy in Geelong. He had posted briefly on aussieveedubbers about a Mk1 that he had sitting and I said I'd be interested. I have a deck to finish on the house first, after that, its on.

I just ordered some Spax RSX coilovers for him (my wife has named him Andy), which should arrive in a few weeks.

[Jarred]

Jealous. I also knew of this car in VIC and was hoping to buy it one day.

Used to be owned by greasykitchen (stephen) from SA.

[Glynn.]

thats amazing, nice find dude

[mikinoz]

I'm under the impression Tim brought that over to Geelong from Stephen a while back. Nice to see it turn up again.

Sounds like it might be the twin for my car when your done!

And I hope you enjoy every minute!

[greasykitchen]

I'm under the impression Tim brought that over to Geelong from Stephen a while back. Nice to see it turn up again.

Sounds like it might be the twin for my car when your done!

And I hope you enjoy every minute!

Yep, I sold it to Tim back in January but it looks like he had a change of heart. I hope he gave you the box of spares (which should have the clip for the vent window in it - it was always coming off) and the extensive service history (going back to 1976 with some gaps).

I owned this car for nearly seven years and it was my faithful daily for most of that time. I loved it dearly and was sad to see it go. Good to see it go to someone who can give it the TLC it now needs as I didn't have the time and inclination to do anything major to it. I kept it stock and gave it what it needed to keep it going, but the engine was getting tired and so were parts of the interior.

If you want to know any more history of the car, just let me know - I'll be happy to help.

See: http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...mk1-67715.html

(The photos at the start of this thread are mine, taken for Tim's benefit and when it was about to be taken away to Victoria.)

Cheers
Stephen

[dubstar]

Thanks Stephen.

Good to see there is a bit of history around this car.

I got some spares, but not the latch. However, thanks to the kindness of a vwwatercooled member, I have one on its way from Sydney!

I don't want to mess round with the exterior too much, it just needs a tidy up. The engine, interior and suspension need a good going over, so they will be the focus.

[greasykitchen]

Cool. It'd be interesting to see how it goes. A stock Mk1 isn't really cut out for modern traffic, esp when it's a bit worn out.

The spares I had included a left door, the original gear knob and lots of little clips and bits, so hopefully they made their way to you.

Best of luck with it.