MK1 Golf Tassie. Lets see how this goes.

[pag3y]

Hey all.
Here is my first ever golf!!!
Ive been signed up to vw watercooled since college as i always liked them but just never got the motivation to actually do anything about it.

So after much deliberation i finally have myself a nice little 1978 Mark1 4 Door.

I got it from Hobart and (very) slowly drove it back to Launceston tonight. It has a bracket missing or something so the muffler was scraping the deck at every bump, and the front suspension is very sloppy. Going to fix both of these in the morning with new suspension and a look under the car. Also thinking of putting in some coilovers in it in the near future if anyone has any recommendations or advice that would be great, thanks!
Quite tidy inside, just want to do a few things to the outside and do a general little project and get to know these awesome little cars... Heres a few pics...

[Dub Toffee]

Congrats on the new project, pics don't seem to work?.
Coilover brands like JOM seem to fit in the middle of the market
and brands like KW if you want to spend the money and get something a lot better.
making some time to google is rewarding and fun.
exhaust hitting the decks...classic i once had an old saab one of my first cars and on a surf trip the exhaust broke just after the
downpipe we had to try hold it up with surfboard leash till we got home lol

[eri_12]

Well done congrats on the purchase! Pics dont work for me either. Is it the red one that is on gumtree?

[pag3y]

Ahh yeah I will have to try and figure the pictures out when I'm back on a pc. Exhaust was easy to fix but I now have a bit of a leak :/ and yeah it's the red one on gumtree. Having a look for coilovers but keep getting distracted by all the nice pics! The suspension it came with didn't fit which just means the coilies will have to get here stat! Can't wait

[hazards_golf74]

congrats on the project, another golf project in tas, i started with 4drs, as a person that had standard suspension as many have the change in my lil mk1 was nuts,

[pag3y]

Just pulled a wheel off and EVERY wheel bolt is different... Should these be fairly easy to source, or what are the specs for these? Thanks heaps if someone can help me out with this

[hazards_golf74]

Are u planning to put mags or your little red beast if u are I d get long studs ones now, only my opinion

[pag3y]

FINALLY got the pics up and running ^
I discovered the link between Maguires polish and Magic having the same first three letters, awesome stuff!
polished all the black strips on doors, bumpers, seals and guards.
Also gave it a good vacuum to see where the carpet is at as far as looking at a clean and colour or whatever. Its alright but a bit shabby in places so still to assess that in the future.
Guards will probably need a proper paint as they are getting well faded.
Had a look at the original seats. The backs are both pretty good but the bottoms of them both have weird brown varnish looking stains or something so i dont really know where im at with that...


Getting a bit of a rough list in my head together of what i want with this thing, short and long term.

short term things are front suspension (terrible to drive as is) put some new bolts in, try and get some bolts or screws to fix my grill in as it is currently running the cable tie set up at the moment. just going to screw the centre console back in as it is just sitting there as is.

do you know anywhere locally that might have the long bolts hazards? and would that affect my current wheels that are on it?

Anyways ill come back to this in a few days with some more detailed pics and hopefully a reasonable list of what im hoping to aim for with this car. cheers guys!!!

and any suspension help as far as coilover websites or whatever would be great. would love to get some locally (AUS or TAS) but i guess ill see what is out there. sorry for the long read.

[JoshFair]

Hey Cam!! Love the little fella - looks like an awesome canvas

I got long wheel bolts from Bob Jane (bathurst st) for my little blue golf.. set me back about $3.50 each! I think from memory they were 52mm long thread.. Just make sure when you put them in they aren't too long.

As for suspension - i might have the original suspension from a one of mine laying around mum and dads - feel free to message sam and get him to have a look for ya.

I also know the guy who bought my blue golf has it sitting in his garage and was pretty keen to sell it off.. could offer him a couple of hundy for the JOM coilovers i put in before i sold it - they were brand new - driven on for less than 6 months. gave me 110mm drop to.

Message me if you need anything else.

[pag3y]

Hey josh, you're a legend man!

I'll go have a look and see what i can find at uncle bobs tonight or on the weekend if i dont have time.

Do you know who has the blue thing at the moment? maybe i could pm them or see if you still have their number or whatevs?
I might give sanga an ask if i have to, its like riding the ocean at the moment.

[JoshFair]

One step ahead of you bro - emailed the owner just then.. His user name is Lofty - and his dad's is Toff. They are in recent visitors on my profile if you want to shoot them an email yourself - but i looked at the last time they logged on and it has been a while so they may not reply as quick as i'd hoped.

Also - have a chat to a couple guys in Launy - they may be able to help you with temp. suspension if they isn't anything at mum and dad's...

rudolf - hjsimpson01
Dan - GRN_VGN
Steph - STEPHY

[pag3y]

Few updates on the magic of maguires! couple of before and afters.

Before:
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After:


Bit of engine bay goodness:


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After:



Noticed a fair few things that needed doing to it but just have no idea where to start. i guess i will just go with it, get it looking half decent and start with some of the small stuff. Just going to try and get some new bumpers or indicators on the front cos the way they
are sitting at the moment isnt the best. Itd love a chrome grill or just to take the front one off but then ive got another problem with where to put the indicators. Hmmm....

[GRN_VAGN]

My old car,

That engine has been pulled down and all new gaskets, carby cleaned, new leads, plugs, cap, coil, fresh fluids in everything.
Is a rather clean base to start with, i just lost interest in it.

Wiring was cleaned up alot, i sold it with crap suspension, and no brakes. so anything in that area is not my fault

Feel free to inbox me and chat,

[pag3y]

Defs blaming you the then! Yeah hoping to fix that on the weekend with some better stock suspension so ill try take a few pics and see how it all turns out. Dont have much (any) mechanical gear so going to try find a mates that i can do it at.

[Stiggy_21]

nice clean car you've got
good work!