My New toy

[jhopk]

Purchased this evening, pick it up on Saturday

1977 Mk1 GLS Auto, working Air-conditioning, 134,000kms, 1 elderly lady owner, garaged all its life, no rust, Original Condition. Interior a bit tatty but generally very good over all.

What do you guys think?

[DaveMack]

Purchased this evening, pick it up on Saturday

1977 Mk1 GLS Auto, working Air-conditioning, 134,000kms, 1 elderly lady owner, garaged all its life, no rust, Original Condition. Interior a bit tatty but generally very good over all.

What do you guys think?

Welcome to the forum, jhopk ... looks to be a tidy buy ... and a good base model for a project car.

Dave

[static1800]

Thats looks mint! keep that thing standard, its a fine example of a mk1.

[RedMk2Gti]

Soooooo Cleannnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Manual conversion is the first job

[jhopk]

Thanks for the comments guys... think i will be keeping it original for the time being. It really only needs a couple of things done to almost perfect condition.

If you have any ideas where the best pace to get spare parts in Melbourne or online that would be great.

[Jarred]

man, that is clean! you have to understand, alot of us will have never seen and origional examplet that clean! It's very Impressive.

As for spare parts in melbourne, where abouts are you located? Volkspower in burwood are pricey, but generally have everything that you'd be after ( the smaller things atleast) and there are a few other work shops situated around the city that many people on here will recommend. Matt (golf loon) is pretty much the be all and end all in terms of parts, if he doesn't have it, or can't get it, it musn't exsist!

[velly_16v_cab]

very sweet looking

[mollins]

nice one

very nice mate...

keep it original... manual conversion for sure

i have AC envy...

[greasykitchen]

Beautiful car. Love the mud flaps. The dash looks to be largely uncracked.

And I agree keep it stock - gotta love that '70s styling.

[jhopk]

How much you reckon to convert it to a manual? i prefer man but probably should keep this car completely original.

[VW Convert]

How much you reckon to convert it to a manual? i prefer man but probably should keep this car completely original.

So original.......IMHO it would be desecration to convert it.

Cheers

George

[Jarred]

So original.......IMHO it would be desecration to convert it.

Cheers

George

have you ever driven a mk 1 auto (stock)? I'm pretty sure there is good reason to change it if you know what i mean.

Besides, it can all be done to look factory anyways, and use all factory setup. so it's wouldn't be modifying it in a sense.

as for the conversion it'self.

Need the new box of course, manual linkage setup, manual "pedal box" which hangs off the steering column, which I think get's changed. all in all, it's a fairly complex, but probably worth it, esp if you are handy with a spanner.

alex, (intesnsm1) had an auto mk 1, that he was going to convert, so he might know a bit more..?

[Water Boy]

That is mint

[jhopk]

Will let you know how i go but it seems to drive OK (except when i test drove it, it ran out of fuel lol) and it definitely wont be a daily driver anyway

Will be driving it back from Geelong to Melbourne on Saturday so that will give me a better idea. Besides it only cost me $1000 so probably keep it as is for now.

Cheers guys

Jason

[KI11Z]

1k! farout, nice find im sure you have many jealous and envious peeps round here!