MkI 2 door restoration project...

[golf-kart]

This is my new MkI. Got a bit bored with the MkIII so I sold it.



The plan: Attempt to restore this little beast to its original condition. Should make a gnarly club/weekend car.







My main priority - rust repairs...

[imported_brackie]

Restorable

It looks very restorable and a good example. The new forum will have a "Restorations and Projects" forum so that we can all keep up with threads like this. (Suggested by bug_racer.)

[GoLfMan]

nice!! looking forward to seeing what you can do with the little beauty!

[Valver.]

That car is a little beaut Good to see another Mk1 being built down here

[GoLfMan]

now now... u taswegians just you wait end of this year

[gtimk5]

Thats the 2 Dr I was telling you about valver.
Hi Paul, how bad is the floor? Looks like you are ripping into it already! Seat seats (?) fit? Have fun mate.

[el_foolio]

looks like a good bus. where'd you pick it up from?

[Valver.]

Thats the 2 Dr I was telling you about valver.

I figured as much. Ah well, it's in good hands

[golf-kart]

Thats the 2 Dr I was telling you about valver.
Hi Paul, how bad is the floor? Looks like you are ripping into it already! Seat seats (?) fit? Have fun mate.

Yeah spent a bit of time yesterday pulling the interior out & sanding off surface rust (rust converter - be my friend). The floor around the driver & passenger side looks a bit ordinary but repairable - I'm thinking I might have to cut and weld new floor plates in and fabricate new front cross members (supporting front seats).



...any advice/recommendations welcome.

Can't wait to start tinkering with it again

PS: Is it normal to dream about your MkI?!?!?

[Golf Loon]

Be gentle with her, she is a swallowtail.

Dont hurt the back panel.

Floors dont look too bad in the pics. Bit of patchwork, rather than full new floors?

Good score I reckon.

[imported_brackie]

New floors

Cut-price Looney!! No mate. If you can afford it put in new floors. The car's worth it and you won't regret it! It's the old balancing act...to spend or not to spend.....Must have had a bad doorseal, damaged seams or windscreen leak in the past. Pity. Rest looks OK. How's the windscreen surround?

[Golf Loon]

Enen dash looks ok. You`ll have to take that silly GOLF badge off the bact though.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Good stuff Paul. looking forward to seeing it completed. Restoring it to orginal sounds awesome. All for it.

Im looking to start a new mk1 2 door project soon aswell. So i will be on the look out for a decent 2 door in the very near future .

Great stuff mate and a swollow tail....(drool)....

[syncro]

Re: New floors

.....Must have had a bad doorseal, damaged seams or windscreen leak in the past. Pity. Rest looks OK. How's the windscreen surround?

Water leaks in Aussie made Golfs were standard equipment!

Look for body cracks on near the front suspension mounting points also.

[delux]

Well done matey. Good luck with the resto.