MK1 Golf Interior

[dublub]

Hey there guys, new to the forum. Just picked myself up a 1976 Swallowtail MK1 Golf (rough as guts but it's gonna be.. Fun!?), one issue. Someone has decided to create their own custom dash prior to me finding the beauty. I've attached the pic for a laughs otherwise I'll cry.

I'm looking to return it to its former glory. And in saying this, I'm looking for a complete dash (with all switches and bezels) along with the centre console with same. I'm located in Sydney.

Also a set of rear seats as mine disappeared :/



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[RedMk2Gti]

Congrat for the swallowtail pickup mate. and good luck with the dash hunt, good condition one are very rare now.
Paul (Sportracer) in this forum certain can refer you to a guy in ACT who has a collection of wrecked golf.

[dublub]

Thanks mate. Yeah it's going to be a lot of work but something you're passionate about can hardly be called work.. Sometimes. Thanks for that, I'll defiantly hit him up. Even if it's not top notch I can have it reskinned.

Thanks for the reply and for the lead!


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[sports racer]

Not sure if Nick at Volksparts has any in good condition but give him a ring on 0412 345 126. He's at Bungendore, just outside Canberra and I drive past his place every day so if there's any hassle shipping let me know if there's anything I can help with.

Nick used to have 70 MK1's rusting out on his property but he sold 30 to someone in Egypt and he's crushed a few that were too far gone.

There's a post somewhere in the MK1 section where a crap original dash was repaired with fibreglass then reskinned. Looked like new when it was finished but I reckon a flocked one would be awesome.

Cheers

Paul

[dublub]

Thanks Paul, I went ahead and sent him a text message but haven't heard back.

Thanks for the offer for helping out with shipping, I'm just in Sydney, and like a lot of people i hate waiting so I will end up probably making the trip! lol

I've seen a lot of people do restoration jobs on their dash (also a lot of cutting to get Newer style dashes in their mk1's) so if it's a bit rough I don't mind a bit of hard work!

I'm going to try to give him a call tomorrow. I haven't even stripped the thing and I'm already trying to buy a dash.

It arrived last night a bit excited, took 30 minutes to get it going!


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[russ83]

Nice purchase bud! Looking forward to seeing the progress and some daylight pics!

[dublub]

MK1 Golf Interior



I just went down to check something and I thought I'd take a couple of teaser pics


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[SMOK]

Looks like you have some nice bits attached to it too! I just recently also purchased a 2 door wattle colour swallowtail! So welcome to the mk1 club!

What plans do you have for it as a project overall?

[dublub]

Thanks Smok,

I'm planning on resto outside/inside but with some goodies under the hood. Planning on dropping in a 2.0tfsi and upgrading brakes and suspension and chassis. Still trying to decide a colour scheme, it's so hard trying to make a final decision! How about yourself?

First to get the thing resto car, pass blue slip, then rego then power the little rocket pocket ^_^


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[Stanton]

Factory colour and ditch that awfull grille.

[SMOK]

Im doing a back to bare metal rebuild on mine as I want it to last another 30yrs
I will be going with reliability over performance so probs just a 2.0 8v EFI engine.
Colour wise I will keep it yellow, but not the original colour code, want something richer in colour.

Good luck with it all, I will be following your progress.

[Notso Swift]

If you are doing a sleeper I would absolutely go factory colour

[dublub]

Yeah I'm so torn between trying to make it as beautiful as I can, and trying to make it look stock.

I'm in a battle with myself. So I think I'm just going to focus on stripping and repairing for now.


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[MarcusAurelius]

I can understand why people would like to keep factory colors and keep it looking original and clean, but i personally find the original colors rather dull and boring. Just go with the color you feel is "right". After all, it's s long road to bare metal restore a car and it'd be a shame picking a color your not 100% about just for the sake of the purists

[dublub]

Haha that's exactly what I was thinking. I'm possibly looking into either a deep red or a sunflower yellow for the paintwork. Hard to decide between them they're both so good!

So I was cleaning out the MK1 today just getting some stuff in order, and I came across somethings (hoping to get some answers on) mainly what is the difference between a Golf Driver and non?
As mine is apparently the golf driver, if it is, how to confirm/where is the build plate?

Also, came across these beauties I forgot all about
1) is the book rare? (Mines seen better days but still a pretty educational book
2) I'm to believe these are original old stock (unused) they're both produced by hella, both retain VW engraving. Could this be true?

Thanks in advanced!


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