VW Golf GTi MK1 Restoration

[mk1fan]

All looking good.

I've recently come into some money and have earmarked a certain amount to replace The Beast (my Bora). Soooooooooooooo tempted with getting another modded mk1 and a standard one.

[TROOPER88]

Well I have been cracking on with the Golf over the past couple of weeks when time has allowed.

It has simply been prepping every thing ready for paint. All the panels and any exposed metal inside the car had yo be prepped.

All panels were prepped on the stand and have been temporarily put back on the shell for the first coat of primer.

Here are all the pictures but I am afraid they are not very exciting. Within the next few days I hope to spray 2 coats of primer!

Cheers

[TROOPER88]

The mess:





Prepping the bonnet:





Temporarily back together. After a clean it will be ready for primer:



Single wiper conversion hole gone:



Boot lid with correct lock/wiper holes:







Don't forget the floor and all arches are finished!:



Were now up to date!

[aka_kerrly]

Inspirational!

[TROOPER88]

Today I primed the shell!

It was a lot of work as I did necessary inside of the shell, the engine bay and the exterior in one go. It has all had 3 coats of high-build primer.

Next week I will begin the job of blocking the primer down ready for paint.

Cheers

[sleep envy]

Awesome work. What colour are you going to paint it?

[TROOPER88]

sleep envy said:

Awesome work. What colour are you going to paint it?

Hi
It is going to go back to it's original colour - Alpine White.

It will probably take a week or so sanding the primer (just doing the odd couple of hours here and there) before I can paint it.

Thanks

[Dr G]

Really enjoying watching your progress, keep us posted!

[neilbauer]

Fantastic work

[tyrrell]

Top work, thanks for keeping us updated

[brad mole]

nice work so far! the car doesnt actually look in bad condition compared to most mk1s ive seen.

it almost looks like my car after paint when yours is in its primer


brad moles mk1 golf progresss by bradmole, on Flickr

[GIBBS101]

Yep That sure is a Straight rot free shell.. hard to find one like that these days!

[TROOPER88]

GIBBS101 said:

Yep That sure is a Straight rot free shell.. hard to find one like that these days!

It is now...

As you will have seen from the pictures it was a different story when I purchased it....

It has already had a few metal work repiars and needs another couple.

There was so much filler in the boot lid that came with it so I have used the bootlid from the the donor car. The same with the sunroof. To the untrained/in-experienced eye the filler would look good, I for one though do not want a car full of it.

[mk1fan]

Nice.

Brad Mole - liking the cut down plastic bumper.

Love mk1s.

[alfboden]

The primer colour does look great! Any more updates?

[RivieraBlue]

Excellent work.

[TROOPER88]

Hi Guys
Thanks for the comments.

I have been working quite hard getting everything ready for paint.

During the week I painted the engine bay and inside the boot.
This morning I have painted the whole car!

Here are some pictures that I took during the week. The shell will all need wet sanding and polishing to remove the orange peel. Once/during this is done I will update with more pictures.


5 litres of Alpine 2k White:














Cheers!

[Deerfoot]

Great work.

Keep the updates coming!

[oobster]

Deerfoot said:

Great work.

Absolutely. Looking forward to seeing the re-build pics!

[The Highway Man]

Looking good, to your usual high standard I see.