mk1 GOLF GTi's ?

[jackal]

are they useable or too fragile and old now ?

how about this one, nice low miles:


http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/VOLK...

[Daston]

that looks a good un.

Parts are dirt cheap and I wouldnt say they were unreliable, my Mk2 was a bit of a shed and only died due to the last owner not looking after it properly

[Johnny Drama]

Very rare with that mileage but G60 steelies, single lamp grille (without red trim) and ridiculous exhaust doesn't make it 'totally original' though.

[Mroad]

I ran an early (1980) 1.6 GTi for a year as a daily driver a couple of years back. It needed some loving to get it working right but then it was only £1500 so that was expected. It was a lovely original, accident free, unmessed with example though. The Fusebox and general wiring is not the best especially if it's not been touched for 30 years! Rust is also a problem but again that is to be expected on a 30 year old car, in fact it stands up quite well compared to other cars of the era hence why there are still quite a few around.
It was an absolute hoot to drive even on a complete stock set-up (only about 800kg), makes modern hatches dull and boring by comparison.
Any petrolhead should experience the dawn of the hot hatch era by at least driving one (or the Pug 205 GTi). It's definitely a car I would consider buying again.
Just avoid a modified one, stock is so cool in my opinion.

[barchetta_boy]

I think the Mk 1s are a little too fragile now, certainly with our climate. The dreaded tinworm has to be a constant worry.

Mk2s on the other hand, are still absolutely perfectly usable daily classics. I only sold my 1989 Atlas Grey 3dr 8v after the birth of our son, and to be perfectly honest, that car could still be ferrying me, partner and kid around now but I just fancied a change and a BMW...

IMHO the general quality of the engineering and materials is a real step on in the mk2. I know they are heavier and less agile, but as a 30 yr old daily driver you have to consider these things.

Love that mk1 though. Not much required to put that back to proper stock.

Joel

[MattyB_]

"Parts are dirt cheap"

Not necessarily! Anything 'original' isn't cheap. I was after black parcel shelf without speaker holes, and good examples were fetching over £70 on ebay. I wanted some original door cards, again, expensive, as most were dirty/marked/cut. Most stuff described as "mint" on ebay was far from it.

But I loved mine. I ran it alongside my Elise and was suprised at the amount of attention it used to get, big thumbs up from other VW drivers on the motorway and suchlike. I would *love* to buy another as a project, great cars.

My old one:

[barchetta_boy]

£70 is dirt cheap! A mint parcel shelf is a fairly substantial part, and rare too.

I run an old Porsche as well as a Golf Mk2, you're talking £250 for a set of leads - £20 on the golf (OEM). Brake discs for the 928? OEM can be £180 each, £12 for OEM Brembos for the Golf.

Cheap parts is one of the best bits of Golf motoring - although Mk2s are obviously more plentiful than Mk 1s.

The OP has an older Porsche as well so I'm sure he would feel the same smug glow as I did when leaving EuroCarParts with a full service kit for less than £40...

Joel

[jackal]

MattyB_ said:

Not necessarily! good examples were fetching over £70 on ebay. I

Count yourself lucky. I just spent over £7000 on a set of porsche alloys, some brakes and a couple of bits of metal known as anti roll bars

[jackal]

guys, loving this one too.. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1590520.htm

just really like these in white

what does the PH massive think ? 77k miles seems VERY low for a mk1