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Here's my Golf GTi, purchased in April. It’s a 1986 3 door in Atlas Grey metallic with red and grey interior trim. I used to own a 1984 MK2 GTi that was sadly written off and although I replaced it with a low mileage Porsche 944 I just didn’t bond with it. I missed owning a Golf MK2 so as soon as I bought this car I sold the Porsche and it’s now on its way to Australia. The Golf has a manual sunroof and a Fischer cassette storage box but no other factory extras that I am aware of. It even has the basic 14" steel wheels. It had one lady owner from 1986 to 2019. The car was supplied new by Bristol Street Motors (BSM) in Nottingham. In 1987 BSM were bought out by Arthur Prince and many of the BSM staff moved to Arthur Prince in Loughborough, which is where the car was then taken to for servicing and where it eventually became an exhibit in their showroom. The same VW Master Technician who PDI’d the car in 1986 carried out all the servicing and MOTs from 1986 to 2017. When Arthur Prince eventually sold the car it was recommissioned by the same Master Technician with a full service, a full exhaust system and a new fuel pump.
The interior is in excellent condition. The boot area is unmarked, with an unused space-saver spare wheel, jack and toolkit. The headliner is perfect. The recorded mileage is approximately 74,000. I believe the car is still on its original clutch.
The car was awarded ‘Best Golf’ at the Thoresby Classic VW Show in August - the car’s first ever award.
In early September I took the Golf to the monthly Car Café breakfast meeting in Nottingham, which was a great event. Afterwards I went to meet Ann, the car’s original owner who lives south of Nottingham. Ann is 81 and for many years had a driving school which always ran VWs, mostly Beetles and then Golfs. When she retired she was a Class 1 HGV Examiner. Ann has owned 3 Golf GTis over the years; 2 MK1s and this MK2. They were for personal use and not for the learner drivers thankfully. She is quite a character and was very pleased to see her old GTi again, which she had named 'Annie' as the car was originally registered 3 ANN. We chatted for ages over tea, looking through photographs of all the VWs she had owned over the years and she kindly gave me a few spares for my car that she had kept in the garage. When I was about to leave she asked if I could wait until she replaced her hearing aid battery as she wanted to hear the exhaust note as I drove off!
Since buying the car I have had it serviced, replaced the cambelt and tensioner, replaced the fuel pump (again) fitted a new aerial (a pig of a job on an early MK2) and a period Blaupunkt ‘Bristol’ radio cassette. It's been reliable and fun to drive despite only having 112BHP. I still have a few jobs to do like with many old cars, but if I can keep it looking like it does now without major expenditure I will be happy.
The interior is in excellent condition. The boot area is unmarked, with an unused space-saver spare wheel, jack and toolkit. The headliner is perfect. The recorded mileage is approximately 74,000. I believe the car is still on its original clutch.
The car was awarded ‘Best Golf’ at the Thoresby Classic VW Show in August - the car’s first ever award.
In early September I took the Golf to the monthly Car Café breakfast meeting in Nottingham, which was a great event. Afterwards I went to meet Ann, the car’s original owner who lives south of Nottingham. Ann is 81 and for many years had a driving school which always ran VWs, mostly Beetles and then Golfs. When she retired she was a Class 1 HGV Examiner. Ann has owned 3 Golf GTis over the years; 2 MK1s and this MK2. They were for personal use and not for the learner drivers thankfully. She is quite a character and was very pleased to see her old GTi again, which she had named 'Annie' as the car was originally registered 3 ANN. We chatted for ages over tea, looking through photographs of all the VWs she had owned over the years and she kindly gave me a few spares for my car that she had kept in the garage. When I was about to leave she asked if I could wait until she replaced her hearing aid battery as she wanted to hear the exhaust note as I drove off!
Since buying the car I have had it serviced, replaced the cambelt and tensioner, replaced the fuel pump (again) fitted a new aerial (a pig of a job on an early MK2) and a period Blaupunkt ‘Bristol’ radio cassette. It's been reliable and fun to drive despite only having 112BHP. I still have a few jobs to do like with many old cars, but if I can keep it looking like it does now without major expenditure I will be happy.
RC1807 said:
I was about to post exactly the same thing.
The original owner’s Toyota now has a plate worthy of the cool plates thread, too.
She bought a Morris Minor for £75 in the '70s, put the plate on her Beetle and then sold the Minor which had been re-registered XXX FAY.The original owner’s Toyota now has a plate worthy of the cool plates thread, too.
Those were the days!
Lovely car, fantastic condition. These cars are built so well.
I bought a 1986 3dr Golf GTI 16v atlas grey with quarter lights same as yours in 2009 for £360 off eBay with a years MOT! Obviously it wasn’t great condition but I stripped it out full cage and built a 2.0 16v and used as a track car. Sold it in 2013 and it’s still going strong now!
I bought a 1986 3dr Golf GTI 16v atlas grey with quarter lights same as yours in 2009 for £360 off eBay with a years MOT! Obviously it wasn’t great condition but I stripped it out full cage and built a 2.0 16v and used as a track car. Sold it in 2013 and it’s still going strong now!
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