11/78 mk1 gls

[dubai gti]

That interior is the ants-pants for originality...top find !!

BTW, love the Merc. also....W108 Mercs. have always been my favourites , having owned a couple in the past (280SE 3.5's)

[Jace]

Thanks a lot guys.
I'm pretty damn happy with it.

I feel like this car makes up for a lot of mistakes with respect to cars. Buying bad ones, selling awesome ones and regretting it, etc.

Going to get to work on the easy stuff tomorrow.

[Jace]

Turns out I'm the least motivated person ever.
I've done a few little things to the car, but nothing that needs to be done.





The car is hard-parked at my parents place. After work I usually go over there, look at the car, take it for a quick/stealthy spin just for the sake of it, then park it, without really advancing towards roadworthiness at all.

(Keep in mind I haven't even washed or polished the car yet)
I put the straight(er) rear bumper on, only to notice that the rear end is very slightly pushed inwards. I pulled off the rear garnish just after I bought the car (holes will be welded up... eventually)



There was a pretty ugly dent where the number plate would have been screwed on, so I straightened that out to the best of my abilities.


Repainted all the door handles and gave the chrome trim bits a quick polish.



Got some seat covers that my Nan approves of. Such a good match to the interior colours!



Something I picked up at Jamboree, then modified a little bit.



Got a new fuel cap and a hatch strut.



Found that I have a co-driver/navigator.


The resting place:



Found that I need to replace some exhaust gaskets at the manifold. Might be a good time to remove the emission reduction stuff too (if I can work out what's what)
I also got a wheel alignment done by a mate.
Tried to make a grommet for the most obvious shift linkage at the back of the engine bay, and failed. Felt a fair bit better before it dropped out.
I'll get a repair kit for that soon too hopefully... if my finances pick up and I find some motivation.

So there you have an update.
I want to have this thing going before winter. Once I've sold my VR6 I will hopefully get rego and maybe a present for the car (x4 )

[JoshFair]

hahaha i also have a co-pilot in my golf.... somewhere.. we've crossed paths once or twice.. and i tried to bash it to pieces.. they are flippin quick though, so i've gotta keep eyes in the back of my head

[Jace]

I'll probably **** myself when I'm driving and it crawls across my face.
It's just a baby now, by the time my car's on the road it'll probably look like Aragog.

[Ducky]

That interior is in as good as condition as the interior in my 77 MkI. Just goes to show that they do exist.

[lawny]

Something I picked up at Jamboree, then modified a little bit.

love it, where do i get me one of those?

[Jace]

No idea sorry man. I was searching for one since I bought the car.
Maybe try air-cooled sites, as I think it was supposed to fit a Beetle.

[Jace]

Got my 13's back from the sand-blasters.
Made a massive fck up and forgot to specify I only want the faces blasted.
There's a LOT more work to do now.

Repainted a 'VOLKSWAGEN' badge that I'll swap onto my car, also did a 'golfGLD' one too that I'll hustle off to someone once I'm happy with it.

Pictures tomorrow night.

[Jace]

Priming


Badge


Found these. Slammed ramps I'm dying to use again. Just to get my car high enough for the trolley-jack (90mm or so).
Rewarding.



Need to get this thing on the road. Wasting my time doing the wrong stuff first.
I want it to be respectable so it's condition doesn't decline and I'm not embarrassed by it.