My sort-of restoration

[GeorgeMK1]

This 2 door was bought for $1800 over ebay from a lady driver in Sydney. I drove all the way up with my old man and a trailer and we brought it back down to Melb.

It was very catchy as it was straight and no body damage to it, let alone the body kit and Orange colour was a head turner. There was very few problems with the engine and the onyl thing was the starter motor. Apart from that the engine was fine. The problem was with the eletricals as the golf had an alarm fitted with central locking, although when we got it the alarm was not working and we had to dis-connect the central locking as the battery died almost everynight as to some shortage.



another pic of how it was bought.

[GeorgeMK1]

After inspecting it for some time i thought id start on the wires. I took the alarm out as i got told it wasnt working properly and thought id try get everything else working as no indicators, horn , lights, or windscreen wipers were working.

when i took off the carpet i found out a bit of rust around where the seats go. i got to work on fixing that up aswell.



it was alot of wires everywhere and i had to re-do alot of it. everything was messed up and alot of the cables have been changed to differnt colours and i had to chase up every wire and label it.

I happen to go past a wreckers yard on Mcantyre road and happen to find a 2door mk1 sitting there. i ended up buyign that golf for $600 without wheels. the interior is quite worn and the body is starting to fade. it would be a great project for later on.

I took out the wiring loom from that golf and just through it in Mine. It made life alot easier as everything was to factory spec and the wires were all continous and didnt change half way through.

[GeorgeMK1]

[Spyda]

Not a bad mk1 this. Some one has taken their time on it. The body kit is horrid man.

I remember a while ago it was for sale for about 8k.

[ben]

$1800 sounds like a steal?! well done
look foward to seeing what else you have planned...

[sleg]

Nice find, is that a Mk2 dash in it?

[MarcusMKIIGTI]

Mate, she looks great the way she is. Well
done.

[GeorgeMK1]

thanks dude. hopefully the final picture will make it all worth the time!

[GeorgeMK1]

Finally got the got the CV joints back a few days ago and today my dad and i had soem time to put them in. Its been a long time since all four wheels have been on the ground and it was very nice to see it in the sun once again. I even put the duck bill spoiler for a bit of motivation hehe

Things left to do are:
Sort out fuel pump.
Sort out a few left over pipes.
Work out the dizzy retard or advance and the point of the pistons, timing etc ( i have no idea what the proper term for that is called).
also probably a service and tune it and time it all so its running smooth and she's done.

She'll soon be starting i hope.

[GeorgeMK1]

FINALLY GOT IT STARTED TODAY!! i didnt think we would start it today as it was very late and my old man i thought why not have a go at it. Arranged the dizzy etc and it started. I went over the moon!!!! There seemed to be some noise though, like a ticking noise of somesort which ill have to look into tmoro or the next day.

Im quite suprised as it started within the second crank of the engine, i thought it would be a few more turns.

Couldnt have it run for too long as i still dont have the fuel pump running properly, and i just injected some petrol into the carby to last a minute or so at a time. also got a relay today and will be tackling the wiring problem of the fuel pump tmoro, maybe hiding the f/p under the car somewhere.

Im extemely happy and it feels like this whole thing just payed off!! sounds great too!