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Title: Hi!
Post by: RSP on 15 October 2006, 23:26

Hi,
    my names mike, 19 from Birmingham. I've just joined the forum and I'm looking to buy a Mk1 gti in the near future.

I'm really into classic minis(got 3 of them), i know quite a bit about them, but not much about golfs, What i wanted to know was, just what sort of things i should look for when buying a Mk1 and around how much i should be looking to spend for a good one?

Thanks
Mike

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 15 October 2006, 23:28

Arrow. :cool:

Search the mk1 forum.

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Stu.750 on 16 October 2006, 02:10

Hi matey , ive had more than my fair share of classic minis myself , still regret sellin my cooper sport 500 (in tahiti) and my mk1 mini too ,

 ive got myself a mk1 gti id say check the wings , bootfloor , inner wings , then there is crash damage , mines in the project section so have a look there are plenty of pics of rusty parts , as for how much to pay , ive no idea mine was cheap as chips ,

 welcome to the site

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: >>Mart<< on 16 October 2006, 07:13

hey welcome  :grin:

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Post by: Daz... on 16 October 2006, 08:53

Welcome to the forum  :cool:

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Dinky on 16 October 2006, 09:39

welcome to the forum hun :smiley:

Dinx :kiss:

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: RSP on 16 October 2006, 18:22

Thanks for the welcome guys. Yeah, the cooper sport 500 is a very nice car, a friend of mine has one. Myself ive got a 1990 racing green le (in my sig) and im also doing a complete restoration on a 1990 cooper RSP with a 1330 engine in it.

I was looking at the golf as an everyday car, aswell as being a classic.

Mike

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Stu.750 on 16 October 2006, 18:36

id love another , but i want one with a bike engine in the back  :evil:

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: RSP on 16 October 2006, 18:47

yeah, the zcars kits are nice but far too expensive for me to think about :cry: but i am planning on a 2ltr Vaxuhall XE for the green 1.

Mike

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Stu.750 on 16 October 2006, 18:49

good choise , fancy a city replica in applejack (mr bean green) with a 300bhp motorbike engine in the back

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: RSP on 16 October 2006, 18:52

not quite the same green, but take a look at this.

http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=5743

That should make you want one a little bit more :evil:

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Stu.750 on 16 October 2006, 19:14

Dammit , i dont think i like you , ive not even started my golf yet and im lookin at sh!tty old minis on Ebay , and motor bike engines  :shocked:

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: RSP on 16 October 2006, 19:19

there was a warning in the above post   :wink:

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Stu.750 on 16 October 2006, 19:21

Have to finish my golf first .

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: RSP on 16 October 2006, 19:22

if you want something to put you off the mini altogether, i could show you a picture of the 2 inch hole in the inner wing on my car  :cry:

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Stu.750 on 16 October 2006, 19:27

been there done that got the T shirt , a 1966 cooper had me nearly in tears a number of times the amount of welding i did on it

 my golf is alot more solid for a 23 yo car

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: RSP on 16 October 2006, 19:51

yeah im probably going to have to replace nearly every panel, sometimes i wonder why i bought it.

Thats why i decided one the golf, something different and  hopefully i will be able to get a pretty solid one.

They cant be as bad for rust as minis, can they?

Mike

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Stu.750 on 16 October 2006, 20:07

nah ive got a Y plate gti , 83 , and it need 2 winds (bolt on yay) bit of weldin on the boot floor scuttle and inner wing thats it , hate to try findin a Y plate mini with as little needin doin

Title: Re: Hi!
Post by: Majiic on 16 October 2006, 21:15

Welcome!!! :wink:

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Post by: Bazza on 17 October 2006, 20:18

Welcome  :cool: