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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: Andy! on 09 September 2008, 16:31

Title: Little help?
Post by: Andy! on 09 September 2008, 16:31
Dudes, found a white on white c plate cabby gti, needs a roof and seats and has some small scabs and has been off the road for a few years. Any ideas as to what I offer?
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: Dinky on 09 September 2008, 20:54
roof, depending where you go, wot you buy, if you fit it 250-500
seat - again depends on what you go for..can pick up a decentish set on egay...bout 50-150
scabs, sure its just surface rust? where abouts on the car?
cheap as possible so then you can spend money on making it lurvely.. :smiley:
Look at the guides in the maintanance section...
cabs esp - check where the ariel usually is - front wing, the window surround in roof, fuel filler neck (if possible)
bout all i can think of atm...
good service is a good place to start...need to talk to you about that and stuff and parts...  :tongue:

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: Andy! on 11 September 2008, 16:45
Give me a bell luv  :wink:
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: Andy! on 15 September 2008, 16:11
Di! Any chance you could ask your fella if that dizzy is good? mine is going out!
Lurve from Andy XX
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: Dinky on 15 September 2008, 18:34
ill get him to add you to fb or summit and you's can sort it out between yourselves..
he actually likes your surname,, wtf?!?!
Let me know when this pint is going to come about...maybes should have moved this bit to nonsense or pm...no doubt it will be..  :smiley:

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: Andy! on 17 September 2008, 08:21
Looks like early October for drinkies Di. Get him adding me quick, I needs that dizzy!
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: Dinky on 17 September 2008, 18:26
well keep me updated as im after going on holiday around then...

add him, hes on mine
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: RandomJord on 18 September 2008, 22:30
so.........u buy it?
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: Andy! on 20 September 2008, 12:52
Gonna go see the bloke and offer him £300 at the end of the month. If he says no I will walk away I reckon, I need to get it cheap or I wont be able to get the beetle!
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: dan_b998 on 29 October 2008, 01:02
on ebay u can get a new roof for about £160 for the normal pvc one u fit urself or u can get a mohair one for about £200
Title: Re: Little help?
Post by: rubjonny on 29 October 2008, 07:27
yeah be very carefull buyin old cabbs, any damaged trim will cost you and is hard to source.  for example outer door seals are around 90 each from the us, the plastic trims either side of the screen down a pillar are very rare and can go for upwards of £30 each :shocked:
roof isnt an average DIY job either, it takes time, patience and fettling to get it right, plus it aint the time o year for it.  If its a later cab and the filler neck has rotted they're over £100 from GSF and not the same as a regular tintop one either.

have a very good look underneath, particularly the inner arches and the inner sills, specially around where the rear beam bolts up.  mine had nasty holes here I failed to spot which resulted in a 'cheap easy quick' project turning into a 3 year expensive nightmare!