My Golf Gti 8v Restoration (Well At least some photo's)

[Chris1276]

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[Chris1276]

These are just a few of the 200 or so odd photo's I have of the car that's been my mission and some would say life since March this year. Cash is tight but all the welding done has saved this Gti from the scrap yard. Shame the last owner seemed to have took it for a trip through Halfords rather than working on how solid the underside of the car was. Nevermind it's amazing what you can do with a few friends and a lot of time :-)

[SoundillusioN]

This needs to happen more often to older golfs rather than being scrapped or stripped. Good save, looks like a lot of effort went in. 

Welcome to the forum by the way and look forward to seeing more of this.

[Chris1276]

This work was done in April- May time so a lot more has been done. Thanks to Photobucket & your tread I read I'm now able to post pictures so more will be coming soon. Fortunately I have good friends like Pete who is pictured working on my golf who are oldskool mechanics and have restored lots of old classics like Ford Capri's, Triumph Slags as well as building Trike's & motorcycles. The man is a mechanical genius to Me & from Him I've learnt a lot!

I'd say it will be mot's and taxed by the start of October & then it's just a case of finishing off the outside bodywork and spraying Her up which I hope to do with my friend Greg. I have recently done a bodywork & restoration course plus I hope to do more courses. I already having my City & guilds qualifications in mechanics. Due to ill health I have been off work but I am hoping to set up a business with a friend in the near future as I don't like sitting around doing nothing. It just goes to show that if You yourself put all the work in You can, with help with friends & my cash savings restore anything on a budget. In a bodyshop I'd hate to think how much it would have cost in parts & labour!! Most of all this project from the day I brought it put a big smile on my face.

Sorry for going on but as I say I've loved every minute of the work that's gone in to this car!!! 

[Chris1276]

[Chris1276]

The funny thing about when we cut the floor pan out on the drivers side was it had a 16mm bolt in the chassis rail!! This is what we decided to call a Friday car, built at the end of the day by a German who just wanted to go home so deliberately left it in the car to annoy the future owner of the car who brought it from new!!   

[vdubman]

welcome mate,looks you had lots of fun destroying all that rust,like Shaun said its good saving a old dub from the scrappy.wish i had the space do something like this.top work mate,ask one of the mods to start you dub threat.

anthony

[Thom89]

Hello, and welcome to the Forum   

Been there done that! Good to see that you braced, and X braced before chopping apart... many dont bother 
keep up the good work

Thom

[robertg.blyth]

Wow, that looks like a lot of work and a fantastic reward for all the effort.  What did you do about the seats?  I'd like to get hold of some fabric to recover mine but despite a search of the internet, can't seem to find a supplier....

[jonnyturbo]

Hello and welcome