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MK 1 GTI For Sale
« on: December 20, 2013, 05:51:50 pm »
Have a read of the build thread on this link

http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=514855

Now off to count some pennies , thinking a car to buy for keeps , What do you think ?
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2013, 06:06:59 pm »
amazing restoration

it is a classic and vw can improve with every new golf but there will only be one original

you would want to keep it in a garage to keep it perfect though, only drive it on sunny days
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2013, 06:13:58 pm »
Very nice, just a shame it isn't a campaign.

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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2013, 07:37:16 pm »
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2013, 07:52:46 pm »
amazing restoration

it is a classic and vw can improve with every new golf but there will only be one original

you would want to keep it in a garage to keep it perfect though, only drive it on sunny days

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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2013, 08:02:54 pm »
Really? I thought the welding in particular was sh*te. The prep is terrible, that'll all be coming through the paint in a few years.

As a usable car for now, ok, as an £8k keeper - not a chance in hell.
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2013, 08:15:23 pm »
Really? I thought the welding in particular was sh*te. The prep is terrible, that'll all be coming through the paint in a few years.

As a usable car for now, ok, as an £8k keeper - not a chance in hell.

I thought the welding look iffy , but i don't know anything about it . I wouldn't pay 8k for it either nearer 6k , would you admit some of the litte bits he has done were quite good ?
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2013, 08:26:13 pm »
Really? I thought the welding in particular was sh*te. The prep is terrible, that'll all be coming through the paint in a few years.

As a usable car for now, ok, as an £8k keeper - not a chance in hell.

I thought the welding look iffy , but i don't know anything about it . I wouldn't pay 8k for it either nearer 6k , would you admit some of the litte bits he has done were quite good ?

If you thought the welding was dodgy why waste your time posting this if your not interested :confused:
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2013, 10:03:42 pm »
Really? I thought the welding in particular was sh*te. The prep is terrible, that'll all be coming through the paint in a few years.

As a usable car for now, ok, as an £8k keeper - not a chance in hell.

I thought the welding look iffy , but i don't know anything about it . I wouldn't pay 8k for it either nearer 6k , would you admit some of the litte bits he has done were quite good ?

If you thought the welding was dodgy why waste your time posting this if your not interested :confused:

"Thought it was iffy but i don't know anything about it"  - Might be a clue ?
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2013, 10:26:56 pm »
Not overly impressed with the standard myself but its alot better than 90% of so called restored cars. lot of them out there especially the ones that think that wheeler dealers is a restoration program. :grin: Wouldnt pay that for it but thats just me.
Welding quality in my experiance is down to the machine, operator skills and material.
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2013, 10:59:34 pm »
Its okay
I'm an ex coded welder (not welding currently) and them welds are okay for the job,if you had a flatter weld then that does mean more penetration but you need more heat less wire = no good on sheet metal as it'll distort,you do dip transfer which is very beady but it is well up to the job.

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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2013, 10:04:18 am »
away to the bodyshop to stripped to bare metal.....
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2013, 07:26:47 pm »
Been through the wars that one, better of paying abit more and getting a good base.
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2013, 08:58:27 am »
Really? I thought the welding in particular was sh*te. The prep is terrible, that'll all be coming through the paint in a few years.

As a usable car for now, ok, as an £8k keeper - not a chance in hell.

Agree. I wouldn't consider it a full restoration. Send the whole shell off for blasting (including the underside) and then is consider buying a Mk1 like that. The car for sale shouldn't be £8k in my opinion.

Great transformation still. And looks like a far more usable car than it was previously.
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Re: MK 1 GTI For Sale
« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2013, 11:43:49 am »
Hats off to anyone doing that amount of work!

But I agree that's not a keeper, I'd spend a lot more getting a better example to start with.
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