Couldn’t resist this when I saw it on ebay last month.
I’m more of a mk1 golf nut as a rule but I’m loving the syncro.
Its got the usual issues around the body but I can sort them out.
2nd gear crunches when cold and the 2e2 needs a bit of attention but on the whole I think its definitely worth saving.
Its only done 85,000 miles which isn’t bad for a car of this age (1989).
I want to get it back to original.
I’ve just bought an exhaust system but I’m struggling to find a down pipe. Its currently on some naff coilovers so I’m trying to source some original suspension. How hard is it to find rear shockabsorbers[:0]?? Think I have some coming now though.
I’m also trying to source a drivers seat in the grey material if anyone knows of one – or a complete interior.
It would be ace to bring it to the same spec as my other Golf project…….
full thread here…..
http://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&type=misc&id=projects%2Fyour-mk1-golfs_2%2Fblack-bullet-ngh705y
but we’ll have to wait and see…
Thanks for looking!
Bit of an update on this…….
Passenger foot well was filling with water and the 3 small rust bubbles along the windscreen scuttle made me wonder how bad it was under the windscreen rubber…….
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At least I knew where the leak was coming from! Someone had gone to the trouble of removing the dash to pot rivot a plate over it and fill it with sealer without removing the screen. A proper bodge!
It turned into a big little job as the bumper, wing, screen , entire dash, roof trim, wiper mech all had to come off to do it properly.
The other half of the scuttle was fine so I replaced what I needed to.
The job took around 20 hours to complete and that was only rough primering and splatting a bit of red back on it. It’ll be getting a full rrepaint at some stage so not too fussed about that at this stage.
A few more pics of the repair in progress…..
its now starting to dry out nicely although I did end up having to replace the screen rubber as the original one I had put back in continued to leak.
Other jobs sorted include the removal of the front coilovers in favour of some standard GTI struts, heater now works, rear wiper now works,
Auto choke sorted.
Jobs to sort:
rear lower valance to replace.
Exhaust downpipe to fabricate or stop the one on it leaking.
Try and find out why the alternator warning light doesn’t work and replace the digital clock in the speedo head.
I’m also looking for a gearbox to rebuild as the one in has a whine and crunches into second. When I got the car the green cap on the end of the box was rotten and I think its been run low on oil at some point.