MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: garrardrj on December 20, 2013, 05:51:50 pm
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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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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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Very nice, just a shame it isn't a campaign.
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150lb torque?
Not from the original engine.
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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
This!
Now.............do I really need to buy a conservatory next year? :evilgrin:
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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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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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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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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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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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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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away to the bodyshop to stripped to bare metal.....
bodyshop pics.....
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fnmahi%2FBOBBY-PC%2FIMG_0189_zpscf88a450.jpg&hash=df326fb9208a2cf730d20624034548d1033d8fec)
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Been through the wars that one, better of paying abit more and getting a good base.
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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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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.