Calling all MK1 golf experts

is there anything i need to look out for when buying a Mk1 Golf GTI Cabrio????
any particular areas of concern i should be aware of??

any help info would be great folks

cheers

Mario

i dont no but iv been temted for one lately , i saw a realy nice one for £1200 few weeks back

TOASTIE wrote:i dont no but iv been temted for one lately , i saw a realy nice one for £1200 few weeks back

mmm £1200 huh i just spied one at a dealer down at edinburgh n he wants 1600 for it...but im gonna try n palm him orf er i mean part ex the wifes 106 puke erm sorry Pug for it

gotta be worth a punt

I'll be back in a bit - busy now, can answer all

H wrote:I'll be back in a bit - busy now, can answer all

cheers H

What reg year is it? The roofs are slightly different across the years.

What do you want to know?

Is it definitely a GTI for starters?

Mine was a Clipper - 1.8 carb

ask steve.photo, he's the mk1 expert... though he may be a bit busy with his exhibition this week

its on an A plate 1984. 90,000 miles on the clock,looks a really nice motor white in colour.

i was just wondering if there were any known areas /things to look out for on these??

Under the carpet The roof design is not too bad on them, but they ALL leak a bit - the later cars have a little deflector to protect the join where the roof folds from wind blown rain but an "A" most likely won't have it.

Also with an early car I believe you should be looking at small bumpers and no body kit (i.e. not like mine ^^^ ) if it's got a body kit on now it may be concealing shagged arches and sills, a common trick.

It has to have the tonneau cover for the folded roof, you can tell if it hasn't been used as the headliner will be stripy inside

I'm sure it'll be a manual roof at that age so make sure the latches that hold the folded roof down work properly too.

Other stuff later if you need it, bit busy now.

H wrote:Under the carpet The roof design is not too bad on them, but they ALL leak a bit - the later cars have a little deflector to protect the join where the roof folds from wind blown rain but an "A" most likely won't have it.

Also with an early car I believe you should be looking at small bumpers and no body kit (i.e. not like mine ^^^ ) if it's got a body kit on now it may be concealing shagged arches and sills, a common trick.

It has to have the tonneau cover for the folded roof, you can tell if it hasn't been used as the headliner will be stripy inside

I'm sure it'll be a manual roof at that age so make sure the latches that hold the folded roof down work properly too.

Other stuff later if you need it, bit busy now.

cheers H,
i will try to add a piccy of it if i can.

piccy seems to have worked,

what do ya reckon??

I reckon it's too much money myself, if they'd climb down a long way I'd say OK though - it looks clean enough, not that you can really tell from one picture.

Never been a fan of the triple-white cocktail myself though...