It only needs a downpipe he says (MK1 Golf GTI)

[mart1n95]

[I got a bit more done tonight, finished off the front corner and painted it. Also put topcoat on the A-pillar scuttle patch and the colour match spray can I bought doesn't match it will do for now until I have time to do it again. Also seam sealed the rear spare wheel well patch











Here's some interior shots







One of the previous owners decided it would be a great idea to fit a sunroof, why he didn't keep the tin top I'll never know, the headliner was done to a horrible standard.



I also bought a bunch of stuff off a guy for £40, only really needed a manifold but he had a mirror and grill trim that I needed to so I took those too!



Anyone who has changed a exhaust manifold on a golf knows it's a pain in the assignment as it's directly below the inlet and you can't see the top studs. After cutting the old downpipe off as it was the only was to get it off as the studs were completely sized I got the manifold off. Every stud but 1 snapped going to the downpipe, hence why I bought another manifold

[mart1n95]

I'm Martin Gunn, I'm 18 years old and work full time as an instrumentation appreciate (low voltage electronics, flow & pressure gauges etc.) You might of seen my other cars before*




Before this I self taught myself how to weld, body fill, paint and I try to do everything myself, so hopefully everything turns out alright!*
The car is a 1982 Golf GTI, the 1.6 engine has been bored out to a 1.7 and has had the cam changed for more aggressive one. It's been sitting since 1997! my dad bought it in 2011 planning to use it as a daily but had no time as he had his volkswagen bus stealing all his time. so it sat until now.
Any how after my dad agreed to sell it to me for a good price (stating I only had to change the rusty downpipe to get it through an mot) I had a month and a half to get it mot'd so I could insure it once I got my years no claims, so the countdown began.

After a few nights trying to find out why it wouldn't start we found the fuel pump was sized so a few knocks with the hammer freed it up and I could drive it outside





After having a look around underneath I found a nice bit of surface rust, upon taking the wire brush drill bit I found this nice hole with a bunch of filler *



Patched it up



The rust joined inside so had to patch it too



And then there's the scuttle panel, made up of rust, bodged patches and filler *



This was hidden with filler





Cut the whole lot out and welded a new panel in





Had to make up a gutter out of sheet, took a while to get right



This is what came out of the scuttle, the car supposedly went to a reputable body shop, I hadn't even known it had been repaired until I started grinding and seeing the filler, the paint on top was a really good quality so to spend money on a good spray job but getting it bodged? Why *



A light skim of filler just to fill the low spots in the replacement panel



I then primered it and it looks okay!



I stripped the rear so I could get a look at the boot floor, it looked fine until I took the drill with the wire brush bit to what appeared to be a small rust bubble about the spare wheel well.



see that filler in the bottom of the picture above? yep, a hole is hiding under there too



I cut it all out and made a patch, it's all seamed now but i forgot to take a photo :role yes



I moved onto the front inner wing



cut the whole lot out



and this is where I'm currently at! I made it out of sheet and reused the headlight brackets



I have until the 13th of may so hopefully I will get it road ready by then!