[Type 17] VW Golf GTI "Trophy" Mk1

[ChrisOne]

My '83 Golf GTI Trophy (yes on this side of the pond we name it like this...)

This is a special swiss edition called "Trophy" which is basically a GTI with almost full options...

I bought it in 2004, and used it as a daily for the next 4 years, it is "almost" full stock, the aim is to keep it like this with minor interventions to keep it clean...

After driving it for a while lowered with coilover and 7x13 ET0 ATS Classics with homologated slicks, I decided to put it a bit higher and put a set of -40mm Eibach and Konis and replace the ATS by a set of restored AVUS (original rims)

The paint is accumulating the years, the clearcoat is going elsewhere.. (the car has never been restorated) but there is no rust at all...

Some pictures...











some of the parts I worked on:



Original Teile..


Cache courroie avant:


sandblasted thermocoated...


new seal


Before


After



We reomved the rusty parts and put renewed ones


It seems better like this


Some more work:
Before



After


we changed the fan



Seems all right now




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Chris

[Z33_Taxi]

looks good. Parts are cleaning up nicely

[ChrisOne]

Thanks,

some other parts, have been restored,

the starter had some problems, so I rebuilt a new one, sandblasted, clearcoated were the metal was bare, and painted in black as original




I also changed the front engine support, and removed this prothane silentbloc, which was to hard for me...






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Chris

[ChrisOne]

Some more work,
I changed the horn's support, and replaced it by a Porsche 924 model, which is more resistant





The horn:





sandblsted:





Painted in black...

On small detail on the front bumpers, one of the 4 bolts is longer than the 3 others, this is the one that support the horn



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Chris

[ChrisOne]

After 24 years the radiator started to leak...


1988... 5 years younger than the car (we don't see anything on the picture but you have to trust me)

The leak:



The good and the ugly:



Everything rebuilt:



With new silenblocs:



some parts have been renewed as usual:



More to come..

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Chris

[ChrisOne]

Some pictures of an original VW Motorsport front grill (estimated power gain +50hp )

Marchal Lights, exist in yellow or white, unefortunately mines are yellow


lights circling is different from the original grill


Yes it is :lol:


there are no ref numbers, or anything else to identify the grill






A trip to the mountains:


Then a carwash:


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Chris

[cavy00]

Those are some wicked suds! lol look good and like the restoration aspect

[ChrisOne]

After that the Golf was ready to meet 2 friends..



I let them together for the night

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Chris

[ChrisOne]

Hi,

when the weather is good, we do some historical vehicle races, here at Montagnole (FR) in 2012











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Chris

[ChrisOne]

Some more work on the Trophy

Rebuilt of the driveshafts
















I tested my powder coat gun, sanded and thermocoated it's better now

Ready to be put back on the car










Here we are..


On my way to doing this, I decided to change the gearbox support,
I removed the polyurethane silent bloc which was really too hard


Some more work, and new parts



The car is ready for another race...

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Chris

[ChrisOne]

Another Racing session:

With the ATS Classic in 7x13 and semi-slicks, unfortunately there was some rain inthe afternoon

















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Chris

[Z33_Taxi]

this thing is awesome.

[ChrisOne]

Thanks,

some more work on the car...

I put a Gr. A exhaust on it



Muche more lighter than the original one, and a bit more louder, but not too much

I also changed some the bolts which are on firewall, which were making some noise (totally rust)





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Chris

[ChrisOne]

Some news

In July racing again,
how do you name it? Hill climb?

this time in Col Saint Jean, which is part of the mythic Rallye Monte Carlo

5km long, with 4 runs

I was not alone, my friends from VRP (Ventabren Retro Passion)



There were some Golfs in the team...

The whole team in the paddock:



















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Chris

[ChrisOne]

Some Pics of our last hill climb:

Montée Historique de Montagnole (France)

The Trophy changed his 18 for a 72...























Some friends

R5 Turbo



Herbie


A110



"mini" proto



R8's






Simca's







Fiat 131



Another GTI !




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Chris