You have my respect for restoring a 1.1 Golf. Everyone goes mad for GTI's when in truth these were the cars I used to see everyday when I first passed my driving test. Superb restoration mate.
Bravo! Such a perfect restoration! I've got a 1981 VW Rabbit Diesel that I would LOVE to put through this treatment. I'm so glad to see one restored with no modifications. Just as it was in 1980. Perfect!!
Повезло гольфу, первую жизнь прожил хорошо, и после реинкарнации ище лучше зажил! И это первый гольф, я их на улицах уже давно не видел! Работа мастера достойна восхищения!
I am currently working on the restoration of my MK1 GTI 1979. Your video just inspire me to enjoy the journey of bringing back to life this beautiful classic car. Congrats.
Was my third car, built in 1975 and for 10 years a 'part of my life'. A great car, always reliable, but the biggest enemy was the rust. It's like a time jump back to my youth.
And old fully restored car, no matter what make or model... is cooler than any supercar to me. Amazing work work! It must be a real joy and satisfaction to drive around in a car you practically built yourself?
Beautiful job! Thanks for saving that little gem. My daily driver is an '81 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel Pickup (aka: Caddy). My very first Rabbit (Golf) was a 1975 two door model.
Awesome build. My stepmother had a 1.1 that she bought new. Sadly she didn't want to sell it to me. Man it would have been the perfect project car. No rust no accidents, only white paint faded and maybe new piston rings. Currently have a VW Pickup, these cars are something special and they becoming very sought after the older they get. Great video enjoy the Golf and God bless 🙏
Truly amazing job.😊 i have questions for you is it possible to arrange interview with you where you can tell a story about your VW Golf mk1 restoration? As I understand you live in Belgium, if you agree we can come over and film you and your beautiful car. 😊🚘
Huge respect for this build. The amount of determination to see it through to such a high level is stunning. This is not really a special model of car-its not a '53 Beetle or even a MK1GTI, but a run of the mill Golf (Rabbit here in the USA), yet it was treated like one for this restoration-as it should be. I have long been an air cooled fan, and still have several including a couple of very nice Beetles. I am in the middle of a "minor" restoration of a 1982 Quantum Coupe-perhaps the rarest of any VW model ever sold in the USA, and I can tell you that it is far harder than any other car I have done, due to the absolute lack of trim parts available for these unloved cars.
Congratulations! My first car was like this one and it was red with its original paint. Although it was about 14 years old, very basic, and in bad shape when I owned it, it was a car to remember forever. Many of the parts shown in your video had to be replaced in my car back then in the early 1990's! Great video and impressive job!!!!
i had a red volks rabbit just like this in high school, at 70 mph it sounded like a mad sewing machine, lasted me all the way through college. red and black plaid seats, now my son in high school drives a 2008 black manual volks rabbit. Nice restoration project you have going on i assume germany.
Incredible job ! Congratulations !! But it seams that you met difficulties restoring the seats ... ? I don’t know if it is possible to find the material to restore them new ... ?
I had an 83 volks rabbit. I'm guessing those new door handles broke within a month haha. Great restore. So many memmories. I had smoke screen out the back, @ oil slick out the bottom
Идеальная и последовательная работа , причем не каких-то тюнинг мастерской а я так понимаю в домашних условиях ☝ Крутой РЕСПЕКТ этому молодому человеку за максимализм, фанат этой маркой и модели данного авто 👍 Сколько время и денег ушло?
This car "this model" was definitely a must in the 80s, I was driving this model at the age of 18 but with a Td engine. The car was not mine, and I would have been very pleased to have it, but at the age of 19 my father gave me the new Fiat Uno TurboD ("for me" the most beautiful car ever). And I was the happiest boy in the world. Quest'auto "questo modello" è stata sicuramente un must negli anni 80, io a 18 anni guidavo proprio questo modello ma con motore Td. L'auto non era mia, e mi avrebbe fatto molto piacere averla, ma mio Padre a 19anni mi regalò la Fiat Uno TurboD nuova ("per me" la macchina più bella in assoluto). Ed io ero il ragazzo più felice del mondo.
Wow amazing work! This video brought back great memories, I had a MK1 83’ Rabbit 🐇 GTI in silver and loved that car. Now I have a MK 7.5 GTI in white, manual transmission and reliving the past. I love my new GTI, which brings the best of the original model with new VW innovation. Wish my current GTI had silver paint, but that color was not available.
I hear ya... Growing up my Grandfather owned a 78 Golf, 79 VW camper van and has a 60 bug convertible that's still in the family. I also have had a couple of GTI's a MK6 and currently a MK7.5. Very underrated cars and that's one reason why I love them so much👍😎😊
Wow, it looks beautiful! You put a tremendous amount of work into it, but it definitely paid off. Congratulations. I bought a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle a few months ago and I'm trying to restore it. I've never done anything like this before and I feel like I'm in way over my head. I wish I had your skills and patience.
REALLY like that color! I used to want one of those in the 80's, but my dad wouldn't get me one and I was too young to buy it myself. Wanted an early Rabbit also, but never got one of those either. Now I have a recent model GTI! Love Volkswagens... just about any model. Great job... you surely have the patience of Job! :-P. And again... GREAT color also.
Congratulations on the car... couldn't help but noticing you are located close to Oudenaarde? I live around there as well and own a restored 1982 MK1 Diesel Formel E...
Looking forward to starting my 86 Cabrio in a few months. Going next month on a cross-country trip to go pick it up. I need to say you did an awesome job. Just curious how long it took you from the moment you started until you actually took it for a spin. Thanks for sharing your experience.
When I saw this , my heart sank . What in the world makes a Golf worth saving ? Can believe a MG Metro or a Lotus Sunbeam but honestly ! a golf ! I remember mine which pulled the clutch cable straight out of the bulkhead and the noise of the engine ! I swapped it and got a MG Metro instead .
The Golf has been very well restored, despite the few options. But the only thing that bothered me was reinstalling the old, rotten seats. They had to be professionally prepared and renewed by the saddler.
Было у меня два первых гольфа и одна первая джетта.Машина крепко и добротно скроена и собрана.Днище не гниет ни когда.Основные проблемы- гниют передние крылья если без защиты,гниют передние поддомкратники в порогах,задние арки и крышка багажника.Если перегружали и убивали то отваливается крепление задней балка как в ваз 2108 .А так машина неприхотливая.Небыло родных фар,чудесно стали фары от запорожца-стал немножко лупатенький)))).
Die Legende sagt, wer einmal einen Schluck Wasser von diesem Brunnen trinkt, kommt immer wieder nach Sarajewo. Wer einmal einen Golf 2 gefahren ist, ihm vergeht niemals das Lächeln aus dem Gesicht. Es klingt wie eine Werbung, aber in Sarajewo ist es tatsächlich so. Der Golf 2 hat hier einen besonderen Status. Wie könnte es auch anders sein, denn der Golf wurde im TAS Werk in Sarajewo produtiert, in der Autofabrik, die ihr erstes Auto im Jahr 1972 hergestellt hat. Dies war der beliebte Käfer. Nur 4 Jahre später, trat der Golf in Szene.Bei der Golf Produktion dürfte nichts dem Zufall überlassen werden, einschließlich der Auswahl der Mitarbeiter. Zum Beispiel musste der Kontroll-Leiter immer ein Deutscher sein. Ein hergestellter Golf im TAS-Werk unterscheidete sich in keiner Komponente von einem in Deutschland gefertigten Golf. Bis 1992 wurde der Sarajewo Golf produziert, und zwar ausschließlich für die Länder des ehemaligen Jugoslawien.Ende der 80er und Anfang der 90er Jahre gelten als goldene Zeit für die Automobilindustrie in Sarajewo. TAS beschäftigte zu dieser Zeit etwa 3500 Personen und produtierte Jährlich etwa 25.000 Automobile. Das Vorhaben war, die Produktionsziffer um 10000 Autos zu erhöhen, aber dann traf der Krieg ein. Nach allem was geschehen ist, können wir mit Grund feststellen, dass die Automobilindustrie in Bosnien riesen Schritte nach vorne macht. Obwohl jedem bewusst ist, das die TAS- Popularität niemals wieder zurückkehrt, werden Verhandlungen mit einzelnen Auto-Firmen vereinbart, um die Automobilproduktion im Gebiet von Bosnien und Herzegowina wiederherzustellen. Selbst wenn dies nicht der Fall sein sollte, haben sie ihren Status abgeschlossen. Wenn nicht damit, dann wenigstens mit dem Stolz der ehemaligen Automobilindustrie, die sich weiterhin, auf den Straßen von Sarajewo kreuzen wird.
You have my respect for restoring a 1.1 Golf. Everyone goes mad for GTI's when in truth these were the cars I used to see everyday when I first passed my driving test. Superb restoration mate.
You have made something that will outlive your children, this is a piece of art and a true legacy! Fantastic job!!!
I agree 100%
Man that is crisp and sharp after the restoration. No wonder it won an award.
Thats a little gem.
Its nice to see people keeping classics on the road.
Looking good!
Respect to you sir - from UK
Excellent, mucho work, mucho bucks, mucho Satisfaction.
Heel toffe video. Fantastisch dat er mensen zijn die èchte klassiekers weten te waarderen . En dan nog een
Belgische nummerplaat....
mad respect, this is the cleanest vw restoration ive ever seen, looks brand new.
Bravo! Such a perfect restoration! I've got a 1981 VW Rabbit Diesel that I would LOVE to put through this treatment. I'm so glad to see one restored with no modifications. Just as it was in 1980. Perfect!!
All I can say is: RESPECT TO YOU DUDE!!! ...and yeah that color...
WOW! as a mk1 owner this made me smile from ear to ear. from old to new like it was never old in the first place. Amazing job!
I know how much work this is after 3 full restorations- respect! Great job 👍🏻
Повезло гольфу, первую жизнь прожил хорошо, и после реинкарнации ище лучше зажил! И это первый гольф, я их на улицах уже давно не видел! Работа мастера достойна восхищения!
*Респектос*
Да, мало таких моделей на улицах
You can really see the depth of engineering in this video. Outstanding restoration of this iconic Golf. Love the colour too. Thank you.
Hight level rstoring !!! Direct from Brazil Golf Lovers
I am currently working on the restoration of my MK1 GTI 1979. Your video just inspire me to enjoy the journey of bringing back to life this beautiful classic car. Congrats.
Was my third car, built in 1975 and for 10 years a 'part of my life'. A great car, always reliable, but the biggest enemy was the rust. It's like a time jump back to my youth.
And old fully restored car, no matter what make or model... is cooler than any supercar to me. Amazing work work! It must be a real joy and satisfaction to drive around in a car you practically built yourself?
Beautiful job! Thanks for saving that little gem. My daily driver is an '81 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel Pickup (aka: Caddy). My very first Rabbit (Golf) was a 1975 two door model.
Awesome build. My stepmother had a 1.1 that she bought new. Sadly she didn't want to sell it to me. Man it would have been the perfect project car. No rust no accidents, only white paint faded and maybe new piston rings. Currently have a VW Pickup, these cars are something special and they becoming very sought after the older they get. Great video enjoy the Golf and God bless 🙏
Это какое желание, терпение и умение надо иметь что бы так восстановить тачку! Молорик! 👍👍👍
Just found this video of my restoration, what a pleasant surprise.
Thank you!
Truly amazing job.😊 i have questions for you is it possible to arrange interview with you where you can tell a story about your VW Golf mk1 restoration? As I understand you live in Belgium, if you agree we can come over and film you and your beautiful car. 😊🚘
Stunning build, you should be very proud. Thanks for sharing.
indeed
Es genial, literalmente el auto volvió a nacer. Un trabajo increíble, felicitaciones!!
That's amazing! I really like the color. Could you share the code color or the number color I would like to use in my own mk2 project
Huge respect for this build. The amount of determination to see it through to such a high level is stunning. This is not really a special model of car-its not a '53 Beetle or even a MK1GTI, but a run of the mill Golf (Rabbit here in the USA), yet it was treated like one for this restoration-as it should be. I have long been an air cooled fan, and still have several including a couple of very nice Beetles. I am in the middle of a "minor" restoration of a 1982 Quantum Coupe-perhaps the rarest of any VW model ever sold in the USA, and I can tell you that it is far harder than any other car I have done, due to the absolute lack of trim parts available for these unloved cars.
Congratulations! My first car was like this one and it was red with its original paint. Although it was about 14 years old, very basic, and in bad shape when I owned it, it was a car to remember forever. Many of the parts shown in your video had to be replaced in my car back then in the early 1990's! Great video and impressive job!!!!
This is gonna be the first car i own. And I want to do a similar project. Thanks for this guide
Respect... wish I had the skills and time to do similar... it takes tremendous stamina to pull a build like that.
Bravo
Man tell me about it , my project with my 1984 MK1 is going for almost a year now , main issue is deciding what engine and gearbox conversion to do
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I have a mk1 85 model (think its 85)daily runner. Keep up the good work. Vw for life. Andy from south africa
Essa Restauração Foi um Espetáculo ! Parabéns - Brazil
she's a beauty, my dream restoration is the 1985 turbo diesel rabbit.
Well done, especially in your home garage. Beautiful car.
Isso não foi uma restauração e sim uma criação de uma obra de arte. Parabéns pelo espetacular projeto. Carro lindo
Царский подход! Лайк. Молодцы парни!
Not sure why anybody would go thru so much trouble to restore a car like that. However, job well done!
i had a red volks rabbit just like this in high school, at 70 mph it sounded like a mad sewing machine, lasted me all the way through college. red and black plaid seats, now my son in high school drives a 2008 black manual volks rabbit. Nice restoration project you have going on i assume germany.
What a beautiful job you did on this car..
Oh my god, this is the best restauration that a have go to see
Viel Arbeit, aber sehr Schön gemacht "Kompliment "sieht Toll aus. Danke
Incredible job ! Congratulations !! But it seams that you met difficulties restoring the seats ... ? I don’t know if it is possible to find the material to restore them new ... ?
Respect. Beatiful car bro! VW that’s it! Salute Brazil 🇧🇷
MMy 1981 VW Jetta Diesel was made in Brazil.Great car .
I had an 83 volks rabbit. I'm guessing those new door handles broke within a month haha. Great restore. So many memmories. I had smoke screen out the back, @ oil slick out the bottom
Tolle Restauration gute Fahrt damit
Great work. For next 20 years you will have a peefect car,brand new. 😉
Идеальная и последовательная работа , причем не каких-то тюнинг мастерской а я так понимаю в домашних условиях ☝ Крутой РЕСПЕКТ этому молодому человеку за максимализм, фанат этой маркой и модели данного авто 👍
Сколько время и денег ушло?
One of the best engineered compact cars ever, it was fun as heck to drive.
Nice restoration! The license plate under the front bumper isn't straight. It' leaning down on the drivers side. An easy fix!
This is really great job. Best golf i ever seen.
Can you tell what color you used for wheels? Thanks
The 78 Rabbit I had years ago was probably the most reliable car I ever owned. I'd buy another in a second if I could find one at a reasonable price.
Lovely resto of a classic MK 1 Golf
Super, Perfect pozdrawiam Robert ze Szczecina 👍👌
This car "this model" was definitely a must in the 80s, I was driving this model at the age of 18 but with a Td engine. The car was not mine, and I would have been very pleased to have it, but at the age of 19 my father gave me the new Fiat Uno TurboD ("for me" the most beautiful car ever). And I was the happiest boy in the world.
Quest'auto "questo modello" è stata sicuramente un must negli anni 80, io a 18 anni guidavo proprio questo modello ma con motore Td. L'auto non era mia, e mi avrebbe fatto molto piacere averla, ma mio Padre a 19anni mi regalò la Fiat Uno TurboD nuova ("per me" la macchina più bella in assoluto). Ed io ero il ragazzo più felice del mondo.
Wow amazing work! This video brought back great memories, I had a MK1 83’ Rabbit 🐇 GTI in silver and loved that car. Now I have a MK 7.5 GTI in white, manual transmission and reliving the past. I love my new GTI, which brings the best of the original model with new VW innovation. Wish my current GTI had silver paint, but that color was not available.
I hear ya... Growing up my Grandfather owned a 78 Golf, 79 VW camper van and has a 60 bug convertible that's still in the family. I also have had a couple of GTI's a MK6 and currently a MK7.5. Very underrated cars and that's one reason why I love them so much👍😎😊
Beauteous in all forms and fashions. Such cute, fuel efficient vehicles!
Amazing! Huge job, detailed professional job !!! Thanks for the video , keep going !!!
Авто и проделанная работа-сказка! 👍
Даааа, ваще молорик
Wow, it looks beautiful! You put a tremendous amount of work into it, but it definitely paid off. Congratulations. I bought a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle a few months ago and I'm trying to restore it. I've never done anything like this before and I feel like I'm in way over my head. I wish I had your skills and patience.
Amazing car!! Greetings from Querétaro México
REALLY like that color! I used to want one of those in the 80's, but my dad wouldn't get me one and I was too young to buy it myself. Wanted an early Rabbit also, but never got one of those either.
Now I have a recent model GTI! Love Volkswagens... just about any model.
Great job... you surely have the patience of Job! :-P. And again... GREAT color also.
Top Restauration in Zeitgenössischen Optik 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great work!!! I also want to fully restore my peugeot 205!!!
Great job ps love the engine hoist at the beginning sketchy AF i woulda loved to see how u put the frame on its side?
Que auto más bonito, felicidades es un gran trabajo
Beautiful. Such a joy to watch.
Muy buen trabajo
Felicidades. ..
Congratulations on the car... couldn't help but noticing you are located close to Oudenaarde? I live around there as well and own a restored 1982 MK1 Diesel Formel E...
Looking forward to starting my 86 Cabrio in a few months. Going next month on a cross-country trip to go pick it up. I need to say you did an awesome job. Just curious how long it took you from the moment you started until you actually took it for a spin. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Amazing detail and what a result!!!
When I saw this , my heart sank . What in the world makes a Golf worth saving ? Can believe a MG Metro or a Lotus Sunbeam but honestly ! a golf ! I remember mine which pulled the clutch cable straight out of the bulkhead and the noise of the engine ! I swapped it and got a MG Metro instead .
Сделано очень круто! Я мечтаю о двух машинах, Golf 1 и T3.Сейчас Jetta2.
The Golf has been very well restored, despite the few options. But the only thing that bothered me was reinstalling the old, rotten seats. They had to be professionally prepared and renewed by the saddler.
Perfect color! Love it!
Yeah nice color😎
Отличная работа ! Привет из России города Москвы!
A loving restoration...thankyou
Great job, very nice car. Respect!
This is an true oldtimer😍 great job👍🏾
Fantastic restoration bro
great build..
how much money was spent on it?
Было у меня два первых гольфа и одна первая джетта.Машина крепко и добротно скроена и собрана.Днище не гниет ни когда.Основные проблемы- гниют передние крылья если без защиты,гниют передние поддомкратники в порогах,задние арки и крышка багажника.Если перегружали и убивали то отваливается крепление задней балка как в ваз 2108 .А так машина неприхотливая.Небыло родных фар,чудесно стали фары от запорожца-стал немножко лупатенький)))).
Wooow! This is called a complete restoration. How much time did you need for that and how much money?
15:05 where did you get this new parts. Amazing
CLASSIC CARS CUTE CUDLY CLEAN
PROFESSIONAL WORK I LIKE
Utterly beautiful. Love everything about it.
Joli travail !
Good Job ! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
¡Simplemente increible! Congratulations! this is an amazing job, beautiful, lovely!
Это не реставрация а освежил машину. Кузов хороший, минимум работ.
Fantástico!!!
Parabéns excelente trabalho
De Chapada dos Guimarães - Mato Grosso - Brasil
روعة شكرا عمل رائع 👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍
Aquí en México se llamó Caribe. Mi papá tuvo una 85 a la q le decíamos la podris.
A great car to restore. Thumbs up.
Schönes Projekt :)
Super travail! Cela donne envie de la conduire et d'en avoir une identique dans son garage! 😀👍
Amazing restoration,👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌
Build screw with big sizes of Love ,Drive as well with Love !
Привет! Ребята мне понравилось отлично!
Die Legende sagt, wer einmal einen Schluck Wasser von diesem Brunnen trinkt, kommt immer wieder nach Sarajewo. Wer einmal einen Golf 2 gefahren ist, ihm vergeht niemals das Lächeln aus dem Gesicht. Es klingt wie eine Werbung, aber in Sarajewo ist es tatsächlich so. Der Golf 2 hat hier einen besonderen Status. Wie könnte es auch anders sein, denn der Golf wurde im TAS Werk in Sarajewo produtiert, in der Autofabrik, die ihr erstes Auto im Jahr 1972 hergestellt hat. Dies war der beliebte Käfer. Nur 4 Jahre später, trat der Golf in Szene.Bei der Golf Produktion dürfte nichts dem Zufall überlassen werden, einschließlich der Auswahl der Mitarbeiter. Zum Beispiel musste der Kontroll-Leiter immer ein Deutscher sein. Ein hergestellter Golf im TAS-Werk unterscheidete sich in keiner Komponente von einem in Deutschland gefertigten Golf. Bis 1992 wurde der Sarajewo Golf produziert, und zwar ausschließlich für die Länder des ehemaligen Jugoslawien.Ende der 80er und Anfang der 90er Jahre gelten als goldene Zeit für die Automobilindustrie in Sarajewo. TAS beschäftigte zu dieser Zeit etwa 3500 Personen und produtierte Jährlich etwa 25.000 Automobile. Das Vorhaben war, die Produktionsziffer um 10000 Autos zu erhöhen, aber dann traf der Krieg ein. Nach allem was geschehen ist, können wir mit Grund feststellen, dass die Automobilindustrie in Bosnien riesen Schritte nach vorne macht. Obwohl jedem bewusst ist, das die TAS- Popularität niemals wieder zurückkehrt, werden Verhandlungen mit einzelnen Auto-Firmen vereinbart, um die Automobilproduktion im Gebiet von Bosnien und Herzegowina wiederherzustellen. Selbst wenn dies nicht der Fall sein sollte, haben sie ihren Status abgeschlossen. Wenn nicht damit, dann wenigstens mit dem Stolz der ehemaligen Automobilindustrie, die sich weiterhin, auf den Straßen von Sarajewo kreuzen wird.
👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Excelente Video 👍 Excelente auto. Gracias por compartir. Saludos ¡¡¡¡ Ciudad de México
Con esa restauración ya cuesta una buena lana y al cambio sube 😎😎
Without a doubt better made than the one that came out of the factory lol