Starting The Reassembly- Golf Episode 32 Volkswagen Mk1 Golf GTI Resto
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Episode 32 of the Golf GTI restoration project. Time to get it sat back on it's wheels for the first time in nearly a year!
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My friend, bravo to you.You have done an amazing job.Because I am fond of this particular car, I have seen the videos until the end.There are no words for the very important work you have done.Bravo to you and again.
Thank you so much bud, glad you are enjoying them! Hoping to be back on with the build in the next couple of weeks.
That’s the correct way to do it. Dry build to check everything fits properly, strip down again, paint and build for the final time knowing that everything will fit perfectly.
Totally agree with you, and also you can make adjustments if needed, for example - if you need to roll the arches or as he is finding, the tabs to hold brake lines/fuel lines. Still a way to go yet, but it’s the begging of the end.
I haven’t even clicked play yet but know I’m happy as more MK1 content 😍
My dad has a 1982 VW Golf MK1 GTI and I love it
That's a fine plan. It's a lot more work, but it's better to make sure everything fits properly and you have all the brackets and holes you need before you paint.
Fantastic job Dan the old gal is coming along nicely, I know some will say you are doing the rebuild the wrong way round but if you don't know what brackets you need or where they all go what you are doing is going to save you a lot of repainting the shell after welding fixings to it.
What you really need is a full blueprint for the shell so you know everything is fitted and you are 100% sure the shell is finished, that way you can paint the shell without having to refit it twice, maybe someone will have a blueprint or plans for the car Dan? I've never done anything like this so I'm sorry I cant help you out. Look forward to the next one mate! 🤗👍
Have loved this restoration Dan. Some amount of work but you're doing it real justice. 👍👍👍🏴🇬🇧
Looking good! Make sure you mount the axles (or at least the CV joints) in the wheel hubs. If you put any weight on the front and the wheel bearings are not held together by the CV joint, you might wear/break the wheel bearings.
So, shove the outer CV joints in the wheel bearings, put the bolt in it and tighten the bolt (No need for the 250?Nm, just good and tight should suffice
Build it how you want to man, your project at the end of the day. Love the content
Your doing it right, you’ve done 75% of the work, the last 10% takes the longest, doing a dry fit before paint will save a lot of headaches redoing parts that you thought would be ok, you have a bright future in this trade
Brilliant Dan coming along really well
Your car your project, build it your way.
It’s your project build it your way. It’s definitely getting there. I’d love a mk1.
Home straight now Dan!
Its the right way to do it and the only way to do it correctly
Completely understandable why your doing it that way and I would too.. loving the build 👍
I love that you are trying to do everything to make the car as correct as you can while also modifying it in the right ways. Spot on bruva now cheerio good chap
Appreciate that you will have a colour in mine but for me nothing beats Lhasa green with Pirelli campaign alloys. Stunning
Love the gig you're doing but, yes but is it a resto??? I see more new parts than old, you are building a new car!!!! Love your flair and enthusiasm!!!
A lot of it is replacing old/rusty/worn parts by the looks of it. New hubs and bearings is a no-brainer. Swing arms were rusted through like he mentioned months ago and the other bits have been restored. He mentioned in earlier videos that they had been blasted and recoated. It’s a resto, replacing like for like where needed.
Build it the way your doing it as it makes sense. Yes its double the work but there will be panels that need hole cut in them and there is no point drilling a fresh painted car to expose metal that can rust equally there will be holes that will have been plugged as its not required for your car but was for another model so you can then remove and weld in a plate to remove it.
looking good. FYI - putting the car's weight on those front bearings without the CV joint in place - will likely ruin the front bearings - especially if you leave it on the floor & start to move it around without at least the CV joints bolted up in place
I thoroughly disagree. Won’t harm them at all.
the CV & hub nut being tightened up prevents the bearing coming apart from lateral play. I don't have the mk1/2 books to hand right now, but the mk5 one has the warning:
"Do not attempt to move the vehicle without the drive shafts fitted as this would damage the wheel bearing. If a vehicle nevertheless has to be moved, comply with the following:
t Install an outer joint instead of the drive shaft.
t Tighten outer joint ..."
Have you ever moved a vehicle about with shafts? I’ve done it dozens of times, it won’t be a problemz
@@davog1946 So have I. And i've had a bearing let go coming off a trailer and drop the car onto it's body. @r8ae is right.
you should shoot a scene when the car is stable wear you do a time laps - but overlay yourself working on different ends on the car .... just an army of Dans
Absolutely right to dry build first, just to make sure you snagged everything. Damn good to see it on it's own wheels. Can't wait to see it done.
Nothing more annoying than having to cut or grind fresh paint coz you forgot something. Keep doing what you do Dan 👍
Great to see you back on the Golf Dan. When you sit in it at the end, if that isn't top top inspiration I don't know what is! Thanks Dan!
Hello Dan a great video perfect job greetings from Germany Kai
I have been looking for a good resto series on a MK1 golf for so long and finally found one. Really enjoying the videos Dan, your a man after my own ❤️✌🏼
Good work again mate :) I think you should 2.8 vr6 swop this would be rappid. My 2.8 vr6 pretty quick
Lookin good Dan
It's right, I definitely right!
Thanks for the awesome content dude!
Good project I recall my visits to GTi international some of the Mk1s were powered by VR6 engines amazing, Build your car to suit you. My GTi 2.0 16v suited me after 24 years of ownership I sold it to an enthusiast. I never drove it in the rain, worth mentioning, it had a ‘Toad alarm’ fitted with full windows and sunroof opening and closure. It never wrong.
Why not put first epoxy and undercoat then suspension
Awesome video Dan. Don’t rush it though. Your thought process and more detailed videos are what makes this special.
This is the bit I enjoy ( understand ! ) and am looking forward too , the oily mechanical bits . I totally get why you are building it up first before paint , awesome work Dan.
This is going to be an epic build when finished
100% the right thing to do. Nothing worse than having to grind back new paint to be welding brackets and parts on. Continue doing it right and don’t rush it. Trust your process mate.
Great progress Dan. Hope the channel is doing well and you are enjoying this stage of the build
Love that you’ve been back on the golf Dan, things are moving fast and can’t wait to see you on the bodywork and interior 👌🏻
Makes perfect sense to me Dan, no point spending all that time prepping and painting only to find something that has to be welded👍🏻
Hello Dan, I am sitting in Sweden and has followed your work and wideos, I have done the same work on Saab cars and it is nice to seee the final result and you are doing a very good work...I am missing where you have got the rotation jig...self produced?
Used that code a few times already to bring parts over to Canada. Glad to see you back on the MK1
I've a Golf Mrk one
Huge leap in progress! Follow your own plan …it’s working! 😎👍✅✅
OK, the end bit made me spit my sandwich out :D :D
Brilliant stuff mate keep it up, you must be buzzing to get it all together.
Need someone good at fixing Digifant system. Our oldest machine is a Mk2 Country Syncro and spent years trying to make it run properly. We had it good but gone to being a crap runner after full resto. Reaching out here to Digifant MAF experts. I really don't want to go down the route of engine swapping. Too many projects and not enough cash. Same powertrain like clipper convertible. Anyhow love this channel and into a cafe racer build.
Mint content one of the best resto vids ive watched on here with the process of build 👌🏻
Nice work Dan keep it up mate its going to be a great little car and you will soon have a garage of cool boys toys 😀👍
Hello, I see that you have not changed it to disc brake
This is an epic build Dan, you carry on doing things your way mate 😁😁
I think it's the right way to go mate when you do the under side of the car do it in raptor 👍
Are you going to powder coat rear drums callipers and discs (either machined or protected braking surface). Looks good and stays cleaner longer
You do you man! Loving the build ❤️
Great Episode, love the end. Cheers 🍻
Have you coated the inside of the tank ready for e10?
Right or wrong. Who cares it’s your car. So do as you wish. For what it’s worth I think you are right
I think you’re gonna need a bigger white board Dan
I've got one of the final production Golfs in South Africa, it was made in 2009 (has an airbag and central locking :') ). I have the same wheels on mine, looks great on your golf! Great build, well done. I'm sure Jamie Orr @british16v would appreciate this build!
I got one too, what number is yours?
I also mentioned to him he might be able to get some good spares from 🇿🇦 as the cars were built there until 12 years ago, and right hand drive 😉
@@stefansstuff2290 true true
Oh this just got real now! The end’s in sight
Awesome! You should be proud of what you’ve done with it. Are you keeping the wheels it came on or are you going to find a set of the P slots to go on?
Will you be painting it in red again? Just to keep it as original as it was. There are so many non-original GTi's, please keep her as original as possible! CU from the Netherlands
Dry building is played out 🤣 have some confidence in your own work
Curious how come you haven't poly bushed the front?
Can’t wait for the finish car, I tag someone call Katie into your caddy build cos she is looking for someone to insulates her van for her she is a cyclist and need a insulated van for her adventures I hope you can help her if she did message you she said she had ?
Can't wait to see it when it's finished! Keep it up man🖒 Btw, are any performance parts going on it or are you keeping it stock?
Nothing wrong with old nuts 😉🤣
if you are doing a nuts and bolts rebuild why not clean everything up and paint it or something, fuel tank looks a mess fella
🤦🏼♂️ Really?
Did you even watch the episode fella 🤦♂️
Where's your safety glasses?...
On my face?