Richie my 1983 cabriolet

[gersgolfs]

Howdy folks, I’m new to the site and I hope you like my golfs I bought this last yearish It was originally a DX engined GTI golf , however I sold the engine and box and fitted an aaz engine . I had originally bought the Ahu engine to put in the car but I came across a 1995 golf for sale so I bought that and fitted the aaz instead . My car just off the trailer


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Its Helios blue with a hydraulic roof fitted and big bumper kit originally a 1457 jb engine automatic which was originally bronze then painted black now blue first job was to take the interior out for a better look at the chassis which didn’t need any work, so a good base to begin with

[Dennis Froelich]

There is info about getting more out of the 1.9 AAZ power wise on here if you haven't looked around much.

[gersgolfs]

the two wings had rusted a bit under the wheel arches . Luckily I had a repair panel so I cut pieces from it and welded them in . The repair panels look rusty in the pic but it’s only surface rust they’ve been in the shed for years . So I cut out the bad bits and I didn’t need to butt weld new bits in as the welds would be covered by the body kit arches anyway


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I filled it with bondo after I welded it up. I didn’t go too crazy grinding the welds back as it won’t be seen. Then I painted it with 2k primer


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[gersgolfs]

Thanks Dennis I need a bit of help with the wiring that’s why I started this thread ,hopefully You kind people will help me get it on the road The other wing got  the same treatment


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sorry wrong pic


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my bootlid was no good so I managed to get a good spare


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There’s a small repaire to do around the windscreen but I have a repair piece to replace it with. It also needs a repair near the fuel cap


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[gersgolfs]

The driver seat was torn but the main man Kenneth sorted me with a full interior so I just used the passenger seat as the driver seat


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I cleaned the seat up with wet and dry vac and it was like new


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