Blimey - seem to be a lot of GLs popping up lately. I thought they were pretty rare! Looks tidy enough. I hope there's nothing nasty under the body kit. Yours is a later one, I guess, as it's got twin wipers - B/C reg maybe?
1992 Scala ABF - SOLD
1989 Scala track toy. Dormant
1986 GTX - Lunar mileage but still a good un
Mk1 Classic Touring Car Project...slowly does it
1984 1.6 GT Project. 69k In progress
1.6GL. 2 Owners, 60k. SOLD
1.6 GL - 100k miles -Back on the road!
MikeH wrote:Blimey - seem to be a lot of GLs popping up lately. I thought they were pretty rare! Looks tidy enough. I hope there's nothing nasty under the body kit. Yours is a later one, I guess, as it's got twin wipers - B/C reg maybe?
Hey Mike,
its on an A reg, registered around march '84 I think? Has brown seats, but not matching door cards and dash. Bit of an odd one in terms of trim. Am looking to get it all matching inside.
The rear arches let the side down, and a few other bits of grot here and there, but the chassis is solid which is what matters, plus I spent very little to get the keys in my hand.
MikeH wrote:Blimey - seem to be a lot of GLs popping up lately. I thought they were pretty rare! Looks tidy enough. I hope there's nothing nasty under the body kit. Yours is a later one, I guess, as it's got twin wipers - B/C reg maybe?
Hey Mike,
its on an A reg, registered around march '84 I think? Has brown seats, but not matching door cards and dash. Bit of an odd one in terms of trim. Am looking to get it all matching inside.
The rear arches let the side down, and a few other bits of grot here and there, but the chassis is solid which is what matters, plus I spent very little to get the keys in my hand.
Interesting - so the changeover must be late '83 - presumably for the '84 model year. Is yours cosmos metallic with a blue dash and door cards?
1992 Scala ABF - SOLD
1989 Scala track toy. Dormant
1986 GTX - Lunar mileage but still a good un
Mk1 Classic Touring Car Project...slowly does it
1984 1.6 GT Project. 69k In progress
1.6GL. 2 Owners, 60k. SOLD
1.6 GL - 100k miles -Back on the road!
MikeH wrote:Blimey - seem to be a lot of GLs popping up lately. I thought they were pretty rare! Looks tidy enough. I hope there's nothing nasty under the body kit. Yours is a later one, I guess, as it's got twin wipers - B/C reg maybe?
Hey Mike,
its on an A reg, registered around march '84 I think? Has brown seats, but not matching door cards and dash. Bit of an odd one in terms of trim. Am looking to get it all matching inside.
The rear arches let the side down, and a few other bits of grot here and there, but the chassis is solid which is what matters, plus I spent very little to get the keys in my hand.
Interesting - so the changeover must be late '83 - presumably for the '84 model year. Is yours cosmos metallic with a blue dash and door cards?
l97a - Diamond Silver, brown seats.
I'd go with '84 being the changeover time, what with the addition of second wiper, washer....
@unknownmale we have the same seats, however yours appear to be a lot cleaner than mine. What year is your car dude?
By 1985 VW had basically stopped fiddling around with the interior design, save for fabric changes and the steering wheel. '83 and '84 cars can be quite a mixed bag of parts bin specials with odd mixtures of trim etc.
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1980 (1976) Mk1 Junior Cup Replica
1987 MK2 GTX
One thing that became apparent upon starting the old girl up was a very severe coolant leak from the rad. I had the GTs old rad, cowling and fan in moms garage so swapped it over yesterday.
Everything is the same size, however the fans are different. The 83 GL had less fan blades and the plug is slightly different to mid/later models. Something to bear in mind.
Anyway, leak free for now and let her run up to temperature...
Thinking an MOT next week for a base of jobs that will need doing.