Interested to see how much this makes

NickReilly063 · Tuesday at 5:39 PM

I'm interested to see what this makes as it's not doing crazy money at the moment - looks a lovely car from a distance online too, 1.6 5 speed in Mars Red.

Love that no Mot or Tax are needed which is a bonus.

1982 Volkswagen Golf (Mk1) GTI for sale by auction in Silverstone, United Kingdom

collectingcars.com

photo_ed · Tuesday at 7:19 PM

NickReilly063 said:
I'm interested to see what this makes as it's not doing crazy money at the moment - looks a lovely car from a distance online too, 1.6 5 speed in Mars Red.

Love that no Mot or Tax are needed which is a bonus.

1982 Volkswagen Golf (Mk1) GTI for sale by auction in Silverstone, United Kingdom

collectingcars.com

Spotted that the other night on CC & thought it looked nice, great in the red.

Ajracer · Tuesday at 7:55 PM

Looking through rose tinted glasses i am hankering after one.
Its the car I couldn’t afford as a teenager so bought rusty old Capri’s!
The trouble is after owning the trophy and an Abarth I’m worried I might feel a little underwhelmed in the handling and performance department.

NickReilly063 · Tuesday at 7:55 PM

£19200 ish including fees - doesn’t looks crazy money for one of the first hot hatches made - and I wouldn’t want to start and replicate it starting from scratch nowadays.

NickReilly063 · Tuesday at 8:11 PM

This is a bit more you Andy - I’ve spoken to the Chap who owns it a couple of times - stunning thing and running a 20v Turbo with 250 bhp.

The interior is awesome too with it’s beautiful Recaro seat’s - shame I don’t have a picture of them.

Quizzed him a few times regarding price

as I too would love one

Ajracer · Tuesday at 8:22 PM

Bending the rules but that is stunning Nick.

NickReilly063 · Tuesday at 8:24 PM

Missed it Andy - looks like it got sold late 24 - bummer

When you read the write up it had electric Recaro’s which is such a 80/90s thing with the buttons on the seat bolster

1982 Volkswagen Golf Red Manual, 5 speed Right Hand Drive...

1982 Volkswagen Golf Red Manual, 5 speed Right Hand Drive in Normanton, United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £20,000 One of a kind...

www.carandclassic.com

Titan · Tuesday at 10:59 PM

I think the Mk1 Gti will always get peoples attention.

I was lucky enough to own this Campaign (for a few years anyway).

The fella that bought it from me took it back to the UK and he sold it on CC
about two years later, easily doubling his money!!

photo_ed · Tuesday at 11:24 PM

Titan said:
I think the Mk1 Gti will always get peoples attention.

I was lucky enough to own this Campaign (for a few years anyway).

The fella that bought it from me took it back to the UK and he sold it on CC
about two years later, easily doubling his money!!

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Very nice Francis.

Titan · Tuesday at 11:53 PM

photo_ed said:
Very nice Francis.

Thanks Ed, the fella that had it before me, put a lot of time and money in to it.

I loved the colour of it, Helios Blue, really popped in the sunlight.

Hopefully someone on your neck of the woods still has it and is enjoying it.

I actually just checked and it looks like its only been driven 2/3k miles since I sold it,
MOT up in November.
So it must still be in pretty decent condition I guess.

NickReilly063 · Wednesday at 7:35 AM

It’s a beauty Francis - I bet you kick yourself sometimes for letting her go.

Titan · Wednesday at 11:56 AM

NickReilly063 said:
It’s a beauty Francis - I bet you kick yourself sometimes for letting her go.

I think that's always going to happen Nick, unfortunately I had to sell it at that time,
I had just gotten the 205 around then in 2017.

I'm sure whoever has it now, is looking after it well anyway

NickReilly063 · 2025-09-11T16:09:48+0100

£31995 after a 60k restoration - I'm glad it's not me telling the Wife that there's no 2025/26 holidays

Stunning thing though

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11669626...aP5bi03pD0unS2zI2Q==|tkp:Bk9SR57YwZSnZg&pfm=0

marrow · 2025-09-11T17:31:09+0100

NickReilly063 said:
£31995 after a 60k restoration - I'm glad it's not me telling the Wife that there's no 2025/26 holidays

Stunning thing though

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11669626...aP5bi03pD0unS2zI2Q==|tkp:Bk9SR57YwZSnZg&pfm=0

I thought these were 1.8?

photo_ed · 2025-09-11T17:37:49+0100

marrow said:
I thought these were 1.8?

Early GTi's were 1.6, though this one must on the cusp of the change to the larger 1.8 unit being an '82 car.

marrow · 2025-09-11T18:57:37+0100

photo_ed said:
Early GTi's were 1.6, though this one must on the cusp of the change to the larger 1.8 unit being an '82 car.

Thanks Ed.

Just looking online now, the jump from 1.6 to 1.8 saw marginal increases -
110 at 5600 to 112 PS at 6100
137 at 3200 to 150Nm at 5000

I recon this change has parallels with the Mk2 when it went from 8v to 16v? More power but higher up the rev range...

photo_ed · 2025-09-11T19:38:00+0100

marrow said:
Thanks Ed.

Just looking online now, the jump from 1.6 to 1.8 saw marginal increases -
110 at 5600 to 112 PS at 6100
137 at 3200 to 150Nm at 5000

I recon this change has parallels with the Mk2 when it went from 8v to 16v? More power but higher up the rev range...

Both engines quite 'tuneable' back in the day too, a pal had a black '83 1800 tuned by the same guys who did my Mini's at the time, was (for the time) a very rapid little thing. Lovely handling car too.

Titan · 2025-09-11T20:56:33+0100

NickReilly063 said:
£31995 after a 60k restoration - I'm glad it's not me telling the Wife that there's no 2025/26 holidays

Stunning thing though

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11669626...aP5bi03pD0unS2zI2Q==|tkp:Bk9SR57YwZSnZg&pfm=0

I'm guessing the owner might have gotten £25/26k when selling it to 4 Star Classics?
Whatever it was, its a fairly big kicking to take alright Nick.

Not surprisingly after that sort of spend, it looks absolutely immaculate though.