Model : February 1982 Volkswagen Polo GL

Engine : (Unknown at present , should be a 1.1 but told its a later 1.3)

Suspension : TA Technix shocks and springs 40mm

Brakes : VW II's and Drums

Wheels and Tyres : 13" Steels

Exterior Styling/Modifications : None

Interior Styling/Modifications : None

ICE and Security: Original Blaupunkt MW/LW Radio

I've had the itch for an early Mk2 for a long time but the right car never came along until now . Its been in storage for several years now until today and has quite a few jobs needing to be done before its back on the road . Only had a quick look but I ran out of daylight , so far

-No Brakes

-O/S window mech

-N/S door handle

-Runs a bit rough (dirty fuel)

-Several Lights not working

-Blow on exhaust

All in all i'm so happy with it , body is solid with minimal rust for a 32 year old car

Opinions welcome B)

Edited 13 July, 201412 yr by ad.328isport

That's nice, really straight looking as well. I keep noticing little details as I look at it like the early driver's mirror and the internal mirror adjuster lank on the passenger side.

Yep, the engine is a later one, if the alloy rocker cover's original, it's out of an 84/85 car. The airbox lid says 1.3, but they can be swapped. Take the lid off the airbox and if it's a single choke carb, it's probably a 1 litre, if it's twin choke, it's probably a 1.3.

You did well to find such a good un.

Let me know if you fancy selling the radio

Cheers

Cheers guy's for the comments, did a little more work today on it , still not a runner. Will give you a shout on the radio mate when I decide what I'm doing . Cheers Ad

Love it and a good find

very nice, the early GL breadys are a 1.1, code HB. Only the saloons are 1.3 until A reg when they brought out the HK engine

I didn't know there was a mirror blank available for the hole in the door card. Gotta get me some of those!

Thanks for the info mate , I've made some progress this week and it's now a runner , I discovered that it has a HZ 1043cc engine with a 1b3 carb . The issue with the running was the auto choke .I decided to scrap the 1b3 altogether and fit a weber 32tl and reinstate the manual choke. Had my fingers crossed as the weber was a ebay purchase about 12 months ago and was advertised as in good working order. Bolted on and the car started pretty much straight away. It needed a few minor adjustments and a return spring for the throttle . Next I got on to the lack of brakes . I discovered that the rear cylinders where shot so I've picked up two new cylinders and new brake shoes today and ordered a replacement aerial

Looking good love the photos

Looking good love the photos

Thanks mate, hopefully giving it a massive clean up this weekend so should look better

Well made some progress with this, fixed brakes and other jobs and got it in for test on Tuesday and it passed no probs at all .

Put on some alloys from my other mk2 while I have the wheels blasted and gave it a good clay , Polish and wax and gave it a good 200 mile road trip out and it's been faultless .

Nice touch with the zolders

Love the colour!

I really want them seatbelt clips! Haha. Looks good man :)

Super clean! Looks awesome👍

Its been a while so thought I'd update my progress on the GL .

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I've spent a fair bit of time going through all mechanical bits and everything has been fairly well maintained previously so all was good , I have been working on adding some period correct additions .

I was really lucky when a friend of mine put me on to someone who had a original NOS Polo graphic that was a dealer option from 1982-1984 so I jumped at the chance to buy it as the likelihood of getting another would be pretty impossible . I was talking to someone who worked for a local dealership in the 80's and they confirmed from memory that the decal was only available in grey/white or brown/gold . The correct option for my car would be the brown/gold , so I was extremely happy that the one I bought was correct although it was a nightmare to fit being as it was 32 years old .

Also fitted some scratch shields and some speaker pods for the front .

Managed to find an original 80's Alexander alfa steering wheel cover .

Currently fitting a aux in to a Blaupunkt ludwigshafen 18 head unit I've got to go in .

I'm working on tidying up the engine bay too , was fairly clean to start with but it's a work in progress .

The car was running it's original early brakes so I got some later VW1'S and refurbished them to go on , a massive improvement on what it previously had .

Collected my GL from storage after winter and gave it a clean up, Not bad for 33 year old paint B)

Although when I first got it I thought it was either a 1.1 or 1.3 its actually got an early HZ 1043 in it , its running the earlier/bigger inlet manifold , electronic ignition , weber 32tlm carb , original formel e gearbox , original single box exhaust and Its not lowered 40mm its actually 80/60kit

Edited 6 March, 201511 yr by ad.328isport

stunning car, love the colour and the interior, got some nice touches to it. Bay starting to look nice too

This is gorgeous, so nice. What make are the speaker pods? I've never seen those before

Looks so clean, very nice :)

Weird question, but could you take a picture of where the gear stick goes into the tunnel please?

Weird question, but could you take a picture of where the gear stick goes into the tunnel please?

Will do mate , will be sometime this week and I'll pm it to you .

Cheers for the comments guys , much appreciated

Looks so clean, very nice :)

stunning car, love the colour and the interior, got some nice touches to it. Bay starting to look nice too

This is gorgeous, so nice. What make are the speaker pods? I've never seen those before

The speaker pods I made myself from some a spare set of door pockets I had knocking about, got some pictures somewhere from when I made them , I will dig them out