Classic Cars / VW (Volkswagen) / Car for sale

1983 Volkswagen VW Golf GTI MK1 72,000 Cabriolet Convertible White *Show Car*

Sale price: £7,995.00 make an offer

Car location: Heanor, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Got questions?
Ask here!

1983 Volkswagen VW Golf GTI MK1 72,000 Cabriolet Convertible White *Show Car* for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2) based on 61 votes

Vintage 1983 Volkswagen VW Golf GTI MK1 72,000 Cabriolet Convertible White *Show Car*

Incredible show car 1983 Mark 1 Golf GTI 1.8 Cabriolet, with genuine 72,000 on the clock, custom interior, electric roof, and in stunning condition throughout.

This one is an incredible example of an early MK1 GTI that has been extremely well looked after in it's time. It has spent the majority of its life in a garage, only being driven during the summer for shows, hence the genuine 72,000 miles confirmed by previous MOT certificates. This exact one actually featured in ‘Practical Classics' magazine too! You will not find a better example - I am sure of it!

A bit of a back story should help… The previous owner before me was a VW camper conversion specialist in the North West of the country. He'd bought it in 2010 for his wife to run around in, but then decided not to do that and he kept in his garage for a decade when I bought it early this year. Since 2010, he did just 7,000 miles in it. I also managed to track down the previous owner who owned this prior to him in 2010 (he put a post on Facebook wanting to track it as he regretted selling it!). He confirmed to me that he did the majority of the work on it, including the lowering, the Koni adjustable shocks, the 17” Wolfsburg capped alloys, clear rear lights, stainless back box, single wiper conversion, and he even had a VW specialist fit this out with the full leather custom made grey and white ‘MJ Interiors' interior to match the paint and hood colour. He said the guy he bought it off always kept it garaged and never drove it in the rain and always cleaned it after every out. Genuinely so well looked after! When I receive it, the electric hood wasn't working, but I managed to find the correct parts to get it working again and now it is fully working as an electric hood! It is ready to go and drives extremely well, turning heads wherever it goes! I have just got it back from a full valet and it is truly stunning condition inside and out - including the hood!

It has done 72,800 genuine miles tracked back with the MOTs, but unfortunately doesn't come with any service history. This had been lost by the previous owner prior to me. When I tracked down the previous owner before that, his exact words were “I gave the bloke when I sold it all the paperwork and a load of original tax discs from the late 80s, all the way through the 90s, plus every MOT and the pieces of paper for all the car shows and the magazines that the car had been featured in”. It is clear that this had service history but the prior owner has lost it. You can see from the engine, the MOTs online, and the condition of the car, that this has not been ragged to death and these miles are genuine and careful. Since 2008, this car has only done 10,000 miles. Where else will you find one like this! Looked after, these engines can go for many many miles, and this is for sure one of them! 

This is one of the nicest, solid shells you'll see with no rust spots that I can see at all. I have checked the places it usually rusts, but absolutely nothing - no hidden surprises!

I fell in love with this one for many reasons. The pictures show you exactly why!

The car has an MOT until 22nd April 2022, and at the last MOT in April 2021 there was an incredible amount of money spent on it to get it through the MOT as it had been sat for 3 years in a garage.

This truly is a stunning car. Turns heads wherever it goes and I will be genuinely sad to see this one go. Offers are welcome but I do believe this has been priced extremely fairly especially under the circumstances. I am a genuine seller, with a reputation to uphold.

Located in Horsley Woodhouse, Derby, where the car can be picked up from. I have good public transport links from Derby Train Station to my house, and I am also happy to accommodate the buyer sending a courier to pick up.

Also published at eBay.co.uk

Want to buy this car?

Comments and questions to the seller:

Name E-mail
Text
Antispam code: (enter the number)

Other classic VW (Volkswagen) cars offered via internet auctions:

Latest arrivals: