MetroSean - 16/7/2014 6:38 PM

Cars now back home so I'll give it a clean inside and out tomorrow after work and see what's it's like can already tell every panel will need replacing

There was a r100 1.1 5dr next to it and a mk3 gta 16v spi 5dr next to that which I tried to start but the coils buggered but it turns over nice. He's selling both of them.

Metromartin - 18/7/2014 1:17 PM

glad to see another MP member has got this! What are your plans for it?

I don't know of any other H reg GTi SE so it must be one of the first! Looks original too with the standard SE seats and EW.

I thought it might start even if laid up a few years as I have done this in the past. Sometimes the starter can stick but if running when parked up should run again.

radom fact for you, Some of the really early GTi's have high temperate small rectangle warning LED on the dails too that flashes when in the red zone.

MetroSean - 20/7/2014 8:08 PM

Right had a proper look over the car day and removed a few bits, its not looking great at all here's a list of what ive found.

Front subframe, subframe mounts and cross memeber rotten
Front o/s chassis leg rotten
Front o/s and n/s jacking points rotten and front floor sections rotten (literally nothing left)
Roof, o/s A pillar and o/s roof guttering rotten
O/s and n/s inner and outer sills rotten
O/s rear arch, fuel cap area, anker point and inner arch rotten
n/s rear inner arch and anker point rotten
Rear subframe mounts both sides rotten
Rear valence rotten
Boot floor rotten
Both doors rusted
Tailgate rusted
Lacquer peeling off everywhere so will need full respray

I'm now in a dilemma with what to do with it, in reality the shell has had it and is nothing more than scrap but i dont want to break it! what do you guys think?

R100_vvc - 23/7/2014 12:59 AM

Technically you can get another clean night fire shell and amend the chassis number on the v5 logbook of the Gti. as long as you fit the engine so all the numbers tally up and of course fit all the Gti parts. That way it keeps another Gti on road

Cake_Destroyer - 23/7/2014 1:45 PM


I dont understand the need to keep 'an original GTi' old Bill and John at Longbridge got any old shell, welded in shock mounts at the frint and hey presto youve got a gti shell - theyre hardly rs2000's or e30 m3's where there is significant differences in the shells panels

Any shell that needs a huge amount of restoration will actually end up mainly new parts or new sheet metal - so hardly as it left the factory either !

As long as it looks like one and is actually all there and drives does it really matter ?

People go on and on about how rare they are - but a metro in good nick is rare full stop, in 7/8 years ive only seen a handful of metros that arnt members/friends/family cars - in just 6 months ive seen more limited edition corsas than i have metros in all my metro'ing years !