old school stuff

[otti]

i would like you to post up pics or scans of original mark1 pics from races or comercial material, race paintjobs and so on everythng old is cool
http://golf1.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=29804
http://golf1.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=29831&thumbnail=1
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4048120479_0f027ae9cd_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2586/4048880850_7f7da6bffb_b.jpg
:thumbup:

[Tjaap]

http://www.volksforum.com/albums/browseimages.php?c=36&userid=

here's all the ads i have.

[otti]

i´ll just post up the mk1 ones if it is ok with you?!
i want more traffic on here!!!!!!! :mad:

http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/7/Agathon_1.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/7/Jetta_Page_14.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/7/Jetta_Page_13.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/7/volkswagen_caddy_5.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/7/vwms.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/7/pubtur10.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/7/pubsan11.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/7/56ty_thumb.jpg

[Tjaap]

sure, anything to get this forum moving,........

[otti]

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/686/motorsport.th.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8053/motorsport1.th.jpg
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7383/motorsport2.jpg

[collapse]

Even though I haven't seen any evidence, I believe it.

violetbm@qq.com

[otti]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4317750616_8b938c2832_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4317021763_32612cdd68_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4317030497_21c3fbec4c_b.jpg

[ArjenE]

GTI 16V USA Auto Trend (1987)

http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/6/6/7/6/1987_GTI_16v-Motor_Trend_1.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/6/6/7/6/1987_GTI_16v-Motor_Trend_1_original.jpg

http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/6/6/7/6/1987_GTI_16v-Motor_Trend_2.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/6/6/7/6/1987_GTI_16v-Motor_Trend_2_original.jpg

http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/6/6/7/6/1987_GTI_16v-Motor_Trend_3.jpg
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/6/6/7/6/1987_GTI_16v-Motor_Trend_3_original.jpg

Long term test 1985 GTI (USA)[/B]

http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/6/6/7/6/1985_GTI_Long_Term-Motor_Trend2.JPG
http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/6/6/7/6/1985_GTI_Long_Term-Motor_Trend2_original.jpg

[otti]

i was thinking more mk1 specific
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_HawkjdFdlMQ/S3HxsakZ-4I/AAAAAAAAIEE/6_ITXOzBbgw/s800/caddy.jpg

[otti]

http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_06.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_25.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_62.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_29.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_31.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_35.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_37.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_40.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_41.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_42.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_53.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_58.jpg
http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_59.jpg

full story on how they buld mk1´s in wolfsburg here:
build of a mk1 (french) (http://www.passiongolfgti.com/article.php?id_article=104)

[Tjaap]

have a look in this album... it'll fill your harddrive ;)

http://www.volksforum.com/albums/browseimages.php?c=36&userid=

[vonMonster]

awesome thread! ;)

[urgolf1974]

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7772/1973crash.jpg
Pre Production Safety Test

[Chromosexual]

http://www.passiongolfgti.com/IMG/jpg/constructionG1_25.jpg

i am sure you all realise that this picture is reversed.

[Tjaap]

lol.. nice catch (fillercaps)

[urgolf1974]

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7334/early.jpg
One of the very first Golf Mk 1.

[urgolf1974]

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8581/1024768g.jpg
1978. Take a seat! Wanna testdrive?

[Xavier_DF]

This is pure history... really precious.

See you later...

Tnks

[Jelle-Mk1G60]

nice!

[otti]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/312658_204456242959650_203873523017922_497758_1600242111_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/297028_204456086292999_203873523017922_497755_243801894_n.jpg

[urgolf1974]

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/7792/gti1f.jpg
Golf GTI Mk1 - One of the very first ones.

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7536/gti2e.jpg
Front.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2128/gti3b.jpg
Rear.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8773/gbcut1.jpg
But sometimes a Mk1 is for work only...

[otti]

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8773/gbcut1.jpg
But sometimes a Mk1 is for work only...


this car is weird, i never seen anything like it, the rear windows appear to be metal like in some newer postgolfs, but it hasnt the taillights or the ladekanten. also it has the newer bumpers.

any more info on that? :wow:

[Tjaap]

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7334/early.jpg
One of the very first Golf Mk 1.
the white golf in the background has a really weird grill.

[urgolf1974]

@Otti:
That is a "Golf Van", also known as "Golf Stadtlieferwagen".
In some countries like GB, NL, B, A, and probably DK and some more,
the taxes were much lower, if you bought a 2 seater "panel van" instead of a usual car.
The Van had two seats, metal window panels and "Ladekantenbleche".
The "Stadtlieferwagen" for Austria had a interior divider with a net, the "Van" had a simple wooden divider only.
The Van had only the two weakest engines (petrol/diesel), the Stadtlieferwagen got up to 70hp.
No Golf for the german Postal Service or Telecom had those metal windows or the taillights without reversing lights while in service.
But you could save taxes in germany too, if you welded the side windows in your car and register it as van, until a few years ago.
So many owners did that.
The "Stadtlieferwagen" / "Van" were available as Golf Mk2, and some other older & newer VWs as well.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3276/stadtlieferwagen2.jpg

@Tjaap:
Yes, they were unsure where to place the front lights...
Fortunately they fixed that - and the smallest rear lights, too.

[Melvin]

I wonder what the story behind the supposed 'mk1 GTI' is on top of this page. GTI's were only post-swallowtail I believe? Home made gti perhaps?

[Tjaap]

@Tjaap:
Yes, they were unsure where to place the front lights...
Fortunately they fixed that - and the smallest rear lights, too.
too bad, i kinda like them.. like a little brother to the rocco

[urgolf1974]

@MellyVille:
These pictures are out of the first GTI Brochure, printed in 09/1975.
Before regular production, they changed subtle details.
On old pictures, cars with license-plates WOB-V are often prototypes/evaluation vehicles of VW.

[Tjaap]

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/393630_10150946681905713_678075712_21484987_168759400_n.jpg

[urgolf1974]

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/777/xtremeairbagging.jpg
Volkswagen Research and Development in the 70s

[otti]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/480931_152987228164387_100003593324264_186345_344037871_n.jpg

[kawabanga]

I really like MK1, especially the first GTI... :wuv:


Don't forget that this shining example of clear style comes from Italy: Giugiaro Design... :thumbup:

[Tjaap]

http://www.chicagoautoshow.com/show_history/default.aspx

Not only is it a wonderful time-waster, but there's some great photos that needed to be in this thread.

Here's the VW booth from 1976:

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/buzbomb4/westmoreland/CAS_1976_12w.jpg

Here's 1979 - this would have been the first year for the Westmoreland Rabbits:
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/buzbomb4/westmoreland/CAS_1979_19w.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/buzbomb4/westmoreland/CAS_1979_18w.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/buzbomb4/westmoreland/CAS_1979_17w.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/buzbomb4/westmoreland/CAS_1979_5w.jpg

1983, US debut of the GTI:

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k239/buzbomb4/westmoreland/CAS_1983_10w.jpg


http://www.chicagoautoshow.com/assets/1/timeline/1982_17.jpg

http://www.chicagoautoshow.com/assets/1/timeline/1982_18.jpg

[urgolf1974]

http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/2/2/5/2/2/bckereigewerbe.jpg

Volkswagen with Bakery Equipment. Tasty!

[René]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t31.0-8/1932629_10152385407239923_1028465320_o.jpg

[kawabanga]

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7334/early.jpg
One of the very first Golf Mk 1.


Very rare...!
Do you know if some of these small-light are still alive?

Recently came out an interesting article on a specilized magazine here in Italy, saying that Giugiaro when first designed the Golf wanted a large rear light, but VW headquarter imposed him a small one due to cost limits.
They said that a bigger light would be mounted if the first years of production would have given a good econominc return, at that was... :)

In the same article are pubblished also some of the first hand-drafts of the Golf, then they where modified because of the US approval requirements: in detail hood and windshield angle were modified...

[Barn171]

I don't think any of these preproduction models survived, but hey, you never know. There is this '73 with the sliding door still around.

That picture comes from a brochure wherein the process of designing a car is explained. It contains a shit-load of incredible pictures of the factory and these preproduction models, mostly golf, but there are some scirocco's and I believe a polo in it somewhere as well.

[kawabanga]

Nice...

Thanks!

[Tjaap]

Anybody can scan that article?

[urgolf1974]

>Very rare...!
>Do you know if some of these small-light are still alive?
Never seen anywhere, except in some brochures.

>That picture comes from a brochure wherein the process of designing a car is explained.
If i remember right, it was in a japanese brochure with explanations how mk1 golf are build.
But the brochures "vw report 6" and "vw report 9" (So wird ein Auto gebaut)
are very interesting as well, and full of pictures.

regards, Jan

[Barn171]

I've got those brochures here, but I'm afraid my scanner died on me. Over the years I managed to source only two of the series, I don't know how many there ought to be in total. Anyway, since this is an "picture-thread" I thought to photograph the photo's from the brochures. Here are a couple, the rest you can find here (http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Barn171/library/vintage%20ads):

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/Barn171/vintage%20ads/IMAG0923_zps9f2200f7.jpg
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/Barn171/vintage%20ads/IMAG0945_zps5f27ac66.jpg
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/Barn171/vintage%20ads/IMAG0937_zps3f9eee89.jpg
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/Barn171/vintage%20ads/IMAG0938_zpse3175811.jpg
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/Barn171/vintage%20ads/IMAG0939_zps6fb2a70e.jpg
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/Barn171/vintage%20ads/IMAG0931_zps3726c109.jpg
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/Barn171/vintage%20ads/IMAG0979_zps0afa7b92.jpg
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/Barn171/vintage%20ads/IMAG0971_zps32800f79.jpg

Possibly you recognize some of the pictures, that's because they are used in quite a lot of literature on the golf/scirocco/general vw's.

[Tjaap]

one of my favourite topics.

http://www.volksforum.com/albums/files/7/image_488595.jpg

[fiona889]

Woooowww... Nice years then.