Theme Tuesdays: MKI Golfs

Oct 12, 2010

After doing MKII Golf’s last week it became pretty apparent that there are quite a few MKI fans that check out the site.

So to follow up I decided a collection of MKI’s was in order, the rest of the generations have been added to the to do list as well so don’t fret MKIII and on drivers 🙂

mk11 — These wheels look better on the MKI thank the Porsche they came from

mk121 — Another clean, fairly standard, example

mk120 — Hitachi win - Not an MKI but I still like the photo lol

mk13_bbs — Are BBS kits as rare for MKI's as they are for e30s? Anyone know?

mk125 — The only thing wrong with this one is that it is not plated

A bit bummed I missed Vagkraft this year even though it was raining

mk18 — Kamei MKI - I am sure one of you know way more about this than I do

mk17_slot — Perhaps the coolest slot car I have ever seen

mk110 — From what I remember the final number was around 250bhp

16 COMMENTS

Justin Oct 12, 2010 At 12:53 pm

Pics 1 & 4 are mk2s jus lettin ya no all look amazin

- DaveT Oct 12, 2010 At 12:58 pm
  
  Thanks, I saved 1 for later now but left 4 cause of the boom box 😛
  
ollie Oct 12, 2010 At 1:32 pm

rabbits dont half look weird with square lights :/ ive seen a fue wide body golfs in the skin there pretty rad but i am a bit in love with the rally car due to my love of rally/rally cross and the fact that my obsesion with sump guards that som times borders on the erotic and i love zomg as well soooo much chaving mmmm all altho i hate cabriolet ENYTHING nice one dave

Joe Oct 12, 2010 At 5:15 pm

The 6th pic from the bottom, the flying golf, looks like a Lada Niva. Love all Mk1’s.

John Oct 12, 2010 At 9:15 pm

man i would kill to just have a VW like this….. man i was soo close to have a old school gti

ollie Oct 13, 2010 At 12:54 pm

joey@ how the flying smeg does that look like a niva LOL

Joe Oct 13, 2010 At 2:57 pm

It’s the gap between the wheels and fenders due to the lack of weight on the suspension. I dunno, it gives it a 4×4 Niva look lol.

DaveT Oct 14, 2010 At 10:34 am

Lol you guys are talking about Ladas.

ollie Oct 14, 2010 At 12:10 pm

DAVE@because we can dave because we can lada is a dirty word in my house lol thay still make them under lisence in egipt you know!
joe@i see what your saying there arnt meny jacked up hachbacks however in the metal a golfs almoast 2feet shorter and a shit load better looking

Phil Oct 17, 2010 At 4:09 am

Wicked post man, I think a Mk2 might have crept in in photo 4 but still epic. You going to do a Sirocco themed day too?

- DaveT Oct 17, 2010 At 9:03 am
  
  Plan to! I will always have a soft spot for great VWs
  
Mike Flynn Jan 12, 2011 At 7:13 am

You can read about the Mk1 Kamei Golf in my historical thread here:
http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=208693

Along with my Kamei Mk1 replica here:
http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59459&page=32

Also the Zender GMP car pictured above that got recently restored:
http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=208501

- DaveT Jan 12, 2011 At 12:06 pm
  
  Thanks for the links! Great looking Kamei replica!
  
mike flynn Sep 9, 2012 At 11:39 am

a few events done now in the kamei replica 🙂

gti international
http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.php?59459/page51

brands hatch (lower down page 52)

prescott hillclimb (lower down page 53)

mike

DaveT Sep 9, 2012 At 8:53 pm

Mike great to see you are having fun out with the car!

Brent Dec 19, 2015 At 3:27 pm

In regards to Photo 4 being a Mk2:

Mk1 (pronounced “mark one”) is a British moniker meaning “version” (referring to the car’s body style) given to the first generation Golf/Rabbit convertible. All 1979-1993 Golf/Rabbit convertibles are Mk1s; the 1988-1993 Cabriolets are usually referred to as “Mk1 Clippers” to distinguish the later models.

So technically it’s a Mk1 Cabriolet…not a Mk2 Golf

Taken from:
http://www.cabby-info.com/history.htm