Today is the day the Mk 1 is 50 yrs old!

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Hello all!

Well today is an important day for all of us Mk 1 fans around the world! The VW Mk1 Golf begun production on the 29th of March 1974!



Mine is a 1991 car so not too old!



So, who has the oldest car here? Any from 1974??

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So, who has the oldest car here? Any from 1974??

Well, I suppose I could be called a Mk1 Golf fan. Over the years I have owned 6 of them but only 3 are still in my possession.
My first was a very low mileage green '79 diesel. It took me a while to adjust to it after many beetles & a type 3 fully imported
1500s. I bought my wife a petrol 3 door auto, that she loved. This was followed by a 3 door petrol manual for my son that I fully rebuilt the motor including a rebore. I then moved back to a '82 diesel manual that I still own today. It had been hit in the back & considered an
uneconomical write off. It originated from somewhere in Europe & converted to RHD probably in the UK. It is a C model [entry level]
where the bean counters sharpened their pencils & took everything they could off of it. It does have though a five speed trans,a rear wiper, inertia belts & tinted glass.
The last 2 that I have is an '81 diesel from the last shipment into SA & a complete parts car, a '79 Diesel from Alice Springs.
From memory there were around 11,500 Mk1 Golfs sold in Aust. , The last shipments were Diesels.
I don't normally buy Wheels mag. but in the latest there is a feature on all the desirable Golf models over all the years to date.
Production of all Golfs is now 37 million vehicles.