Just bought a Mk1 with a difference...

Just bought this on a whim today.....dunno if I'll keep it or my youngest boy will use it for now....see what it's like when it arrives.

 

CITI,cool,looks clean as a whistle to me.

 

Battery tray needs de-rusting as battery was a problem and cuased corrosion, but that should be no real deal.
May pop the engine out and repaint whole bay.

Don't like the C-pillar swage line either - might see about smoothing that out.

 

Always liked the CITI always hated that swage line too! Good choice to smoothe it out!

 

I'd really like one of the run-out R-Line Citi Golfs.......which has a 1,8T under the hood as stock.
Loads of VAG parts bins raided to make it........like Skoda Fabia dash, Mk5 Golf Gti shifter.....etc!

The Citi has been manufactured for 25 years.........in SA - until 2009 !

 

Just taken delivery of it and on the whole it's very good!

Getting dark after spending 30 mins jet washing the moss and crud off the creases and seams.......been stood for 2 years.

 

Looks good Jon Nice to see something different.

Any ideas for it then? 20v Citi ..........

 

wonder what the stock exhaust downpipe is like on the 20v mk1?

 

I knew they did a "factory mk1 20vt" you never hear anything about these but i remember a mag feature about it (mk1 boys copy/order engine mounts from SA now lol)

Sorry for being slightly off topic

I also agree with the comments about the C pillar swage lines,got to be done to last for it to be worth the effott,but the car looks fresh as a daisy still

 

i think the 20v was a 100 model special, as i can not find anything on ETKA in the SA citi option for anything that 20v related. my thought were to see if the downpipe was available but nothing.

 

B ugga

^^ Wasnt this the one which someone on a forum spotted that the MAF wasn't connected?

 

i haven't seen anything on ETKA that looks similar to the aftermarket mounts for the installation of a 20v into a mk1. gearbox pictured on there is 020 cable clutch. anything that might be of interest has no PN

 

The Citi, I can explain and understand.........the Brazilian Saveiro, is another matter!.......

 

i like that, front end needs some work

 

I like this one too

http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/p/99381/689021.aspx

 

This is a shot from under the bonnet of the later caddy from SA.......essentially what the 1.3 Citi looks like.
Gearbox is deffo 020.

 

Had a look at the tailgate..........the rear glass isn't heated!
No rear wiper.
No front arch liners (plastic).
This is all as "stock" !
Talk about your 'pauper' spec!

Just found the carb mounting flange split which is kinda typical (I recall my series 1 Mk1 having same issue).
The carb is a Keihin ?.......weird!
The carb flang is actually same as old Audi 80/100 for the carb 1.8 engine.

This 1.3 block is actually a "big block" with external water pump, rad water tapping off middle of block/head........all just like 1.8 Gti Mk1/2!!

I have a feeling i'll be pulling this engine out and dropping in my spare 1.8 PB block.......along with ECU, fuel injection etc etc etc !!
I must have enough bits to do the conversion at least once over!

 

The engine fitted to this citi is a 1.3 litre but weirdly a big-block like the 1.6 / 1.8.

This is good news as the engine mounts would suit another big block of larger capacity, which would drop right in.

Mulling over options, I have a stock 8v 1.8, Tsr 8v 2.0 or bam 20vT.

Im still gonna run the Bam in my mk2; the stock 8v 1.8 isnt going to have enough oomph, and the Tsr engine is up for sale.

So I decided on something unusual.....a 20v n/a 1.8.

Picking up the engine this week....been modded to bring up the power.
Big valve head. and some interesting mods!

 

Do you have any stickers to id the engine code please...