1983 Mk1 Golf GTI Complete Restoration Timelapse 1.8 20v t Engine Swap

Here is a timelapse of the last 17 months (on and off) work that has gone into saving this 1983 Mk1 Golf GTI Campaign. On first inspection it didn’t seem too bad. A little rust here and there yes but a quick tidy up, some fresh fluids and stick an MOT on it. The plan was to use it for the summer then do a light restoration to it. As soon as we started removing parts it was obvious that it was so so much worse than we thought, Rust on nearly every panel meant a massive amount of work and parts was going to be needed. Once it was determined that the car needed a full restoration I set about stripping the car down to a shell and sent it off to be paint stripped and sand blasted to show up every area that required work. This ended up being a lit! Thankfully the guys at Heritage Parts Centre (Link below and a 10% discount code) came in and sponsored the channel and the build providing me with all of the top quality parts I would need to restore the shell. A small list of panels replaced are: Inner sills, O