Now that’s a surprise! 

Thanks for sharing the great videos. Love the plain and simple cars..

Great trip down memory lane.

Great little car, loved my MK1. I had one of the very last, one of only 1000 made. It had all the extras, mine also had AC. I'm really sorry I let it go, but I ended up with a new Polo after that. Great to see a survivor.👍

A friend had one of the first MK1 diesel golfs when they were still relatively new. He was a farmer in the Karoo and loved it. Very rare to find now.👍

Love it! The Fox must be quite rare by now. In my opinion the Mk. 1 golf is one of the most beautiful hatchbacks of all time. It was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro who also did the DeLorean, Lotus Esprit and several Ferraris and Alfas. I would love one but I already have 3 old cars that waste money and space and I don't want to part with any of them...

Cool time capsule. I learnt to drive in a Mk1 Jetta GLS 😎

110000 km. Just run in! My 2003 old spec citi has 340000km still drives well. Been from Pretoria to Cape Town and back no issue.

My first car...😢😢😢 I had 1.8 Carb 3speed automatic😢😢😢 I miss her. She's blue I regret selling her. Please if she's still around or anyone is seeing this her reg is BDB 113 GP. Please if she's still around il buy her back

My late dad had one, was upgraded to 1.8 with the autobox, ran very well, and strangely the steering on it was much lighter than my brother's caddy bakkie. Sadly it was affirmatively shopped one night from his yard, and nogal with his wheelchair in the back because he had trouble waking.

Thanks for the video. That WERE/ARE great cars, and as you say, ride a lot better than a Citi Golf did. I had an 85 Jumbo Golf/Mk 2 Golf. Did over 500 000 kms in it. Good point about the wing mirror on left side - the W123's were HUGELY costly in period...hence pretty much everything was an extra! Good point about the scratching that occurs beneath the door handle...see that in so many cars.

How amazing to see such a well looked after preserved car. Credit to the owners. Brought up in the days where you were taught to look after your things. That car could run for 100 years not like the modern throw away cars made today. Colour combination is really nice to. Thanks for showing us the car. Just fit another cluster in with a rev gauge and it works ,all the wiring is already there. German engineering and simplicity you just don't get anymore. Happy motoring.

I love the simplicity of these old Volkswagens. Built to last as well.

In addition to the points made, the car sits on the road very well - stable, gives a feeling of security. And yes, the "survivor" status is indeed what makes it "special".

Those door sheilds are worth it. I have installed them of all my VW.

I live in Swakopmund Namibia, it is one of the most corrosive places on earth. "No lies," even Tupperware rusts, I own a workshop that specializes in Mercedes-Benz ,but I also work on other makes of cars. Don't know what the VW engineering department did to the Fox ,but it is the most corrosive resistant car ever made. They just don't rust, even after 25 +years in Swakopmund. And with all our salt roads that says a lot.

That dash was there until about 2004. My 2003 is still old spec.

Is it a 1600cc or an 1800cc

" I like simple honest cars." Me too. Hate tech that is expensive to fix.