My sister has a 1.6 ryder with not much mot on it, going for £300 if you're interested.
I got it for her last year. Here's the original advert on vzi:
Great daily - mk2 Golf 1600 Ryder, FSH, long mot and tax. - VZi
Personally I don't think it'll need anything for the mot, she's going round in her fellas Kia Rio so she did all of 50 fucking miles in it then laid it up. And still ain't paid me for the bastard!
She did have a bit of a front end bump which dented the slam panel. I bought a replacement but as she never used the car I didn't get round to replacing it. Will be included in the sale though.
The biggest downside is that she lives in the Wirral!