project 2, new from cornwall
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project 2, new from cornwall
always loved golfs and own a mk4 1.4 as my daily,
i've now just brought a cc model 1.8 gti white cabriolet for a steal of £521
which is a good price seeing as it runs and is in ok condition, and the cc's are pretty rare if i'm right.
this is where my project begins which im planning to do over this winter to try and get it ready for next summer.
the priorities at the moment are:
a new hood
full respray
new interior - reupholster seats/trim
then move onto engine and other modifications such as wheels, brakes, suspension and sound system.
i'm planning on keeping it classy and not cutting corners or making it chavy
unfortunately most of the interior is faded and the hood is shot with loades of shoddy repairs, so the special cc hood and seats have to go.
gave her a nice gut and clean. also first little mod of removing the lower centre console,
i'm in the process of making a new gear stick and handbrake cover
think i've covered what i want to say, any comments welcome
here's some pics to get you going, enjoy!
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Be good to see you sunday for the Show myself and Scott (arf333) are arranging.
A guy is going to be there called Stuart who also has a CC which has been in his family for years, he has just managed to source a CC interior for his and he does have his old interior and some old door cars and bits and bobs etc, so you might be interested in some of the bits he has
Yep is a shame you cant source the CC embosed hoods any more but alot of people tend to go for a blue mohair hood as the replacement
See you sunday buddy
Rich
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however things have changed and ive found a double garage for rent near by for £1500 pa. which means i can do the work and save loads of labour costs.
so thats the new plan.
starting tomorrow i'm road tripping around the uk in my mkiv, when im back hopefully work begins
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Shame Berkley is cancelled but you might wana consider coming up for this mate, its a great show and lots of km1's going
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so im not getting that place anymore as it is too much, but i am using my grans garage. not alot of room but the best i can get at the moment.
back to preparing for my car now, i've spent the last few hours reading this whole article which is very hepful http://www.thebugshop.org/bsfqpnt.htm
,and looking at other sources to help me get to grips with respraying my car. fortunately my dad when he was my age rebuilt his mgb in the same garage so its like going back in time for my golf.
hopefully i will start work soon but cant put a date on it yet, but cant wait to start
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also got myself a 50l air compressor new but exdisplay so got for a bargain(ish) of £120 with a spray and tyre gun thrown in, pleased with that.
when i was clearing it out i also found a fair sized inspection hole, which was a welcomed bonus minus the spiders
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heres the garage almost emptied, just chopping all the old wood and rotten benches.
an old friend started talking to me again, and now hes helping me with my car, fortunately his grandpa was a car wiz and is gonna help out with spraying the car.
and i have figured if im taking out the engine i may aswell put a new one so im getting my hands on a 1.8 aum engine with a k03s turbo so excited.
the only bit im getting stuck on figuring out is the ecu? fitting the engine and new radiator and intercooler is ok, but then im lost with the electrics parts, does anyone know of someone who can help. and where near cornwall that does remapping?
cheers everyone
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got the price down to £550 with postage ontop. if you want this i'll contact him and see if he wants to sell it to you, cheers
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After giving my car a full body scrub, I left te engine running as its been sat in a garage for a while, unfortunately something was wrong with the thermostat/cooling system and… Boom my hose down into the water pump literally exploded and covered my lovely clean car in rusty dirty water
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my dog helping me fix my waterpump and thermostat
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(Sorry for all the missing pictures I moved all my folders so links broke
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