Mabel The Mk1 - First Project
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Black 1.5Gl 5dr soon to be upgraded!
Mabel started out pretty stock, 1.5gl 5 speed, 5 door in black still original paint as far as I can tell. Only had a few owners on the log book considering her age!
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Got her from a guy in chesterfield off this forum about 2 years ago now, place was like mk1 heaven and nearly brought the orange one behind in the photos but it was all my budget and wanted wheels and coils!
So as to plan on went some cheap coilovers :-)
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But rolled on steels for a while!
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Then came by some original alley cat wheels 8j all round so coilovers had to be wound back up!
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Then purchased some pressed plates as the old ones were knackered & got a gti splitter, which got ripped off a lot!
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Did a year or so using as a daily and away in winter went to every show possible!
Won a spot on the VW Heritage stand at GTI International too -
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Then came the decision to buy my diesel daily and for the mk1 to be put into storage.
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Just purchased a kr engine off here, plan on getting some bike carbs on hopefully. Full respray but staying the original black and have the obvious welding done!
Needing to sell the wheels too so I can upgrade the brakes too
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And that's the story so far, wish me luck!
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Been away in a garage for a good few months now while I've been saving the funds!
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Looks a solid outer though as a project
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Melteddrummer said
Thats a tidy mk1 Faye, welcome to the forum.
Where's that Mk1 graveyard? I love Mk1 Graveyards, I wish there was one near me!!
Just mackems up by you Andy……and Nissan
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Thats a tidy mk1 Faye, welcome to the forum.
Where's that Mk1 graveyard? I love Mk1 Graveyards, I wish there was one near me!!
Just mackems up by you Andy……and Nissan
You're not wrong there mate, the street where I live is all Red and White
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smudger1980 said
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Thats a tidy mk1 Faye, welcome to the forum.
Where's that Mk1 graveyard? I love Mk1 Graveyards, I wish there was one near me!!
Just mackems up by you Andy……and Nissan
You're not wrong there mate, the street where I live is all Red and White![]()
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New purchase for the kr -
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Know what your doing manifold wise for the carbs?
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Brad. said
You already know I'm ont end of a pm to help you out fella![]()
Know what your doing manifold wise for the carbs?
I've looked for a ready made, but I think I'm going to buy one of the kits off ebay and get a mate to weld it up :-)
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smudger1980 said
OOOO R1 carbs. Nice purcahse dude.
Cheers :-) got the fuel pump and pressure reg thrown in too for a little extra!
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smudger1980 said
Nice work. Is it an adjustable one?
Yeah it's a sytec 1 to 5psi fuel pressure reg and Facet Posi fuel pump
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