my 'euro look' mk1!

hey, just finished polishing it up, what u guys think? con, this is the car I got off you if you read this! looks a bit different now!  

Hi i think it looks great, Where did you get the white side walls from?  they are a nice contrast to the red :y:

I like that radio cassette, very nice :wink:

hey cheers for the comments! i got the white walls from ebay, from a guy that sells atlas inserts! they're pretty cheap too…the tape player sounds like shit but kinda adds to it! =P

Looks good, what model is it, CL, GL? Reminds me of my old Gambia red 5 door…soon to be resurrected by my dad. Nice reg number too…is that ANOTHER Gambia red mk1 in the background?!  

its a CL 1.3...haha yeah its my brothers, formel E 1983...his is proper hoodride!

lovin the walls dude.... ive had a set of atlas walls on mine for over a year now.. looks awesome on those gti wheels

That looks nice, I really like the tape player and the steering wheel.

One thing I've heard come up a few times with the atlas whitewall inserts is that they can wear into the tyre wall after prolonged use. Might be worth keeping a regular check on them…have you noticed this Damlow?

Cool ride though mate  8) Any pics of your bros then?

cant say ive had this problem…only prob i have is cleanin  

What items make this car "euro look" then? i always thought the definitive euro look was minimal exterior, big slam, super wide rims and a smooth clean paint job :dontknow:
 im not being rude i just dont see the euro thing going on here :roll: , more akin to hood ride maybe?

i was thinking the same thing. in my opinion it looks more like its leaning towards the retro cali fit. which i think is a much better look as the full euro thing has been spoiled by 17yr olds in corsas!  :wink:

hehe dunno, the cali look can be with stingers and stuff like that but yeah i agree with the not being euro thing…the white walls kinda give it a cali feel i guess! as long as im not grouped in with the chavs then its fine!  :mrgreen: need a new gearbox and/or engine though…anyone know where i can get a good recon engine or 5 speed gearbox from? thatll complete it for me!

Needs a large roof rack .

Loving those whitewall tyres

Cheers………..

What does Hoodride mean exactly ?  :dontknow:

I think the polished finish looks great. What did you use? I like the window winder and the woman in the grass skirt. Where can I get some from? I don't know what the euro or retro look is. I just think any MK1 that has a homely looked after touch to it looks better than anything else on the road.

DubPartz said

What does Hoodride mean exactly ?  :dontknow:

Hoodride kinda comes from way back……like old yank cars and stuff like that, it drifted into Aircooled buses and bugs in the UK to start with i suppose, its the concept of taking a basic car, sorting the suspension, wheels and usually dropping in a big engine or a power hike of some sort, and leave the rest exactly as it is, however that may be :dontknow: , no flash paint, no extras, no chrome, just basic motoring with a bit of grunt and handling

hey, i got the window winders of a vdub shop on ebay, they were good eggs! i think hoodride is loads of patina, even bare metal, absolutely dumped suspension to the point of sparks and quite a 'poorly car' look, but then the whole thing works fine…i think its the image of a rusty heap running fine that makes a hoodride!

oh also i used auto glym shampoo and polish! they're the bee's knees really for cleaning, although i parked under an autumn tree yesterday and the leaves have kindly left their mark all over my bonnet!  

just googled "hoodride" and this is what came up:

definitive 8) and  its probably running a 911 engine!!!!