my golf pics what people think

started out like this 5 years ago when i was 15 bought for ?50 mot failure of a mate who always said to me you will never get it back on the road. failed on on suspension brakes exhaust and a few other lil bits and bobs not alot though


1st night in the golf 2days after my 18th birthday, 1st things first went round to my mate who i bought it of to show him i get her back on the road, next stage was to drive it for a few months then bring her back of the road for a engine conversion then a respray in jet black.


matt black all the way untill ive finishd my engine conversion then in the bodyshop she goes!


side view of her with the bbs kit on smoothed sides


engine bay cleaned up with lower strutbrace fitted (what a game this was to fit ) and doing all my engine mounts red steering linkages red

heres my engine half built up, port polished 1800 mk2 head (carb not gti) big valves GTi camshaft, 2litre bottom end running the mk2 gti flywheel and a mk1 gti gear box (thanks to all the people on her who have pointed me in the right direction!  :y: ) the manifold is painted red with vht paint untill i get her on the road and take her down to a local exhaust engineering firm for some discounted 4-2-1 manifold and straight through stainless system.


comments welcome good or bad, at the end of the day everyones got there own tastes. my taste is discreet body kit, slammd, just some nice wheels nothing that makes it stand out as i like street sleepers and dont like being pulled over every 5minutes by police.

simon

8)  :clap:

Cheers………

Getting there mate, I think when it's finished it's going to be fantastic. Well done with all the hard effort and good choice of car too.

Tian :y:

good stuff, i'm sure all your hard work will be worth it. great to see another mk1 saved.

chears guys, there was no major major rust, the front doors where slightly rusty at the bottom, but i had a donor car that was totaly rotten to get bits of,
she should be cool when finished, i wudnt mind a cabbi after this ones finishd.

just getting stuck due to cash at the moment like everyone does.

simon

sim0n_parker said

 i wudnt mind a cabbi after this ones finishd.

simon

Oh yes, now you're talking my language!

Tian

im looking at a couple all ready, so you never know this one might b up for grabs sooner then i think, im going to try and get the engine in this weekend coming, all i need is the drivers side engine mount (cambelt side bolts on to block) if anyone can help me out. but ive only got space for one car to store at a time, so if a cabbi comes up cheap then this one will have to go :tlc:

and the bonnet can finaly go on again now after 3ish months of me taking my time to do this conversion.

so now i need to put my alternator on, sort out my gear linkage as its playing silly games! and get an inlet manifold with carb and starter motor then we can go boosting down the road……after shes run in of course 8)

will keep the pics coming

yep, like it  :mrgreen:

good work  8)

chears mate, she should be quite quick when im finishd, nt looking for amazing power, but as the golf weighs nthing should be god fun.
hopefully will get some videos sorted out when i take her on the track after ive ran the engine in.
simon

looking good! leave off the bumpers!

Just wondering… I was thinking of buying a lower front strut brace and wanted to know why yours was difficult to fit? The front of my car is a bit bent thanks to the previous owner :x and so its gonna be even worse for me.

Keep up the good work.

Will

where it bolts to the chassis leg at the bottom, with the wishbone bolt.

over time as its like a 20 odd year old car the chassis legs have moved even ferther apart due to the metal sagging and bending if you know what i mean??

but its nothing serious its only like 2 or 3 mm but this is enough to put one bolt hole out of alignment and you have to pull the leg back in to get the bolt, ive fittd one on my mates cabbi, it went straight on, mine was a bit harder, just cross your fingers and hope yours wont have saggd that much lol

simon

p.s. leaving the bumpers of as i think it looks mean  :twisted:

bumpers off is a good look! ther are lots of haters tho lol.

as i said i think mine is pretty bent because the toe was +17 when i got it set up!

Anyways it should do a lot of good!

Will