what do you think

first of all let me tell you the story of how i came to own a mk1.
the short verson myself and the wife was out having a few pops with a few mates (who all own mk2's) and my wife was saying she wanted a mk1 convertable, some one poped up saying he knows someone who;s selling one for 150 pound i thought he'd just had to much to drink anyway the next day he phoned me to have a look so i thought what the hell, it had been in an smash but most of the damage had been repaired (front) the hood was in good nick the rear needed a bit of welding and the sills were in good condition. after a day to think about it i decided to get it for her, so an hour later and 90 pound it was on my drive.

like i said it does need work but i bought as a project this way i get to work on a car without the wife moaning at me.

so far ive took the dash out bumpers off, lights out just general stripping ready for welding and then spraying, oh yes and i started fabricating some wider arches so have a look and let me know what you think it is still in the fiberglass stage so its not smooth yet.
 

Sounds liek a bargain!

Think will look ok, as long as the wheels are right to fill the arches :wink:  They're similar to the Group 2 (?) arches - these are damn expensive but was a post recently abou this as the extra track (prob wider than yours would be) puts a lot more stress on running gear.

Perhaps do a search of forum and see what you can find.

Nice one though and keep us posted :wink:

Cheers
Andy

cheers andy
we are thinking of some deep dish wheels simular to ats cups as for the sizes prob 9j on the rears and 8j on the front all round 15's my mate is bringing a set of 14's round on sat which are 9 on the rears and 8 on the front so this will let me know if i need to change anything size wise ill get some pics when there on and post them up

I quite like these wide arches on the right car with wide rims they do look cool, there was a german one not so long ago in black I think which was very low and had these on it, it looked awesome 8)

How are you making up the arches? You must be using something as a shape guide?

You are going to need a seriously cool set of wheels to pull those off - probably cost you ten times the price of the car!  8O

i used the old plastic arches as a base and just extended them out the rears are 6inch wide and the fronts are going to be around 4 - 5 inch wide but im playing with the idea of not haveing any side skirts on. i personaly think it looks good without the back bumper on but its the legal side thats stopping me.

I drove my old mk1 for just under a year with no bumper, and 3 months of that I worked at Herts police headquarters…

never took it through MOT with no bumpers on though.

You don't need bumpers…

Iwent through an MOT without my rear bumper 8)

not done it with out the front as you'll need to relocate the indicators somewhere which I just couldn't be bothered to do  

i fitted these archs to my mk1 a while back to fit 9j rear wheels, available from here
http://www.je-design.d…Golf_Jetta_Eins/index.php

can't find a pic of them fitted………..