New Mk1 Owner

Hi Im new to the site, I just bought my first Mk1 Golf yesterday and not stopped smiling since.

I have a Polo GTi that is currently under repair after some woman tried a manouver from the offside lane to the nearside lane to park on a roundabout, right accross the front of me!

Before:


After:


I wasnt covered for a hire car unless the woman accepts liability and she said its my fault cos she indicated????

I was planning to get a Mk1 Golf next month for a project and decided to bring that idea forward and bought this.



Its a Driver with a mk2 1.8 driver carb engine fitted with high lift cam, 4 branch manifold and straight through exhaust. Im having some Solex twin 40's fitted soon also.

I'll probably be asking loads of questions cos its my first real project… advance warning  :wink:

Hiya hun sorry to here and see the polo like that :? but hey look on the bright side you have a fab looking stunner of a golf Mk1 now

It looks lovely hun you will have to get to some meets asap  :wink:

Luv Chrissie xxx

Oh yer Welcome to the site have fun xxx

Hello fellow newbie welcome . Sorry to hear about the Polo . The Golfs looking cool, what have you got in store for it? I'm sure guys on here will be only to glad to help you with any questions.  Shane

Another White mk1  8)  GREAT  
Pity about your polo  :cry:  :cry:

Hi, new here myself, nice looking golf, quick i'm sure! whats the interior like?

Pete

I dont live so far from you Pete, I live in Atherton :wink:

The interior is stripped out with Sierra Cosworth Recaros and a rear strut brace. and the car goes like stink, I dont know whether it is faster than the Polo GTi but it certainly feels like it is.

The guy who sold it wanted to keep his wheels so thats why its on steelies at the moment, I have some sebring alloys to tie it over and some polished RH Toplines Im re-polishing at the moment but I fancy dropping it on some 13" in the future.

Ive already posted my first question under the big block carb model section ops:

Cheers for the welcome

fasteddie_ni said

Another White mk1  GREAT

INNIT!  Your mk1 looks very nice and clean JTVW 8)

Sorry to hear about the polo

Oh well, I guess you'll just have to swap those bbs splits onto your mk1 :wink:

 :mrgreen:

not far away at all, I live at the bottom of Newbrook Road, just took another look at your pics, is that Everest Road?

Pete

Yes mate, how wierd it that!!!

well spooky! when do you get your polo back?

good luck getting the insurance sorted, really ***** me off when people push in at the last minute  at roundabouts - wouldn't have hurt her to go all the way round if she realised she was in the wrong lane, sounds like she was speeding too
Back to the mk1, looks like you got a very good little project there. because its so lite with very little interior and a fairly big engine the power to weight should be very good 8)

boltonpete said

well spooky! when do you get your polo back?

Only crashed it last Tuesday and they picked it up Friday from my house so Im probably looking around another 8 weeks yet