Groovejunk's MK I Cabby project

Hi everyone!

Came across this site while searching for some goodies and been watching it for some days now. Seeing some really nice projects going on, so thought I will post mine.

First a bit about myself : 37 years, still 26 in my mind - for a couple of years now.. *cough*, comming from The netherlands and a daddy for 2 kids. I have a lovely wive and a addictive hobby like the most of you. I'm a fulltime IT manager nerd and have minimal oldskool skills when it comes to old cars. My daily is a MK5 diesel with a "bit" of tuning. original 105BHP, now running 210BHP and 430Nm Torque.

Here's the daily all cleaned and waxed in some concourse paste :




Enough about me and the daily, here some pics of the hobby when i bought it :







The paint could use some TLC, so when everybody was watching TV I was washing and polishing the new love :







Allready a bit better!

Will make a new post of the things i've done last year.

Regards, and comments welcome.

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First things that needed some attention where some buttons in the dash so i bought some new ones :



New steering wheel :



Needed a new starter :



Steeringwheel in the car :



And a bit of fun :



The front was a bit to high, so i lowered it a bit :



Can't live without my espresso :



That's better! nice and even :



I had some "fiffth" rear lights , but didn't like the dark look on the car so i bought myself a set of originals :

Then it was time to do something about the interior and audio setup. Nothing fancy, eventually i want leather seats and backseat so i allready started with the doorpannels.



Handmade speakerrings, may change that later for some other solution, but for now it's suitable



And the finished product :



Later on some pics from installing.

First i thought it was nice to change the grille and headlights.

Before :



And after :



Did like the look for some weeks… but changed it again (photo's later on)

busy with changing the door cards. Here a 50/50 shot :



Frontdoor :





And there it is :



pioneer sub is under the frontseat!

Bought some BBS from a friend, but I think I want something bigger! And maybe this weekend they will arrive… Will post some pics when I have my new set.

Random shot from my two cars :

Here some stuff for my break conversion, just need some little stuff before i can start with it. Last parts are on it's way to the netherlands (bought it in Germany)











And here's the new grille. Much and much better!

Hello and welcome to the club. That's a fine Cabby you have there mate. Love the speaker rings you made, nice touch

I also like the 'hand wash only' sticker, never seen one of those before.

Regards, Andy.

Hello matey and welcome along. That's a really nice cabby you have got. Lots of good work going into this which is great to see.

I really like the speaker pods too. Going to do something similar in mine soon.

All the best

Smudger

Thanks for the welcome gents!

@ Andy : The sticker is available on ebay.de if you want some. I'm not really familiar with the "UK tuning style" , this is more like German style. I just do what I like with the cabby.

@ Smudger : I did slobber a bit by watching your topic.. I hope mine can get a respray next year and want a Weber setup in it…

But the TODO list for now is as follow :

- Actually do the break conversion.
- New Coilovers.
- New Exhaust. RVS system.
- New wheels.

That will make a hole in my bank account

Yeah I love the hand wash sticker too!

Looks a cracking cabby, nice improvements that you're making to it and I like the steering wheel  

Your coffee looks like a small Guinness btw  

Well…. Handwash Only stickers on Ebay.de There you go

Tonight i will bring my cabby to my mechanic, he will "APK keur" - you call it MOT approved i believe -

So if everything turns out OK, I can drive another year from tomorrow on. Exiting!  

Thanks for the link. Just ordered one for my MK1

Love the car! You have done some goo work there. 

Just found the stickers in uk web site! 
http://bit.ly/10TnYxI

Yep, same stickers  

and she's MOT rejected …
Leaking exhaust, a horn that is not working and a shaft sleeve (don't know if that's the correct translation)

Ordering some stuff for the horn that's not working and some exhaust gum as i'm allready have an apointment to fit a new exhaust.

To be continued and will add some pictures..

Have you checked the earth wire to the steering box from the column, it's a short Brown one. These can break, so no horn, or have you discovered the fault?

Will check that. Good idea. Maybe it's the slip ring from the turn / MFA handles. And I allready descided that i wanted the MKII handles on it. I'm waiting for my supplier to email me.

First the little girl needs to go to bed so her daddy can do something with the car.

Daddyday every friday    

.. ok.. now I feel stupid!  

It was a contact between the steering wheel and the column.. bend it a bit and voila! that was it… ppfffffff….   

A simple fix mate. Good news it was something simple.