My black daily Mk1

Bought it at the end of September when me, my dad and my mate  trecked up to scotland in search of mk1 goodness. was a long way to go and thankfully the car was in quite good condition and there was no way i was leaving without it

So, its a 1.3 driver, 4 speed powahh! Is quite nippy though.

Got home with not much wrong on the way back, temp went up abit as we got stuck in traffic but nothing much to worry about.

Anyway lets get a few pics up.






body is quite sound, however i need new jacking points as they have gone abit rotten so trying to find someone to fix them asap.

Interior is very good, just a tiny biy faded:




the part we all want to see.


little 1.3 beast hopefully changing this soon, although i say soon i dont exactly know when, i really need 5 gears though sucks having 4 gears and revving the tits off it everywhere.

Bought a few things for it, new top mounts, coilovers, wishbones (still not fitted) and some volkswagen engraved chrome handle inserts for the doorhandles.

coilovers went on and it stayed pretty standard for a while till i sourced some wheels.


i did buy some BBS RMs and was going to rebuild them 8" all round with stainless dishes etc but with the price they were going to cost me i decided to look for something else already made up.

Saw the wheels i wanted ages ago but had no money for them, luckily for me they were still for sale.so a few PMs were made and i arranged to go and pick them up one sunday.


So off to Hull i go to meet the seller. Top bloke. AS my brakes were too wide, and the wheels being a high offset they hit the calipers so Lee started to grind my calipers down to make them fit. totally wasnt expecting this but i really wanted the wheels and he wanted them on my car and also the ££££ that was in my pocket ha. trial fitted them, wouldnt go on without a spacer which i didnt really want but i bought them anyway.


Got home and put them on with the spacers i had just bought (10mm_ but i couldnt lower the car down because they hit the coilovers. So on the phone to Lee and he said bring it back to hull and we'l take the helper springs out of the coilovers so it can go lower and miss the wheels, and also grind more off the calipers so i didnt need spacers.

lee at work


outcome:



Then they came off again as i didnt fancy driving home in them while the weather was still terrible, and then they sat in my room (which is small) for a month and a bit.

The plan was to put them on teh day before Ultimate Dubs, mainly cause i didnt know what the weather was going to be like and didnt fancy running them in the snow but the weekend before UDs i had to trial fit them and sort it all out and also get the camber and tracking all set up. So i got them on and left them on all week before the show.










I know it may sound big headed but i absolutely love it. Think it looks awesome, such a different from the standard wheels.

Anyway it went for tracking and camber the following friday which took a whopping 4 hours Took it at 9am, went for a walk for an hour and came back and they hadnt even started, mainly cause they had to do other jobs in between but they did tell me it would be a few hours. Anyway the mainly problem was they couldnt jack it up. The passenger side jacking point is mullered, and i didnt want them using the sills. So off the ramp it came thought it wasnt going to get done and it sat in the workshop for abit, said i have some bits of wood i use to drive onto so i can jack it up, they tried to use them but still no joy.

I then reluctantly let them use the sills as it had to be done, i was stood by them the whole time though. were a good set of lads and apparently had Mk2s with VR6s in them and stuff so thought i was in good hands. still no joy with the sills as he could tell they werent strong enough. more scratching of heads until he came up with jacking it up using the gearbox/mount So he was under the ramp, with a metal pole and his jack, got his mate to lower the ramp so he could lift the car off the floor to get their main jack thing under the chassis, all went well and they got the camber and tracking set up, apaprently the tracking was off the guage    :dontknow: Gave them a tip cause they were top lads so hopefully they'l remember that if i ever need anything again.

So now it just needed a wash before the show. Nothing major just a shampoo and a dry off as it wasnt going in the show or anything just in the car park, dont know if many people saw it there, got a few pics off other people though:

like this the best though:


and a few rolling shots:



So thats it at the moment. Plans are new engine or a 5 speed gearbox but might aswel put a new engine in hadnt i? New stereo system, nothing in-your-face though just some new speakers i think as they original ones are pants and a new head unit i think. And maybe carpet my boot and make it look nice. and a new exhaust.

oh and sort the bodywork out, few rust bits on the door.

i also need some proper chrome strips as mine are the cabby ones and i dont really like them. Do the thin ones fit that are just the chrome, no plastic bits around them?

opinions welcome

Another member of the driver drivers… :dontknow:

I've got myself a mars red one, drive 65 miles a day in it. and they are fun



a word of warning, i put a 5-speed box on, and yes it makes a massive difference (70mph = 3,100rpm instead of 4,000) mechanical advantage means that the car is somewhat slower than it was.. and all 4 cylinders work now

and yes, the thin strips fit the same as the thicker ones

PS. if you want an exhaust i can put you in touch with a chap who did mine, looks awesome

well my speedo is nackered anyway but still have to get to 4500 revs to get anywhere

I dont know how to fix it as my speedo is like 40mph at 70mph I know i have smaller wheels on but it was nackered when i had the 13s and 70 profile tyres on. 30mph was 40mph on the speedo, went up 10mph for each proper reading but 70mph was 90mph on the speedo

Now 110mph is 70mph

Have no idea how to get it abit more respectable which is another reason i have to rag it everywhere to get up to speed.

Someoen said there is a cog on teh gearbox that i can replace but i have no clue when it comes to under the bonnet so dont know where this cog is to get it fixed

Car looks really nice Danny.

Lee really puts some thought into each set of wheels I've seen on his car. Went over to collect an exhaust from him last year and he had some stunning 15x9 RSs on his Golf - they fitted like 7s!

yeah he is a top man. really helpful. he basically wanted them to fit whatever happened and even offered to swap me his brakes he had on his mk1 but we just decided to grind some more off. There is a 3mm spacer on the front and a 5mm spacer on the rears now though anyway.

I need some polo gt carriers though if anyone has any as i have some gti brakes which he said should fit better and work without grinding anything off the calipers to get the wheels to fit.

and re: the exhaust, i need a full system, or at least the middle section as it seels to blow. But could do with a shiny back box

nice lookin car danny, i'd say your lucky to find one in that condition, much better with the new wheel's on! i'll watch out for you around wigan, take care,    al.    gti cabby-grey mettalic.

well im not actually in wigan so doubt you'l see me much there unless im seeing a few mates at the weekend.

there are a few cabbys where i live, a black one in atherton and ive seen a bluey colour one in tyldesley too

thought id update this with a few pictures from All Types.







im also after a new engine. G40 to be precise. anyone have one just lying around in their garage can i have it please? cash monies ready…

Its quite amazing how a set of wheels can make a car look soooooo different!

Very nice

I love these wheels!  Needs more low!

cannot go more low cant space the wheels anymore cause they will poke too much and the inner barrells are mms away from the coilover strut   and its about an inch off the floor :/ well wishbones/gearbox are the closest thing to the floor

I guess that what happens with 14s.  I just love the wheels!

looks spot on, love this  8)

Wheels make the car dude, looks stunning 8)

sorry to bring this up again. it looks really nice! its pretty much what im looking for right now but theres none around!
theres a G40 engine for sale on here i think. just a heads up..

car looks stunning,simple but effective ,about to go the same route with my cabby another respray change wheels n loose abit of trim,good luck with your future plans.

joshmcgarel said

sorry to bring this up again. it looks really nice! its pretty much what im looking for right now but theres none around!
theres a G40 engine for sale on here i think. just a heads up..

cheers

yeah i know but it doesnt come with a charger and a few other bits and im now not sure about a g40, heard a few stories about them always breaking more than anything else. Either that or a G60 i want. G40 will be 'easier' as wont have to mess about with too many mounts in the engine bay but not sure :/

Well the car was meant to go into the garage on friday to get some bodywork done so on the thursday i had the fun task of taking my front carpet out and the seats. Actually not as hard as i first thought

How it started:



seats and centre console out



Scratch marks on the floor from my car


Carpets out:



thankfully from my eye there was no noticeable bad points on the top to worry about.

half stripped racer look?


however all this was wasted as the guy who was doing it injured him arm the day before and wasnt in work the friday. so they're gonna have to wait a week now cause i cant be bothered to take it all out and in again this week before DC.

When putting it all back in i was contemplating leaving the centre console out but the hole where the gearstick is is massive and the gator had nowhere to stick to so decided to put it back in.

not exactly great knowing your seats are held in by one small bolt though it is?

The bolt merely stops the seat sliding off the runner. It's not load bearing, so technically doesn't hold the seat in.