new fella from essex and his mk1 cabby

hey my name is paul and im from sunny old essex. for work i am a cleaner at a big shooping centre 3 days a week and on my days off i do bodywork and welding

been into vw's for a while been driving a mk2 golf 1300 aka the Sh*itebox for a while now which i bought with everything totaly nakered so 60mm drop new clutch gearbox brakes webber carb and g60 steels later has proven to be the most reliable fun car ive ever had.

in my workshop i have a 1990 g60 corrado waiting for a 20v turbo she is getting a smooth bay and eventually full respray ect i have a 1968 oldsmobile cutlass a mk2 caddy van waiting for the road and wait for it. a citroen bx haha.

the cabby is a car ive been after for about 8 years or so but everytime it came up my work was crap and i couldnt afford it, but finally this time i had the cash so it was mine.

its a 1600 5 speed that has a few issues like the pooberg carb is up the shoot and the gear linkage needs setting up right but i only paid £500 so al in all im happy.

so after sitting in a garage for nearly 2 years only moving for mot, a quick was and polish later she looks like this.







only this i dont like are the wheels would love some bbs rm's but think im likely to go down the lenso bsx route first.

this is the mk2 golf i use as a daily atm (minus the roofrack now as i dont need to carry ladders)

how she was when i got her


how she is now





the cutlass


the corrado as i got her




thanks for takng time to read any comments are welcome good or bad.

hope to get to no you all

Paul

Hiya Paul, welcome to the forum. That's quite a collection of motors there, good luck with the resto on the Corrado. Loving the Cabby!

Very nice cabby dude as mentioned on ECD forum  

welcome to the site

very nice collection of cars

thanks for the comments yea i have quite a collection but will have to thin out a bit really as im running out of room badly lol never mind. prob be the mk2 that goes as i can pinch bits for the cabby.

Welcome to the site mate!!

I'd remove the grille spoiler and wheels bud but thats just me…. obviously you'd need other wheels though or you'll be stuck   .  Your seriously busy… makes me feel bad about neglecting my projects lol.  Might be the kick up the rear I need lol.

na the grill spoiler is staying but wheel will be going. yea i have a collection to keep be out of trouble, havent been down the workshop much recently as work has been super manic.