Newbie all the way from South Africa

Hi all - names Puben, all the way from Johanessburg South Africa.
been browsing this site for a while, find it very interesting and informative…

I'm currently riding in a mk 1 golf it's got a 2litre 8 valve motor powered by Suzuki GSXR1000cc bike carbs and get's lifted by a 288 degree cam…it's fun to drive, not extremely powerful but can give a few a go…

I'm starting with a restoration project in a week with another mk1, coz i'm selling my old one (above), and i'm gonna try and build one of the fastest normally aspirated four cylinder golfs on my side of the equator…currently in South Africa that title belongs to the "Jenvey" golf, it's powered by a 2.0 20 valve normally aspirated Audi motor, with 48mm Jenvey Throttle bodies and a Quaife LSD with a fully worked motor and he does the quater mile in 12.9 seconds. unfortunately in South Africa the Quaife and Jenvey products are extremely expensive, so we are limited to making other plans.

I'll post some pics of my ride…

Laters

Hi and welcome,i have a citigolf in my garage from your neck of the woods,was registered in Benoni reg number SJD 845T,now in not so sunny Birmingham U.K.
Enjoy the mk1
Bert

Thanks Bert
I see you still got the old Transvaal number plates, u used to live in the East Rand?…yeah mines is also a citigolf, the cheapest and easiest car to mod in SA…

Hi mate,i didnt live there,the couple i brought it off did,they worked in the local hospital,the citi was used as a second car,low miles,air con too.
I wouldnt be without a mk1 golf (or 3!) love them.
I need 2 wheel arch rear spats if you can nip into the local dealer and get a pair  :wink: obsolete in u.k now,
Keep posting on the site
Bert

Question for you,the other citi i had was registered CGP589 GP,the car came from the same dealer,benoni citi,both 1994 cars,why are the reg numbers so different? ive also seen CA plates do they change from province to province?
Just wondering
Bert

hello mate welcome to the forum , you are so going to be asked to source parts for us over here in obsolete land, oh by the way can you get bodypanels.........ect. ect. ect... :roll:

Welcome   

When can you start shipping parts over here  

[ I am of course joking ]


Cheers….

Bert said

Question for you,the other citi i had was registered CGP589 GP,the car came from the same dealer,benoni citi,both 1994 cars,why are the reg numbers so different? ive also seen CA plates do they change from province to province?
Just wondering
Bert

okay the CGP589GP are the newer plates GP stands for Gauteng province, and in the other plates the T stands for Transvaal its the old "apartheid" plates as i call them and yes every province in South Africa has it own unique registration.

mk1jim said

hello mate welcome to the forum , you are so going to be asked to source parts for us over here in obsolete land, oh by the way can you get bodypanels………ect. ect. ect… :roll:

Thanks for the welcome
Funnily enough body panels are quite easy to get here in S.A. but i know nothing about shipping…

chudd said

Welcome   

When can you start shipping parts over here  

[ I am of course joking ]


Cheers….