16v mk1 project

 have now ended up with another mk1 golf, it's been local to me for over 10 years but had been sitting in a garage with a half finished 16v conversion for about 8 years, it was booked into my workshop for welding repairs and 16v conversion, however my customer couldn't afford to finish it and offered it to me for a fair price











 

Looks like a great start to a project  

What's your plans with it?

Matt

Need to get the welding finished and the 16v running, I might sell it after that or possibly put the rest of it back together and sell it, thinking about painting it white aswell

That's a lot of the welding done now, still got rear panel to weld


 

Good progress. So much easier with a spit too  

Matt

Been getting a bit done on this most days, cleaning up for primer now

Doing some prep for painting, feels good not to be welding for a change

Got the shell painted, still need to paint doors,  boot lid, bonnet and wings  

Got a bit of spare time just now so getting a bit done on this,  found out one of the pins from the brake bar was missing so I decided to machine a new one.
First pic shows the pin machined down to 8mm staring from 13mm hex bar, second pic shows finished pin, bit more interesting than welding and painting

Back to painting again now, doors bonnet and tailgate ready for paint

Good luck with the rest of the work. I'm sure it'll be a cracking car when you finish.

Coming on now, watching with interest!

I found that my KR is using a corsa b rad to clear the carbs, I am keen to get a fresh reflections one in there at some point though.

I'm going to use the k jet injection so standard rad will be fine for me

What year is it? 

its a 1983 car, first reg in January 1984 its an A reg

Got the doors, bonnet and boot lid painted and back on
 

Got a lot of the engine and wiring back in now, starting to look a bit better now