the story so far

So 1st I will tell you a bit about my self my name is dan im 22 and im addicted to mk1s! It all started when I was  16 i went into mechanics and started an apprenticeship witch after 3 years and are lovely governments cutbacks provided me with 2nvqs and an apointment at the jobcenter fortunately id got my 1st car at this point a polo 86c breadvan for the princly sum of £40 and a tube of rolos that cept me busy for a mounth or so   this set up my bug for vws after a frend had a 1.3 mk1 golf and let me have a go I was bitten and need one so I started saving then what turned into a stroke of luck happend I got hit by a cyclist resulting in a dislocated sholder and a lawsute with ther resulting compensation I bought my mk1 (lucy) after an event free drive from whales and 3hours of relentless grinning I had my very own mk1 gti tintop  after a re mot and some tax she drove perfectly she had what I was told was a 1.8 and she went like it ive bean in fast cars and driven them but nothing seems to make the hair stand on end like her lol after 6 mounths and a lot of fun I decided I wanted some more power this resulted in a trip to the scrap yard and resulted in an abf lump with my plans set I desided to turbo it and run it on mega squirt after a mounth off the road and a lot of scraped knuckles it was complete and on the road lots more fun was had and then a blown motor resulted along with redundancy from were I was working at the time the gti motor was put back in at this point and she went onto weekend duty as stress release she was used most weekends after getting a new job she was back on the cards for a full build on the abf but I desided I was going to do the body work 1st and get it to my ocd level of workmanship (when I can see my face in the underside it will be redy) I new she was going to need rear valence and a scuttle so they were ordered the car was striped this is when the disappointments began rust rust rust the drivers side was fine but the pasinger side was a mess she had taken a hit the inner wing is bent and the a piller as well the rust had taken hold and I was insure what to do leaveing me with this  to top it all off my polo then droped valve I then had to get a new daily resulting in this  so thats the story so far sorry for the lack of pictures as the phone I had at the time of the 1st build stolen hopefully the ones ive uploaded work thow 

That's a brilliant story Dan, well darn done mate!    

I think your really going to like this Club, so stick around and do keep us updated please.

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Will definitely be sticking around as have lots of plans for her and will be sticking with it will get down the garage Saturday and get a update of her as she is at the moment and my plans for her as well  

Welcome aboard Dan, nice story and lovely mk1 you have there

Nice Mk1and can't beat a abf

So my 1st update thanks for all the posts 
This wont be a massive update just a bit closer look at ther work im wanting to carry out and plans for modifications  this is her as she sits at the moment ive began removeing the engine the interiors out and loom I also had a closer look at the damage to the pas door today and the shoddy repairs its had  as you can see the door piller is dented in not sure if it would be a repair thats doable also had the arrival of my new engine block yesterday witch will give me something to do  not in a rush with the shell as the car is getting a complete re do the doors in my bedroom at the moment being preped for paint lol so thats todays progress need a good clear out in the garage when I get 5min to make some space witch is quite limited lots to come over the next fue weeks as the girlfriend is telling me to get on with it  

Okay plans had to do it in two parts as phone wouldnt load in the long term im wanting the car to end up all black will keep the side moldings and euro bumpers but it will all be black engine wise im going to be doing a full build on the abf and am look to get 400bhp reliably with the turbo setup and integrated engineering internals and acompanying head work gearbox wise Im going with the mk3 02j with a lsd suspension wise I have a nice new set of spax coilovers and will be going for weitec arbs polybushes threwout and enyrthing else tgat is required to get it to handle the power without makeing me cry lol