Devo's Mk1 Golf Project Infinity : 1998 -> 2008
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Devo's Mk1 Golf Project Infinity : 1998 -> 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFfZi4oZjQo
Here's how she finished up after 10 years on and off working on my mk1.
and this is how it got there. Here's how is started in 1998
which progressed into this…
and finally in 2002 it looked like this.
The Golf + cover in July 2002. Love the wheels dont you
The car did 3 shows before it was back i the garage and on with the rebuild. I stripped the whole thing and started again. That stereo took 6 months to install and 2 hours to rip out.
The car took up home at Paul Websters for quite a while whilst the work got underway
Engine out
Smoothing the bay
it was all or nothing now, I'd turned my finished mk1 into a rolling shell. pants.
The obligatory shiney bits
and the new "injection" system… 45 webers…
Polishing began on the head and inlet manifold
…and the gearbox.
Also got a pedal box from Volks-speed
then the car was sent off to the Selectadrive in Hull to start the smooting. First the rear interior arches, and then the engine bay
colour to test the overall shape
chassis legs notches to allow for drive shafts
My uncle got the block back together, and I started adding the shiney bits.
New exhaust from G Werks
Polished and put in place…
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They were dipped…
…stripped and outer rims polished
interior finally painted in porsche 70's brown.
got the gearbox back finished. quality chrome did the final touching up for me
I'm blown away with how it looks. it better win something next year (if not only festival )
ready to go back in
Air ride from BSS Air Ride in Holland…. good kit, but requires some strut welding.
There definately wasn't enough room for all of the kit in the original spare wheel well with the original tank.
That was Plan A out of the window. Plan B was to weld in a second hand well from another car, but they are HARD to find. Plan C was to buy a replacement panel and weld it in, but no one makes one. So Plan D was to have one made and have an alloy tank made that fitted into the well.
got some bling back from the chromers.
This is how the interior looked on friday before it went off to MJ's.
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and the baby seat
the dials were tricky to get right and this is version 10 or something. I dont have a photo of the needles, but they are laser cut from stainless steel and have VW logos on the base.
steering wheel and rear view mirror both relatively cheap buys from ebay.com
you'd think the car was nearly done, but in reality it still had to go back to the sprayers for some much needed work. Because I was stubborn I decided to leave the engine in and wrap it I took it out in the end as the engine bay had to be resprayed as well.
so off to the sprayers…
Liking the matt brown effect. Ready for final paint and a polish.
Back at the lockup and the rebuild begins. Repolished the Porsche winter wheels as well.
Engine back in and ready to run. I had no idea what was coming round the corner. I couldn't get any oil pressure at all. 2 engine rebuilds later and it turned out to be a stupid small valve in the oil filter bracket which has got blocked up. anyway, I'm trying to blank out that fortnight of my life… on with the pics.
At the mot… cheers Carl
After almost 10 years of work, getting on the cover of the Golf + (July 2008) is a real finishing post.
a couple of weeks later and a good offer came up on the porsche wheels, so they had to go… and back on came the Steffan RS's. I'm really please with the look.
Thanks for looking through my build thread.
YOU TUBE VERSION - you can now watch this entire build on YouTube…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFfZi4oZjQo
Paul.
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Well done..!
1986 Cabriolet (long resto!)
1983 Cabriolet (daily pain in the bum)
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Paul..
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I remember joining demon vw, back in 2003, and thinking your mk1 was super cool them, it just gets better with age!
Inspirational :wink: Need to get mine on the road.
Pete
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got some issues to iron out….like my buzzing indicator relay…any clues?
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youve set a benchmark very few if any will exceed! keep us posted on anyother mods…or if you decide to rip it out and start again, do let us know so we can kill you before you do! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
brucie
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brucieboy said
if you decide to rip it out and start again, do let us know so we can kill you before you do! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
brucie
funny…. that's what the wife said to me
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But I can safely say I absoloutely LOVE IT :notworthy:
MOARE PICS!!
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It's actually amazing. If u don't mind me asking, what do you do for a living? Do you do this kind of stuff on a daily basis or just in your free time?
A tip of the hat to you sir!
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Andy
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1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
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1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
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