driver (ish)

hey all. iv been signed up on this forum for quite a while now and figure its about time i posted a few pics of my golf…………







needs some work but its all there and usable
the yellow cables were a vain attempt to help with the starting in the mornings!!

oh yeah has 4 branch system gti brakes, seats blah blah blah……..

its now got a standard 2 lamp grill and spats fitted. oh and a standard back box!

other than that its as i brought it in feb this year.

im not taking any credit/responsibility for it! as a prev owner had done the engine swap etc

comments welcome good and bad!!

looks like a nice little project, does it need much doing? any major plans?

keep us posted

regards

chris n helen

You've got yourself a nice mk1 there. Grill and backbox change a good move. The smooth tailgate looks good.

thanks for the comments, plans are to sort the electrical gremlins, improve the head lights and just enjoy driving it, though i dont know if i or my neighbours can put up with the cold starting in the mornings (its my daily) so perhaps an engine change or even carburation change, something with a choke basically!!

re: smooth tail gate, i do miss having a rear wiper!! reckon its my age causing me to think practically, well almost any way!

looks gud what do the yellow cables do ?

they were connected up to the choke cable, supposed to richen the mixture so i was told, made funk all difference to the starting of the engine though!!

hehe gotta try these fings tho.  keep up the gud work .=)

Hi Bugfez, thanks for sharing the pictures. I owned the car many years ago.

One thread below

https://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&id=modifications-and_2%2Ftwin-40-s

I'll upload some pictures when I get chance.

It's not changed much in 14+ years. Used to have a single wiper conversion (back when they were cool!).

The twin 40s used to snap necks when starting up.

Those photos are only 4 years after you owned it, if you didnt realise

I was so tired last night after work, I thought the post was started in 2020!
Then realised I was 11 years late.
Apologies..

It's SORN but has MOT so she's still alive at least.