Mk1 - G60

This is my first project, trying to do as much of it as i can
having a bit of help by the side, I'm a younger one so learning
the shell is rust free, had a tad in the rear arch n fuel filler but nothing serious, all gone now
i picked it up as a 1.1 which was standard apart from the turbos and old skool leather buckets.
this is my pride and joy to KEEP
it came with the original mk1 golf dash but decided to make my own, along with the rest of the interior and grill ect… you know the deal

Nice work so far - Love the scuttle tray mod too!

That front grill is sexy! How did you make it?? I want one

cheers mate
you need 2 original mk1 golf grills, the one your going to keep carefully cut the badge out, cut a section out of the one your going to throw away (oversize) to fit in the gap, i used a disc sander to make it a tight fit, then simply work superglue into were it joins, its not taking any weight so superglue works well, then i just sanded it dead flat then went over it in matt black,
and if your a perfectionist like me, i cut the back of the grill out,
when you look at a mk1 golf grill either side theres about 10-20mm of the back being solid so when you look directly at it it sorta stands out
but thats just me getting fussy.

Cheers mate, gonna go find another grill and give it a go, I was going to cut away the extra backing bits anyway to aid air flow as the right hand side bit would almost completely cover my charge coolers radiator and fan.. But thanks for giving me another project to do for my mk1 g60!!

Sorry mate one last thing, what did you use yo cut the plastic? I have a dremel so was going to buy a little blade attachment but thought this might get too hot and cause the plastic to melt arounf the blade? Cheers

i just used a really fine blunt blade in a jigsaw, probably not the best of ways but it does the job, it does tend to melt the plastic but it isn't too bad, as long as you keep a picture of the result in ur head its worth anything
another thing when you cut the section out of ur your throwing away, make sure in the middle of you cutout you have one of the vertical plastic back suppport bits, i think i cut my whole bigger so i could fit 2 in to make it bait stronger.

lookin good mate it should be a nice car wen finished

foxy

i brought a g60 mount set, the right hand 02a gearbox mount looks ok
but this mount here doesn't look right, doesn't fit, also looked at the justcaddys set and it looks like it won't line up with the mount on my mk1,
it seems to me in needs to be a lot wider

hope any g60 lads can help ?
might be best to send the kit back and get the one from justcaddys ??????

love the grille dude. i have one just like it on my  mk1 g60! i have a chrome surround though.
the scuttle panel mod is a nice touch too.

nice work id like to see this some time.

Looking ace, top work geez! Had afew mentions already, but the scuttle is lush...gonna look awsome with a lick of paint on! Will deffo be keeping any eye on this build - btw the Mc2 looked very tidy too, bumpers are/were very slick

cheers lads
yehh they was the very rare diesel bumpers that was on the mk2
my plans for the scuttle is to keep it as open as i can and touch it up with some simple pinstripe
to this day i have never seen it in a mk1 ever, but my mate did say he seen a caddy with it done,
my favourite mod by far.

sprinter intercooler turned up today too
just need to find somewhere that sells a good 380mm topfill radiator pretty soon ????????????
also fuel pump ??? i got told facet fuel pumps are good ?

heeeyyyy i bought your old mk1 changed a bit since you owned it :p

yo alright mate, nice to see your on the forum,
hows the ratter going ? ill have to check out some photos of it

yeah dude she's running nice now i dont come on here very often i use the rat forum lol
http://www.rat-look.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7760

anyhow this is looking like a bit of a beast keep up the good work

done a nice job man looks bad ass , i kinda miss it now that winters here i want another rat look mk1

i dug up some more photos
you might notice i like the ronal turbos too…

Just want to say I'm loving the caddy tailgate in the engine bay.

Hello mate, just thought id say thanks for the tips on the de-badged grill! Finished it yesterday..

Also did a full how-to write up for anyone who might want to make one http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=109250