My Cabby has a MOT.....AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all thought I would just let you all know my 1990 White GTI cabby passed its MOT 3 weeks ago!! was going to post something earlier but just have not found the time.

I did put up a post when I first got the car early October and told you how the front wheel had come off it when I drove it, well alot and I mean a lot of work later and it's road legal MOT ran out in Nov and when I first bought it thought it only needed a handbrake cable, well lets just say the total work I have done is as follows

Mechanical
* 4 wheel hubs & wheel bearings
* New shocks and springs all round (have dropped it sightly)
* Brake pads & disks
* New fuel filler neck
* Frt brake back plates
* LH & RH handbrake cables
* Replaced alloy wheels old ones were shot
* Cooling system - radiator, radiator fan, themo switch, thermostat, hoses, expansion tank cap,  thermostat flange & engine block flange.
* Frt anti roll bar bushes
* LH inner & outer CV boots
* 4 new tyres tracking & camber set, what a difference can steer the car now !!!!

Cosmetic
* Twin light grill fitted
* Correct orange side indicators
* Bought original number plate mount, painted & fiited
* Tonnaeu cover bought
* ICE Pioneer CD headunit + 6 CD Alpine 6x4 in original frt pods & MDF rear shelf with JVC 6x9 with original carpet over the top looks stock.
* Replace wrong black plastic body strips all match mow
* Fixed interior light
* Fixed heater dash inop light, replaced my sealed unit with a seperate bulb type
* Fitted nokia ck 7w bluetooth handsfree kit
* Glove box latch fitted
* 52mm digital clock fitted in console (MFA does not work at all)
* Replaced damaged LH fresh air vent

Here are some latest pictures of "bert" as it's know to my children on the day it passed its MOT




Here's one that shows the clock & bluetooth kit I have fitted


I would just like to say a big thank you to all on this site the info on here has really helped and also the help & parts I have managed to get to get my car sorted, top site.

This car is my fun car and I plan to use it on nice days taking kids out in sunshine etc as well as some late summer night blasts to keep m sane in this mad old world. Have done 130 miles in the last 3 weekends roof down sun out, can you guess i'm hooked on it already.

Just need to sort a few little things out then give it a full service all fluids belts etc and upgrade the alarm, don't want it going missing now!!!

The car is not perfect cosmetically but very presentable could not believe when it went for MOT on of the women at the garage offered me ?3k for it !!!!

Hope to get to some midlands meets and shows this year and meet some of you guys.

Well I think thats a hell of a lot for now so I willl leave you in peace and thanks for reading this, even if it is long!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks really tidy 8)

Love the white on white.

Looking good for the summer! 8)

Well done mate, nice to see a clean white Cabby for a change, unlike mine which I'm sure is supposed to be white but is more of a brown/grey clour.

Arnold

thanks guys for the kind words. Helps keeping it clean as its only used when sun is in the sky, but white alloys forgot how dirty they get (was 17 years ago since I had them) with brake dust even just driving it down the road!!!!

Might try to invest in some original snowflake what do you think original or stick to the OZ ones????