my mk1 16v resto

Last summer i got the shout that a mate of mine had a shell of a mk1 golf for sale nice and cheap.  I had a quick look and it was mint so i persuaded the mrs to let me take over the space in the drive where my polo gt race car was.  i thought this'd be the ideal base to build a new car.  


this was the first look i had of it

i had it delivered and after bolting on bumpers and a quick wash it looked like this




i then fitted the interior parts that i had including a cobra bucket seat on a custom vw seat base and an apparantly rare as german vw steering wheel

i whacked on a set of avo fully adjustable coilovers and bonrath top mounts and sourced a 16v engine and 8v gearbox




was a late evening

A mate of mine sorted me out with a set of bbs ra's in a 15" with tyres for a bargain just in time for ultimate dubs


cleared the snow to get these bad boys on



cut out the scuttle panel after a trip to M.V developments to see their mk2 jetta coupe r32 powered race car.


clay barred ready for ultimate dubs this march


managed to get cinders to the ball


gave the engine a clean

and a nice shot of the car as it stands now

had a change of heart with the directtion of the car i still want to follow the motorsport sort of theme and do soem rwyb playing in it but i also want it to look like a 'proper' mk1

so took some of the race numbers out of the golf today and had a bit of a clean up inside the car and the garage

good excuse for some decent pics as my graphics supplier wanted to see some of his graphics work too






(no more race numbers)











Hope you like it im waiting for a corrado interior in red and black to go inside and im going to have anashley manifold to add on in the not too distant future then its just a case of finishing off the new brakes and the wiring to have some fun in the new year  

Very impressive stuff. Certainly was a nice shell to start off with. Nice one! Some very good photography in there too! Any pics of your rare steering wheel?  :mrgreen:

(there is a vw badge embossed in the centre horn push piece and i painted it mars red to match the car

this is it i was told it was rare and i've never seen another the person who originally had it said it was from a german polo race car or something

i like it anyway

Very nice  8)

coming on lovely from the first shots fella.

very nice my friend.

cheers guys like i said i'm just waiting for some interior bits and bobs then its a case of finishing off things to get it running,

can't wait to do little other bits like a front splitter and the little aesthetic bits

just not sure what to do next…..any suggestions?

just to make it worth while a quick scan of this months pvw