'No rush' Cabrio - low down green machine

So I have acquired my first MK1 but not first A1 chassis.  Having owned 3 Scirocco's and currently building the monster 'White lady' as seen in the Other projects forurm page I came across this cabrio local to me as I was looking for a fun summer toy..
The car has had 12 owners and around 2010 it was built as you see it now..  Personally I hate the look so I have set about removing the decals and stickers and looking at a decent resto all over.

Its called No Rush because the missus said there is no rush on the build - anxiety kicks in wanting to get things done when really I have no rush to complete it

So what have we got?

Modifications:
- Spax fully adjustable coilovers.
- Scorpion exhaust.
- Cobra alarm and immobiliser with sensors on doors, boot and bonnet.
- Wireless and electronic central locking operated through a key fob (spare also included)
- Mini Starmag wheels with custom hub adaptors. Yokohama A539 tyres all round; all have plenty of tread.
- Full hydraulic/electric hood system retrofitted.
- Momo race steering wheel
- Larger diameter drilled front disc brakes
- Re-sprayed Oak green
- Car has been swage line smoothed and the front bumper has also been smoothed
- The previous owner also applied a matt vinyl strip to each side of the car along with “sticker bombing” the front right corner and the rear left corner.
- Sony CD player with AUX input, Vibe front speakers and JBL subwoofer.

Sounds like a great little car but a lot of it I have now uncovered to be thrown together and not very good at all.
Plan was to throw a few hundred at her and have a sweet little cab but that may escalate to near £1000 after paint and interior replacement.

Looking forward to it and have started work on her so will get more pics as I go..  plan is to push OEM+ with a little euro twist

 

Nice

Cheers, if you look through tinted glasses from 50 yards it looks really good.. I love the tweeter install and Ripspeed pedal covers lol

Rusty dan said

Cheers, if you look through tinted glasses from 50 yards it looks really good.. I love the tweeter install and Ripspeed pedal covers lol

If you drink 10 beers, tilt your head whilst wearing the tinted glasses at 45 degrees even the graffiti must look cool.    

All joking aside, it's a one off and I look forward to following it's progress as a project!  

Well its definately got some nice parts to it. And door cards van be found  with tweeter holes for standards if that's wanted. The graffiti sticker are nice. Pedals are take or leave..Some paint and rubber on no issues. But to be honest if you looking to make it a grands worth of car means you got it cheap as chips. It's a summer car so plenty of time it's still snowing..

Looks like a nice bit of tinkering you've got on your hands there. I'm a massive fan of oak green  Ripspeed however…..  

Duplicate

Exactly that :Golf Cabrio: lol


Cheers peeps!
I need to pump a grand in to to and it will then owe me under 2 grand still.  It will be a mint little cruiser when finished as I dont know any other way.. All my old dubs end that way and I look forward to showing you the work that goes in to this one.  

So she is now de stickered,  vinyl ' and glued! Horrible job as only petrol would shift it!
Now there are 2 types of people that sticker their cars.. those who want to make it look cool and those who want to hide damage or shoddy workmanship.. I got the latter I reckon!
Still she looks better for it and when she has been off for paint she will be back to her best.. but as always.. No Rush!

A bit of good news, sourced a carpet, seats and door cards so I can do away with my current one if anyone is interested? Picking it up Sunday but as always No Rush 

So things are progressing..

I have a full service lined up for the engine, new clutch cable and gear linkage repair kit too

I also went on my travels for an interior complete with carpet for an absolute steal of a price.. included also were the upper interior door trims in use able condition for a whole £10 😲
Here is a sneak of the seats cloth..


The replacement carpet to go in but first I had to remove the old, clear some water ingress and source some new underlay..




Looking forward to the next couple of weeks when the car is more complete!

Carpet is in! Next up, soundproof door skins… refit new interior and door cards!

So tonight saw me add soundproofing and plastic membrane to the passenger door and fit of the door card.. really pleased with it and the car now has a decent thud sound when the door is closed! Looking forward to getting the other side and the rear cards done tomorrow

Looks spot on mate!

Seats, carpet and door cards in!
Lower dash to go in after some repair with odds and sods to finish.. well happy with it and all for less than a year's road tax!

Making good progress on this Dan!

Cheers.. loads to do still, reckon 6 weeks till car is finished ready for fun!