richie's mars red '83 gti

:cheer:  Good luck for the MOT. How many hundred miles will you be doing this weekend?

Hairyarse said

:cheer:  Good luck for the MOT. How many hundred miles will you be doing this weekend?

not many    :evil:

it passed the mot!! woop.
then broke.
so i fixed it.
then it broke. again.

so i shut it in the garage….  

seriously…

it has passed the mot, and i have a tax disc too. so it is all legal..  

but on the way home from the post office it burst a water hose  .
so i limped home stopping a few times to refill (with water i handily had in the boot).

after letting it cool down i took off the burst hose and replaced with a red (yuk!!) samco one and refilled with water. couldn't drive any more on saturday as we had to go shopping and visit her mum etc and she wanted to drive the cabrio as it was lovely and sunny….

then on sunday got up, watched grand prix, then went to a local VW show - holton classics - on the way, guess what????? burst another water hose….    was well recieved at the show though which pleased me  
so i limped home. again. and didn't have a spare hose so put it in the garage and shut the door, unable to go for a cruise about on a lovely warm sunny sunday evening… boooo…

but i took this before i put it away for the night…. which i like…


have ordered new hose today, will be in tomorrow so will be up and running again tomorrow night….

now i am worried it will burst the next weakest hose, and the next, and the next, etc etc until they are all new… ??? hopefully not as i can't afford any more at the mo, have just paid for lemans….

Love your MK1 Rich, mine hopefully may look that tidy when it's done - mars red too!

Unlucky with the hoses. It is possible though more may go if all old. Fingers crossed not yet though. Enjoy driving :wink:

cheers hairy, i'm sure yours will look way better after you have finished your full resto ….. mine is tidy, but not totally minted and repainted….  

the hose issue does concern me, i just hope the weak ones have now burst and it will be ok now…. as you say fingers crossed!!

Lovely mk1

I was thinking about replacing all my hoses, now I think I will :wink:

Pete.

does look sweet rich, i couldnt help but laugh sunday at least you managed to find another hose.

he he he , cheers jimbo  
and i got the 'u' shaped one new from vw too!! will be done tonite. again.

and redpete, may not be a bad idea i think…. i am going to do mine gradually as i can afford them.

also, at the show at the weekend was a "yomp style twin" of my car :-


only 21 numbers away in the reg from mine ….

Looking wicked underbonnet mate can't wait to get some of my bits powdercoated!!! how did you get your grill that black???

 

richievr said

he he he , cheers jimbo  
and i got the 'u' shaped one new from vw too!! will be done tonite. again.

and redpete, may not be a bad idea i think…. i am going to do mine gradually as i can afford them.

Yeah I will be using vw for my hoses, I have just converted to 16v and finished refurbing my mk1, (fully rebuilt KR), so im nearly on the road, and will be doing hoses next.

Oh and mines mars red to :wink:

Whats the next job on the list?

Pete.

blans said

Looking wicked underbonnet mate can't wait to get some of my bits powdercoated!!! how did you get your grill that black???
 

thanks matey    i bought a new one from vw….  

redpetemk1 said

Oh and mines mars red too :wink:

Whats the next job on the list?
Pete.

tailgate, then suspension….

where are pics of yours then????

nothing new for me just yet, still saving for the new suspension that is needed.. have done quite a few more miles since the engine bay clean up, so far so good. no water or oil leaks anymore - woop woop  8) tailgate should be painted and on in the next couple of weeks, then hopefully suspension will be done before the annual gathering.
new pic from today though..  



and one of the vr6 too .  8O



loving the summer sun!

Great pics Rich. You got good taste, got the mars red mk1 already, I'm just looking at buying a VR6 8)

i saw you were on there the other day… get one!! they are ace!! i STILL can't decide between the two of them  

Bet it's tough to know which one to take out - cant wait to get one and have something to hoon around in until the MK1 is done 8)

Hairyarse said

Bet it's tough to know which one to take out - cant wait to get one and have something to hoon around in until the MK1 is done 8)

   he he, it is tough sometimes, depends on what mood i am in..

Hey mate, loving the mk1. Looks beaut. So does the Mk3!

I noticed you have the good looking records logo as your avatar, LTJ is awesome eh!  8)

cheers mate! and oh yeah!! awesome!

update time , has been a while…

when i first bought my car it had this lovely(?) spoiler on the bootlid


when i pulled it off there was rust and loads of scratches underneath it so i sourced another bootlid which was 99% rust free, but with a couple of dents.. so, back in september i did this in my garden…..




finally last month it went over to my mates paint and body shop….
so we stripped it right back to metal pretty much all over the outside

and flatted back all the inside, put in some new seam sealer along the bottom edge


painted it and wet flatted it off..


polished it up good and proper then removed the old one and fitted the new nice shiny one..


put the new sticker on - what a ************** job that was  



finished!!  

except i need to get the black stripe for along the bottom edge. i did get the yellow one inside from crazyquiff at the show on sunday..