My mk1 golf van

Wow such a nice colour!! The paint finish looks great and the seats are spot on too!

You must be well chuffed!  

Thanks fella ya took me months to choose the colour lol well pleased with it ya the seats wer a lucky find 

Right iv sacked the last sprayer as he had taken 2 or 3 years to spray the van doors an wings. so should have my boot bonnet done bye next week some time by the new bloke he sprayed my Mazda before an done a top job should off used him in the first place lol .  going try an fit the engine in Sunday an push it round to the new shed 

Done loads yesterday wrapped the gear selector in thermal wrap painted the binder catch cleaned up the boot catch 
Today got the van in the good work shop 
Then wrapped the steering boot in thermal wrap as well then tidy every thing up going sort the fuel lines out Tuesday 
Then get the engine in 

Another late night fitted an painted the  fuel acumalator fitted the new fuel line   covered the fuel filter in heat wrap made a braket for the fuel filter an half sprayed it an sprayed the 4 branch in heat spray just got wrap it  going try an fit the engine Thursday 

I'm a happy man got my engine in after about 4 years spent all last night polishing bolts an bolting things back on  trail fitted the 4 branch fitted the gear remote started sorting the loom out ready for taping up should have the 4 branch fitted today alone with the lamba probe 

Certainly worth the effort mate  

Picked my bonnet boot up to day 
Got the bonnet fitted clean all the boot seal then realised I've lost the boot hinges 
So done bits too the loom will have to get some hinges soon as from somewhere 

Picked my bonnet boot up to day 
Got the bonnet fitted clean all the boot seal then realised I've lost the boot hinges 
So done bits too the loom will have to get some hinges soon as from somewhere 

Done a fair bit lately took my fan apart cleaned an sprayed the motor sprayed 
The fuel filter bracket an connected up the fuel return cut my manifold down to 2.5 so I can weld a stub on to sleeve 2,5 inch stainless done a bit of polishing as well wrapped the loom up at last 
Going fit the intercooler in the week an mock up the boost pipes 

Having fun with the intercooler an rad 
Installing thought we'd sorted the intercooler pipes out last night but never took the rad into account so had to change things about picking a smaller rad up tomorrow so hope that small enough so to get the intercooler pipes round the rad at the battery side while clearing the supercharger boost return my alarm arrived today going try fit that Moro 

Nope give up nothing poxy fits 

right after getting the hump with the intercool an rad i started the exhuast thats sort off going ok run out off pie tho
i also covered the inlet in gold foil to beat the heat ended up bining the old intercool got a td5 one an started modding it to fit the intercooler was a bit beat up so iv got another one on its way ill mod that one to fit iv sorted the supercharger side just got cut an angel the other side an make up boost pipes for tjhat side iv fitted the fan on my orignal rad as well thinking off getting coilovers soon an bumpers thats another grand o joy 

Nice work

cut an welded the manifolf to 2.5 inch an welded the o2 bung in then wrapped it in titanium wrap
an another set back the mk1 oil cooler remote dont fit fouls the rally u bend so had to polish the old one up

hows she looking at the mo trying work out the rad an intercooler

Lovely-jubbley!  

thanks hairyass heres a thew pics of the throtel cable clamp we made

thew more pics been busy welding the intercooler
an lots off pholishing

getting there now just intercooler pipes an water hose,s to make an then i can go for a start up fingers crossed it starts