richie's mars red '83 gti

injectors now obsolete..  :cry:

but i sourced some from another dealership..    as they are obsolete they were glad to get rid of them to me so half price!! woooo !!!! the bonuses of working for VW!!  

should be delivered tomorrow!! back on the road tomorrow night for weekend cruising!!

nice mk1 man. liking the mk3 too.

Glad you got some rich, I was just about to start raiding my parts bin for ya

I have a "few" spare injectors, if anyone else you know needs any crazy quiff does them for about ?70 a set i think

Hello buddy!  Long time no see… :wink:

Taking the mk1 to holton classics?

hey dude…

if it is running -which it should be - yep!!  

you?

Oh yes don't wanna miss it 8) !

New mods to be revealed :angel:

I've also found out the clear indecator lenses… still wanna swap?

damski said

I've also found out the clear indecator lenses… still wanna swap?

yes please dude.. bring em with you..

all fixed!!!  

woooooooopp

a new injector that actually squirts fuel in works much better..  

just a pic from holton classics at the weekend.
properly hot and somehow didn't get sunburnt!!  



 

more pics from the show here, if anybody is interested..

http://z7.invisionfree.com/tidyvag/index.php?showtopic=12571&st=0&#last

Lovely looking car that is!! Very jealous.
Yet more inspiration to get my resto finished and out the garage (same reg and colour!).
Have you decided to stick with the twin lights or yet to make a final decision? I'm in the same dilema single or twin….

paceman said

Lovely looking car that is!! Very jealous.
Yet more inspiration to get my resto finished and out the garage (same reg and colour!).
Have you decided to stick with the twin lights or yet to make a final decision? I'm in the same dilema single or twin….

haven't decided yet..

may get another pair of grille badges and paint the red trims i have in the garage and chop and change between them as i feel like it ..  

where are the pics of your resto?? i wanna see!!  

i have been trying not to spend money on the mk1, seeing as i still owe the girlie her money for buying it…….. but ……
some red stripe seats came up on ebay, they looked pretty good so i bid and won them.. wooo!

when i picked them up they looked pretty good and after a damn good clean - they are!!

old one out, new one cleaned and ready..



two new front ones .



old and new rears, check the fade around the seatbelt on the bottom right of the old one!!!!  can't have moved for years!!



all fitted and nice and red and not ripped to shreds!



most pleased  






and………………

i've started on mini me!!





now i really have got to not spend any money on it..
just clean
and clean
and clean..

and do an oil change..
and get the bootlid spoiler removed..
and painted..


ooops..

since i am on holiday this week and the other half isn't i have time on my hands and so started cleaning up the motor..

have so far cleaned all inside the boot shut, the inside of the bootlid, the door shuts, hinge area and bottoms of the doors, so they all now look like this.




have also polished all the paintwork on the inside of the car as i don't think it had been done for years.. then i fixed the seat which didn't tilt with a new cable and started on the engine bay.

removed the screenwash bottle and thorougly cleaned it and the whole area around it:



much better.
next will be remove the rad cowling and get that powder coated black again, then in a month or so the car will be coming off the road for a few months so i can get the rest of the engine bay as clean as the above picture.

whilst doing the bay cleaning i found the outer temp sensor for the mfa shoved in the hollow area of the chassis leg (wiring through the front panel with the indicator wiring and the just shoved in the end of the chassis leg!)
my guess is it is not supposed to be here!  but i couldn't find anywhere for it to go, where does it go???? anybody?

richievr said

i've started on mini me!!

and i've nearly finished mini me

window rubbers painted


luxury interior ready


single light grille, side stripes(cheers steve, they are spot on!!) , bbs wheels from a different model 8) …


arches painted, bumper on, grille in, windows in


aaannnndddddd…










as low as i could get it to go , but not bad..
just for reference, it's this big. or small??.


just need to put on the badges front and rear and put in the shelf supports and parcel shelf and its done!!

wish the proper car was this easy    and cheap

and a new piccy of the proper one.

Nice one Rich :wink:

cheers matey..
have to get some arty pics with mini me up close and real thing in the distance so they appear the same size . . .

liking the mini more than the big one  :wink:

welsh-mk1 said

liking the mini more than the big one  :wink:

So am I…. that's brilliant mate!!!!

welsh-mk1 said

liking the mini more than the big one  :wink:

ooooyyyyyy…             






me too at the mo.. it's so much easier and won't go rusty either…