newbie from the states

Hey all.  I've been lurking here for quite some time and finally decided to post up some info about myself.

I live in Pennsylvania and have been putzing around with MK1s since the mid 80s..   

At the moment I have a 79 golf and an 88 cabriolet

I've totally restored the 79.  My attempt to make a 76 GTI but a little extra.    kinda keep it stock looking,  but with a big motor and some bling undercover.

Every bit of work on the car was done by me.  except mounting the tires..  that was my goal.

the car was featured in PVW in September.  the "do you want fries with that"

79 Diesel converted to a 2.0 16v on webers.

Thanks all.

Very Nice!!!!

Welcome to the site 8)

no way!
if that really is your, your name must be tom?
(sorry if you said that already) i got excited and missed reading it.
theres a teaser trailer of your car on youtube that i downloaded onto my ipod.

Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com…-0uU&feature=channel_page

Thanks.

I forgot to post the video teaser.   We did hours of video footage of the car.    

here is the High Def version of that teaser

http://www.vimeo.com/1306362


That was a lot of fun.   By the end of the day my pressure plate was about to fly apart.   I have since tripple stacked my pressure plate straps.

We had a MK1 only show here Last spring.  the video just came out:  Lots of beer and rain.   but it was a lot of fun.   my car is in the vid a couple times and at the very end.

high def again:
http://vimeo.com/2673874



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Nice videos
So is your name tom then?
That car is amazing and really is perfect.

Yes,  Tom ….sorry

Thanks for the compliments.   

This winter I have been working on some BBS RMs to help get a little more clearence underneith.   I had the lips, centers and bolts chromed.  I'll just paint the barrels silver to keep them timless.

I'm gonna send out my booster and bracket for chroming also.   It's really hard to get stuff chromed here because of environmental regluations,   but my buddy is dating the chromers daughter.    

haha i like it.
I checked out the other videos too, there are alot of famous videos ive seen on youtube.
i dont know if people have ripped them off then posted them as their own or what, but they look good.
Loving audrey lol.

Overhere chroming is pretty easy and common, but other things like parts are more expensive than yours i believe.

Awesome car mate

IMMACULATE! 8)

:notworthy:
 
 :y:
Very Nice

Just found my new wallpaper..

Beautiful example of a mk1 - Spotless

Pierce

thank all.

Lot's of inspiration from your side of the pond that's for sure.

That Golf looks spot-on bro'.

Great job!!!

Did you do it all yourself?Like the paint job and all?

Anyway.

Great looking golf.  :wink:

hi there welcome along

what can i say woooooowwwww that is one immaculate looking car and fantastic pictures as well.

thanks.

My goal with the car was to to do everything.   I didn't mount the tires.  

FIrst car I ever painted too.   

here is the build thread for it.   At the moment it's up on rollers covered up in my garage until spring.  

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1713356

tom check your messages

bigcaddy said

thanks.

My goal with the car was to to do everything.   I didn't mount the tires.  

FIrst car I ever painted too.   

here is the build thread for it.   At the moment it's up on rollers covered up in my garage until spring.  

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1713356

Read the whole thread yesterday. Welldone!! :wink:

Everything looks snazzy.

I also want to start a project like that.

Anyway , this is my car and its my dream to do what you did with yours.






By the way.What is your occupation? Building red Mk1's? :mrgreen:

toyota corollas are pretty few over here.   It would be worth a mint here thats for sure.   I love the 80s toyota stuff.     Make sure you take lots of pictures during your build.

Well as i said.

Thats what i want to do.

I Just scared i run outa money or dont get time to finish her.

The other thing is getting parts for my Ae80 hatch is verrry scare unlike the golfs.

How long did your car take Tom?

i guess 3 years. :dontknow:

well,  one thing about doing it yourself is,  it's much cheaper.    the project took about a year.   

One thing that was nice.   My garage is under my house,  so it's heated and cooled.   and I can go down and work for 5 minutes at a time if needed.    I have 2 kids so I can't devote too much time except after bed time for them.  The fumes from paint and oil get me in trouble   I just painted a set of BBS RMs for it last night……….. still stinks in there.