Samuel Cole's mk1 berg-cup g40 project

Morgie said

Brilliant work, the cage makes it look hardcore!

Really impressive doing it all on your drive as well

is it more impressive if i say im only 18 aswell?

No. 


Unless you finish it before your 19

yooooo!

updates:

started smoothing the bay and is near completion now!



and some other bits:



the collection:



took advantage of the sun and sanded outside



bit of progress, sand, fill repeat at the moment cf_emoticons__BangHead:not finished but just seeing what it comes out like



HOWEVER something a little more interesting!







tucked away for another night










As you can see from the pics above the pls are sadly not wide enough, thats with 20mm spacers under her

so new rimmage was purchased!

cheaky shot:





Should sit better, got tyres coming soon so see how she sits!

anyone know where to get super thin adaptors as there poking quite abit already but need to go from 4x108 to 4x100?

cheers for any comments! questions or out!

KEEP IT REAL

Do you go to bed ???     Awesome build so far dude  

Bag.

Baggie82 said

Do you go to bed ???     Awesome build so far dude  

Bag.

 i work stupid hours at a hotel but decent pay dont mind! either work real early in the morning or late a night so whenever im free i work on her <3

looking for a bodyshop now to get the final colour on soon! just needs a bit more attention on the underside and the engine mounts

Did you get all the work done on the car since the end of oct ?  If you have then top marks dude !!

Bag.

Baggie82 said

Did you get all the work done on the car since the end of oct ?  If you have then top marks dude !!

Bag.

yeah! split up with my mrs after 5 yrs of relationship, hit me pretty hard so had to keep busy so mk1 golf time it was

been a bit quiet recently as ive been ill, but polished the new wheels up! and been e-mailinng some body shops as paint needs to go on soonish!

mars or tornado red… hmmm

anyway wheel shots:

before:







they look fairly clean but they are quite scabby and pitted in some areas!





so i decided to do a light re-ferb

iron x:





then polished with metal polish and a buffer came out real nice!:







however despite measuring them up before i bought them they poke alot more than i first thought they would, i will also need adaptors or to redrill the hubs as they are ford fitment not 4x100 like i was told so they will be up for sale soon!

i plan to get the wheels i always wanted! so selling the pls's and the schmidts should fund the new wheels, made to order so will sit perfectly and i will get 14's to give a bit of ground clearance as shes fairly low already and want the car to be reasonably usable!

made a quick video of where shes at now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LszlsOh6cAnjoy!

KEEP IT REAAAAL!

Awesome! Following this, would love a g40 lump in my golf when I can afford it and the insurance haha.

looks like you got your hands full coming along nicely never stop to amaze me what effort goes into these old diamonds in the rough making me wonder why i let mine go now  

The transplant has been started!

water dropped and most of the wires labeled as i plan to use the whole mk3 polo loom to power the golf, even lights etc!

should hopefully be out by tomorrow ready for a clean up and measure up on the old engine mounts!



Golf meet your transplant

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well first time i actually achieved what wanted to today







and now laid to rest ready for new parts/service and a good old clean up

went quite smoothly actually, was expecting alot worse and im actually impressed with myself

hopefully get the mounts lined up in the golf ready to go, get them sorted then a bit more smoothing and off to the body shop she goes! fresh canvas then

ALSO new parts, a nice lad off here only up the road from me is splitting a golf so had a good selection of parts off him and steps closer to the finished deal:





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Looking good sam     Keep up the top work.

Matt

How are you working out with engine mounts 

i will drop the engine into place and go from there! ive got a good friend which is extremely good at fab work so will have a look and work some things out!

well the projects slowed down a touch due to funds!

ive got new wheels on order for the perfect firment with the arches which will make the car!

found a worthy body shop and just waiting on making the mounts and this is where im really struggeling, i cant weld or anything so its becoming a massive issue,

i have no idea where to start, im trying to find some small block engine mounts just to line up the G in the golf but struggeling! not sure where to turn at the moment but soon as there done, few more bits of paint prep and its going in the shop and then the project will really start moving as ive got nearly all the bits for it to be road worthy!



cheers

I have a set made up for a mate of mine that im doing the same conversion on his car.

holy poo! take my money! how much for another set if you dont mind! would be absolutely amazing if you could!!!! cash waiting, saves all the bother please please please!

Are you willing to post your mounts to ireland 

thats the problem, i have no mounts, tell me which ones i need i will buy them and send them you!

would be fantastic if you could do that!