MK1 Golf built in 83 bought in '03 and and still not completed!!!

Coming to Le Mans 2009? Taking this again!!

 

super job on the car , and great wright up to

 

Well summer is coming so I thought I would go to the garage and find the car that I put in there last September!!!



Connected the battery up ,primed the pumps,cranked it over a few times to get the oil flowing around flick the ignition and pow!! fired first time(Good old Vw engineering)



Took the time to fit my perspex sliders whilst there!!



and renew the red oxide on my lower ball joint extenders



still got a few little jobs to finish before Castle Combe in April like solid top mounts,4 point lower brace and solid rack mounts hopefully this Saturday after MOT

 

Nice Job !!!!
Was the shell origionally a nice shade of green when it was at dan's ?

 

Green,primer and blue on some panels? do you know it?

 

Yes if it's the same shell,
It started life as a Golf driver 1272cc still have the log book and some old mot's
My intention was to build a 'Berg Cup' or Group 2 Touring car replicar.
Started by stripping the shell bare, repairing some rust patches and fabricating and installing a roll cage from some CDS tube. Then fabricated some Berg cup style arches using cardboard templates to get the right shape to fit over some wide wheels I had.
The arches were then formed from some 20swg Zintec mild steel sheet and stitch welded onto the existing wings and triimmed to suit, the original wheel arch lips were cut off and stitch welded onto the raw edges of the arches so they looked finished, Shame you had to fabricate some new ones.
Dan persuaded me to swop the project for a bright yellow lotus esprit with a full race rover v8 engine stuffed up its rear end was sad to see it go !
I have the build photos somewhere,can post them if you like, Its good to track the history
of these cars.
PS I have recently started the whole process all over again !

 

This is fantastic I would love to have any of the old history,Dad did not undo all the mods but he is very anal and so reworked and tweaked them,do you still live in Kent? I will pm my address maybe you would like to see the old girl again??

 

by the way O/S engine mount was added to take a 1600cc GTI Engine and box,engine was trial fitted before welding !

 

Yes ,Thanks I live near brands hatch would love to see the finished artical in the flesh
speak to you soon

 

You have pm

 

Just purchased a Autocavan Super Brake bar and one of these!!



Autocavan World Cup rear mount

 

rocking horse poo

 

So I have double rocking horse poo now then!!

 

i want to see the solonoid gear change fitted i reckon youll have hours of fun getting that to work lol

 

oohh you disbeliever "I shall have it working,oh yes I shall"

 

im a whizz with all things solonoid so if you need any help i can lay my hands on different componets ie solonoids in all sizes lol

 

Been busy today prepping for fitment next week!

 

Mind revealing your source ?

 

no problem ebay and Mk1 owners club classifieds!!

This coming weekends work includes

1/ Replace steering rack mounts with solid alloy mounts
2/ Replace brake linkage with Autocavan super brake bar
3/ Replace rear engine/gearbox mount with Autocavan one
4/ Replace lower 2 point brace with 4 point version

little bit of painting here and there in the engine bay to tidy it up and we're ready for 2009