NEW PROJECT - mk1 Golf Driver

ain't touch the car last night or tonight

got a load of bits off Ed (Superted)........main useful bits are rear beam & front wishbone/ARB mounts

going to clean them up and paint them black......idea is if i keep thing clean & tidy the car will be nicer to work on

still need to source a front ARB........sold the one i had to Devo age's ago

poly bushes arrived & i found the stainless steel rear ARB clamps i bought ages ago.........these are easier to fit than the standard VW one's



front shocks should arrive tomorrow.........still got to get new front top mounts & ball joints, as well as new nuts/bolts

Front shocks finally arrived



Started to clean the engine bay




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nice work guys looks like u got ur matt workin hard paul!

Are you pleased with how it's cleaning up lads, it looks like it's coming up pretty good?

VUU CULT KARL wrote:nice work guys looks like u got ur matt workin hard paul!

i let him have the last 2 nights off.......good to my staff i am

MkIISimon wrote:Are you pleased with how it's cleaning up lads, it looks like it's coming up pretty good?

i'm surprized how quick the bay cleaned up.........i got some "Hyper Clean" de-greaser from Andrew Page motor factors, flipping good stuff

not after a "show quality" bay.......just a clean bay, so i don't get grafted every time i work on the car

looking good already after that wash lol keep the pix coming paul can't wait to see the results

Well thats enough of your excuses Paul, GET CRACKING.

NICE SPEN ,CUM ON PAUL HES RIGHT

current picture of the Golf

yup, done now't



have bought some bit's though

secondhand Sportex performance exhaust.....£25




Huntmaster seats.....£40....going in the Nova for now........still may get the original Huntmaster seats out of the Orange Polo retrimed (in black)

got some more bits sorted

CD changer/tape player......very old model, i had the model below this in my first VW about 12 years ago



i got a Wolfsberg steering a while back.....was cheap cos the horn push is missing

started looking for something to fit it & saw a Vauxhall Corsa horn push on eBay......thought to myself the Nova has a Corsa steering wheel, measured it, too small .....but the horn push Nova SR wheel i got from Jacko's scrapyard is spot on size

changed the blue ring on it for a black rubber oring, removed the Vauxhall badge & made a plastic circle for the centre (putting a VW sticker on it)

cool so has the work started yet paul or are you just gathering bits and bobs

sarah wrote:cool so has the work started yet paul or are you just gathering bits and bobs

still too cold out the back of my house to do anything on it

theres now a larger door on Matt's second unit (thanks mr spen)

so, waiting for Matt to turn up at my house with a car trailer and we'll take the car up there

once it's there he's sorting the rusty bits & i'm going to do as much as i can on it (without getting in his way)

it's not getting a full respray this year, Matt's just painting below the waistline strip/stripe/trim thingy........i'll get him to do a full respray next year, just tidy it up more than out, i don't want it too nice cos it will get stonechips on it on trackdays, it live's outside & used in winter

sarah wrote:or are you just gathering bits and bobs

got nearly everything to finish it really, shopping list is pretty short now

speakers for the doors
front brake caliper seals
black badge for the grille
high level rear brake light
some form of side repeaters
service bits for the engine
rubber mounts for the oil cooler

once it's on the road it will "evolve" as all my car's do (& as most peoples cars do)

thinking about nitrous

GOING TO BE SCRAPPED

reason been that I'm skint, I've spent far too much £££ on my Sierra & I don't think I'll ever get this mk1 done


It's off to our Matt's unit today..... if anyone wants it call Matt on 07966 915541