Mk1 Golf in brief so far

[Winston]

Northy has a trailer?

 

[Laura]

ive not spoken to northy properly for years but ill ask lol

its quite a way from me tho. can hire one but its about £100. im hoping my ex will be able to help out but we dont really get on so great lol

 

[Laura]

hummm im now thinking i might go for broke n get the inside done fore the outside goes for paint!.. dooable? 2 weeks and im away next weekend?

 

[Winston]

Prepping the inside for paint is not much fun.... but its deffo worth the effort getting the inside done.. esp as your having a colour change

 

[northy]

let me know if you need a hand moving it L.

 

[Laura]

thanks northy

i have a few options now, going to go up tonight n have a word with the lad i share the unit with see what he wants, n crack on, if i can get another layer of primer tonight thne i can paint the door shuts tomorow n see where we go!

 

[Laura]

updates

door shuts and boot painted, still more to do on the boot but couldnt get at it with the door shuts being wet

rear beam now painted
rear suspesion strut finally off! wow that was hard work, enlisted the help of my brother for that one lol

and had this donr by jims factory.. not got it back yet so stole these off his facebook page lol

 

[steven.m]

Epic project. I like.

 

[Laura]

thanks me too.
really feels like im getting somewhere close with this now

 

[Leah]

can't wait to see this finished! massive well done on doing it by yourself (for the most part) wish i had the skills!

 

[fUbAr]

So you're painting it yourself now?

 

[Laura]

thanks

no one wants it finished as much as i do lol

 

[Laura]

nah got a friend cominf in n doing it.

i cant get it out of the unit without a massive ball ache

 

[fUbAr]

Hurry up.

 

[Laura]

ahhh cummon im doing it singlehandedly..

although im now planning my next project

 

[mat-nos]

ffs laura, finish this project and you may actually enjoy it rather than wanting to start another lol

looking good by the way...

 

[Collister]

i love golfs i have a mk1 gti which im going to do a 2.0 16v conversion on in the future and i have a mk2 gti 16v which i have put a 2.0 16v motor in its just getting plumbed up at the moment so that should be good

 

[Winston]

I love yellow... its going to be awesome:approve:

 

[fUbAr]

ahhh cummon im doing it singlehandedly..

although im now planning my next project

If it doesn't involve a Type 2 then I'm not interested.

 

[Ali]

Cool!

 

[Rob]

Very impressive, it's taking it's time, but all the best things do.

 

[Danny133]

i need to see more i just read this page 1 - 20 .. im in love

 

[Laura]

hehe thanks, yeah it is taking its time but i guess it gets worked on once a week ish n armed with minimal mechanical knowledge n a haynes manual its kinda hard.

esp when you share a unit with golf gurus but your there on your own 95% of the time

 

[Laura]

i need to see more i just read this page 1 - 20 .. im in love

thankyou

 

[fUbAr]

sprayed it yet?

 

[Laura]

update guys:

due to the workshop i use being turned into a comercial workshop i need to bust my ass out of there in the not too distant future. so thats shook things up a wee bit.
i went up yesterday to try n put some more stuffs on the engine.. and broke it... oops lol

just had a text today saying, waterpump is on, cambelt is on all timed up n tensioned. woop
so engine is near enough ready to go in now

once thats in n ruinning it will be off to a company down south to sort some other bits out on it and paint it

 

[Laura]

rear coilovers on and doors back on (wow they are a pain!)

engine all timed up just needs the gear bix to be fitted then can plank it in.. was going to do it but couldnt work out how the new fast rd clutch went in hahaha

 

[lbrench]

what engine is going in?

 

[Laura]

polo gt 1.3
bike carbs
4 branch manifold
fast road clutch,
few other goodies

 

[Christopher]

Polo 1.3 8v, IIRC?

 

[lbrench]

polo gt 1.3
bike carbs
4 branch manifold
fast road clutch,
few other goodies

gt engine is a brilliant little engine, out of the mk3 polo yeh? 85bhp iirc?

 

[Laura]

correct, probably about 100 with the mods.

not going to be the quickest car in the world, nip nippy , light and chuckable

 

[lbrench]

correct, probably about 100 with the mods.

not going to be the quickest car in the world, nip nippy , light and chuckable

yeh alot on polo3 were getting about 100bhp with mods, i owned a polo gt . it was awesome, only thing that let it down were the brakes imo

 

[Laura]

uprated a fair few brake related items too lol

 

[fUbAr]

once thats in n ruinning it will be off to a company down south to sort some other bits out on it and paint it

Oh, where's that then?

 

[Laura]

london way

countdown has begun. just got the tast of boxing n labling all the remaining nuts n bolts... lucky not many left now

 

[Laura]

 

[Winston]

<3

Sexy manifold and the camcover looks great in situ

Have you kept it 4 speed?

 

[Christopher]

Love it!

Tidy that wiring though!

 

[Laura]

wiring isnt connected yet lol, still got the carbs to go on etc but its in Woop!! rest goes on tonight

winston , got the 5 speed out of the polo, got a 4 speed as a spare just incase lol , then its ready to go get finished next tuesday . decided not to go for a cage but buckets with a retro feel and harnesses.. so rear seats wont really be usable but still there