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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Golf mk1 gallery => Topic started by: richandhazel on 12 June 2007, 21:48
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Ok, I want to start keeping a diary of this project and I can't think of a better way than posting in here.
Afterall, the whole thing started here in the first place, thanks to jv :cool:
Don't expect major things to happen everyday as I simply haven't got that much time at my disposal, but rest assured progress will be made bit by bit.
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I acquired the car on the 14th September 2003. Prior to that it had been stored in a garage in Welwyn Garden City for 7 years.....and therefore hasn't been run since 1996. I have kept it under a quality car cover since then.
John (jv) gave me the lead after a chance discussion at Whitenoise that year. He mentioned that someone had contacted the site and was looking for a good home for a mk1 Golf. I jumped at it and after an initial visit where I established that the car was not going to be started easily I returned with adequate transportation to get the vehicle home.
I initially acquired the vehicle for spares, however, further inspection underneath revealed a very solid chassis and I decided it was just to good to scrap. So I invested in a quality car cover and pushed it into the corner of the garden........where it has sat........until now :smiley:
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Perhaps some photo's from the day the car arrived at my address are in order so here they are:-
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/VW/psn00037.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/VW/psn00036.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/VW/psn00035.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/VW/psn00034.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/VW/psn00033.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/VW/psn00032.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/VW/psn00031.jpg)
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1st June 2007 - Car pulled out from corner of garden and front end strip commenced:-
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/UPH%20812X/DSC00019.jpg)
5th June 2007 - 3 severely siezed nuts on exhaust manifold, underneath, awkward to get at and 25 years worth of use and nature to contend with :angry:
Engine code enveiled, log book doesn't show engine code :undecided:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/UPH%20812X/DSC00056.jpg)
12th June 2007 - Siezed nuts finally removed after wire brush treatment, working backwards and forwards and loads of penetrant :angry:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/UPH%20812X/DSC00068.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/richandhazel/UPH%20812X/DSC00067.jpg)
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I removed the cylinder head yesterday. It's all a bit mucky in there where it has been sat for so long. The good news is, both the head and block show very little wear so I would anticipate being able to re-use the original 1600 engine with very little expense required to bring it up to scratch :smiley:
I'll take some pics if it ever stops raining!
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Project now taken over by me.. details to follow here http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=103039.0