Right then boys and girls, its resto time!!!
Thanks to jv for sortin this out, (sorry for my delay, had a REAL busy few weeks
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Where to begin my tale..........
I guess it all started bout 10 years ago, i was fitting some windows for a customer and he had a grey X reg 1.6 mk1 golf gti for sale, it was all sound on the underside etc, but had been stood for a few months, so abit of hagglin and waving of pound notes he handed the keys over for a mear £500!!!!
All was good for about 8 months, then a quick trip to a local independent vw garage saw me lookin at a nicely modded mk1. i had to have it! so a qucik fone call, and a good chat later i took away this mk1.
All was good for bout 3 years, just routine serving etc.
1 day i got a call from a mate of mine who was a valeter, he said a guy had just part ex'd a mint red Lreg mk3 VR6......a quick trip to see it, and test drive later...i was smitten.....a week later i got the funds together and perchased the mk3 golf VR6!
At this point i took the mk1 off the road and stored it in my garden, where it stayed for 3 years!
I later part ex'd the VR6 for a T plate 328i BMW convertible, i got board 1 weekend so went shopping!
Anyway, bad things happened and i had to get rid of the beamer
and get the mk1 back on the road.
I ran the mk1 till last november when i got board again so turned to the darkside and purchased a H plate escort RS Turbo..thats been emotional!
I eventually got hold of a big garage for the right price and put the mk1 into storage again, till april this year when i thought i miss the mk1, so instead of "patchin" it up, why not restore it...so hear i go....!
PS sorry for the waffle....
This is kinda how it looked when it was on the road and pretty clean! (im sure some1 out there prob reconises the car)
A view of the inside...classic 90's mod with an old 3 series bmw dash conversion
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the bucket seats and harnesses (passenger 1 different as i was tryin somin new!)
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A view of the "chunky" cage
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So it begins...
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Bonnet off and good shot of engine
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front grill, lights etc off
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got all the glass out without breaking it except for the windscreen, it cracked so my mate decided to put his fist on it!!
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All glass out, doors, bonnet, boot and rear carpet etc out
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This is about the worst bit of rust on it! not bad for a 23 year old shell!
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The dash, front carpet etc removed, ready to pull loom thru!
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Inlet manifold removed to get the exhaust off, and all engine wiring unplugged!
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This is it! its up on the stands.......!! At this point everything was going well, untill i got to the hubs.....!
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Got the strut off, but the hub was a git ti do, so ended up taking all off in 1! Makes it abit more difficult to spilt when its off the car, but needs must etc!
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All the wiring unclipped and pulled thru the bulkhead, nice and easy that job, just not looking forward to puttin it all back!!!
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WOOOHOOO, the engines out!! another milestone reached! and it was surprisingly easy to do, and gave minimal hassle gettin it out!
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What have i done!!!!
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With the engine out i decided to hook the car back up to the engine hoist and lift the whole thing up, thus making it easier to take all the brake lines, steering rack etc off, why struggle eh!!
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got ot get more pics off my camera tomorrow! In the meantime, im trying to hunt down a 20v turbo engine with clocks full loom running gear etc, for the right price!(not worried if engine runs or not as i will be modifying it as the project goes on!)