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General => New forum members => Topic started by: RJuk1982 on 19 February 2009, 20:52
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Well I signed up on here a while ago and never really posted.
I bought this rather sorry Mk3 as a present to straighten up for my sister:
(http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/rjuk1982/Golf/021120081094.jpg)
(http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww238/rjuk1982/Golf/021120081100.jpg)
Now the car looks like a basket case and it's well over a year since it saw an MOT man but I think it's got the roots of something interesting, tis a Gonto after all!
My sisters over the moon because all our family cars were VW's but neither of us have owned one yet and an 8V Mk3 ticks a lot of the right boxes for her.
When I get going I'll start a project thread.
Cheers,
Rob
So I'm here for inspiration and advice and probably at times a bit of consolation as well.
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hello and welcome,
oh and mikster is going to be peeved :laugh:
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hello and welcome,
oh and mikster is going to be peeved :laugh:
Nah I don't reckon. The Gonto reference is a little homage to the Mikster as I'm quite enjoying reading his thread. His car appears to be pretty much on the road, this one needs sills, wheel alignment and the brakes rebuilding before it even attempts to get MOT'd.
There's also a motherload of grass stuffed into every oriface on the underside, the FR LH wheel has a giant flat (with lots of hammer marks around it!) and the FR RH is a different pattern so I'm guessing this car has enjoyed the straight on option at one of Milton Keynes many roundabouts.
Add to that all the plastics have departed, rust round the arches and the sill / floor being collapsed in the middle because it's been jacked in the wrong place and I think you undestand why I have my work cut out, I like a challenge.
Thanks for the welcome anyway.
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:shocked: good luck, :afro: and if all else fails, buy a mk2 :laugh:
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welcome mate, i think they call that the rat look :wink:
or a mk4 your mean chuff :grin:
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Cheers,
Yeah, if I was buying for me it would have been a Mark 1 as this was the first car I worked on when I started 'helping' at a local garage on Saturday mornings aged 13. The 1.8 Mk1 was one of the owners projects and he was so patient when I ritually f**ked it up every week.
But my sisters better off with a Mk3, she feels all cosy and reassured bacause it weighs twice as much as a Mk2 and we used to have a Vento.
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Cheers,
Yeah, if I was buying for me it would have been a Mark 1 as this was the first car I worked on when I started 'helping' at a local garage on Saturday mornings aged 13. The 1.8 Mk1 was one of the owners projects and he was so patient when I ritually f**ked it up every week.
But my sisters better off with a Mk3, she feels all cosy and reassured bacause it weighs twice as much as a Mk2 and we used to have a Vento.
Can't get a Mk4 for £100 and I'm a cheapskate :smiley:
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maybe a mk4 2.0 you could :grin: my one was soooo f**ked when i sold it :rolleyes: :grin:
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maybe a mk4 2.0 you could :grin: my one was soooo f**ked when i sold it :rolleyes: :grin:
Do like Mk4's but then I like all Golf's really. Short of a Mk2 (we had a D plate TD Passat instead) we had all versions of Golf when I was growing up. My mums a heavy smoker and her 1.4 Mk4 was minging when we came to sell it and I had it looking almost new after a hard days cleaning.
Few cars are that durable really.
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i have never been in anything other than a mk4, only passed a few months ago, hopped straight into mk4 2.0, then few months later into a mk4 1.8T not a bad car few problems as with all cars, i dont really look after it like i should, but thats just me.
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i have never been in anything other than a mk4, only passed a few months ago, hopped straight into mk4 2.0, then few months later into a mk4 1.8T not a bad car few problems as with all cars, i dont really look after it like i should, but thats just me.
Well my first car was a Citoren AX :sick:! I think VW's are great cars really but didn't really ignite the passion until I started working with a girl with a very subtle black Polo GTI running a set of Ronal Turbo's.
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AX gts are nice though, sure the mk3 will turn out fine, lots of peeps will help find parts and give plenty of advice, most good some sh!t :grin:
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My AX was an 11RE on an E plate, hardly a GT but it was funny. Taking a corner at 20 mph put it on its door handles.
Yeah, I've been reading posts on the forum for a while, looks like an OK place to be. Thanks for the encouragement with the car.
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even the GT is a shed when it comes to handling, no problem when you get bits done send jv a pm and he will start a thread, i wish i was more into working on cars but i cant be bothered just goes in the garage broke and comes out fixed its the best way :grin:
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I've always enjoyed working on cars but I've always enjoyed driving them too and you can't do both at once so maybe you're better off.
This ones for my little sis though, when I get going I'll let JV know :cool:
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welcome :smiley:
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:shocked: good luck, :afro: and if all else fails, buy a mk2 :laugh:
Does that come with AA membership?
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:shocked: good luck, :afro: and if all else fails, buy a mk2 :laugh:
Does that come with AA membership?
I have to admit I've had a read of your car thread and that is one tidy vehicle, if you don't mind I might have to investigate the smooth bumper look myself.
Doubt I'm going to achieve the smartness of your paint without a respray though, there's some serious depth going on there :cool:
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Welcome Buddy :smiley:
Good luck with the project, looks like it'll be a good 'un.
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Welcome to the forum hun :smiley:
Dinx :kiss:
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Oooh, thankyou Andy and Dinx,
Got to admit I wasn't expecting kissy smileys in the first week! :embarassed:
Anyways I'm thinking taking my sister to the Springfest at Santa Pod next month for inspiration, might see some of you there.
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Welcome mate and good luck with that car!
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Welcome to the forum mate, looks like a nice project for ya!
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Cheers Guys,
Len, I'm sorry dude but I might shamelessly rob the smooth bumper look although I'm gonna need the moral support getting the car on the road at first.
This ones less rat look and more shat look if you ask me. Anyway that's my summer mapped out :sad:
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Welcome to the forum :cool: