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Title: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: Murph on 18 October 2011, 18:04

hi all,

in an effort to increase my sons understanding of engineering and basic mechanic skills, i decided that we should do a resoration project together... i was holding out for my youthfull passion of a moto crosser or something, but i had an offer to buy a VW Golf GTi (ABF) on 97 plate for.... wait for it.... £100...

so i snapped it up, drove it home and try to enthuse the lad by getting hime to give it a clean. all i can say was he was NFI... :cry: :cry:

so i put it in the garage and had a look around the engine bay. (im an aerospace engineer by trade and have no decernable car mechanic skills other than my tinkering youth on motocrossers) it was a mess, the previous owner has run it for a while with a damage breather hose, so oil was splattered all over the engine bay.

This was about the time i thought Sod this ill sell it on for a few quid. but then i stumbled on this site for restoration projects... and its been a downward spiral of grins since then.

Enthused by the passion from readers/posters in here, i decided to carry on the project for my self..

i have worked on it for 3 days now and have it stripped down quit nicely. if i collate the photos together that i have taken (more for me to refer to later) i will post the project on here.

but i am super happy to say that the VW Golf bug has well and truely bitten me. :evil:

i will hopefully keep you posted...

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: VR6_Wherry on 19 October 2011, 09:35

Welcome to the Forum :cool:

Get a Dub Rides section up!

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?board=45.0

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: Len on 19 October 2011, 13:20

Welcome Murph!

Glad you found us and hope you keep going with it!

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: Murph on 20 October 2011, 18:36

Thanks guys.

i definatly will keep it up. i spent over 10 hours hand polishing my inlets the other day mirror finished ally, looks amazing.
Also Media blasted my cam cover and my alternator tensioner unit. :grin:

will collate some stuff and put it together for a project post :)

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: scott64 on 20 October 2011, 18:49

welcome to the forum :smiley:

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: Gti_Jamo on 20 October 2011, 18:55

Welcome. I too have recently taken on a 97 Gti as a project. Pretty easy cars to work on and come apart relitively simple. Just watch out for the dreaded rot under the plastics, sill and arches, as mine were totally gone.

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: Murph on 20 October 2011, 19:00

ok i will look out for that :)

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: SoundillusioN on 21 October 2011, 09:27

Welcome... Nice to hear you've got the bug.. be good to watch your progress so as said, get a Dub rides and/or Project thread on the go and you'll easily get answers to questions during your work should you need any help.

Good luck with it.

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: Murph on 22 October 2011, 18:03

started the thread as promised...


http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=210376.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=210376.0)

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: Thom89 on 21 November 2011, 23:07

Hello, and welcome to the Forum   :cool: :cool:

Thom

Title: Re: shiney new VW owner with a mk3 gti 2.0 16v project.
Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 21 November 2011, 23:26

Quote from: thom89 on 21 November 2011, 23:07

Hello, and welcome to the Forum   :cool: :cool:

Thom

+ Should've got a MK2