Blimey, quite the welcoming committee! Right, better do my bit and get some facts down. To deal with the Golf first, its a '95 model 5-door. Its completely standard except for the removal of the GTI and 16V badges; so much better for creeping up on unsuspecting "victims", MMWAHAHA!! As for the colour, not sure what VW called it but its basically very dark metallic purple. This, together with a plate ending XTC, has lead to the car being named "The Purple Haze". As I said, the car is standard at the moment and will likely stay that way for now as I've got another project on. Fiddling may occur in the future, however. I must confess to idly pondering the possibility of pepping the old girl up a bit with the supercharger off a Merc SLK 230...
As for other auto-nonsense in my life, the Mini is a 1981 998cc version with a few tweaks and mods. Now used mainly for the odd summer Sunday morning blast and occasional track spanking. Major (see also all-consuming, life-dominating, woman-dettering) project is the build of a mid-engined, Toyota 4AGE propelled hillclimb/sprint Seven. Like all the best people, I have neither the time nor the money for this escapade but am carrying on anyway, sustained by naught but optimism and tea!
S.M.
