Hi all,
Thought i'd post some pictures of my latest toy, always wanted a big bumper GTI but never got round to owning one. Not had a chance to clean it yet so this was how i picked it up taken at Goodwood last week. Whislt i'm still forking out the national debt in nursery fees i needed a cheap bit of fun that i can tick off my "cars to own" list, typically for us i briefly mentioned it to the wife on friday night and by saturday evening i had a 91 J plate Golf GTI sitting on the drive that we paid the tidy sum of £800 for, although it's definately a keeper and i'll restore it in it's original spec/condition. For a 20 year old car it's pretty cool, few usual bits of corrosion in the usual places but i'm looking forward to tinkering in the best way i know and love. I'll look to keep this post as a rolling diary of the stuff done. Couldn't believe how tight it drives for not only a 20 year old car but one that's done 143k. So far i've already had the air box and afm out, spent 10 hours sanding the afm so it's now nice and shiney and ready to go back in, i've begun cleaning the left side of the engine bay and i'll repaint it as there's a little rust that needs brightening up, so far i've stripped sanded and treated the left hand side which is now ready for paint. The plastic cowlings are all out and soaking in autoglym so the plastics are coming back nicely and the washer bottle that was black with crud inside has also had a couple of hours cleaning and back like new, i'm really enjoying this little project. The long term plans will be to to source a rebuilt 8v engine with some subtle power increasesas as i don'twant to change the originality and in a couple of years i'll strip the car down and have it re-painted in Alpine white, good times ahead.
If anyone knows a MK2 guru in the Chichester area in would be great as i'm sure i'll need some advice along the way as i take it all apart.
Hope you like the pictures and i'll keep you all updated as i go along.
