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Offline bigun

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Back to a Mk3 GTi
« on: 20 June 2012, 17:07 »
Hey up all,

Well, after leaving the Mk3 fold (my wifes car) after she wasn't using the old one and it went rotten, we've moved to a little village in Lincolnshire and being a little remote she wanted another Mk3 to run around in. To cut a long story short, we picked up a little beauty the other week. 8v, 2 owners, full VW service history, spotless. Has even got proper VW colour coded reversing sensors! Got a few things to do - picking up a VR6 splitter tomorrow, got a stainless cat back system to go on, fancy some TT comps and a spot of lowering then probably recaros. Should be sorted (are they ever?) after that. Not bad for a run around!

The new one


The old one


My toys


Golf Mk2 16v track car - massive spec (bought like this with friends) - this pic just after I managed to lose the bolts holding the starter motor/front engine mount round Oulton Park. Resulted in smashing the oil filter and pissing oil all over the track. Oops!


Cheers

Paul
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Re: Back to a Mk3 GTi
« Reply #1 on: 20 June 2012, 17:27 »
got some nice Toys there man.

much plan for the new mk3?
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Re: Back to a Mk3 GTi
« Reply #2 on: 20 June 2012, 17:36 »
Probably just to freshen it up a little. I'm obsessed with TT Comps on Mk3's, I think they look excellent so will look for some of those later in the year. Lowered on springs/shocks, and Recaro interior. Theres a couple of things to do for the MOT - (knocking at the rear and needs a new ABS light pod as the bulb has blown and seized) so they're the first things.
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Offline murraymint

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Re: Back to a Mk3 GTi
« Reply #3 on: 20 June 2012, 17:40 »
Nice looking mk3  :cool:

There's two sets of comps in the classifieds section
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95 Mk3 golf 1.6 CL, 96 Mk3 golf gti 16v, 89 Mk2 Jetta GL,  97 Mk3 golf gti 16v, 99 bora 2ltr se, 83 mk1 golf 1.1, 15 polo 1.2 tsi

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Re: Back to a Mk3 GTi
« Reply #4 on: 20 June 2012, 19:15 »
car looks very clean and tidy mate. very nice base for a project.  :wink:
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Re: Back to a Mk3 GTi
« Reply #5 on: 20 June 2012, 19:23 »
Aye, well pleased with it. £400 too! Can't believe how little you can pick them up for now.
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Re: Back to a Mk3 GTi
« Reply #6 on: 20 June 2012, 19:28 »
Quote from: bigun on 20 June 2012, 19:23
Aye, well pleased with it. £400 too! Can't believe how little you can pick them up for now.

yeah its great aint it. you did better than me. i got mine for £450 but i need new exhaust, rear wheel bearings, wiper mfa stalk, rocker cover gasket and a bit of welding. but it does have full vw service and 103000 miles on the clock and the paint is spotless. just goes to show tho you can get a really good deal. you got a better deal than me by the looks of it tho  :grin:
very nice.
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Re: Back to a Mk3 GTi
« Reply #7 on: 20 June 2012, 21:15 »
Looks a nice, clean and straight car :smiley:
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Re: Back to a Mk3 GTi
« Reply #8 on: 20 June 2012, 22:15 »


yeah its great aint it. you did better than me. i got mine for £450 but i need new exhaust, rear wheel bearings, wiper mfa stalk, rocker cover gasket and a bit of welding. but it does have full vw service and 103000 miles on the clock and the paint is spotless. just goes to show tho you can get a really good deal. you got a better deal than me by the looks of it tho  :grin:
very nice.
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Its got 144k on the clock (same as the last one strangely) but is really very tight. The last owner was a VW technician which has helped. Everything is spotless even down to having the original dealers tax disc holder and original VW floor trays. I'm reserving judgement on the underneath until its up on ramps. I've been under it on jacks but theres a limit to what you can see really - it looks sound but I know from experience something may be lurking!

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Re: Back to a Mk3 GTi
« Reply #9 on: 20 June 2012, 22:19 »
yeah wait till you take off the arches and side skirts. i thought i had a wicked deal till i took mine off  :sick: :grin:
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