Well I don't own a golf I just maintain the Mk3 2.0 8v of my daughters she has just bought, it is the second gold she has had first was a golf driver 1.6 when she was 17 ( now 20 ).
My VW looks nothing like the norm its a 1970 VW Nova kit car (
http://jimsnova.page.tl/ ), has a 1600 twin port new engine and a shed load of hours to put it together.