hey guys

[wolow1zard]

hey guys,

My names Luke i'm 25 and i'm from Ringwood, Victoria...since i was 16 i had an obsession with E series fords for fairmonts, i have owned 2 fairmonts, one EF fairmont 4 litre 6 which was later swapped with a charged 5.0l v8 and another stock EL fairmont v8 and a 97 NFII fairlane v8, ive always liked the old golfs but found they were hard to come by, so one day i get a phone call from a guy i work with saying his old man wants to get rid of his south africa imported 82" MK1 golf $200 or its going to scrap...how could i say NO!??

[wolow1zard]

[Bokiz]

Awesome. Could you put up the pics?

[sports racer]

Old Golf's rule!

The Fairmonts might be nice and comfortable but there's more smile per mile with a MK1. When we had the EB V8 my wife would leave me for dust through the corners in the Golf and I'd catch up on the straights. Now I know how to make the MK1 quick in a straight line there's no keeping up with it. 150 hp in a 800kg car is fun.

If you're doing a budget build find a cheap 2 litre manual MK3 and swap all the mechanicals into the MK1. That will be enough to easily keep up with the 6 cylinder Fords and scare a few V8's. If you want to spend a bit of money then the sky is the limit. There's a 1150 hp MK1 in Germany that does 8's, still using a 2 litre VW motor.

Cheers and welcome to the forum.

Paul

[Water Boy]

Welcome mate im in Heathmont and 25 too.

I also have a thing for E-series falcons. Would like liek to build a EA, EB or ED up with all the fruit!

[wolow1zard]

Thanks

i still have my fairlane as the daily whilst i tinker with the golf, i already have so much love for the golf even tho i've only driven it twice.
fairlane still makes a good noise from the cammed v8 but i love the golf ALOT more!!! would rather sell the fairlane and drive the golf

Waterboy! nice and close huh? one post code away haha...i do like the older e series...would have liked an xr8

[The_Hawk]

Welcome, I'm also round the corner

My only brush with a V8 was the 253 HZ Ute I had for a while... not a bad sound but it wasn't exactly known for it's speed. I've always been tempted by a modern V8 after being friends Commodores. 6L V8... goes alright

$200 sounds like a bargain, would love to see some pictures of the work in progress

[wolow1zard]

i have started a Thread in MK1 golf

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f13/82-mk1-golf-south-africa-import-107821.html#post1146730

progress photos will follow