'76 Golf build thread

[Golf Loon]

Cant believe the enthusiasm you have for 5 door Mk1s. You Lunatic.

Nice work as ever though.

[gldgti]

Cant believe the enthusiasm you have for 5 door Mk1s. You Lunatic.

Nice work as ever though.

i know - barking mad. My workmate took charge of the red caged swallowtail on the weekend (which is a 2 door) so now i'm back to 4 cars again. I'll still be helping with that build but at least i dont have to pay for it now. So yeah, got rid of a totally rust free and pretty straight 2-door for a 4 door, i must be bonkers .

anyway, i might as well let on some plans for her i have -

will likely be repainting the whole roof (for even-ness) and down both a pillars and the winscreen base. At some stage the bonnet has been resprayed, but this colour seems to be good at hiding mismatch between the metallic fleck - good news for amature spray painters like me.

old dash is going, along with orginal loom. will be trying to replace the whole wiring loom/fusebox with a later model mk1/early mk2/ cabby one. I will probably try to run a cabby/mk2 dash and cluster aswell.

interior will be mostly customised - including lightweight door trims (my own), modified vr6 cloth seats (in black) to fit mk1 (but i will be keeping the height adjustment) and not much else - except a whole load of guages!

i still havnt decided what engine i will start with yet - its very tempting to drop in the engine/box from the white LS (1.8 RV) but i really want this car to be a bit different, and be a good driver for both weekdays and weekends, so it just might be diesel... but fairly highly modified. I am going to take advantage of our climate and probably lower the compression with some valve clearance pockets cut into the piston tops, so i might even get to experiment with cams - YAY!

anyway, i am really aspiring for 2 things with this car - i'm intent on getting it up and on the road pretty sharply, i'm thinking 6 months really. Also, I want to raise the bar with the build quality a bit - i've always done my best to make things mechanically sweet, but often have fallen below the mark in finish - so i'd like to make this car presentable in a way that is practical, but good...

anyway, weekends permitting, this build should move pretty well and we all might be pleasantly surprised - I hope! (As long as I dont keep having to fix my other bloomin' cars! My mk3 TD ate a turbo bearing on the weekend too!)

[Jarred]

Plans sound good. Practice makes perfect, and I think it's a great idea to start increasing the finish of the build. makes the car and build more enjoyable in my eyes.

[captainvw]

Nice work Mate good to see another one local Picking up some stuff from paint supplies at the bottom of Kariong hill on Sat might give you Buzz if your home check it out in person

[littlegldgti]

Good Work

Hey bro nice work on the new car. Can't wait to see it, though bit dissapointed we won't be able to have 2 white golf driving in a line on the free way to the nationals, ohwell. Good Job

[gldgti]

Hey bro nice work on the new car. Can't wait to see it, though bit dissapointed we won't be able to have 2 white golf driving in a line on the free way to the nationals, ohwell. Good Job

well, if you repaint you golf yellow, and someone drives my mk3, we can make a german flag with them

[littlegldgti]

I spose. Which one of your engines are you putting in it again? The one that was intended for the white car?

Also, come the time of painting, if you need any help just give me a buzz. You know me, I've got a pretty good eye and hand for that stuff. We may even end up having two very similar golfs happening here with customized interiors and after the re-bore, my desiel will probably turn out to be a 1.6. It'll be nice to see them together.