Mk1 Black 4dr project

[WhiteMK1]

This has been one awesome read, I need to hurry and fix all the rust out of my Golf, and sort interior BS also! thing is doing my head in haha

[willwho]

It's funny how you change as you get older. Years ago that steering wheel would have been the first thing I would have changed. Now I look at it and think sweeeeeeet !

Great pickup, where did you find it?

Cheers

Paul

I know! it's exactly the same with me - i love it though, feels alot better getting around town!! I picked it up off Byron on these forums!

This week I have to order some service parts/gaskets, wheel lock bolts, flush the coolant and oil, tap some senders in, mount gauges, order balljoints so i can put all the front strut bars, bushes etc in next week then it'll be engine mounts, followed by a track day that weekend might even put in the new cam if i have time

[sports racer]

It's funny how you change as you get older. Years ago that steering wheel would have been the first thing I would have changed. Now I look at it and think sweeeeeeet !

Great pickup, where did you find it?

Cheers

Paul

[willwho]

Its the little things.. Like this mint steering wheel


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[willwho]

Thanks guys! Blacking out is on the list, there's a few bits I need to fix up etc, just getting the time to do it is hard! The suspension work and engine work takes priority and I'm struggling with that before I do anything else haha!

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[Shadow_Rusty]

Looks great...

You may wish to black out the radiator supports behind the grille.
It almost looks like the BMW 'kidneys' from that distance...
Black tape works great as a non permanent solution...

[gazzmo]

With that colour scheme it fits right in with the other big boys

[willwho]

And we're on the road again! 300km covered since Friday with no problems at all



Hung out with some big rigs on Sunday haha

[willwho]

Hahaha yeah man getting busy! Thanks, they arrived perfectly

Today was another productive day, not without it's issues though! I installed the electronic dizzy kit, new leads, new coil and dummied up the intake (for now). Ran into a tiny problem with the coil - there weren't alot of places to mount it.



I thought it would mount okay behind the battery (rather than have it on the fuel side) - however the mounting bracket fell about 50mm short of the engine bay due to the king lead being too short.

I was then pointed in the direction of a bloke who ran an aircraft supplies/repair shop, who had some 5mm ID steel tubing which he chopped into three 50mm pieces for me!



After a trip to the bolt shop, voila!



Problem solvered, notice intake (really not a big fan but it's gonna have to do for now..) - hope theres not much rain!



Also installed some cheapie flag mirrors I got a while back and reinstalled new brake lines in the rear after yesterdays 'rage-chop' haha

[ByronRichesMk1]

Good to see you're getting pro in man!
Glad the parts arrived safe too

[willwho]

Yeah that's the plan! A lot of little things to do to the daily, and a lot of big things to do to the black car! Both will. Be registered, however the black car probably won't last long on the road haha

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[Water Boy]

Awsome work. So the silver and black car is your daily and the black car will become your track hack?

[willwho]

Had another busy day today, under the other car this time though!

The car was out on the street, so this was my setup for the day:



I don't think the brakes had ever been touched!



Out with the old, in with the new!





Only issue I ran into was the brake line fittings being practically welded together. I have brand new soft lines for the rear sitting here so I just chopped the old ones out. Hence the reminder visible on the windscreen:




Alot more to come tomorrow!!! Super keen to get this around Lakeside at the VWW track day in April

[willwho]

Where'd you get the manifold from?

Picked it up off these forums actually! Tassie_euro_mk1 sold it to me so he may be able to shed some light on the situation, they've certainly changed the plans that I once had haha

[Jarred]

Where'd you get the manifold from?