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Hi All, I'm Pete, just new to this Forum and thought I'd share the reasons I've joined 
I have owned a handful of VW's, but have been out of the game for about 5 years - Tinkering with Subaru's.
...Oh Hai Darko
My current daily ('89 JDM import Legacy Gt - 5mt swap - Wagon) has Done a head gasket on the STi engine and the spare engine I threw in it is fugged too
So I've decided to park that for a while.
Until the love returns, I need something other than my Work ute to keep me entertained, so I bought this...
It's been sitting here for quite some time and is absolutely filthy (gorgeous) It was resprayed a couple of years ago and although there is some minor clear coat peel here and there (and the odd cancerous growth),it should clean up ok.
The guys at A+R (where i found it) are just getting it sorted for rego, so hopefully I will be able to pick it up at the end of the week (fingers crossed) and get stuck in to cleaning it up properly.
It fired right up with a new battery and some petrol...then leaked fuel everywhere as to be expected. (You know you own a MK1 when...etc.)
Thanks to some very helpful forum members, I have already secured a few nice little additions that will go onto the car 'all at once' in the next month or so and I'm still umming and arring over which coilover to put in - I'm leaning toward the KW v1 to start with, as I'm 40 years old and can't imagine life being much fun at $100/corner
I'm going to put a nice exhaust/extractors on (again, still need to locate some headers...anyone?)
It's just an 8v, but after owning an early '76 pre-pollution model as a youngster, I know how much I'm going to enjoy this car when it's done...they just make you smile.
I won't put any more pics up of the Golf till I've made a decent start.
Until then ('coz eryone <3's pic's) here is my Subie...
and my favourite Dub from days gone by...
Oh...and my Dog named Elvis...
Looking forward to learning more, buying more parts and meeting some of you in the not to distant future (I will probably attend ACT GAD)
Thanks to everyone that's been so helpful thus far, nice to join a friendly/positive Forum...thankfully 99% of the Haters are on RexNet
Catch you round all.
Pete.
I have owned a handful of VW's, but have been out of the game for about 5 years - Tinkering with Subaru's.
...Oh Hai Darko
My current daily ('89 JDM import Legacy Gt - 5mt swap - Wagon) has Done a head gasket on the STi engine and the spare engine I threw in it is fugged too
So I've decided to park that for a while.Until the love returns, I need something other than my Work ute to keep me entertained, so I bought this...
It's been sitting here for quite some time and is absolutely filthy (gorgeous)
It was resprayed a couple of years ago and although there is some minor clear coat peel here and there (and the odd cancerous growth),it should clean up ok.The guys at A+R (where i found it) are just getting it sorted for rego, so hopefully I will be able to pick it up at the end of the week (fingers crossed) and get stuck in to cleaning it up properly.
It fired right up with a new battery and some petrol...then leaked fuel everywhere as to be expected. (You know you own a MK1 when...etc.)Thanks to some very helpful forum members, I have already secured a few nice little additions that will go onto the car 'all at once' in the next month or so and I'm still umming and arring over which coilover to put in - I'm leaning toward the KW v1 to start with, as I'm 40 years old and can't imagine life being much fun at $100/corner
I'm going to put a nice exhaust/extractors on (again, still need to locate some headers...anyone?)
It's just an 8v, but after owning an early '76 pre-pollution model as a youngster, I know how much I'm going to enjoy this car when it's done...they just make you smile.
I won't put any more pics up of the Golf till I've made a decent start.
Until then ('coz eryone <3's pic's) here is my Subie...
and my favourite Dub from days gone by...
Oh...and my Dog named Elvis...
Looking forward to learning more, buying more parts and meeting some of you in the not to distant future (I will probably attend ACT GAD)
Thanks to everyone that's been so helpful thus far, nice to join a friendly/positive Forum...thankfully 99% of the Haters are on RexNet
Catch you round all.
Pete.
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