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[mollins]

Hey guys

ive been too busy to bother doing anything with my old mk1s so they have both taken up residence in my driveway in a very static way.

both shells are too rusty and will be wrecked for parts or sold soon.

but....

i just bought this



i have a lot of work to do...

more pics soon

[Jarred]

Nice one that. cage and everything

what are the plans for it??

[Water Boy]

I do think we need some pics of your other Mk1's for good measure

[mollins]

ill get photos soon

if you wanna check out my last project..

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=2292

this car looked promising till i discovered the rear pillars were completely rusted through leaving the roof only attached by the dodgy bog job.. very sad

plans are to fix up the body to start with.. I wanna have a nice clean/minimalist interior... engine is to be confirmed...

[Water Boy]

ill get photos soon

if you wanna check out my last project..

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=2292

this car looked promising till i discovered the rear pillars were completely rusted through leaving the roof only attached by the dodgy bog job.. very sad

plans are to fix up the body to start with.. I wanna have a nice clean/minimalist interior... engine is to be confirmed...

Ahhh yes i remeber that, very sad about but cancer gets into all sorts of places

Good luck and that sure is a super base

[Golf Loon]

Glad to see that car goto a good home mate. Track weapon with a numberplate would be the GO.

[ontarv]

about 8 inches lower would be good
looks like a good base
looks pretty straight too
what motor are you thinking of put in??

[mollins]

about 8 inches lower would be good
looks like a good base
looks pretty straight too
what motor are you thinking of put in??

yeah i will be definitely changing springs and shocks.. hoping for bilsteins or konis with low springs.. got some 7.5" steelies with fat tyres which will be good

enginewise, i have a nicely built 1.9 8v with big valves etc which i could run on a single 45mm DCOE or maybe twin 40mm DHLA's

otherwise i would love to use my 1.6 turbo diesel from my passat with about 25 psi... that would be nice...

my dream car is a mk1 with a 125kW 2.0TDI.. hmmm

[Jarred]

my dream car is a mk1 with a 125kW 2.0TDI.. hmmm

only 125kws?!?! moar moar!!! I like the TD plan though. go for it!,i'd be sweet

[JP-009]

only 125kws?!?! moar moar!!! I like the TD plan though. go for it!,i'd be sweet

Hehehe

I'd love that too !!!

But it's not the 125 kW that excites me, it's the 350Nm of torque in a 800kg-ish Mk1 that is the biz and don't forget the 6 speed manual glory box!

My Mk1 would be quicker than my Mk5 - sweeeeeeet....

The 2TDi might be a little heavy in a Mk1 though. Anyone know the relative weights of the various engines (1.6,1.8,2.0 etc - petrol & diesel) that might fit a Mk1?

[gldgti]

Update!

hey guys,
mikey and I put in a hard day... well half day today. and boy are things coming along. mojor bodywork complete, hoping to go top coat tomorrow.

we had to reorganise mike driveway first.....


then it was time for a few "one of those moments" shots...



mike found something interesting in the rear drivers side wheel arch apparently.... or was it just to show you how high this beast really is....


doors and hatch off, windows all out, loom out, and whatever else was deemed "unnecessary"


i decided to do some real work, "arrgh ooogh arrgh I'm a MAN!"

[gldgti]

..continued

finally it seemed like we'd done some work...


then we did some more...


and at last, this seemed to sum it all up -


bring on the morrow, for good times for dubs are to be had!

[Jarred]

sweet as, good to see you are making progresss. keep us up dated.

[Oneofthegreats]

Nice to this car coming back to life. Enthusiastically too!

I don't feel so bad now about my house having mk1's everywhere now. You made my day.

The widened mk3's are not a bad looking with a bit of dish too! Thumbs up.

Also spotted another set of 15 x 6 Ronal R8's. Don't see them too often. Still a nice looking rim IMHO,

[Water Boy]

Now thats what i call a front lawn