Wow it puts my twin eng mk1 to shame! Pics of mine are in my gallery
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Pretty crazy mk2 build up.
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I can't believe that the guy is only 21, he has so much patience and attention to detail and his welding skills are pretty incredible.
I flicked through all 33 pages mostly looking out for his posts and pics, did anyone catch what he does for a living? I know he says its his first time fibreglassing and a few other things but his welds are way too good for a beginner.
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apparently he has a whole raft of family who are extremely skilled. eg, an uncle fabricated his roll cage, so i guess he'd do the majority of welding (like those awesome wishbones!!) although all that custom fibreglass fabrication...
87' MK2 GTI
13' MK7 TDI
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You know that feeling you get when you spend ages fabricating something - its close to how you want it. Then you weld it and the welds turn out crap and it distorts and things don't line up anymore and all the hard work just doesn't turn out the way you wanted it to. You grind it a bit and "persuade" it to fit. And then you look at this guys work...
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Yep, not sure about the body kit. Without it it would be a real sleeper.
I knew a bloke back in England who did a similar thing with an Escort RS Turbo. Fully built chassis, tune turbo engine in the back with around 300bhp, the exhausts exiting through were the number plate used to be. It was an animal. Went like stink in a straight line but was useless in the bends. Suffered from understeer and viscous snap oversteer, was almost impossible to control. Chassis set-up is a nightmare.
Good luck to this fella though, will be an awesome dub when its finished.Last edited by walshydub; 23-07-2008, 12:58 PM.
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Originally posted by walshydub View PostYep, not sure about the body kit. Without it it would be a real sleeper.
I knew a bloke back in England who did a similar thing with an Escort RS Turbo. Fully built chassis, tune turbo engine in the back with around 300bhp, the exhausts exiting through were the number plate used to be. It was an animal. Went like stink in a straight line but was useless in the bends. Suffered from understeer and viscous snap oversteer, was almost impossible to control. Chassis set-up is a nightmare.
Good luck to this fella though, will be an awesome dub when its finished.
I also knew a guy who used to have a green MK1 golf with two 16vavle engines in it... Went like stink, looked ugly as the rear end was all messed up putting in the engine, but boy that car blew away most things in it's class.1993 MK1 CAB ! Work in Progress........
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You gotta love over engined backyard supercars. Go like stink but look like ****e!
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I prefer the street sleeper or Euro look myself.Originally posted by walshydub View PostYou gotta love over engined backyard supercars. Go like stink but look like ****e!
I love power, but I don't reckon it substitues a good looking car.
Both is best.
MK1 euro look with a VR6 in, now that is a fantasy of mine
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1993 MK1 CAB ! Work in Progress........
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I know what you mean. I wanna build a classic looking big bumper Mk2 with a vr6 on wide BBS RS splits. Bit of a cliche now but i still love that look.
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