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as bought (note mk2 16v gti in the background RIP & 16v raddo RIP)


Note clutch cable hole on the bulkhead


after a wash




it was belived that if we assembled the engine and spruced it up a bit it would get an mot .i don't think we could have been wronger

The strip down
The wings were buggered so they were removed and the engine was removed to allow easier access to do "a little welding in the engine bay :roll: "


the areas painted red have had welding done to them


the n/s strut needed a tricky repair to it as it had rotted out on the seem



with the wings on and a lick of paint!


So we moved our attention to the n/s arch and sill



And then to the o/s .i wish we'd started here first


eek! :shock:

there's been a hole lotta metal let in there





The floor has been cleaned and painted




almost ready for paint
note the bn2 passat in the background ,the only car i ever owned i wish i'd never sold

The rear pannel should have been replaced but at the time all i could find was 1 rear pannel in the hole of the uk , a genuine small tail light rear pannel for

Certainly a lot of time and effort invested into that mk1, good effort :thumb:

I look forward to the next batch of pictures and details on the modifications.

Excellent write up - keep em coming.

Part 2 !

Having got the nice shiny shell back work on assembling was far rapid than the body repair



i've got to be honnest i wish i'd spent a biy more time on repairing the crusty brake bar and sevo i'll do it this year








as you can see it all came together very quickly this was partly because the guy who i'd been sharing the lock up with lost his job and moved out leaving me to pay the bills ,which i could only just afford


engine in


engine Running!



its first fire up



although not for long a cheap mk2 16v turned up and i bought it/robbed it of the bits i wanted (the engine)and sold the rest , sorry no pics

with the front end reassembled



and with the arch spats and chin spoiler fitted



by now i'd run up my over draft to its limit and couldn't afford to keep the shop so i had to take the toy home . this is roughly how our drive looked for nearly a year, whilst my bank ballence tried to recover




Fast forward a year and things have looked up a bit

i've aquired a set off splits for

Great project. Keep up the good work

looks lovely mate , love the mk1's
are they bbs rm splits if so top job at getting them for

Well done mate

I know how long and hard you worked to get the golf through to completion well done the car is a credit to you 8) 8)

Great end result :notworthy:

will post no 3 engine swap tonight :thumb:

Part 3

Lucky finds?

Having got the toy up and running and the outside tidy myself and Dan decided the inside needed a bit of a revamp, so i started trawling the scrap yards . so on one sunny sat morning i was quite happy to find a black corrado fresh off the back of a transporter , lucky for me not so lucky for the owner ,anyway a quick peer through the window reveled it had black leather . a very brisk walk to the reception revelled it could be mine for 150+vat . . . . . hell yeah !
happy with my purchace i wandered back to inspect it .the drivers seat was bent but i could replace the twisted frame with another one (not a difficult job)
The car also had bbs rims which were buggerd as the car had been in an impacted along the o/s,this inpact pushed the o/s front wheel into the a pillar and bannana'd the shell , i thought i'd check to see if it had an alloy spare . i didn't get that far the little g60 badge had me almost running back to the reception "how much for the motor "