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well here it is the pulsar replacement after a 460 mile round trip to collect a trailer (lincoln) and the car ( droitwitch spa) then back to colchester
it was worth it though
firstly the trailer to cart jaffa around.
its a brian james (definatly been used) and was on put on ebay the day before going to collect the golf, i had planned to hire one saturday morning but as this came up at the right price i had to have it.
i thought i was going to be shot or something though when collecting it, firstly i had to meet a guy called kriss who was polish then follow him to a dodgy polish garage in some back street to get some keys, then follow him through an industrial estate the other side of lincoln three sets of locked metal gates on dirt track roads with caravans littering the sides alongside an old canal i started thinking 'this is not good and wondered if i would end up in the canal' but all came good in the end and he was pretty friendy guy who was hard to understand. i did'nt hang around though and drove out to the sensible part of the industrial estate before putting my numberplate on etc..

the mk1.
so on my merry way accross country with a trailer bouncing behind me i get to droitwich spa around 3pm all was ok and the loading was easy considering i had no winch and no engine in the car , loaded the van up with loads of spares and i was on my merry way with a very big smile on my face
arived back to rainy colchester around 8.15 so after about 12 hours the job was done
i had a little look in the spares and a brief look at the car and was greeted with some nice goodies like sparco plumbed in fire extingisher hydrolic handbrake, pedal box with wilwood cylinders, poly bushes for the engine/box etc.. rally intercom system, battery box already in ,all the lines have been replaced and run through the car plus other stuff i cant even remember (i will go to the car to have a good sort out.
now onto the car :
basically every single part has been removed and uprated/replaced with brand new items.
fully polybushed throughout
new wishbones (welded for strenghth)
new steering rack/gaitors
new hubs
tierods
brakes, mintex cf discs/pads,calipers not standard and unsure at the moment what they are, goodridge hoses, rear disc conversion again using all new parts, even the backing plates are new allround
fuel tank , filler neck, cap
wheel bearings
well basically everything replaced
also happy to see a brand new set of AVO coilovers
the body has had a full sripdown and paint and certainly looks fresh with new decals/ new badges
inside had been painted white throughout

i know there is a lot to do but what a base to start with imo

couple of pics to start

Sounds good Trev BUT.................................



Bugger! you just pipped me

.. Love it ...

More pics !!! ...

i took a couple when i returned last night, but dont worry i plan to keep this thread updated with plenty of pics and progress



also just bagged a set of these white wide weller wheels to stick on her that i have to pick up wednesday eve as there in norfolk

Well, well, well. Who'd have guessed?

You know my thoughts on this mate; such a cracking opportunity to have a blank canvas to start with and some lovely parts to start with. I can't help looking at the this and thinking 'Berg Cup'. As much as it would be nice to get some nice carpet in there and restore it along the lines of OEM+, but Trev's car use orientation has always been 'sporting'. What better starting point than a properly stripped and prepared mk1 with new coilovers, new brakes and all of the other bits that he's listed? Slap some wide track Passat stuff on there, add the Wellers (once they've been refurbed properly Trev) and get a Berg Cup kit........then it's simply a case of a 2 litre 16v with throttle bodies with a suitable gearbox and diff. In the words of Gordon Ramsay, "done".

It will be interesting to see which twist and turns are taken, which direction you take Trev and how patient you are with this project. Your new trailer gives you lots of options and I guess it's the room within these options that provides the interest. There could be strong arguments for keeping this near standard and just putting an enhanced drivetrain and powerplant........so tempting.

One thing Trev.....please spend about

im in desperate need of some straps, it was all last min to get the trailer and was hoping the guy had some i could buy of him, i ended up buying these as a tempory solution yesterday whilst on the road from a crappy shop, certainly not ideal and had a couple of stops on the way home to check the car especially as i could not put it in gear or apply a handbrake, dodgy i know but it got me home
i dont think the car will ever be standard looking with bonnet pins, rear straps on tailgate welded in seat bases etc.. although i do have all carpets 2 dashes
looking at one of these aswell http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT set in a bit of carbon plate in the dash
searching for a cage at the moment
i plan to get the inside done first , sparco seats are waiting to be bolted in before i think about power plants, i'd love to 20vt it but n/a with a few choice bits looks more likely and the induction note should be sublime
as much as i want to berg cup arch it it seems a real shame to spoil the arches as there mint and quite rare on a mk1 nowadays
we shall see

i must be patient but i want it done now now NOW

Trev, you lucky bastard

A mate has a new stack dash with all the gubbins for about