project mk1 golf gti mars red

Engine is now out and bay ready for a clean up. 16v lump is now here waiting to be dropped in on wednesday

Moving along nice and quick Good to see dude!

looking good fellas, is the engine all getting painted up nicely? hope so

great bit of team work.

you have some good friends at your disposal

bridgedubber wrote:

great bit of team work.

you have some good friends at your disposal

too right mate, i definately couldnt do it without them

Few progresss pics

Rear hubs rebuilt, new bearings, cylinders and brake lines



Old gti lump bare and ready to remove



Quick clean up of the bay, replaced a dodgy steering gaiter and fitted new bushes to the rack, also wrapped up column gaiter as it had been melted by the manifold.



I had planned to run this engine for now until i could afford to go 2ltr 16v on bike carbs.. but then Jim offered me his 1.8kr on twin Weber 40's, big thanks Jim i promise it'll go to good use



Oh yeah!!!!

Still along way to go, but here it is bolted in



Cant believe it, if it goes as good as it looks then its gonna be awesome...
Also started re-shaping the rear panel work by cutting and welding.. its starting to look like a car again finally, but Simon already put these pics up so i wont do it again.
Anyway, its getting there

Good job!

It must be time for an update surely????



Lee loves welding up rot....



See...







All this grinding, you gotta eat...



Let the filling begin...





Look what I can do after a sugar hit weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee





Looking where your sanding is over rated these days...



"My precious"

MK1G60 wrote:

It must be time for an update surely????

Yes i think it is too , so lately its been all about bodywork - STILL hahaha

all the panels are now fully welded on thanks to Lee, he's been a busy boy making the golf look like a golf again, heres a few pics





A bit more grinding for the passenger side sill but other than that it came out really good, even the filler neck repair panel fitted - like a glove

So now its on to the area i know most about, so its my turn to be busy doing the filling, sanding, priming and painting..
ive started today on the drivers side around the filler neck and arch, the filler neck is just about ready for primer now, and the arch will be done soon, its a pain trying to get the shape right, but it'll get there





Cheers for looking all

Damn, u beat me to it by seconds dude... Well minutes

Need some wide rims to accommodate those knife edged arches now

Looking good dude!

CaddyRage wrote:

Need some wide rims to accommodate those knife edged arches now

Knife edge isnt good Good work though dude, is looking sweet.

Ill get mine over there shorty and you can start on that

Lol, you know what I mean.

Sure, bring it on if ya want stuff sorting mate

haha only joking dude.

Yeah ill probs need some help getting the engine running etc

looking good tonight mate......bloody messy though you dirt making filler fairy!!!!

coming on nicely though, some nice motors i reckon in those pics

<------- i got new avatar......can i join now???

jim-uk16 wrote:

looking good tonight mate......bloody messy though you dirt making filler fairy!!!!

coming on nicely though, some nice motors i reckon in those pics

I thought it was taken in a scrap yard lol!

[quote="jim-uk16"]looking good tonight mate......bloody messy though you dirt making filler fairy!!!!

Hahahaha cheers mate, but yeah it looks like its been snowing indoors, gotta love filler

Jim

its coming on nicely now mark......now use that fooking hoover!!!!!

Sweet Ba'Jesus NO JIM!!!!

Haha lmfao Jim

hahahahahahahaha thats one hell of a sig strip Jim

Lee and Si hard at work on the Rot box



Obviously thats not a big enough hammer for the job in hand



Thats more like it

an appearance from Mark too today



(only messing buddy) he might have been here all along, we'd never know, as this pics shows



Si's had enough...he tried to escape in Lee's Caddy, but to no avail..

Do it do it...









Is it Mars red or Alpine white? I can't be sure anymore....