ive been granted permission...

just thought id tell the world (fenland) that my loving papa has decided to let me clear the garage and buy a cheap golf to store and work on as a project,

i have no like experience with doing stuff to cars so was ondering for my first one should i get a bog standard one or maybe a slightly done up one to give me a start?
or is it a matter of my own preference?

any sort of help would be much appreciated

Cheers
Dave

p.s the pool table i have for sale has to go to make way for this car..... *hint hint* lol

It totally depends on what your goals for the car are. No doubt paying a premium for a minter if you're planning a respray, for example.

youve also got to think about your skills. silly getting a car that needs loads of welding if you cant weld/dont have a welder. same with a respray, if you cant spray or dont have the gear and cant afford to have it sprayed then you should get one with decent paint.

youve just got to think about what you can do, how much money you can put into it and also how much time.

probably best as your first project to get something nice and clean to play around with, coilovers, wheels, lights interior maybe just to get you going.

ive had really serious projects before and ended up selling because there was waaay too much work.

just a little something to think about.

basically thats what im thinking something to dip my fingers into to get started, a nice clean one just set of alloys lower, the basics really but something to build my taste for modifying.

thats what i was thinking, i can weld and stuff, but done have the equipment, so obviously not looking for it.

cheers
Dave

get a golf, and rat it in your garage

im just going to start of with the basics billy,


lol but maybe at somepoint a project will involve ratting one out

just seen your tints on the project build lol, look the shizz

haha rat is the way forward most people porbs disagree but someones gotta do it aint they? thats what i think

rat look is awesome! All depends what u fancy! There isa mark 3 golf for sale in sutton i saw 2nite. Dont know if u would be interested?

mk2s you can get cheap none runners mine was 475 and had years m.o.t .
im sure you will get one cheap for a project ill keep my eyes open

There r cheap cars out there. My mate just picked up a full rep gti mk2 driver for 100 notes. Bodywork is mint just abit of paint fade and its got a mint set of bbs's on it and the gti big bumpers!

i just got a good complete running mk2 16v completely solid for £300

plenty of bargains out there mate

tiz where did u get that from mate? i know where there is a black 3 door valver for that kind of money.

near mine in march, unfinished project.

i wish i got a pound for every new car tiz got, id be rich

aye im looking round but the only places i really know to look are pistonheads and these forums? anyone recommend where to start looking? or are thos the main sort of places



caddys look sexy ive come to realise.... lol

and i bought a running mk3 16v for £200

im being really picky, i would rather have a mk2 loll

but mk3's look good BUT only when they're done properly, theres a nice burgundy/mauve one in ely with AUDI TT comps' now that looks good to me

but bwild, what sort of price was the mk3 that you saw do you know?

and 200dabs, where or where do you find these cars lol

billybug wrote:

i wish i got a pound for every new car tiz got, id be rich

haha i get bored too quick :( i think its a condition

you find these cars by keeping your eyes and ears open.

look on ebay, autotrader, piston heads, local papers etc
and just keep a look out at whats behind garges i.e part ex cars that they dont really want and you can get for nothing as long as your good at bullshitting people

ive been looking on ebay, can find the odd bargain, but fingers corssed when i getthe garage cleard therell be a nice little beauty on there

i went into Vindis VW and asked about part Ex cars, sadi that ely tyres are the dealer that takes them, and also some david mellor bloke in cambridge? anyone no where he is?
but with the bullshitting, what sort of stuff do you say lol

i look for the slightest thing wrong with something and play on it mate!

alot of the time places just wanna get rid of such old cars and will snap your hand off if offer some cash!

when i bought the £200 mk3 it had no mot or tax and was looking dingy in the corner of the car lot for £450

after pointing out the fact that i had seen it there for over month and it needs tyres and a good service etc as it has no history.....he said he would take £250, i said £180 and we settled on £200


Piece of piss!

like whereabouts at the garage would they be? round the back or somewhere, can you tell your speaking to a novice here loll

but sounds like a proper plan to me

altho ive seen a Scirocco GT, for sale..... £100 lol, but insurance just does me hate it lol

a rocco gt shouldnt be much to insure, they are a 1.6.

i was running a gtx rocco at your age at £120 a month in my dads name!

gt should be much cheaper

the scirocco GT is a 1.8 and the chepest insurance i can find is around 1600pa, so its annoying, but loking at it, if i shove the car in the garage fix it up a bit, i can the insurnance for around 1000 after my licence is a year old, which is tempting, but got to work out wether i can see myself in a rocco then? lol

but gotta get my dads details and see if its any cheaper

sciroccos are cool but dont just buy any old crap....the right car will turn up TRUST ME!

look in your local paper garages usually list their part ex's in small print at the bottom of their adds