my first gti cabby!

collected today:
a mate gave me a tow with his mk1!
you should have seen the looks on peoples faces!!!








then a quick wash (and i mean quick)





and finally

What ya go planned for it then?

FIX - MOT - DRIVE!

what did you think to it when you saw it?

TBH, it looked a fookin mess but i see its potential after the 'quick' wash.

gimme a shout if you need bits

nice project......gonna have your hands full......lol

It was a fun drive back especially trying to accelerate from a stand to join the dual carriageway! The Golf's going to be awesome

nice hosepipe

Nice find geeze, I'm sure I've seen that car around where did it come from ?

I had it in 8v form......

mk1rolf wrote:

I had it in 8v form......

did it ever have an accident?

is there anything i should know about it?

whatalotafun wrote:

mk1rolf wrote:

I had it in 8v form......

did it ever have an accident?

is there anything i should know about it?

Lift the carpet and you'll see the seem weld behind the front seats

Only joking haha

lee, did you see it in the flesh? cos it looked like a pretty tidy motor underneath. i peeled back the carpets and all the sills looked mint as did the spare wheel well. was impressed with the car as a whole.

did show signs of a light impact to the front passengerside tho

looks like its gonna be a lot fun

whatalotafun wrote:

lee, did you see it in the flesh? cos it looked like a pretty tidy motor underneath. i peeled back the carpets and all the sills looked mint as did the spare wheel well. was impressed with the car as a whole.

did show signs of a light impact to the front passengerside tho

No mate, i was interested in buying it when Rolf had it for sale a while back though.

Looks alright really mate, give it some TLC and she should be sweet.

well first things first,

i know it starts and runs on 2 cylinder (2+3)

so i'm going to swap the injectors from 2+3 into injector holes 1+4 to be 100% sure that it the injectors at fault, then sort out what i need to change.

i have a chrome single light grille to go on (the one thats on there seems to be melted on on side).

then tidy the wheels, clean interior, reinstall the heater system, sort out any wiring and i'm done. i hope!


does anyone know the colour of this car?

I've got a 50mm inlet, both sections plus the 4 injectors and lines you can have for 50 notes if any good to ya. Upgrade from your 42mm inlet

tell me again what parts these are (or point them out on the picture)

whatalotafun wrote:

tell me again what parts these are (or point them out on the picture)

The inlet is the alloy part that goes over the rocker cover(looks like 4 fingers). Its a 2 part inlet, the short bit that holds the injectors fits to the block and the larger part has the throttle body on it

does anyone know the colour of this car?[/quote]


it's black

couldn't resist

nelds wrote:

does anyone know the colour of this car?

it's black

couldn't resist[/quote]

you deserve a slap sometimes!

it's a bark blue metalic! (seems to turn purple in the sunlight)..........i was after it's name!!!

good guess tho martin

As far as im aware it was never in an accident, although if i can remember some panels never lined up as good as they should...
I bought it off a mate who had had it parked up for a few years ,as the missus wanted something new to run around in.. It needed a few bits doing to it, like the fuel pump relay as thats the reason it wouldnt start and he had parked it up (result) as the head gasket needed changing..
It flew though the MOT and the guy said the underneath was mint, although i did have to rob my cab (white one)for the suspension ( vipertech -60mm..so you know) and just as i was about to tax it the missus changed her mind...... so i sold it on...

I did notice the grill (with the silver sprayed edge, done buy yours truly ) had melted at some point..

I actually lost out on that motor.... bloody women !!!!!

oh.......... and it is black


The paint code should be on a sticker on the reinforcement bar across the rear strut towers in the boot

seeeeeee, i told you it was black

If the sticker says la5y then its helios blue but it looks too dark for that unless its been painted with mystic blue from a mk3

it's only freakin BLACK

Montego Black Metallic, LY9V

what a sh1te, but it is freakin' blue. honest!!!!