Hey fellas,

So some years have passed, and its time to move onto another golf mk1. I picked up this bad boy for a price i was fairly happy with. The drive to pick this little white car wasnt anything extreme, but on a very rainy day, a overly big trailer, auto van that has no guts, and driving through the yarra ranges where its one massive hill after one massive drop, my old man and I finally got her home.

There are some rust issues, i guess for some more skilled people, its easily fixable. The floor pan is rusty, and there a few bits here and there that need some treating etc. For the most of it, its a not bad car for the price i got it. Now innitially i bought it due to the body being very straight, with no structural damage, which i thought was a worthy foundation to build. I also bought the car due to it already having a 2E engine with 5 speed and already installed digifant injection system.

Now, im still young, but i do know my fair share of how cars work and i do everything on my car myself. However when it comes to wiring and fuel injections, im fairly lost. So with a new path, i am deciding to ditch the digifart, and just go with a 32/36 weber on passat manifold, which i already have.

Even though on my orange mk1, i have almost replaced or rebuilt every part, i still feel like this is going to be a very good experience for an 18 year old, and i am hoping to come out of this with not a fancy car, but just the experience, and the balls to try things myself, rather than spending $$$ to get others to do it. I guess the hardest bit will be finding a welder, and cutting and welding new peices to replace the rust. - I'll slowly work my way through that ahaha.

Anyway enough chitter chatter, here are the plans;

The orange one will remain my daily until the white one has been repainted. I am going to do something with the rego that i dont wish to mention on a public forum lol. I am going to take my mk2 dash, seats, wheels, suspension and other goodies from the orange mk1 and put it into the white mk1. I am going for a race look, as i love the cleanliness of the interior and the simplicity. I am also going to try a simple wire tuck, nothing fancy. There will only be 2 buckets, with the half cage, and no carpet what so ever. I am still un decided on the subwoofer being placed in where the spare wheel goes (i want a decent stereo to over power road noise )

The 'to-do' list so far before xmas is;

-Strip car completely
-remove all dirt/grease/grime
-Remove all rust
-Relocate battery behind passenger seat
-Get a new radiator that allows me to remove the water bottle
-Paint the whole car white - yet to decide which white

Thats about as far as i think i'll be able to go before xmas.

So here is how i bought it a couple of weeks back,







Going to miss the orange one



Last night i got to stripping as much as i could, and also removed the engine - Thanks to Hakan for the help









Also stripped windows boot interior etc






Thats it for now, as i have one more exam to go ahaha.

George