New project Mk1 - QLD

**rat77** · 10-05-2009, 09:46 PM

Hey everyone!!!

This is the latest addition to our garage, we now have a 1997 subaru wrx (our race car), a 2001 VW Golf GTI (our luxury car) and finally a 1977 3 door VW Mk1 GLS (daily driver)

So just a few pics to begin with and will do an update on the progress so far,
We have a few minor mods so far since it arrived but will update it as the building begins, keeping in mind that we arent aiming for a show car but a tidy phat daily driver.

It arrived like this....

Some have you may recognise it, was from geelong victoria.
Mods that have been uncovered so far are,

SEAT 1.8 litre engine with a downdraft weber carby
bilstein suspension with what looks to be pedders or h&r coils
Rear swaybar,
Front underbody bracing,
Front and rear strut braces (front is a dodgy home made job)
15x7 rims
battery relocated to the boot for weight distribution
chrome bumpers
2 inch exhaust, not sure what brand extractors.

First thing we had to do was to freshen up the engine and all new fluids, plugs, new brake pads and discs, wipers, new head unit and 6x9s and a few other bits n pieces.

stay tuned...

**16v_kid** · 10-05-2009, 09:54 PM

i remember this car on carsales

looks like a sweet ride

any plans for it?

cheers

**rat77** · 10-05-2009, 09:58 PM

And yes that was a seat belt we removed from the bonnet, apparently its a victorian rule if you are going to race a car....?

After that we sourced some more parts,
5 standard vw mk1 rims with tyres,
Brake switch
Chrome window winders
Small front lip
Suspension top hat
rear brackets to remove tow bar mounts
engine damper with bushing

As it stands now,

Future plans,
Looking at new wheels now, anyone that has anything forsale shoot me a pm.
Have a few ideas but also open for suggestions,
Painting it a deep gloss white, lowering (ALOT!)
Have taken it for small drive and it goes great, was expecting alot worse, any tips on how to tune these little 1.8 engines and get even more grunt would be much appreciated. i assume they removed the ignition system and put a carby setup on for ease of setup.

Cheers Loki and Leah

**rat77** · 10-05-2009, 10:04 PM

Oh and forgot to add it has central locking!!!!!!!!

**funkamedic** · 10-05-2009, 10:19 PM

hey rat,

Looks sweet mate! Nice little collection of cars you guys have.

Good to see you're losing those wheels. Have you got it rego'ed? I like your rego number too, nice and easy to remember!

Keep us posted...

Cheers, Ant

**SpeciP3** · 10-05-2009, 10:45 PM

Hey rat,
I too remember seeing this beast, looked like a decent little car.
glad to see you've got it looking alot better now

be great to see it with a set of coilies and some nice fat wheels
good buy mate and keep us all updated,
cheers.

**roccodingo** · 10-05-2009, 11:32 PM

Good to see a nice looking MK 1 getting the treatment...

Wheel sets I have :-

Steelies , round hole and ovalish holes. 14 x 6 ?
Std factory 80 GTI alloys 13 x 5.5
std factory mid 80 alloys 14 x 5.5 ( bit rough)
2 different sets of some 13 x 5 local alloys

Lemme know if ya want pics.

**rat77** · 11-05-2009, 06:53 PM

Yeh we are very excited to get it slammed and put some nice big 15x7 - 15x8 wheels under it!
Chasing a mesh set with a bit of dish like the bbs rs but dont want to pay an arm and a leg!
A couple of old workshops i know of seem to specialise in wheels and may be able to get a cheap set of hotwires or something a bit nicer under it until we track down the perfect wheel for it!

I have successfully modified the back gate of our house so that i can now fit the mk1 out the back of the house rather than having it sit out the front. Bit of a shame not having a garage to put the little beauty in, especially after we finish the paint job!

Great to hear the good feedback and it will be getting rwc this weekend, will let u know how it goes!