James' MK1 Golf

jleahy_10 · 10-01-2007, 06:51 PM

Brought this for $2200, It has 3 1/2G of suspension, supercharger, intercooler, been bored, forged pistons/rings, bigger injectors/valves/fuel pump, extractors and rally exaust. Down side: Interior was...well you get the picture. But i have got to work on some of the issues...like the wiring. And i tried to fix all the massive cracks in the dash with filler...then after realising it was a lost cause (cracks and warped) decided i will buy a re-skinned one off someone. I now has back seats, and the front buckets have been replaces with the seats out of a seat toledo...well sort of, i have to re-weld the rails...and straiten them as a previous owner took to beating them with a hammer to get the buckets in.

**mollins** · 10-01-2007, 07:18 PM

thats cool man... i bet it goes

.. you trying to get it on the road i assume?

jleahy_10 · 10-01-2007, 07:49 PM

Yeha, am getting a roadworthy in a couple of weeks.
at the moment the charger is not on, need to make some ajustments to the arm.

**Golf Loon** · 10-01-2007, 07:53 PM

Nice score mate. I have Mk2 Dashes and I think Mollins has a Mk1 dash.

brackie · 10-01-2007, 07:58 PM

Well done! Good luck sorting out the wiring (fix it up so that it's safe...you wouldn't be the first one to lose a Mk1 from incinerated amateur wiring

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Good luck with the roadworthy!

jleahy_10 · 10-01-2007, 08:09 PM

All that wiring was a bitch, it all went to a switchboard in the center console, but i was all snipped and all live. all gone though. RW will be all good, know a guy, won't be driving it on road for a couple of months though, just getting "roadworthy" to put car in my name.

**worm** · 10-01-2007, 09:56 PM

Its funny that it looks like a full on rally car but it has a fully sick stereo in the boot hahahaha

**mollins** · 10-01-2007, 11:28 PM

looks like the wiring in a paddock basher i used to have..

yeah clean them up before you find yourself trying to use the 3 milliseconds of foam from your extinguisher

**h100vw** · 11-01-2007, 07:48 AM

Seem to be missing a shot from under the bonnet there. ;0)

The same fool had been at work on my MK1s wiring. Drag a load of current through the feed to the interior fan, which melted the plug on the fusebox and stopped the fan working.
Wooden heads!
Gavin