The Car or Thing that gets you Inspired Thread

If you look carefully, a lot of cars are designed like that, not just mk1 golfs.

thats correct... its to compensate for the front wheels turning left and right...

dom

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Originally Posted by WABIT

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_7729-1.jpg

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This pic should be in there with the brown one!

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Originally Posted by Lorenz

GTI looks mad, shame its a photoshop though by the looks of it.. (look closely at the bonnet and where the badge was, and the grill)

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Yeah you're correct. Original:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...vwvgti61-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...vwvgti62-1.jpg

How I'd have it:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...ockfront-1.jpg

:banana:


I also was inspired today on a job.... Customer had a 1966 Toyota Crown station wagon in which he'd installed a new Lexus V8, LSD, Mags, disc brakes, lowered with mags and looking rat and retro as hell. Was a hell of an engineering job. Looked awesome!

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Originally Posted by WABIT

guys! orite let me get things straight....

ALL mk1's have different sized arches from front to rear, the front ones are shaped with a bigger opening and its also higher up the guard, the rear arch sits lower to the ground... my car is dead even height from front to back and the rear wheels tuck in the guards more than the fronts.....

the rear aches also look bigger because it doesnt have the plastic splats on them..

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_7729-1.jpg

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That photo being crooked (or slope of the driveway) doesn't help.

I realize the arches are different front and back but like to have the same gap. A slight bit of rake wouldn't be too bad either as it just looks like it's dragging it's ar$e. Also is the gap even on the factory setup?

Nice car and absolute classic.

Satanstoenail. Great photoshop, theres just waaay too much daylight under the front bar on the original

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Originally Posted by Satanstoenail

I also was inspired today on a job.... Customer had a 1966 Toyota Crown station wagon in which he'd installed a new Lexus V8, LSD, Mags, disc brakes, lowered with mags and looking rat and retro as hell. Was a hell of an engineering job. Looked awesome!

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Need pics!

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Originally Posted by gareth_oau

Satanstoenail. Great photoshop, theres just waaay too much daylight under the front bar on the original

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For sure, I can't take the credit though. Found it on golfmkv.com.

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Originally Posted by rayray086

Need pics!

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If only I'd had my camera! :duh:

A Mk1 pulling 213km/h gets me pretty excited:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...ullshard-1.jpg

(Sandown Main straight late '08)

213 aint that quick man. :brutal: