Mk1 16v Project

[GoLfMan]

thats top shelf that
are you a fitter and turner by any chance?

[Water Boy]

Dude that looks good... R they your other VW's too?

[Preen59]

Nice clean car you've got going on there chief!!

Very understated. Will be cool with the 16V that's for sure.

Thanks dude, I like my cars to be clean and unassuming.

Oh wait.. I've got a tornado red caddy.. But it's just a caddy

[Preen59]

thats top shelf that
are you a fitter and turner by any chance?

Thanks dude, yeah i am.. And a toolmaker/CNC machinist. You are in a similar trade? Lets not get too off topic with this though.

[Preen59]

Dude that looks good... R they your other VW's too?

Haha, no, my old man is a mechanic and he specialises in air cooled VW's. He does everything, but that's his specialty, so a lot of the time we've got various Vw's in the workshop.

The really crappy looking white Mk1 goof in the background in that shot with the hatch wiper i owned. Got it for 300 bucks in the blue mountains. Had a reco hyd 1.6 with a twin throat and everything. Beated the balls off it all the way back to orange. I used it for some parts i needed then flogged it off for 300 bucks again. Another guy in town (who i bought my car off) bought it and threw the donk in his red 4 door. Goes hard! He also has a mk2 8v turbo pushing 170kw at the wheels. Pretty mean machine. He's on the forum, calls himself twin engine, twin turbs.. Another project he is working on.

So that was way off track huh.

Well i'd better put something here on track. At the moment i've stripped all the interior out and ripped all the sound deadening out etc so that i can seam weld around the doors and drive tunnel etc. So i'll post some more pics of that as it happens.

Well i better get ready for work.. Yes work, i'm working backshift for maintenance at the moment (Mostly for the money to get this car finished)

[Jarred]

looks good man. i love the white paint, really suits 1's esp with the BBS's! can't wait for this, 16V will be horn!

[TassieGTi]

Nice, clean project You can't beat that throaty sound of a couple of 45s on a 16v

[Preen59]

Yeah, i've never heard a VW 16v on 45's, but if it sounds anything like a BDA, then we're in business..

[16v80]

I have twin 45 Dellorto's on a 2L 16v.....they do sound awesome...at low revs they is a nice burble to them, then the higher the revs it turns into a roar....very addictive...very hard to stay under the speed limits

[TassieGTi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QebAK...eature=related