NZ: MKII 3 Door Project Car

[ranton-inc]

Hey Guys, Meet ye ole bucket o bolts

It ended its last life as a resonably tidy Gold colored, Golf CL. It's previous owner decided to start on a Track Hack.



1x Stripped interior, MK3 Vr6 Rear beam, MK3 GTI Front Subframe & a ABF w/ 02a later the project came to a halt,

Looking a little something like this...


January this year she became mine... and after much "umming" and "ahhing" I threw out the ABF & 02A and have begun peeling her back to nothing to start from scratch....





The Plan.. (Very loose...)

- Pull Glass
- Pull Small Bumpers
- Clean cabin of all old fluffy sound deadening.
- Consider and Prep Body for new Paintwork
- Figure out a new powerplant... Preferably not FSI (evil direct injection sludge monsters)
- Fit new Powerplant & Dash etc.
- Make work..
- Find and Aquire aesthetics
- Strip and paint

Not entirely sure where this is going quite yet.
Watch this space

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Progress this weekend (not much...)

1. pushed the ABF and 02A further out of the way and closer to the scrap bin.

2. Pulled all the Glass out of the body saving good seals where possible.
- as a result, but expectant, minor rust on the pinched seams that the windscreen mounts on to.
(Looks like im going to have to learn some rust repair skillz)

3. Started pulling apart the front Subframe peices and engine mount, will likely get these items powdercoated in a texture coat black... crinkle coat always looks good

4. Got some MK3 Fat fives sussed to get the shell off the steelies.

5. Also picked up my rallye grille, slampanel, lights etc etc.... will probably get the slam panel powder coated too!

[Stiggy_21]

Sounds like a good project
Why throw out the ABF??
I'd say stick to a 16v or go 20vt if you want extra grunt.
As you said FSI will be to complicated.

[ozgti]

Find out how much to ship the ABF and box to Sydney!

[ranton-inc]

Find out how much to ship the ABF and box to Sydney!

Already Sold both unfortunately.

Could be a 20VT could be a 13b we just don't know

but in all seriousness things will become more clear after I clear my yard of all these excess cars I have at the moment.

Sitting on about 6 :-S

[gecko2k]

Lookin' good mate!

*subscribed*

[ranton-inc]

Parts I have collected thus far



have a badgeless and badged grille for the rallye setup!

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So a touch more than i remember seeing on saturday..

any who looks reasonably minor..

going to hit it with a wire wheel/grinder after work on thursday see how extensive the "damage is"

[moostin]

Looks like we are going down the same road
The evil Tin worm


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[GoLfMan]

subscribed!

The ABF's a great motor with plenty of power to be found, how come you ditched it?

[ranton-inc]

cos need m0ar powa!

[GoLfMan]

cos need m0ar powa!

good enough reason for me!