Retro spec mk1

**Petska84** · 19-02-2015, 08:14 PM

**Petska84** · 05-03-2015, 09:55 AM

**sports racer** · 06-03-2015, 12:38 PM

Where's the sticker that says Grandad on board?

Cheers

Paul

**crispymk2** · 06-03-2015, 01:37 PM

Love this car! So retro

**Petska84** · 27-04-2015, 03:33 PM

What a awesome weekend away it was at vits in Albury great people and a fantastic line up of cars.
Taking out best mk1 was a surprise to be honest as there was some real nice contenders like Alex's red mk1 gti on zender sports.
A big thanks to George who saved the day on the way home who drove back 230km as the 1.6 gave up the ghost just before Benalla and helped with the recovery.

**Water Boy** · 27-04-2015, 04:30 PM

Mate was sad to see it pulled off on the hume after it looking so good at the show!

**Browneye** · 27-04-2015, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Petska84

What a awesome weekend away it was at vits in Albury great people and a fantastic line up of cars.
Taking out best mk1 was a surprise to be honest as there was some real nice contenders like Alex's red mk1 gti on zender sports.
A big thanks to George who saved the day on the way home who drove back 230km as the 1.6 gave up the ghost just before Benalla and helped with the recovery.

What happened to the 1.6? Sounds like it's just making room for a new power plant under the bonnet

**Petska84** · 27-04-2015, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by Water Boy

Mate was sad to see it pulled off on the hume after it looking so good at the show!

Was running like a clock the whole way up and in albury.... Nearly 2 hours into the trip back home mind you it's a 4spd and doing about 3800-4000rpm at around 110-115km started to hear a death rattle and a slight loss of power. No oil light warning just a slight increase of temp, we pulled over at a truck stop to investigate and checked the oil looked clean but very light and a tad metallic. So I decided to top it up with a little more oil about 500ml and hope for the best.
Back on the hwy I couldn't make it over 70km with my foot to floor. at this stage something in that motor wanted out making a racket. About 5km later a cloud of white smoke was bucketing from the exhaust (sorry to whoever was behind me) and the motor cut out completely.

George then drove me home picked up the trailer drove back to pick her up. Massive thanks to him, he even helped me with the recovery.

As some guys know I always had the intention to do a engine swap but not in this circumstance. So time to get cracking and put all my bits together and begin.