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Gold-mk1
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 |  Subject: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-)  Mon Dec 15 2008, 21:43 | |
| As a glutton for punishment, I've gone and bought myself another mk1 golf - another two door driver without the sunroof.     Solid, never been welded etc etc. Plans are ( within the next two days ) coilovers, stereo, new front spoiler, centre console dials, wolfsburg steering wheel, single headlamp front end full service ( sadly it has the FOUL GF code 1.3 with THAT stupid cylinder head and low compression ). Long term - who knows, still waiting for the insurance pay out on my other mk1, but this'll do till then . 
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Gold-mk1
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Mon Dec 15 2008, 21:44 | |
| Sorted out a couple of things I've always found unacceptable with this particular mk1... New filler cap  " The " steering wheel. Ripped the old stereo out too - chocolate teapots spring to mind instantly with this. Whoever wired it in should have gone to specsavers - scotch locks on cigarette lighter wiring!?!?!  Front spoiler - I've gone for the original driver type as opposed to the Gti " batwing " for reasons that will be apparent later..  - please note also, the presence in the drivers seat of the unhelpful helper with its freshly installed " silencer "   |
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Gold-mk1
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Mon Dec 15 2008, 21:49 | |
| Now got my coilies on it ( pinched from my other mk1 ) ....much better for those low speed jaunts to work.  |
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looner
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Mon Dec 15 2008, 22:23 | |
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Bazza
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Mon Dec 15 2008, 22:29 | |
| Looking good dude, nice an tidy. _________________ Welcome to the DARK sideCars: mk3 TDi, Scirocco Scala   |
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PremiumVeeDub
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Mon Dec 15 2008, 23:35 | |
| | Gold-mk1 wrote: | Sorted out a couple of things I've always found unacceptable with this particular mk1...
Whoever wired it in should have gone to specsavers - scotch locks on cigarette lighter wiring!?!?! |
Sounds like a Halfords fit to me - having spent nearly 2y doing warranty work for them on stereos you get to know the signs |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Tue Dec 16 2008, 08:41 | |
| No hanging about then! Good lad! |
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blakey
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Tue Dec 16 2008, 09:22 | |
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Calimori
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Tue Dec 16 2008, 13:32 | |
| Hit the ground running and just keep on going. Well done and good find.
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dapperdan
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Tue Dec 16 2008, 14:40 | |
| nice one
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sparkie1984
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Tue Dec 16 2008, 18:43 | |
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Gold-mk1
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Tue Dec 16 2008, 18:54 | |
| Cheers for all the positives !!! Haven't added much else really recently, stuck on a set of those nice dash vent trims, as the dash was peeling and looked shite ( and my other mk1 has them - so why not ) oh and changed the floor mates out for some proper '83 VW ones.... Might make time in the garage tonight ( when the kids are zzzz'ing ) to start looking at the MH code 1.3 from my old polo - will make a much better bet than the GF thats in there now.. |
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vr6brew
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Tue Dec 16 2008, 21:07 | |
| Thats a lovely little motor... good work there chap! _________________  BLACK BETTY MK3 VR6 Highline... MK1 polo 1.1 lx... |
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Gold-mk1
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Wed Dec 17 2008, 08:16 | |
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Gold-mk1
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| | Subject: Re: '83 Mk1 Golf Driver - Manifold back in paint... :-) Mon Jan 05 2009, 23:03 | |
| Hahahaha !! Quick update. My brakes are TOAST !!!  I might have sorted out some 8v gti calipers for the front - which is fine for this thing. HOWEVER, does anyone know if I can just bolt up the mk1 gti drums/shoes/cylinders on the back ?? Or if indeed they're any different from whats on there at the mo !?!?!?! anyway, heres an old pic of me struggling last year with my mk2 ( which I wish I hadn't sold )....purely because I don't have any other pics to post...  |
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