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dont change a thing it is nice as it is :thumbup:
dont fix somthing what is not broken,dont buy things you dont need,dont eat yellow snow....
thats the 3 main rules in life :D

keping in mind :thumbup:

lol...I like those 3 rules...but a long and boring winter has got me itching for a change....where it stands, the interior will remain the same for now ;)

but, there has been a transformation of sorts. And, the good thing is that I have now completely ridden myself of any rust on the car :thumbup: Colour is still the same though.

Well ,i don't like the rear lights, i love the euro smaller lights. But i do like the american look!

not bad sir, not bad at all......... color makes the front work on that car imho

well..it's been a long and winding road...so alot of progress on the mk1 and alot of trial and error to try to get this to how I envisioned the project.

enough talk and more pics :)

cleaned out the bay as best as possible for now...body shop ended up closing it's doors for good so I only had a week or so to finish the job or my car was getting locked in :shake:




re-installed the 8V for now, just cleaned up all of the wriing and added a little bling. I am working on a carbed 16V so I want to do it right the first time, and chrome the hell out of it for Paul :D




brought it home last weekend, still ran like a champ except the battery was so drained that it needed a new battery.

Also, decided to change the local game here a little..since everyone is looking for big dish rims and they are becoming a dime a dozen, well, why not take it back a little :thumbup:

how she is sitting right now, until I can notch the pass side frame rail for more axle room to slam this thing down a little more.







I should get around to the frame notching this weekend but for now, my oil pan is saved :cool:

Cheers,

love it !!

wow! any shots of the finished 8v bay??

that car is so goddamn sexy! more pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

misa not forget to hook u up Jimbo!

I haven't forgotten Paul, the carbed 16v will take me most of the summer to complete.

I want to do it right and show proper respect for the chrome! :thumbup:

I'll post some pics of the engine bay in a couple of days...the 1.7l 8v is running surprisingly well and the mechanical fuel injection is very reliable...

sweet bro
sooo fucking sweeeeeeeeeet.

whats going on jim??

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well, local show today but the wind and weather was horrible..forgot my camera but luckily a few friend's brought theirs..










Only shot of the engine bay, not enought light but oh well :)




Decided to roll a set of 15x6,5 chromed RM's for a while, they were collecting dust in my garage.




Luckily, I was joined by a few friend's to give some old school soul in a sea of mk3, 4 and 5's...

















and, a little souvenier from my 6 year old's toybox :D




If this is not Paul approved then I quit this game... :cool:

noice

i approve!

how did u actually chrome your RM's?
thats more expensive than doing RS' !

they were done in Germany by a friend. And it was expensive because of the 2 piece nature.. But the wheels were almost free so it was worth it.

Problem is now that I have 2 sets of chromed RM's :D

Things to do this weekend:

-replace some grommets to avoid any unnecessary leaking from rain
-replace door scapers
-detail the engine bay
-and more importantly, get my bloody framed notched so I can lower this thing down again

I swear to GOD I had no idea that they were actually copper & nickel plated. I wrongly assumed they were just powder.

My sincere appologies!

...sounds like you have some money to recoup on the 2nd set :D

if you are doing the 16v swap why not wait to notch it when you do the swap Jimbo?

-Paul

oh hey did i ask if you got the bolts and lips chromed?
lemme know......we can make it happen for you :)