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Old 25-09-2008, 23:30
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hi new here, this my my mk1 been doin it for about a year or so, all done after work hours and and some odd weekends(not many)!

came into my ownership looking like this









after a day or so started the body work wanted to get the bay sorted first
alot of stripping cleaning grinding patching welding later






many hours later in primer



a few more and its in fresh paint



to remove brakes from the bay area in fabed this up




as the wiring on old golfs is crap thought id start a fresh and also hide all brake piping







arches werent all that great and wanted to extend them a little to get the new wheels under, so got cutting










spent ages trying to find a small light rear panel at resonable money but nothing came up, so thought id do my own version




while I was at I thought I might aswell add a bit of contraversy in to it!!







inbetween all that I was sorting the engine painting polishing etc







gearbox painted




had aproblem with corrosion on the box and the paint started lifting so had it blasted and just cleared over the finish




lump back in bay



also all chassis components were blasted and either powder coated or chromed, I had to narrow the rear beam by nearly 90mm in total to allow the wheels to get the correct look I was after




lights all wired new bumpers grill all chassis components renewed and p/coated






recent pictures finished at players uk came away with praised mk1 and pvw best of show.





















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Old 25-09-2008, 23:54
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Old 26-09-2008, 00:07
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WOW is right, damn impressive mate.. love the swallow. the fact that you made your own takes away every right anybody could ever bitch about demolishing the original bla bla bla.. love everything about it, although the wheels wouldn't have been my choice.
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Old 26-09-2008, 06:50
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WOW! amazing!
U got airride?
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Old 26-09-2008, 07:57
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Very very nice!

best mk1 ive seen in a while!
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Old 26-09-2008, 11:12
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Sweet ride!
What kind of ignition system are you running on?
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Old 26-09-2008, 14:54
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absolutely awesome..

got some pics of the back of the engine?
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Old 26-09-2008, 15:00
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immaculate car.. Really fancy your way of working; just doing your own thing by creating a swallow yourself. The engine really deserves a compliment; very clean/neat engine bay.
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Old 26-09-2008, 16:01
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Damm, nice mk1 !!
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Old 26-09-2008, 16:29
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that one is really nice!
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Old 26-09-2008, 17:13
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Awesome MK1 you build there.

Lot's of work on the engine (bay).

How did you make all the wiring ? Have you got a schedule of it ??


Many compliments on such a clean car !!!


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Old 26-09-2008, 17:39
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I absolute love this car... It was a long time ago that someone built a mk1 that makes my heart go faster...

Swallow part, hate it... sorry... doesn't look like original and in my opinion, while you were at it, you should have done better! no hard feelings...

Wow... what a ride!
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Old 26-09-2008, 21:59
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I absolute love this car... It was a long time ago that someone built a mk1 that makes my heart go faster...

Swallow part, hate it... sorry... doesn't look like original and in my opinion, while you were at it, you should have done better! no hard feelings...

Wow... what a ride!


thanks for the compliments mate, dont know how you can say you hate it, just because it dont look exactly the same as an original i think it looks pretty funky, i could never get it exactly right from a big light panel.

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WOW is right, damn impressive mate.. love the swallow. the fact that you made your own takes away every right anybody could ever bitch about demolishing the original bla bla bla.. love everything about it, although the wheels wouldn't have been my choice.


that sort of answers the above
cheers mate

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WOW! amazing!
u got airride


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absolutely awesome..got some pics of the back of the engine?


thanks,only these







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Awesome MK1 you build there.


thanks i did draw up a rough schematic when i did it but if i showed you one you probably wouldnt be any better off as it would only make sense to me as i only did the drawing to work out how mant wires to run and where.



many thanks for rest of your kind words
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Old 27-09-2008, 10:41
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This is a amzing car with al lot of deatils....

You make a wonderful mk1 and I'm in love with this car

Everything is perfect on this car and olso air-ride i see...

Do you have some pictures from inside of your interior????


One of the best mk1 I've seen the last time that was build!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 27-09-2008, 18:44
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Wow truly breath taking,well done mate.I wouldn't change a thing,absolutely gorgeous.Its tough making a mk1 good looking,but to make it unique,now thats were you my friend, have won game set and match!
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Old 27-09-2008, 19:18
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What an amazing car!! An example for all of us.
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Old 27-09-2008, 22:20
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Nice job and a wonderfull car,
do you have more pics of the rear conversion??
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Old 09-10-2008, 12:09
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now that's a nice build thread!

and offcourse a sweet car!
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Old 09-10-2008, 13:25
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Loving it! white and shiny, a awesome combo!
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Old 13-10-2008, 22:29
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Superb Mk1!!!
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