Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

Clicking on eBay [or other affiliations] may result in referral commission being paid if a purchase is made.

My Dilema

« Prev
1
Next »

bazboy Part of things Jetta - Its like a golf but better..... Posts: 481	My Dilema bazboy @bazboy
	Sept 8, 2011 20:27:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hello People of Retro Rides, Well i havent posted much of late, due to working crazy hours, but since having an amazing time at the gathering and meeting lots of friendly people, i have decided that has to change. Anyway, my problem is this, I own a vw, a cool old vw... which i love beyond words and will never give up unless..... well i will never give it up. The trouble is, although i have done alot of work to it, including engine swaps, suspension, wheels, etc,... its all stuff which is almost standard on any old vw now. I want to do stuff which is different but i cant think of anything which hasnt been done to an old vw. Its a dilema which keeps annoying me, so should i just go with the flow and have fun even if it has been done time and time again, or should i keep trying for something different? I was pondering converting the 16v motor to twin su carbs?, I'm not to knowledgable with carbs but figured it was different then the usual twin 40's/45's.... I was also thinking about pushing it more towards a road legal track car, stripped out and ligthend but done tastefully so its obvious the car is cared for, as i don't want people thinking its just been stripped and thrashed. Any thoughts or views are welcomed, don't quite know what i am expecting from this post tbh ;D I just started typing... A pic of the car...
	1986 - VW Jetta GT 16v 1986 - Volvo 340 1991 - Volvo 460

	Reply Quote

bryn Posted a lot Posts: 3,913	My Dilema bryn @irol
	Sept 8, 2011 20:37:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sept 8, 2011 20:27:21 GMT bazboy said: I want to do stuff which is different but I cant think of anything which hasnt been done to an old vw. Stop. Stop right there... ;D That's half your problem, stop thinking about 'old VWs', for a start it's all proportional and that is not an old VW to a lot of us Just look at cars... As just cars, Japanese cars, American cars, go get lost in a world of blogs and magazines and randomly hit 'save picture as' when you see something you like. You'll soon shake off the need to be different or intentionally set out to shake up a scene. Just go back to liking cars instead of labels
	Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.

	Reply Quote

speedy88 Club Retro Rides Member "Nice Cortina mate" Posts: 2,302 Club RR Member Number: 118	My Dilema speedy88 @speedy88 Club Retro Rides Member 118
	Sept 8, 2011 20:42:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	^^^ +1. Disconnect yourself and do what you WANT rather than trying to be different (or the same). That's where new ideas and true creativity comes from.
	Last Edit: Sept 8, 2011 20:42:56 GMT by speedy88 Current: 88 L30 Tercel 80 RA40 Celica '60 Singer Gazelle Mongol Rally car - still own part of this technically? ~~'77 Colt Sigma~~

	Reply Quote

bazboy Part of things Jetta - Its like a golf but better..... Posts: 481	My Dilema bazboy @bazboy
	Sept 8, 2011 20:43:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sept 8, 2011 20:37:09 GMT bryn said: Sept 8, 2011 20:27:21 GMT bazboy said: I want to do stuff which is different but I cant think of anything which hasnt been done to an old vw. Stop. Stop right there... ;D That's half your problem, stop thinking about 'old VWs', for a start it's all proportional and that is not an old VW to a lot of us Just look at cars... As just cars, Japanese cars, American cars, go get lost in a world of blogs and magazines and randomly hit 'save picture as' when you see something you like. You'll soon shake off the need to be different or intentionally set out to shake up a scene. Just go back to liking cars instead of labels Thanks Bryn thats exactly what i needed to hear, but its not that i want to shake up a scene or intentionally be different, but it just seems all to easy to be seen as following the crowd with vws, and tbh once you have seen one modified vw you have usually seen most of them. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem? Can you recomend any good blogs? Also does anyone have any info on whether twin su's would work? Thanks
	1986 - VW Jetta GT 16v 1986 - Volvo 340 1991 - Volvo 460

	Reply Quote

Rich606 South West Posts: 3,635	My Dilema Rich606 @rich606
	Sept 8, 2011 20:51:32 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sept 8, 2011 20:27:21 GMT bazboy said: Its a dilema which keeps annoying me, so should I just go with the flow and have fun even if it has been done time and time again, or should I keep trying for something different? I think you've hit the nail on the head there: have fun. It's your car, do what you want. Different is often good, but different is not always good. For example, I can't remember ever seeing a Jetta like yours with a huge penis spraypainted on the bonnet, but this would not be a good look for you. Sometimes right is just right Twin SUs would be pretty cool though, I do like a nicely polished pair of dashpots. Matron... ;D
	1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... Mar 19, 2014 14:56:27 GMT reliantreviver said: the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary.

	Reply Quote

alolympic South East Posts: 1,809	My Dilema alolympic @alolympic
	Sept 8, 2011 20:58:07 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Luckily, you are in the right place. You can do far worse than starting with these 2 threads - retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=11389 retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=71209 With those 2, you have the benefit of the RR Community having trawled all sorts of shows, websites and blogs and sharing the most inspirational stuff. Another thing I would say is not to pressure yourself into decisions about the car. You will get inspiration at some stage, just keep absorbing things until that happens and not panic.
	1962 Rochdale Olympic - retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=87630 1972 Triumph Toledo

	Reply Quote

bazboy Part of things Jetta - Its like a golf but better..... Posts: 481	My Dilema bazboy @bazboy
	Sept 8, 2011 21:05:35 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Thanks for the responses guys, you are all right, I'm just gonna enjoy the car and have fun, i put a cherry bomb on last week and its been giving me smiles ever since Gonna have fun with it but keep it reversable just incase i change my mind later down the road The car has been in the family since new, and i havent seen another GT, plenty of gti's though. Thanks Dan
	1986 - VW Jetta GT 16v 1986 - Volvo 340 1991 - Volvo 460

	Reply Quote

bigsyd Part of things Posts: 179	My Dilema bigsyd @bigsyd
	Sept 8, 2011 21:08:06 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	i always fancied badging my golf up as a rabbit.......and making it quicker and just for the FUN of it adding some of Ann Summers little lopp eared friends as vairous parts on the car penis straw things as door pins and valve caps larger ones as hand brake and gear NOB SUSPENDER STRAPS AND FISH NET STOCKINGS AS SUN BLINDS and a but plug hanging from the rear bumper to plug the exhaust just because it would be fun to see peoples faces
	2001 astra sri {soon to get a retro inspired make over) 1990 golf(put away for now)

	Reply Quote

crazymonkey Posted a lot ummm....what was I doing again??? Posts: 1,981	My Dilema crazymonkey @retrobution
	Sept 8, 2011 21:17:41 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	not much to add really - your car, your rules, don't let everyone else guide you in making it, do what YOU want. If people hate it they obviously don't have the same taste as you, but it doesnt matter because you're the one thats going to be driving it not them. As long as it makes you happy, nothing else matters. Although I do think that marina thats on here would be good inspiration for a patina'd racer remember - haters always gonna hate, so don't bother listening to them. ;D
	whoever said dogs were man's best friend....obviously never heard of cable ties

	Reply Quote

Retro Rides Privacy Statement