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Did a quick photoshop with that photo, showing up coming mods. Front lowered around 10 mm more, rear spaced about 10 mm, g60 style centre caps and silver flashes on the grille  |
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mk3tomc
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Lovely motor mate, really like the plans you have for it, nice an subtle  |
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2012 16:52:12 GMT by mk3tomc
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Lovely motor mate, really like the plans you have for it, nice an subtle cheers mate! subtle is the name of the game for me, however it would be a much nicer motor if it was running! wish me luck lol |
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mk3tomc
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Aww man, it's a shame it's not running, I presume thats done to the carb? I know that 80's carb'd VW's were mostly fitted with the pierburg carb which arent that reliable. Thats the only thing that put me off buying a MK2 was the reliability of the carb. I now own a MK3 which is the same car apart from a few different panels an lights and of course there feul injected. As it happens my Polo happens to be the exact same colour as your Polo  |
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2012 23:14:58 GMT by mk3tomc
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niwid
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Mar 10, 2012 10:22:40 GMT
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Aww man, it's a shame it's not running, I presume thats done to the carb? I know that 80's carb'd VW's were mostly fitted with the pierburg carb which arent that reliable. Thats the only thing that put me off buying a MK2 was the reliability of the carb. I now own a MK3 which is the same car apart from a few different panels an lights and of course there feul injected. As it happens my Polo happens to be the exact same colour as your Polo yes and no lol. it was working alright, until i decided to 'fix it'. they are fantastic cars though, although in future i am hoping to put a mk3 gt engine and loom (including injection) but thats a way off yet lol |
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Mar 13, 2012 23:13:11 GMT
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Quick pic of how he's looking these days  Wheels have been resprayed with G60 centre caps, the front has come down about 15mm and a few other bits of tidying up |
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Enjoying the Sun at the Beach Party  |
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Aug 13, 2012 22:50:32 GMT
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Went to Retro Warwick yesterday. What a cracking car show it was! 140 odd classic cars and 100 bikes packed into the closed off market square. When I look at the show report on MSN cars, who pops up, but my Percy   The description was "proving even middle aged superminis can look cool is this euro look VW Polo" Euro Look? Is it Euro Look? Since the last photo, its been raised slightly at the back, had a shiny new grille, new mud flaps, a damn goog clean and a G40 exhaust rear section. |
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Last Edit: Aug 13, 2012 22:56:49 GMT by niwid
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I wouldn't have called that Euro look, more OEM+. Regardless, it's always good to be recognised for any amount of work put into a car by getting a photo of it published, even if it is by MSN motors.
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Mar 21, 2013 19:26:42 GMT
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So, it's been a while since I've put anything on here, mainly due to nothing happening. I went to RRG for the weekend, and ABSOLOUTELY LOVED IT!!! I spent all the first night drinking and abusingmy guitar, in the back of a bay window camper belonging to someone called Barclay. He happened to have brought a miniature drum kit with him, so we had a proper jam all night. Great fun. Percy chilling at the show, courtesy of Brian Damaged  Since then, winter happened. I've been totally skint and seriously lacking in mojo. The wheels began to rust, the tiny little bits of rust turned into bigger and bigger bits of rust, and my exhaust was held up with shoelaces tied round the rear bumper. A couple of weeks ago, I got my mojo back. I stripped all the rust back to bare metal (luckily nothing but surface rust) and filled over a few of the larger small dents. It's currently covered in primer until the weather improves, but it's definitely taking shape. I've bought a GT camshaft, and a weber 28 36 DCD twin choke carb to go on, as well as electric fuel pump. It will be a while before these make it onto the engine as I am still pretty broke. I also bought some wheels, which I have been refurbishing. I've not seen these used 'creatively' on anything else, and they cost me a grand total of £10! With useable tyres, which came in useful during the snow. Ignore the terrible photos, and the fact that the centre is a slightly different silver than the outer, they arn't finished! Shaating....   |
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Rich
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Mar 21, 2013 19:43:24 GMT
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I also bought some wheels, which I have been refurbishing. I've not seen these used 'creatively' on anything else, and they cost me a grand total of £10! With useable tyres, which came in useful during the snow. I had a set of the donut wheels on my Felicia pickup with the straveller trims and scirocco centre caps with the logos smoothed out. Good looking wheels for oe steels |
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Mar 21, 2013 22:32:56 GMT
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I love them so far! You don't see them often at all, got any pics of them on your pickup?
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Jun 28, 2013 12:33:29 GMT
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Thought I'd post a little update on here, as I've been doing a little work on the old boy. After deciding that the horrible grinding noise that had been annoying me was the gearbox, I bought a GT box from a chap in wales. It's similar ratios to the standard box, but slightly tougher, and with a longer 5th. Jason and I spent a whole weekend swaping the boxes over, both of us very ill and in pain. Not to worry, it would be worth it to fix that goddam vibration/grinding/bearing noise. It didn't fix it. So I bought a new driveshaft. Fitted that in the pouring rain, still very ill. Nope I'd decided that it wasn't the wheel bearing as these had been replaced around 6 months ago, so naturally, I bought a couple of wheel bearings. Lo and behold, noise gone. Idiot. While I had the front apart, I swapped my shocks for some second hand Bilsteins I found cheap on the bay, as my old 'Super-sport' items were on their way out. I also fitted the famous PPP arb blocks that Royal Mail managed to lose for me. People seem to think that these are the best mod you can do to any lowered 86c, so I thought I'd give them a go. While it was all apart, I accidentally dropped the front springs on an angle grinder, and unfortunately it sliced a whole coil off each spring. Clumsy  It now sits, in my eye, perfectly Excuse the primer   And here he is at the beach meet with Brock05's 240  |
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Jun 28, 2013 12:50:50 GMT
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I had a set of those golf driver wheels on one of my mk2 saloons... Think i put 165's up front , And 175's on the rear.. Looked quite cool..
One of the benifit of the round arches on the saloon, Is tyre/wheel choice is alot wider.
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It now sits, in my eye, perfectly 
