Hi all. New member here. I've heard good things about this site, I thought FB had seen off the forum but I stand corrected.
I've owned my golf for coming up 18 or so years, very lucky find as me and a friend were going to look at a non running Corrado but the garage wouldn't answer when I called so as we'd booked the day off work we decided to see what else was about and he found this!
It was bone stock when I got it. Did some work and upped the power. The engine was getting tired so the decision was to 20v it but keep the g60 (it's a g60 Syncro so has to stay g60 right). Anyway. Here's some pics from over the years...oh and it's been off the road for about 11 years now. Well done me.
flic.kr/p/23DD93k
How it once looked.
flic.kr/p/S8157U
Was my daily
flic.kr/p/S814Yh
It's been towed a lot
flic.kr/p/2da4rKw
See
flic.kr/p/QuNi28
You get the idea
flic.kr/p/S814RJ
Had some work done at Paul Baker Custom Metalwork based near marwell zoo. New lower screen panel, bonnet hinge mounts remade, bonnet and wings repainted. Would recommend them.
flic.kr/p/2da4sXb
Rusty old stuff. Was in open storage which took its toll.
flic.kr/p/2eg93bR
flic.kr/p/2eg949x
flic.kr/p/QuNjEZ
Going through the car to replace the bodges that ended up staying. One stepper replaced with....
flic.kr/p/S817K9
Old brakes. Rusty.
flic.kr/p/2da4sXb
flic.kr/p/S816kf
New brakes. Less rusty.
flic.kr/p/2ebtxsQ
Fitted
flic.kr/p/2ebtxUb
Injector upgrade. 308cc to
flic.kr/p/2eg95kF
On the inlet.
flic.kr/p/2cSh5UR
All new rear brakes. The rest is staying rusty until its time to pull it all off.
flic.kr/p/23DDb2R
This was pretty momentous. It never had any way to auto tension the drive belt, a piece of wood wedged between the alternator and head did the job for way too long. With the skills of my friends it now sports this.
That's a very quick thread. It's also now had a Walbro fuel pump fitted, new brake lines, new fuel lines and hopefully this weekend we'll at least get it to turn over. It's not run for about 5 years.
I've owned my golf for coming up 18 or so years, very lucky find as me and a friend were going to look at a non running Corrado but the garage wouldn't answer when I called so as we'd booked the day off work we decided to see what else was about and he found this!
It was bone stock when I got it. Did some work and upped the power. The engine was getting tired so the decision was to 20v it but keep the g60 (it's a g60 Syncro so has to stay g60 right). Anyway. Here's some pics from over the years...oh and it's been off the road for about 11 years now. Well done me.
flic.kr/p/23DD93k
How it once looked.
flic.kr/p/S8157U
Was my daily
flic.kr/p/S814Yh
It's been towed a lot
flic.kr/p/2da4rKw
See
flic.kr/p/QuNi28
You get the idea
flic.kr/p/S814RJ
Had some work done at Paul Baker Custom Metalwork based near marwell zoo. New lower screen panel, bonnet hinge mounts remade, bonnet and wings repainted. Would recommend them.
flic.kr/p/2da4sXb
Rusty old stuff. Was in open storage which took its toll.
flic.kr/p/2eg93bR
flic.kr/p/2eg949x
flic.kr/p/QuNjEZ
Going through the car to replace the bodges that ended up staying. One stepper replaced with....
flic.kr/p/S817K9
Old brakes. Rusty.
flic.kr/p/2da4sXb
flic.kr/p/S816kf
New brakes. Less rusty.
flic.kr/p/2ebtxsQ
Fitted
flic.kr/p/2ebtxUb
Injector upgrade. 308cc to
flic.kr/p/2eg95kF
On the inlet.
flic.kr/p/2cSh5UR
All new rear brakes. The rest is staying rusty until its time to pull it all off.
flic.kr/p/23DDb2R
This was pretty momentous. It never had any way to auto tension the drive belt, a piece of wood wedged between the alternator and head did the job for way too long. With the skills of my friends it now sports this.
That's a very quick thread. It's also now had a Walbro fuel pump fitted, new brake lines, new fuel lines and hopefully this weekend we'll at least get it to turn over. It's not run for about 5 years.