Well, this is my new purchase, a 1990 MK2 GTi, but with a bit of a difference, its been fitted with a MK2 GTD Turbo Diesel Engine! I have a 60 miles a day commute so its perfect. I fancied a Mk2 GTD, but they only did them in 5 door over here and I've always been a 3dr car man!
Picked up off ebay for £400 with a full MOT. Drove 150 miles back from Cambridge without a hitch. Got power steering, its solid, never been welded, drove really well, if a bit loose in places, (needs new shocks & the gear linkage doing, think an engine/ gearbox mounts gone soft too). Full history file and a service book for the car and the engine. cars done 116k, engine 145k.
It used to belong to Deutchwagen in Cambridge & was thier company run about for 3 years (they did the engine conversion), but they had serviced the car since 1997. Sold it a couple of years ago to a one man band who had left the stickers on as he was also into repairing german stuff.
These are the pics from ebay:
True to the advert the black wheels were taken off along with the clear rears & posh steering wheel. This is what it looked like when I got it home. Worst bits are all on the offside rear qtr, under the window, a scratch and the petrol filler, apart from the odd scab the rest seems fine:
Had to leave it for a few weeks whilst I did some post grad exams for work, then had a start on cleaning it this weekend. The thing was filthy, but set to with a hairdryer on the stickers & two hours later:
Once the stickers were off gave the body a rub down with petrol (great for taking adhesive residue & stubbon marks off!) then a quick wash:
Next weekend is valet time so will give it the whole nine yards!
Mods planned include a late model 90 spec interior (at present shoved in the back!), clear fronts, clear sides, 16v rears, BBS Ra's, 40 mm lowering, electric windows & central locking. Then ill concentrate on tweaking the diesel engine. As it's the old 'IDI' 1.6 then its easy to DIY tune as its got a manual pump, so just turn up the boost & fueling!
Picked up off ebay for £400 with a full MOT. Drove 150 miles back from Cambridge without a hitch. Got power steering, its solid, never been welded, drove really well, if a bit loose in places, (needs new shocks & the gear linkage doing, think an engine/ gearbox mounts gone soft too). Full history file and a service book for the car and the engine. cars done 116k, engine 145k.
It used to belong to Deutchwagen in Cambridge & was thier company run about for 3 years (they did the engine conversion), but they had serviced the car since 1997. Sold it a couple of years ago to a one man band who had left the stickers on as he was also into repairing german stuff.
These are the pics from ebay:
True to the advert the black wheels were taken off along with the clear rears & posh steering wheel. This is what it looked like when I got it home. Worst bits are all on the offside rear qtr, under the window, a scratch and the petrol filler, apart from the odd scab the rest seems fine:
Had to leave it for a few weeks whilst I did some post grad exams for work, then had a start on cleaning it this weekend. The thing was filthy, but set to with a hairdryer on the stickers & two hours later:
Once the stickers were off gave the body a rub down with petrol (great for taking adhesive residue & stubbon marks off!) then a quick wash:
Next weekend is valet time so will give it the whole nine yards!
Mods planned include a late model 90 spec interior (at present shoved in the back!), clear fronts, clear sides, 16v rears, BBS Ra's, 40 mm lowering, electric windows & central locking. Then ill concentrate on tweaking the diesel engine. As it's the old 'IDI' 1.6 then its easy to DIY tune as its got a manual pump, so just turn up the boost & fueling!
