Hi all,
I've been debating whether to bother with a thread for this but decided I might as-well so you lot can keep track of the car.
I bought the car off Joe at the beginning of May after my brother (Matt who owns G40KCK) showed me the ad on here. I had been saving for another Mk2 Golf for a while but the prices were getting silly for poor condition cars so when this turned up and was literally 2 minutes down the road I thought why not join the G40 club.
Its an original royal blue G40, was on around 119000 miles when I got it, recently resprayed by the previous owner and had just had the engine rebuilt. It has been rolling roaded at 151bhp at the fly wheel from memory since the rebuild. The car was owned by a bloke called Jonny before Joe got it from what I can gather and he appears to be the guy that stripped it out (there is an old thread on here somewhere).
Spec list copied from the for sale is as follows;
Engine professionally (genuine Motorsport company) rebuilt 500 miles ago, currently on PPP 'safe' map (#G40004)
76.5mm Wossner forged pistons
R1 Supercharger (rebuilt by the best, Pete M, 500 miles ago)
Ported Head
PSD GT manifold
Phase 1 PSD 65mm Pulleys
51mm throttle body (Justin on this forum)
250cc 'Greens' injectors
Boost return modification
Lightened and balanced flywheel
Full set of new SFS coolant hoses
Bilstein B8 Shocks all round
60/40 ST Springs (made by KW)
PSD braided brake hoses
Complete steering and suspension overhaul (TCA/Tie Rods/Top Mounts/Hubs/Bearings)
PPP ARB mounts
PPP TCA bushes
Ferodo DS2500 Pads
Glass out respray in Royal Metallic Blue (LA5U) - October 2014 (proper job @ £2500 and looks amazing!)
New Sills
New Front Wing
New Windscreen
£400 worth of OEM glass + seals from Classic VW in Germany
Brand new front and rear G40 badges
Front seats re trimmed in black leather (original G40 fabric centres)
I also did a deal with him to include the PPP manifold.
When I picked the car up it was completely stripped out except for the dash and the front seats. Most of the parts were still there which I got off Joe but as I found out a lot of them were broken, dirty, or many of the smaller clips and screws were missing.
This is how it was when I got it home (sorry for the crappy pictures);
Most of the bits I got with it;
So Saturday after I'd bought it me and Matt got started putting the interior back in, changed the gear knob from the plastic one to a leather one we had lying about and fitted a genuine VW head-unit blank...a couple of hours later this was the result;
Then started buying a load of stuff that was either missing or needed replacing - Thank you to the guys on here that have sold me bits and pieces so far;
Car only came with 1 key and it wasn't genuine so bought a couple of blanks from the greek ebay guy and got them cut locally;
Door handles had been recently replaced but they were cheap copies and the drivers door didn't open very easily so I bought a couple of new ones and rebuilt the tumblers, I fitted some genuine chrome inserts I had lying about and now both doors lock and open correctly although I am still missing the rods for the door pins;