Club G40 Forum
Club G40 => General Car Chat => Topic started by: PeteG40 on May 08, 2009, 11:49:47 am
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-VOLKSWAGEN-POLO-G40-COUPE-GENESIS-RED_W0QQitemZ330328549291QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item330328549291&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A7%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
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Best colour!
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187k :o
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I thought he took the G engine out when he sold it and still had that lump? All I know is he needs to sell the Azev A's that were on it to me! ;) ;D
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Still looking good, though not as nice as it was on the 14s...
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But who bought it? ???
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hay guys just thought i would drop this in it was me i brought it!! its my first and realy loving it. doing a bit of work to get her looking good watch this gap... been to the scappy today got her sum gt/g40 arches, boot lids in the body shop. under side and arches all been painted, rust in boot and batery tray to sort next few days.... any1 got pics of car with these wheels you all say looked so nice??
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top right of the homepage...
(http://www.polog40.co.uk/images/rrday_2008.png)
Avez A's?
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Was bored before bedtime so had a scour of this site...
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e310/86C/Assorted%20Crap/scan0007.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e310/86C/Assorted%20Crap/scan0009.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e310/86C/Assorted%20Crap/scan0016.jpg)
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I seem to remember a magazine article about this car. I will have a dig round to see if I have it.
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thanks realy good to see.. so i guess the guy i brought this from dident build this car?? realy gives me goal to work towards to make this car as nice as it once stood...
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VW Motoring, October 1998, dug it out from the box under my bed, bit worrying that this is the sort of stuff under there actually :o :D
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n311/gsbellew/misc/STP63282.jpg)
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n311/gsbellew/misc/STP63284.jpg)
(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n311/gsbellew/misc/STP63285.jpg)
Just photo's for the minute, I'll scan it in later on ;)
Loved that car, the article there is the one that convinced me to buy a G40
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187k :o
According to the article the engine was from a VW Cup car with 11K on the clock and the Genesis already had 106K when it was converted. If the 187K is correct for the car then the engine is still lower miles than most.
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The clocks in the article look to be showing 121,500ish so it looks like the 187k could be the shells mileage, which would mean the engine is on approx 92k
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I removed that engine from the car after I melted a piston(at 18K).
I replaced it with a brand new bottom end which I still own and is awaiting fitment to my 1981 Derby.
I sold the car in March 2000 to a friend who had a written off Mk.2 G40 conversion. I put all his running gear onto the genesis shell. That engine had done 40k when the shell had done 153k. I had heard a rumour that it'd had gone bang again last year.
If I were you, I would check that the fuel pump has been replaced as it was still running the standard SPi pump when I sold it(which caused the demise of the cup car engine). Being young and stupid back then and no access to the internet, I didn't know there were two types of fuel pump ::)
And no, the guy you bought it off didn't build it, I originally did, but it's probably been apart many times since then...
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oh well this is so good 2 hear realy going to put sum love back into this car!! had a thought that sum real money had been spent at sum time on her... just fitted all plastic arch trims today!! on the look out for a standard air box and maybe sum wheels close to what was once on her?? dont worry shes in good hands will look after her!!! going to any shows soon? will try be there
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how can i tell if the pump is still spi unit or changed to g40? ??? also any1 have any ideas of what the paint code is my spray shop seems to be having a problem finding it as the sticker is no longer in the boot!!
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If you look at the part number, SPI ones have a B (if I remember) on the end. G40 ones have no suffix.
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If you look at the part number, SPI ones have a B (if I remember) on the end. G40 ones have no suffix.
Correct!
The paint colour is Indian red pearl(not Indiana red). Can't for the life of me remember what the code is, and I painted the bumpers too ???
Will try and have a look on the Standox mixing scales tomorrow if I get the chance.
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Spookey, just noticed this in purple toms for sale thread on club polo
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/minis84/K883%20SBV%20Polo%20GT/IMG_2083.jpg)
LC3T i think that reads ;D
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thanks real help with paint code and fuel pump has a c on the end so guess this is running spi one got new fuel pump on order!! cant belive how helpfull you all are with thanks james..
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Yep, checked today, and it's LC3T, Indianrot pearlcolour. :D
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Didn't know Indian Red had pearl in it ! It does look good when polished up on a late summer night though.
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Indeed it does. It also has what we call in the trade "poor covering power" ::)
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Is that how the base coat looks as you apply it ? Something that you need a couple of coats or a ground coat for ?
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If I remember when I painted the bumpers(that was 12 years ago now!) I sprayed on some Rover Nightfire red first that I had left over from another job before the Indian red was sprayed on. It's such a pissy transparent colour that groundcoats help no end :(
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Yeah, that Rover Nightfire red is very similar.