Hi everyone.
Thought id post some pics of my G40 Squareback up that I have just bought.
Will get full spec up as I go along.
Can anyone tell me anything about the car? It was magazine featured a while back (possibly fast car?) and has had thousands spent on it? Im hoping someone knows something about the car as I would like to get a bit of info on it! Looks like someone's pride and joy at some point, but the bodywork has been left to corrode and is in need of a respray :(
Its had a bump in the front, altho isnt bad. Starts, runs and drives very well... amazing engine on it!
I will try my best to get some better pics but here is some to go on with...
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009074.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009075.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009076.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009077.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009078.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009079.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009080.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009082.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009087.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009084.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/16062009085.jpg)
Can't say i've ever seen that in around 3.5 years of polo ownership and being in the online polo community etc etc.
Looks like it needs a bit of love, however, a solid base :)
Ye, chap not far from where I live has owned it for a while now and I have been on the polo scene for about 3 years now and I had never heared of it. I currently have a polo gti for my daily and a G60 mk1 golf that I am restoring. Could well have been a long time before that tho.
It is pretty solid to be fair, altho im going to jack it up within the next few days and start sealing the underneath and getting it ready for paint.
Forgot to mention I got the car for a good price of £450 ;)
thats a steal!!!
used to be a gt, think i've seen it at vw north west in the show and shine before
That's an absolute bargain! :o
Nice car this, I've seen it before but years ago.
Thanks for the comments guys. If anyone has any pictures of it in its former glory they wouldn't mind sending over that would be much appreciated too ;D
Got a lot of receipts from Cheshire VW/Audi so guessing it was up that way at some point.
It did used to be a GT. I was hoping that someone would know if the person did a build thread or similar so that I could look through it and see what the car has had done :)
Got a bit of work done today.
The car has had a bump in the front but nothing major and I knew about this before I bought the car, so first job was to strip the front down and see what the damage was. Nothing too bad and am ordering the parts on monday to sort it all out.
Also found a Squareback polo locally which has been left to rot, so am going to have a look tomorrow as it has many parts that I am after!
Lets hope I get that for cheap and get some nice parts off it ;D
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/19062009094.jpg)
Removed the wings:
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/20062009097.jpg)
Drilled out the spot welds (there were loads!)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/20062009100.jpg)
Lights removed and bonnet also removed.
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/20062009101.jpg)
Bent old slam panel
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/20062009102.jpg)
Bumper bracket was a bit bent also
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/20062009103.jpg)
Back in shape
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/20062009105.jpg)
Found a bit of rust on the door so hoping the doors on the 'local car' have better ones
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/20062009106.jpg)
And thats it for now. Get those replaced and she is in for spraying :)
Edit: car as it stands now:
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/20062009104.jpg)
Got parts priced up today for the panel around the lights and the bar behind the bumper.
£96 for the light bit
£113 for the bar bit (think mine may be okay so will get that checked first)
Will get some pics up of the Donor parts car as soon as I get it back. Spoke to the woman and she is thinking about my offer of £50 for the car :) Im sure she will get rid of it.
Edit:
Had a bit of trouble with my Polo Gti the past few days with starting and running, so got the old scanner out today and threw up that the alternator wasnt working :(
Taken it off and picking it up tomorrow when its been rebuilt :)
Heres a few pics of my other polo too.
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20GTi/3386544791_89d53af5ca.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20GTi/28022009327.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20GTi/09062009068.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20GTi/28022009332.jpg)
Now on Ronal LS's and the BBS RM's are for sale if anyone is interested? :)
my mate wants some rm's for his mk1 golf,
pm me details please mate.
i thought i recognised it!
it was a mint GT not that long ago...
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/genesisGT/Squaregtsilver1.jpg)
happy poloing!
^^^wow someone has really let that go! real shame! Good to see its gone to a good home now though!!
great build thread mate, i would sell my mother for a g40 breadvan conversion, fancy a swap? lol
Does anyone have any links to this car in its previous form?
I haven't got any details for the guy who sold me it now and was just wondering if someone had made a build thread or something.
Anyway, not been on here a long time and not touched it for a long time due to being in uni and having no money. But thats all changed now so hopefully going to get it on the road soon :)
Few pics of progress:
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/IMG_0862.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/IMG_0863.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/IMG_0864.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/IMG_0871.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/IMG_0874.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/IMG_0879.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/IMG_0289.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/Polo%20G40/30062009119.jpg)
Wheels have been Sandblasted and are going to have the lips re-polished.
Gave it a service the other day and started it for the first time in a long time. took a while but eventually got it going after I had lent the leads to a mate and put them back on the wrong way around!
All the panels are shown in the pics but it has new doors on too and the bumper is only hled on by the mounts on the side so thats why it is sagging slightly :)
Sill needs welding and then it's off to be sprayed so not long now I hope :)
I've just been through my old photos and I can't find a single shot of this. Which is odd, because I'm sure I had some.
No worries fella and thanks for looking :)
If you do come across some, post them up for me. There was a picture on the thread which someone posted but the link has broken so can't see it :(
Have messaged the guy so will wait and see if he has any pics of it. Il do my best to be more regular on here now it's starting to take shape
absolute steal for 450 notes mate, the interior still looks really tidy, interior retrim deffo cost more than the car!
how long did the previous owner have it for? you manage to get much info out of him?
any pics of the golf? hows the resto on that going, g60 conversion is a very nice choice, they go bloody well with the std 8v gti lump!
Yeah, got loads of receipts in a folder, one of which being the receipt for the interior which was about £800 if memory serves me right! The interior has been cleaned now and is in immaculate condition. Not sure how long the previous owner had it for but was a good few years. He loved the car.
The story is like this; the guy bought the car and paid quite a good amount for it back in the day when it was mint and he kept it in really good condition for a long time as he came down my house about 4 years ago asking if I wanted to buy the bbs rm's which were on it at the time as he had bought some smaller bbs wheels (the Mahle bbs wheels)
He used to work in the same place as my dad, but everyone got made redundant about2 years ago and since then the car had been stood on his drive as he couldnt find another job. My dad mentioned he may want to sell it so we gave him a call and the next day went and picked it up.
Basically had to make payments on his house so the car had to go, but by this time was looking in a sorry state.
I got a fair amount of info out of him, but was more interested in paying for it and getting it home before he changed his mind ;)
I havent got any pics of the golf atm as it is being sold this weekend. I just dont have the funds to do both cars and the mk1 needed a lot of work to finish so have decided to shift it on to get the polo finished.
I finished the engine a while ago and is ready to go into a car now, minus a supercharger.
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/MK1%20Golf%20GTi/11082009299.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/MK1%20Golf%20GTi/11082009301.jpg)
(http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo252/n17kcp/MK1%20Golf%20GTi/23072009202.jpg)
One day I may buy a car to put the engine in :D
in the meantime, I am going to get this little gem on the road!
i was looking at that engine, bare confused thinking it was the polos, but realised it was the G60!
id get the small light shell off edition38, 650 or less and its been all welded up, just needs a couple of bits finishing and some paint! would be a perfect base for a monster! series 1s own all.
cool story, deffo know the feeling of wanting to pay and do one, before they change their mind. glad to see its in good hands tho mate and being restored to its former glory! respect
Thanks mate. So many times I have thought to myself... put the engine in a coupe, but tbh, it has grown on me loads and I am really starting to like the look of it more than the coupe now. Just want to see it as I remembered it years ago, which was a really nice car then!
That mk1 shell would be perfect but this really does need to be finished. Need to sell my polo gti soon too, and buy something more economical due to the mileage I am doing travelling to work every day so thats next on the list!
Pay day is only 2 days away so will get some more bits for it then :)
Hi there this is my wifes old squareback.She did get your email but asked me to check it out.Would like to help if i can in anyway.
Glad you got the email mate. Was hoping you had a build thread or some pictures you could send over?
Just wanted to get as much history for the car as I could, because I was told it was a very nice car when your wife owned it. Shame it was left to go so bad :(
Thanks for the reply :)
No probs.We will have a look to see what we can do for you.Will get something sorted.