right! sold my 1L mk3 that i had (project thread below somewhere) and bought a complete g40 conversion with a jabba rebuilt charger for £650 - the gearbox. Then found a shell for £150 with tax and test and also with powerflex bushings all round , g40 breaks , drilled disks and phil J 60/70 kit on. So now i have a almost complete car with only a few things left to buy
left to buy:
Front seats
Dash
gearbox , 8p or GT box anyone got one?
and a few other little bits
grill anyone got one?
indicators anyone got some?
rear carpet , anyone got some?
inside door handles , anyone got some?
Mods so far:
smoothed boot
smoothed spat holes
smoothed side indicators
black roof
powerflex lower arm bushings
powerflex arb bushings
full stainless steel exhaust
rebuild jabba supercharger
cone air induction kit
mk4 steering wheel (i never knew mk4 ones fited on mk3 steering racks :s)
inside of shell black instead of white
fire extinguisher inside (no idea how to spell that)
GT fuel pump
Left to do:
Shell resprayed in alpine white (again lol)
drop engine in
instal loom and tape up done
find some 14inch track wheels' any reccomendations?
fit radiator done
hide washer bottle
clean engine up a little bit more
give the engine a service ones in
fit boost gauge (i love saying that ;).. haha)
anyway here are some pics:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project001.jpg)
i will not be using that back box ;) haha
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project002.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project003.jpg)
g40 loom
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project004.jpg)
the G , the flash in teh camera shows rust the human eye cannot see :s
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project006.jpg)
the shell
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project007.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project008.jpg)
what a mess lol
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project009.jpg)
g40 loom fitted :)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project010.jpg)
a seat that come with car , anyone know whats its out off? i would like another! driver side..
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project011.jpg)
gona be fun figueing out how this goes back togher not knowing how it come apart haha
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project012.jpg)
fuel pump bracket , gave it a clean and wax oil
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project013.jpg)
after a weel clean and tcut :)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project014.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/g40%20preject/g40project015.jpg)
Thats a Corrado seat mate.
Quote from: Max on April 18, 2010, 12:52:01 PM
Thats a Corrado seat mate.
Its a '90 spec mk2 Golf GTI seat ;)
ahhh thanks :)
anyway!
lil update ,
Today i went and collected
GT seats
rear bumper
inside door handles
de badged grill
rear carpet
all for £45 so im happy :)
Next week im going to collect 4 bbs' ra's with decentish tires of the same person.
Also , got the loom up and running! we have light ;)
waxed oiled inner arch and under the front sill where a plate has been welded.
fitted bumper , seats and interia bits
and a few other little niggly bits. I wont be working on it as much this week from mon-fri as i work stupid hours! but payday friday and i got £200 to play with .. so that will get me a gearbox and drivers side engine mount and wheels hopefully.. then the fun part begins ;) dropping the engine in and getting it running :D
pics:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/001-16.jpg)
waxed inner arches
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/002-12.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/004-13.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/005-16.jpg)
gt intiera
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/006-15.jpg)
rear carpet
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/007-14.jpg)
slag ;)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/008-12.jpg)
WE HAVE ELECTRICTY :D hha
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f183/bmxer05/009-9.jpg)
yes i know i have a bulb out lol