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Club G40 => Photos and videos => Topic started by: supercharged spaniel on August 31, 2008, 04:56:23 pm
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This edition of VW Motoring helped me along my way to wanting a G40....I see Steve Pitt there...anyone off here or that you recognise?
I did post these a while back but can't remember where?
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The glory days?
Would be nice if you could get some bigger versions so it's easier to read? I'll easily bung them up on my webspace if needs be?
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I've got that mag at home somewhere, recognise quite a few of the guys in the feature too. I'll have to dig up the Club G40 RR day at Stealth in 2000 from PVW as well. Used to be up on this site.
I wonder how many of those cars have since been broken?
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i knew a few of them.. i nearly bought dave hills car, knew simon bond... met a few of the others too at shows.
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ps simon bonds is no- more, as is paul borthwicks (was a convo tho) steve pitt and liams are also gone
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if i could remember how to upload pdf's i would can someone remind me? in a nut shell? i have them as high resolution from the scan...
is it me or do some of the people look ancient? im 24 nearly 25 and dont look half the age as some of these people when they were that age? LOL LOL simon bond for example? surely taking the piss LOL
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Yeah i remember quite a few of those folks. Simon Bond's car is no more, i bought it to break for spares after it was involved in a shunt. The tailgate and Jabbasport head from it are still in my garage! I remember seeing Beavis black G40 on his parents driveway back in late 2003 when it was retired with a cracked chassis leg.
Anyone hear of Barney these days? I remember he had one of the first 1341cc conversions.
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[quote pid=3699 author=Nick_S date=1220217947]Yeah i remember quite a few of those folks. Simon Bond's car is no more, i bought it to break for spares after it was involved in a shunt. The tailgate and Jabbasport head from it are still in my garage! I remember seeing Beavis black G40 on his parents driveway back in late 2003 when it was retired with a cracked chassis leg.
Anyone hear of Barney these days? I remember he had one of the first 1341cc conversions.[/quote]
Yey! Victory for my old car!
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I'll have to scan some pics from a G40 rolling road day at Northampton back in '98... Where did I put them? :/
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OK, here we go...
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And more...
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Enjoy ;)
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Serious car porn there :D
What was the place in northampton called? looks familiar.
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If only I could remember...
It's north of the town, Hi Tech sounds familiar....
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I wonder how many of those cars are still going ten years on...
K204 DNV is now green of course and has the plate G40 LO.
I think my Genesis is dead in a garage down south somewhere...
The 3 Mk.2's are all dead...
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It would appear that most of them aren't on the road. Some are sorned, some have been untaxed as late as last year... Grim :(
And my old Genesis is taxed :)
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Now that's a blast from the past! Everyone reckons Porka.net is the old school nowadays!
The donor car for mine doesn't get around much, I've never seen it in any old pics.
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interesting...some of those g40's would of been fairly young back then in 98. possibly even 4 years old!
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"K204 DNV is now green of course and has the plate G40 LO"
never knew that !, got the old redline when it was featued really loved it ! and never really liked g40 lo
cant believe same car ! looking retro with the super short shorts as well :)
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:wub:
[quote pid=3799 author=wozzaG40 date=1220389214]Serious car porn there :D [/quote]
*nods and dribbles*
:D
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Jesus !!! Never seen so many geees in one place lol
Stu baxters car is still in one peice, for the moment :ph34r:
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great post, i recognise alot of them, gordon rays G40 is still going, the white one K190 NDL i broke! and the J ONK reg i recognise too!
great great pics
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Loads of familiar names from the Polo G40 mailing list there
I think some of the panels on Steves car is now on Marshals car, and Liam's throttle body is in my G40
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Hi 86c, your old Genisis reg wern`t K---ABO by any chance ? Regards, Fred.
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Hi 86c, your old Genisis reg wern`t K---ABO by any chance ? Regards, Fred.
Nope, it was K232 ARP :)
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wow, that brings back memory's
The 2nd lot of pictures is the firts RR i turned upto off the g40 mailing list. just trying to remember where we where before yahoo, mailing list was somewhere else first.
I remember Mike from Jabba was there that day and I turned up very late and drove straight onto rollers. Only had standard car and it only put out about 85bhp. couldnt figure out why on the day. went to Jabba a few weeks later for Chip and Pulley and Stage 4, they then found hole in intercooler which was the problem.
Gordon Ray wow name from the past, his car back then was very high mileage.
Stu Baxter wow
That event was run but Matt Hayward
oh yeah cheeky git says we all look old.
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What happened to Millo ?
usual Steve P , Paul B, Liam, Richie, Ray Digby, Adrian Ford
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wow, that brings back memory's
just trying to remember where we where before yahoo, mailing list was somewhere else first.
It was either onelist or egroups, my guess is on onelist but it few years ago now.
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What happened to Millo ?
usual Steve P , Paul B, Liam, Richie, Ray Digby, Adrian Ford
Last show I saw Milo at was Gti Fest a few years back, think he's still trying to sell the car now..?
Steve Pitt has closed Pistop and now owes lots of people cash/parts etc
Paul B sold his bits after his car was crashed into and is now building a RWD VR6 mk3 golf with his new mrs
Liam runs a sucessfull engineering company called ESP Engineering
Richie is still on here occasionally- his white G is up for sale currently (in a more stock state)
Mark Hunter still lurks, as does Karl, JBM, and a few others.
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wow, that brings back memory's
just trying to remember where we where before yahoo, mailing list was somewhere else first.
It was either onelist or egroups, my guess is on onelist but it few years ago now.
it was egroups or was it
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yeah egroups changed into yahoo-egroups.
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If egroups turned into yahoo then onelist must have been the earlier mailing list.
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wow, that brings back memory's
The 2nd lot of pictures is the firts RR i turned upto off the g40 mailing list. just trying to remember where we where before yahoo, mailing list was somewhere else first.
That event was run but Matt Hayward
oh yeah cheeky git says we all look old.
Is that you Dennis? Remember me? Just signed up as I thought I'd see what was going on nowadays on here....Remember we also went on the RR up in Yorkshire soon after that, it was covered by PVW? Me, my missus, you and your girlfriend went out the night before.....
/Dave.
J407BYD 1997-2001
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yes it is me, I remember that, thatGF has long since gone, but still got the G
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yes it is me, I remember that, thatGF has long since gone, but still got the G
quote of the day!!!!
it made me laugh.
Over 8 years I have had about 12 gfs and about 5g40s. Still love all of them (g40s not gfs)
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;D
Well, my G has long since gone, but the wife remains the same....
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I wonder how many of those cars are still going ten years on...
K204 DNV is now green of course and has the plate G40 LO.
I think my Genesis is dead in a garage down south somewhere...
The 3 Mk.2's are all dead...
*Edit*
It would appear that most of them aren't on the road. Some are sorned, some have been untaxed as late as last year... Grim :(
And my old Genesis is taxed :)
How did you find taht info out the dvla page ?
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Now that's a blast from the past! Everyone reckons Porka.net is the old school nowadays!
The donor car for mine doesn't get around much, I've never seen it in any old pics.
whos car was yours ?? who owned it ?
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interesting...some of those g40's would of been fairly young back then in 98. possibly even 4 years old!
Shailan always used to have the newest g40 if i remember rightly back then. Until those T reg ones came about who bought those I cant remember.
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/Dave.
J407BYD 1997-2001
I bought J407BYD off you. Loved that car, much love and no expense spared on it. Sold it to a lad in Guernsey, late 2004, I assume its still over there.
J75 TCF - track car, scrap yard in the sky thanks to AWT.
RichieK's white G L680 TRP (i think), was sold to his mate up in wigan, converted back to G40 G-lader, who restored it and sold it/selling it.
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PeteG40 currently owns Richie's old car, he;s on holiday in cornwall in it as we speak!
Pete bought it off a lad who bought it just for the engine, so Pete went down, put an engine in it and drove it home. It also now has black arch trims and half black bumpers so the 80s whiteness is gone.
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glad to hear it, the white looked a little odd. pete gave me a drive in this a couple of months ago and it drove really well, both handling and acceleration.
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I quite liked the 80s ness of it. It does also look good as is it now though. probably better...but just more normal.
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Not sure if its my own taste or what I like, but I dont think I have ever seen a polo mk3 all in one colour on the bumpers that I like. I prefer either them standard or half colour coded
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interesting...some of those g40's would of been fairly young back then in 98. possibly even 4 years old!
Shailan always used to have the newest g40 if i remember rightly back then. Until those T reg ones came about who bought those I cant remember.
That would be me!
I was back on the old e-groups too but lurked more than posted.
The G is still in the garage but it's in pieces and has been for the last 2 years.
I'm slowly getting it all back together.
I remember your CocoChanel G40, remember the first time I heard a G driven in anger was when you drove past Matt and Liz's place in Gosport.
I'd never heard what they sounded like from the outside!
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interesting...some of those g40's would of been fairly young back then in 98. possibly even 4 years old!
Shailan always used to have the newest g40 if i remember rightly back then. Until those T reg ones came about who bought those I cant remember.
That would be me!
I was back on the old e-groups too but lurked more than posted.
The G is still in the garage but it's in pieces and has been for the last 2 years.
I'm slowly getting it all back together.
I remember your CocoChanel G40, remember the first time I heard a G driven in anger was when you drove past Matt and Liz's place in Gosport.
I'd never heard what they sounded like from the outside!
was yours the aqua green coloured one ? I think it was. I was picking up a white rear hatch door for my white one I think. never used it in the end
what one did i come down in the white one or the red one.
whats cocochanel mean ?
yes some are loud and make a noise you forgot when driving and how loud they are.
why is yours in bits for ?
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just noticed my car in the second set of pics black k788wnd, its in scotland now going strong.
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Not 100% sure but that could have been Matt Haywards car the guy that start clubg40, as far as I know, I remember his was a WND, a fair few of them where and his is one of the ones there in black.
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i think this is the one, i have been looking through the history file i have and there are recepits with Mr M Haywards written on them. nice to learn a bit of history about your car aswel.
cheers grant.
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What happened to Millo ?
usual Steve P , Paul B, Liam, Richie, Ray Digby, Adrian Ford
Paul B sold his bits after his car was crashed into and is now building a RWD VR6 mk3 golf with his new mrs
Mark Hunter still lurks, as does Karl, JBM, and a few others.
i bought Paul Bs Engine set up and it lives on in my squareback
Mark still has his T40 space frame job, but sold his white GT and Red G a while back.
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was yours the aqua green coloured one ? I think it was. I was picking up a white rear hatch door for my white one I think. never used it in the end
what one did i come down in the white one or the red one.
whats cocochanel mean ?
yes some are loud and make a noise you forgot when driving and how loud they are.
why is yours in bits for ?
Yup, Montana Green
You came down in the White one with white bumpers and white grille, very 80's and Coco Chanel styled!
Mine had a clutch problem over 2 years ago so naturally decided to fully strip it and rebuild it from the ground up!
Problem is now I have to rebuild it!
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Good luck with that then...
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when you think it will be back on the road ?
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/Dave.
J407BYD 1997-2001
I bought J407BYD off you. Loved that car, much love and no expense spared on it. Sold it to a lad in Guernsey, late 2004, I assume its still over there.
That would have been me then :) it's still around....well it's in a shed in pieces, I sold it about 5 years ago and i'm in the process this week of buying it back and restoring it to it's former glory!
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Some bloke owned a Capri Green G40 on Guernsey, forgot his name now. Saw it a couple of times when I was there in the summer a few years back now.
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I wonder how many of those cars are still going ten years on...
K204 DNV is now green of course and has the plate G40 LO.
I think my Genesis is dead in a garage down south somewhere...
The 3 Mk.2's are all dead...
*Edit*
It would appear that most of them aren't on the road. Some are sorned, some have been untaxed as late as last year... Grim :(
And my old Genesis is taxed :)
How did you find taht info out the dvla page ?
Yeah, the dvla page.
And just to update, I have now had my Genesis back for the last 8 months after an 11 year absence, still soldiering on, it's 4th PY block currently under the bonnet, hahaha....
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love the pictures, shame they dont have the number plates on them though i owned L429TBD G40 tornado red from december 2010-feb 2011 was a very bad mistake selling it as it was rolled december last year, many of your probably saw it on ebay, but bought a couple of weeks ago from near hull L425 AHP also in G40 tornado red, does any one know history of these cars?? and the one i have now is a june 1994 this must be one of very last?? i dont know wot month they finished making them either? also interested in how many were made in red on a L reg does neone know??
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Not all L reg ones where made in that year 94. they where just cars that had not been registered mostly, if i remember rightly.
there is a way to tell from the VIN number.
no doubt someone else will be along to say
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Anything with an M chassis number will be from the first batch made.(i.e. WVWZZZ80ZMY123456)
Stuff after that was generally built to order.
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my chassis number us wvwzzz80zry033798 does anyone know when the car was made its registard on a L
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At a rough guess, sometime very late on in 1993 with that number.
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ok thanks