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Club G40 => Photos and videos => Topic started by: poloandyb on February 14, 2012, 01:12:50 pm
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hi all iv been on here acouple of months now and thought id put some pics up of my pride and joy.
iv had the van for just under 2 years.when i bought it,it had a 1ltr 4 speed engine that had done over 250,000 miles lol.the plan was to keep it as a 1ltr and use it for shows and weekend rides but the 1ltr idea didnt last long before alittle more power was wanted ::)
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so i got hold of a 1.4 abd gt and a 5 speed box,the difference was lovely and the grin factor was plain to see
i also painter the wheels and bought a new set of springs and shocks,put a single wiper kit on(not to everyones taste but i like it)andd bought a full powerflow system of a guy in derby
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then i got to know a guy called gaz who also had a 1..4 gt coupe but then bought mr knights g40.now this was the first time id seen a gee and defo the first time id been in one and from then on i was hooked on the performance of the little 1.3 charger engine...iv had a nissan 200sx and a bmw m3 evo but the chuckability of the polo is great fun....anyway so the search was on for a gee donar car for my van,with alot of wanted adds and keeping our eyes open i finaly found a complete car that had been kicked from top to bottom buy a drunk and realy wanted alot of work doing to it to get it anywhere near right,but the engine was good and a stage 4 charger was bolted on and it was good money so with the help of me mates the van project began again.
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the engine was out and on a stand ready for stripping and rebuilding.then out off the blue i guy got intouch from blackpool who had a complete engine and reconed 5k miles ago,so much to the angure of the missus a trip to blackpool was organized lol,
recon engine
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then the time came to take the abd out
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and the gee one in,with a
gt inlet (ported)
slightly ported head
larger intercooler
samco hoses
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at this point the money was running alittle low so i took the plunge and put my m3 evo on ebay :'( sad times but a very nice guy pressed the buy it now and traveled all the way from german to take it back and it was only on ebay 32 hrs...cant help feeling i should have put it up for more money lol,so the worrk comtinued
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around this time pete of here was selling a rather nice R1 charger fully rebuilt..so with the money from the bm burning a hole in my pocket a pm was sent
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i ran it a week or so with the stage 4 on just to make shure everything was fine..like any engine convertion there's been problems but it ran and drove GREAT ;D
so the other day i put the R1 on and wen for a trip to a RAF museum in london to bed it in :D
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there's still alot of upgrades i want to do like
put a 65mm pulley on(at moment its running the standard size)
250cc injectors (iv already got a chip from ppp for that but had a problem with the injectors,but thats another story!!!!)
ordered another ppp chip to put the 65mm pulley on with standard injectors GRRRRRR
bigger throttle body
tooth pulleys
lightened flywheel
cam
vernier
i hope you guys like the work so far please feel free to leave fed baack
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banging van dude!!
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Epic!
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Looks ace, great project!
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Haha ur a forum whore dude. We add alot of downs but now its runnin its sweet as a nut! Gota admit I miss ur lases breakies while I wo graftin an u doing your phrography bit good times we had doin this grumpy grandad ;)
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hahahahaha i know mate someone had to take the pics lmao..hopefuly it'll be all up from now on for abit anyway lol
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thanks for the replys guys im glad you like the work so far
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Wow!! Good :) job!!
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only just stumbled across this, so many memories this brought back of mine and petes g40 van!
Does look nice, just something about the panels that give it such a good look
what colour is the car? it looks a really dark red, can not say i have seen it before?
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Looking good! Your new chip should be with you tomorrow.
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only just stumbled across this, so many memories this brought back of mine and petes g40 van!
Does look nice, just something about the panels that give it such a good look
what colour is the car? it looks a really dark red, can not say i have seen it before?
thanks mr knight.i know what you mean with the panels...iv always liked the look of vans though,the guy i bought it off said it was a comercial colour,that dose make sence cus iv seen a couple of t5 and t4 in that coulour too
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i know this sites fir vw's but i thought id put some pics up of my new daily drive ::)
its a 1984 vauxhall carlton 1.8 estate,87.357 miles on the clock,full service upto 80.000,all the old mots and im the 3rd owner..
hope you still like though
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Yep, I like it. Looks in cracking condition.
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thanks,yeah iv looked round it and it realy is for the age!! worse bits the passenger wing but trying to source that out as we speak ;D underneiths been waxoiled so is mint
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proper pimp grandad bus sounds awesome cause its carb aswell
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right it feels like forever since iv put anything on about me van,not alots changed over the last couple of months.been to afew retro meets and took it to acouple of shows even got it in the retro mag under owners ride.
but now the time as come to sell.................hahaha only kidding,it's now time for a fresh paint job and acouple of tasty mods,
i started stripping it down for the painters today,i'll take some pics as i go
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i know there alittle boring but they'll get better as i go promise lol
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Sweet, you keeping the same color?
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Sweet, you keeping the same color?
yeah,as for as i can tell its a vw comercial colour,looks well when polished.the main difference to the outside when its been repainted will be the sign writing im having done.
i was going to get it done lastyear but to be honest as most will know that have seen it the paint work is crap and bugged me to death lol
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alittle more got done today,though not without a price >:(,i started taking the side window out and quarter window the drivers door and ended up smashing the window as it was comin out.guttered isn't the word.
but thankfully the other side came out without any problems so at least there's only one to buy..
always look on the bright side ey ::)
also took the wings off to have a look how the inner arches are doing,to be fair like most of the underneith,there in pritty good nick..but enuph of me rabbiting on here's some pics
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took the lights bumper and all the little bits and pieces off thee rear
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once i started didn't take so long,even after i spat the dummy out when the window smashed and went back inside
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looking good, looks kinda good without bumpers on the rear.. kit car style.
where did you get them awesome G40 mats? I want them!
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one of mates had them kicking about and mine was shot so i borrowed them lol,other then that i aint got a clue mate
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windscreens,door glass is out,engines out along with petrol pipes,brake pipes and carpets
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found a hole in the floor,luckly the only one
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i've also been pondering the colour and,you guessed it's going to change.i've spent a week or so looking and different vw colours and come up with this one.
should look good when the writings on the side aswel
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Very Nice i do love a BreadVan ;) always wanted one to tick off my list See you like ur Retro cars Dub just seen you replyed to my Mk2 Golf Van on Retrorides Fourm ;) i just got a G40 to play with ;D just need a Greabox tho :(
Dave
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Very Nice i do love a BreadVan ;) always wanted one to tick off my list See you like ur Retro cars Dub just seen you replyed to my Mk2 Golf Van on Retrorides Fourm ;) i just got a G40 to play with ;D just need a Greabox tho :(
Dave
lol yeah iv always liked me old ones (cars i mean)...iv bookmarked you thread on there too,i realy like the golf vans infact i seem to like most vans lol
easy enuph to get a box,mines got an 8p box but iv also got a 1.3 single point as a back up spare,you'll not be disapointed i can tell you lol....you doing a thread on the gee aswel??
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Great looking van
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alittle more done today it's still going slower then i would like because of my new shift pattern at work :angry: but onward and upward.
saturday morning i went to derby to pick up a half cage from a nice bloke with a mk2 bready,got back and and spent most of the afternoon test fitting it.there's still alittle fettling to do but it's getting there i also need to put the cross bar in
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then today started with the paint stipping and cutting for the stitch welding and the strengthening bars tacked in place.
i could only tack them because i sodding forgot to pick my welding mask up from me brothers :rolleyes:
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i'll be welding it all up this week so i'll get somemore pics up.i'm up against it at min to get the jobs done because it's booked in for the spray job next month
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Looks good Andy,
Caught up reading from where I left off a while back after meeting you today and re jogging my memory. Cheers for the charger!
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Awesome!
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Yep, I like it. Looks in cracking condition.
I like too.. Had a Carlton 2200 years ago, then I got a Carlton GSI, yes I would love to have taken the GSI lump and put it in the old Carlton along with a turbo :)