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Cars for sale / 1988 Volkswagen Polo MK2 Saloon G45 Conversion – Rare car in need of some TLC!

« Last post by bradderss on November 04, 2024, 06:23:51 pm »

Reluctant sale due to changing commitments and no longer having the time or a garage to continue.
 
This car has been a labour of love for the past 10 years I have owned it has had no expense spared in all the work over the years.
 
As per the title, the car needs some work and TLC after being in storage over covid to return to its former glory and will need to be trailered away.
 
Have listed the main points below however far too much to list. Have various photos and videos starting from the conversion in 2016 and stacks of receipts from Jabba etc.
 
Perfect opportunity to go to an enthusiast owner to restore to its full glory and would be a shame to sell for parts as is a truly rare and unique car for a variety of reasons.
 
Would estimate the car has had upwards of £10,000 spent over the years and open to sensible offers considering some work required.
 
Full G40 engine conversion from donor vehicle - originally 1.3 carb.
G45 supercharger from Germany - based on G40 but bored to allow more airflow
65mm toothed pulley
1341cc block with forged pistons and 250cc green injectors
Custom Jabba Sport ECU map running c. 180bhp with print-out
Straight-through Decat exhaust system (CAT exempt due to age of vehicle)
BBS Alloys on lowered suspension (cannot recall the mm but not extreme)
PPP sub-frame and exhaust manifold
De-wedged throttle body
Private plate will be removed from the vehicle and replaced with original (F29 OFA)
Located in Hendon, London NW9
 
My number is 07749 530911 - please text or Whatsapp before so that I know to answer and can discuss in more detail and provide further information.
 
Thanks
 
https://www.flickr.com/gp/201741054@N02/9PtTSy9weH

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Wanted / ecu

« Last post by Big Eric on October 20, 2024, 09:12:40 am »

HI There,
               Has anyone got a good working ECU for sale? or know where i can get mine repaired.

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Ongoing Projects / Re: Hayesey's red G40 restoration - J142WLS

« Last post by hayesey on October 15, 2024, 10:31:39 am »

Brilliant build thread bud, excellent work a proper job. I've used some of the bilt hamber stuff in the past and found it to be very good. Brings back memories of my old red G40 I should never have sold 

If you don't mind me asking how do you upload such high qaulity photos to your thread? I'm new to posting and I have an on going project I'd like to share and some old pictures of my red G I'd like to share.

Once again brilliant work, can't wait to see it finished 

It's a pain in the arse to put the photos in to be honest. They are hosted on my google photos account. Then I create share links in Google photos, go to the share link and "copy image address" for the photo itself. Then put that into "[img]" tags when making the post. But then they are too big, so in the Google URL you'll see the sizes of the photos, I divide those numbers by two in the URL to reduce the size of the image shown.

We are still using very old forum software that doesn't seem to have good ways of uploading images, since the forum is so rarely used these days I don't want to go through the pain of upgrading to something else. I really keep the forum online because of all the information contained in it that would be lost. Facebook groups are useless for retaining information.

My made little progress with the G40 to be honest, I've been doing some zinc plating of parts so I'll update the post with info on that. I've started doing some brake lines but have had some personal issues going on recently that have slowed down car project quite a lot. It's also been a very busy year at work and I also bought a T4 camper so that has taken up some of my time.

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Ongoing Projects / Re: Hayesey's red G40 restoration - J142WLS

« Last post by TOMG40 on September 22, 2024, 02:26:49 pm »

Brilliant build thread bud, excellent work a proper job. I've used some of the bilt hamber stuff in the past and found it to be very good. Brings back memories of my old red G40 I should never have sold 

If you don't mind me asking how do you upload such high qaulity photos to your thread? I'm new to posting and I have an on going project I'd like to share and some old pictures of my red G I'd like to share.

Once again brilliant work, can't wait to see it finished 

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Ongoing Projects / Re: New G40 purchase, road going project.

« Last post by TOMG40 on September 22, 2024, 01:55:57 pm »

Good advice thanks, hopefully I'll get around to doing the t belt this week 

If anyone has any advice about posting pics on here,would be much appreciated. I've got a lot of pics of my old G40 from about 10 years ago I'd like to share.

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Ongoing Projects / Re: New G40 purchase, road going project.

« Last post by samg40 on September 21, 2024, 11:48:05 pm »

Nice one. If you've not done it yet though I strongly advise changing the timing belt on the charger along with the other maintenance if you don't do the charger rebuild straight away.

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Ongoing Projects / Re: New G40 purchase, road going project.

« Last post by TOMG40 on September 21, 2024, 10:57:41 pm »

https://photos.app.goo.gl/LkTb6DeFdD8MtXXM7

https://photos.app.goo.gl/WBEF665wkZ27PjscA

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Ongoing Projects / New G40 purchase, road going project.

« Last post by TOMG40 on September 21, 2024, 10:24:33 pm »

Hey all, I bought a G40 back in july this year, it had been off the road for over 5 years and wouldn't rev up, only idle.

Since then I've got it revving up nice, there was a fault with the alternator. I've got an mot on it and been on a few short trips with it.

I'd like to do some more maintenance work on it. T belt, water pump, service and service the charger. The clutch needs doing, so if anyone can recommend a decent upgrade or a better clutch that fits from something else.

I really want to keep this as a road going project and not get too carried away with it. I’d rather use it and enjoy it first and foremost.

I'll post some pics here as I go along.

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General Car Chat / Re: Current Polo G40 pricing?

« Last post by hayesey on August 16, 2024, 10:15:07 am »

is this separate from the rolling shell you have listed?

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General Car Chat / Re: Current Polo G40 pricing?

« Last post by hayesey on August 16, 2024, 10:13:18 am »

hard to say, it mostly depends what the bodywork is like and how rusty it is underneath. Also what the charger is like and how much work it would need to recommission it.

Really that could need recommissioning or it could be a full on project, hard to say without more info.

I'd probably say somewhere between £2k and £4k as it is from the sounds of it. But also the market is not good at the moment so what it'll actually sell for is anyone's guess. If you'd sold it 18 months ago you'd have got more for it. If you're not in a rush, might be better off holding on to it. Or doing the work needed yourself and then sell it as a running, MOTd car.