2 GTI's

[JDVW]

every where apart from the sun roof..thats silocined up. it can be brought back its just guna take a long time. yea its says nz new but the speedo has km/h and mp/h whereas the gold one is just km/h

[RS ZWEI]

every where apart from the sun roof..thats silocined up. it can be brought back its just guna take a long time. yea its says nz new but the speedo has km/h and mp/h whereas the gold one is just km/h

Its a UK import then. For some reason I think Ive seen that car - years ago.
Whats the number plate?

[BB]

How experienced are you at really knowing whether a rust job is hard or not?
I only ask cause i see alot of people put off by what i consider to be fairly acceptable rust levels.

I have welded up many rusty cars when they were rust buckets.

[JDVW]

Its a UK import then. For some reason I think Ive seen that car - years ago.
Whats the number plate?

ok but the reg say 1982 golf and imported 1/82 so im guessing theyve registered it wrong cause they told me it was a 1980
plate's KJ9007

[JDVW]

How experienced are you at really knowing whether a rust job is hard or not?
I only ask cause i see alot of people put off by what i consider to be fairly acceptable rust levels.

I have welded up many rusty cars when they were rust buckets.

I dont have that much experience but ive done some work on some old rusty cars. Its not a hard job cause ive got the tools needed to do it
but its just goin to take a while form me to do it as the gold one is my main priority and some of the parts arent worth
fixing cause it would prob easier just to replace them.

[BB]

Sounds good, you got a mig and everything? Great tools those mig welders if you can use one well.
If you need a hand or want to borrow my baby folder etc I am happy to come take a look.
Good on you for concentrating on one car first tho, I have made the mistake of having to much on the go and you end up with nothing

[JDVW]

Yea got a mig but dont think i can drop the power down enough for such thin metal
it will probably just blow it away cuz its running .9 wire. The Green ones in Mangawhai
but if you wana take a look at the gold one im down in auckland every weekend.

Had a play around with the green one today theres more bog then metal in the roof and it hasnt been prepd
properly so its just dissolved the metal slowly. At one point theres about 10mm layer of bog before you reach
an old repair some ones welded in haha

[80 Vert]

You'll need .6 wire with your mig, should have low enough setting for that as most do.
Have tried welding panel steel with our 3 phase one and .8 wire but no good, same machine works well with .6 wire tho.

[JDVW]

oh yea ill see how that goes when i get a chance.
theres pretty much nothing to weld up on the gold one but
will deff need to weld the green one when it comes time

[JDVW]

has anyone got a sunroof seal or know where to get one?

[GTI's]

i got a new one coming at Platinum, They order them in!

[JDVW]

   into my car this mournin and it wouldnt start (batterys not flat) after tryin to start it it kicked over once and made a loud bang and out came a cloud of smoke....any ideas of what migt be wrong? its just been tuned and serviced

[BB]

Do the usuals check for spark, see if the plugs are wet with fuel etc.
Things that go wrong are fuel pumps and fuel pump relays, and check for a burnt out dizzy cap.

[JDVW]

Haha not to sure what the problem was in the end as the fiddled around with some of the wires goin to the coil and
is started up straight away. put a new dizzy cap on cuz it was making a really bad sound so hopefully thats the end of it.

Ive just stripped the green one out theres some pretty bodgey repairs in the floor aswell
All the carpet and insulating was soaking wet! As soon as the engine and suspension is out it
will be goin up on the shelf and restoring the gold one can continue 

[JDVW]

hey guys does anyone know a good engine recodtioner? ive decided to keep the gold one original instead of putting in a newer engine

[BB]

Where are you? I use Auckland Engine Reconditioners in Pollen St Ponsonby, Never had a problem and I have used them for near on 20 years. They do loads of stuff others cant do and they are very reasonably priced.
PH 3762196

[JDVW]

I'm in Auckland. I'll give them a call on Monday see how much it'll cost
Cheers for that.

[JDVW]

does anyone want the green cars shell theres nothing on it....no window doors or anything like that
its pretty rusty heaps of bog ....posibly been rolled over onto its side at one stage of its life

update on the gold one ive got a new sun roof seal and am stripping all the paint and rust around that area
and changing the panel as that had two big rust bubbles in it. the two rear windows are coming out next
week as theres rust right along the bottom of them and so thats gettin patched up.

Ive decided to keep the car original and re con the original motor and get a slight upgrade on the cam
but that wont be happening for another month or so yet....rust is the main mission right now

[BB]

Ive got a shell i gotta bin too This one is straight as a die but has some rust but not to bad i feel its a real shame to have to bin it.

What are your reasons for keeping the engine original? Originality over boy racer needs I guess  

[JDVW]

yea this shell is anything but straight theres more metal than bog so i dont feel to bad about it going
to the wrecker its hardly a golf anymore.

I really want to put a quick engine in it but right now that seems the trend haha so as u say orignality
over boy racer needs 

after i win big wed tonight ill have the R8 so ill be sorted in the fast department