Some pics of my Vdubs...

My mk1 driver ( in very clean mode ), with my old GL behind it.



Not mine, getting my mates mk1 back on the road after a 6 year rest.



Just before leaving for bug jam last year ! All loaded, and CB'd up and ready to roll !



My mk1....before some imbecile crashed into it.



Van..



Mk2 as it currently stands !



Me beavering away in the garage.

Wow..what a wicked collection of cars you have had.
Loving the top one..looks soooo nice, even if it is filthy.

PINKY wrote:

Wow..what a wicked collection of cars you have had.
Loving the top one..looks soooo nice, even if it is filthy.

Thank you, will hunt down some more pics later.

mk1 currently in a sorry state, hasn't moved since October, sorting out insurance claim.

In the meantime - if anyone has an OG passenger side wing, a bonnet and front valance for an '83 mk1....please PM me .

Mk1 GL..



Dubmodder recreation of something like my mk1 when it returns...

hmmm a mk1 whore lol sweet collection dude

Got a bonnet round here..it has a few small dents in though. Lhars greens.

Few more....my mates " new " mk1.... from this - totally standard rust free unwelded mk1 1.1 C.....



To this....coilovers, MMS cross spokes, coilies and a mk2 polo GT 1.3 engine ( HK code )
Kind of a mechanical clone of my gold one if you like !

and finally for now....another mk1 driver belonging to another very good friend of mine. Pretty standard except for the gti 9 spokes and some dials in the centre console ( proper mk1 ones - not audi coupe ones !! )

Please excuse my awful photoshop, couldn't find the original.




and.....my old faithful bug, mine since '94...finally left the flock two weeks ago.

Puma front beam, berg shifter, 1600 t/p with weber 36'IDF, four into one exhaust with tuck away muffler, autometer rev counter and oil temp, wide steelies on the back etc etc...Its nice when you know EVERY nut and bolt has been undone and put back in by your good self isn't it. Take care in your next life old friend !

Great pictures, lovely collection there.
I am not sure I could let my bug go, too many warm feelings though she does less that 500 miles a year.

That was the problem with my bug - it was never going to become the car
I wanted it to be !
I stopped pricing up my new engine parts when I got to 6K !

Cheaper fun is the order of the day !

Cheaper fun was the plan for the MK2 but I could not leave it as it was and spent a bit on getting that into shape.
When that went I thought I am not working on cars for a while so bought the MK4, guess what I have spent the last two hours doing?

Calimori wrote:

Cheaper fun was the plan for the MK2 but I could not leave it as it was and spent a bit on getting that into shape.
When that went I thought I am not working on cars for a while so bought the MK4, guess what I have spent the last two hours doing?

Yeah, I saw it slowly evolving, I'm surprised you never saw me go snaking past in the mk1, I'm round my partners folks place ( Robin Place ) often enough !

Man I want your VAN!!!! I love the panel vans, that have NOT been converted into campers!

Glad you like it. This one is NOT going to have holes cut in the sides ( except for welding repairs... ) ever...


ahem....

Nice bro! back home my dad had the minibus version with a 3.0 V6 transplant in it. It had three down draft webers on it. man I miss that van. 0-60 in just over 7 seconds hehehe. Nice to hear youre keeping it real!

Thrasher wrote:

Yeah, I saw it slowly evolving, I'm surprised you never saw me go snaking past in the mk1, I'm round my partners folks place ( Robin Place ) often enough !

I have seen a few go by and always wondered if they were the same one and my memory was going, now I guess it was. Stop next time for a chat.

looner wrote:

Nice bro! back home my dad had the minibus version with a 3.0 V6 transplant in it. It had three down draft webers on it. man I miss that van. 0-60 in just over 7 seconds hehehe. Nice to hear youre keeping it real!

Nice - been getting silly ideas about cosworth v6's or subaru lumps, although the original DG code 1.9 seems healthy enough at the moment ( even if it was £150 ).

Thrasher wrote:

looner wrote:

Nice bro! back home my dad had the minibus version with a 3.0 V6 transplant in it. It had three down draft webers on it. man I miss that van. 0-60 in just over 7 seconds hehehe. Nice to hear youre keeping it real!

Nice - been getting silly ideas about cosworth v6's or subaru lumps, although the original DG code 1.9 seems healthy enough at the moment ( even if it was £150 ).

There are pleanty of tuning options for the boxer 4 motors. Weber have a huge range of bolt on twin carb setups for them. You can also get decent cams and ignition parts for them. So I am sure if you don't want to go to wild you can rework one of those units. You could also bolt in the later model 2.1 fuel injected flat four that came in the caravelle versions. The V6 unit we had was the ford 3.0 essex motor. Which originaly came in the cortina and grenada if I am not mistaken. That fit in there quite nice, only problem was razing the floor of the engine bay to compensate for the added hight of the V6. Having a tripple down draft stack setup didn't help much either We did have a problem with it breaking std gearbox. It stripped 2nd gear constantly until we had new straight cut setup made for first and second. The joys of tuning Anyway keep us posted with your plans! I am definatly kean to see how it turns out!

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i love the T25 vans i want the crew cab pick up one , supuuuurrrrrbbb

nice to see a van , need more vans (vw only!)