My Mk2 the money pit

only started on it today m8, made some changes tho, big day tommorow , big drop and wheel change.

Your worse than me will be nice to see something different tho, maybe we ought to set up a Vauxhall club Ive bought an Astra to sell on

My nice new rebuilt engine


and my new seats that need retrimming

motor looks nice n tidy dude!

Cheers mate

I made a bit more progress yesterday stripping a few more bits off


and Ive now got my turbo back from being refurbished so its now KO3s spec with some polishing and flowing work done

are you keeping it big-bump? or goin small like ya sig pic?

Im gonna keep the big bumpers so it will look pretty much the same as before but I want some different wheels, G60 arches and a stripped out interior

Today Ive rubbed the bumpers down and finished putting the engine together, this things turning into a right money pit and I havnt even bought an ECU for it yet

seats are now at the trimmers Im having the whole seat recovered in black leather and alcantara and having the door cards done too.
Just trying to sort out a respray all without the misses findin out :\!£:

Wow man , cracking motor i must say!
nice colour too! its guna be sweet wen yav fineshd tht engine!

Crikey its gonna be a right minter!

how much is ya re-trimming costing cause i want to look into getting the mk1 re-trimmed

gonna look the nad's when its all done,good work there mate!

wayneyb wrote:

how much is ya re-trimming costing cause i want to look into getting the mk1 re-trimmed

Im getting the recaros done in black leather and blue alcantara plus the 4 door cards and its costing me £600 and the bloke does a great job compared to the other quotes this is reasonable.

Im trying to sort the bodywork still and Ive just bought some G60 front brakes so cheers guys for the comments just need to keep doing the overtime to pay for it all

Not much to report still not got any further with the bodywork except Ive removed all the glass today and I didnt even break owt, Ive got a few bits powder coated ready for the new engine and Ive powder coated the front panel so it saves me rubbing it down and repainting it

Any updates mate? I'll have to come see it once you've got it on the road.

No mate still waiting to get it sprayed so i went and bought another mk2 just to have as my daily runner but when your over this area give us a call

woo hoo just booked in for a spray job so hopefully i can make some progress when its done instead of spending it all on my grey one

Thought my engine build was takin ages!

Should a good un when she's done tho - what power you aiming for???

what colour stoker??? also,can u make the elbow cool air intakes for a vr cheap? didnt have the cash at inters and they were going for £20 ish maybe £25? jus wondered,while i remember!!lol!

Jacko I never rush a job and my last golf took me 10 years to do so hopefully this one might be a tad quicker, I was waiting on a painter as there arnt many you can trust round me but hopefully things should move on a bit now and depending on the engine management i would like 250ish.
slim i will have a look to see if i have any Vr6 induction pipes left but they are made from polished stainless with samco hose so they will be more than £25 but ill do my best for you maybe you could do some polishing for me or sommat

safe as houses mate,let me know,im getting cracking on the vr6 lump this week,so the added induction pipe will make it alot cleaner! let me know when mate!

shes off in on Friday for the paintwork so maybe ill make a bit of progress

any updates mate ?