Rightyho, I've distracted myself from my proper Mk2 ABF show car project by buying a different daily.
I got super lucky with getting the little low mileage beauty!
'93 Volkswagen Golf GL Mk3 4 door Tuerkis Green. 33,000 miles!
I bought the car in August/September, with 27k on the clocks, from a friend who was the second owner. The car is unbelievably tidy, bar the arches. Interior is like new and once wiped over, so is the bay (original tags and all).
It had also lost all brakes and the gear selector is a mess.
Originally I quickly swapped the master cylinder with the original from my Mk2 GTI and was on my way.
Recently it started to lose brakes again so I decided to sort it out once and for all...
I have a proper workshop but have no room in there at the moment, so stuck it in a barn.
Got the old girl off the ground and ripped the old master cylinder out.
Need to have a bit of a tidy up, but I think this is a pretty nice original bay.
Heres the 'new' m/c, second hand genuine.
All fitted in and ready to bleed.
When I was bleeding I noticed that I should probably sort out a chassis notch at some time soon.
It's all sorted for now But I have a load of maintenance ready to do and a few plans after that:
- Brake pads/shoes and discs all round.
- New wishbones/I will possibly swap the bushes out for polyurethane parts.
- Ball joints
- Tie rod ends
- Full service and timing belt.
A few things that have popped up through daily use:
- Wheel bearings.
- CV.
- Power steering pump belt.
- Rocker cover gasket.
I also have these that I'm repainting and fitting on once I've bought new tyres (I realise they're reps, but they were free)
Heres a test fit, need lower profile tyres and a bit of a modification to the inside of the bumper.
Once I have got the wheels to fit I will get round to replacing the wings and fixing the rear arches. There are a few little dings and things that I will also repair. So I expect I will end up repainting the whole thing. (I am a painter for Mercedes)
I want to keep it as a super clean, OEM car and just make it a comfortable daily, so we will see what happens.
I got super lucky with getting the little low mileage beauty!
'93 Volkswagen Golf GL Mk3 4 door Tuerkis Green. 33,000 miles!
I bought the car in August/September, with 27k on the clocks, from a friend who was the second owner. The car is unbelievably tidy, bar the arches. Interior is like new and once wiped over, so is the bay (original tags and all).
It had also lost all brakes and the gear selector is a mess.
Originally I quickly swapped the master cylinder with the original from my Mk2 GTI and was on my way.
Recently it started to lose brakes again so I decided to sort it out once and for all...
I have a proper workshop but have no room in there at the moment, so stuck it in a barn.
Got the old girl off the ground and ripped the old master cylinder out.
Need to have a bit of a tidy up, but I think this is a pretty nice original bay.
Heres the 'new' m/c, second hand genuine.
All fitted in and ready to bleed.
When I was bleeding I noticed that I should probably sort out a chassis notch at some time soon.
It's all sorted for now But I have a load of maintenance ready to do and a few plans after that:
- Brake pads/shoes and discs all round.
- New wishbones/I will possibly swap the bushes out for polyurethane parts.
- Ball joints
- Tie rod ends
- Full service and timing belt.
A few things that have popped up through daily use:
- Wheel bearings.
- CV.
- Power steering pump belt.
- Rocker cover gasket.
I also have these that I'm repainting and fitting on once I've bought new tyres (I realise they're reps, but they were free)
Heres a test fit, need lower profile tyres and a bit of a modification to the inside of the bumper.
Once I have got the wheels to fit I will get round to replacing the wings and fixing the rear arches. There are a few little dings and things that I will also repair. So I expect I will end up repainting the whole thing. (I am a painter for Mercedes)
I want to keep it as a super clean, OEM car and just make it a comfortable daily, so we will see what happens.
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