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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#485807
Got a mate down the road, selling one thats running with a cannon, with padded, sports dash, centre console, all seats unrooted ( i think), rust bogged, treated and painted over asking $700.

whats special about em compared to any other golf?
Besides the golf being the 1st 'titled' hatchback car in the world?

Think it would make a decent engine conversion?

[ Edited on 8/5/2006 by bajachris88 ]
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DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#485813
whats not good about them!!!!!

If you have to have a water pumper the MK1 is the way to go, they do everything well, handle,reliable,go,etc etc.


i could rant on and on and on but i dont want u to buy it i want u to u2u his number to me so i can buy it and laugh at the cracking little car you let get away!!!!!!!

U really really shouldn't buy it cuz er hang on i will; think of something!!!!



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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

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#485818
think they are an engine worth using? its 2 litr, i think.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#485876
Useing for what? and being a 2lt its either not a MK1 or someone has transplanted a later engine.

What are you thinking? fit the engine to a bug?


If thats what you plan i will have to hunt you down and say nasty stuff!!! there are better engines for that dont trash the classic gti save it!!!!!!!


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ruckus Veteran Volks Folk

2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#485880
Chris it's not the best idea. Configuration is too wacky for what you want. As Steff said you'd be better to leave it as a mk1 and enjoy that, or get a hatch that actually handles... like a 205gti.


hehehe 🙂

ruckus Veteran Volks Folk

2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#485881
Oh, and someone might have put a twin cam Seat engine in it if it's a 2L, but I doubt it.

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#485883
don't know how it is really, well, when it comes to how much engine life is left.
they were going 60ks in 1st screaming the hell out of it, doing burnouts on a nearby field, its been sitting since, but still runs.

Its the biggest hatchback ofa car Lol

think they can make much of a performance car for being FR?

[ Edited on 8/5/2006 by bajachris88 ]
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#486261
bloody oath they can, heaps of fun to behad if you do it right like anything, big bhp figures and very quick 1/4 et's ...


go the MK 1's!!!!!!


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ragtopp Wolfsburg Wizard

456 posts · joined Aug 2005 ·

#486308
GTI's are awesome!!! Dont wreck it mate. If the engine is stuffed its easy to get another one or even one with more mumbo. I am currently driving a Mk 4 gti and 200kmph plus isnt overly tough. Buy it and a couple of euro golf mags, they look insane done into old school racers.

vwrallycar Insano Dub Head

721 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#486335
hey i got a GTI engine in my beetle, bloody awesome it is too

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#486377
hey are they for handling being front wheel drive? with steering and the drive being on the same set of wheels?

Correction, makes was a 1600 carbied one. Think thats right, just thought about it.

Does that sound right?

[ Edited on 9/5/2006 by bajachris88 ]
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

62deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,718 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#486398
It more than likely is not a GTi. They never came to Aus in a mk1. That said it's kinda nuts to wreck to put the donk in a bug. Kill a subi instead.
Old school mk1s rule.




[ Edited on 9-5-2006 by 62deluxe ]

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#486401
visually, it looks very similar.

MKIIs in aust? they any good?
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

62deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,718 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#486402
Mk2 Gtis came here. The donk is underpowered, but that's easily fixed.
I had a 91 Mk2 GTi, wish I still had it....

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

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#486405
this ones a 70s carbied?

they would be worse than a 91, wouldn't they?
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

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#486412
thats awesome mate.

anyone know the performance details on these things at a stock level?
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

ruckus Veteran Volks Folk

2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#486568
Chris the hot hatch thing is not about performance in terms of numbers but in terms of the amount of fun you can have around corners and tight runs that most other cars find too challenging. Quarter mile in a hot hatch doen't mean much if it can't stick to the roads through the hills etc. The numbers for my 205gti don't look overly impressive but you can have a sh!tload more fun in it than many other cars in twisty sections. It's got to do with short squarish wheel bases and low weight... and cheap fun

62deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,718 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#487087
Spot on Ruckus...

bond Veteran Volks Folk

2,456 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#487128
have a mate that has at least a dozen golfs, mk1-3's and that has owned probly the majority of the ones in brisbane at some point - if you want to talk to him about them u2u me chris

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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#487195
cheers mate.

Probs is, i got no dough and only parts. 🙁

hmm, so going around corners well ay? like the minis 😀

but with this guy down the road, since i'm a buddy of his and his sisters, i might be able to arrange a payment plan. even with my $200 worth of split system i got in the bug, and a few casual payments, labour or wateva he wants.

More than likely though, he would want dough

[ Edited on 11/5/2006 by bajachris88 ]
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

Oasis Going alone...

1,806 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#487216
ruckus wrote:Chris the hot hatch thing is not about performance in terms of numbers but in terms of the amount of fun you can have around corners and tight runs that most other cars find too challenging. Quarter mile in a hot hatch doen't mean much if it can't stick to the roads through the hills etc. The numbers for my 205gti don't look overly impressive but you can have a sh!tload more fun in it than many other cars in twisty sections. It's got to do with short squarish wheel bases and low weight... and cheap fun
My PUG was my favourite car ever. Wish I still had it.
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#487271
wats a pug?
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

cram Officially Full-On Dubber

368 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#487277
pugs are peugots.

ok, ok, i do have to admit that the 205 gti was pretty good.

DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#487326
ok....


the MK1 golf was the first "hot hatch" and set the bench mark for all others to follow. it was a good alround package and with a little tweeking it was fucking mental!!!!

The pug (peugot) was brought out soon after and came in 1.6 and 1.9 gti form. They did a fantastic job and the pug out handled the golf with ease power wise it was very even but head to head in standard form the pug would win just cuz it handled so bloody well

i have own'd heaps of them both over the years and i can honestly say i like them both for different reasons,not one is better overall than the other both great fun and nippy little cars.

As for fitting the engines i have seen and been in beetles with both engines and they both haul'd arse! but they are getting fewer and fewer and to pull a MK1 golf or a Pug 205 Gti to bits is a sad thing... as someone said rip a subaru down and use there donks ...

The 1600 carb model is just as fast as the injection version(only with the early models) the only place it would lose out is top end(bout 15 mph) and consuption(the injection is slightly better) i personaly prefer the carby over injection but thats me......

Take some pics, get some details dont wreck it SAVE it!!!!!


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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

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#487363
will see if i can arrange it. 😀
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

ragtopp Wolfsburg Wizard

456 posts · joined Aug 2005 ·

#487533
Yeh deluxe you were going well in the old girl along that 75km section. Pity my turbo wasnt doing its thing!!!:thumb
Werent you applying your handbrake at times? ie:Those hills and the long straights?:thumb
That MK1 did well mate , it must have been reving its tits off, me on the other hand still had the climate air con on!

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#487657
Lol, visited the fella and had a talk with him for a few hrs.

heres some more teasers, :P. He is willing to take $500 from me. has a recently recond 1600 motor, some rust fixed (other rust is in the hatch, near the rubber, not too pretty), IT IS A GTI!! IT has the tag on the front, apparently 1977 model, GLH i think i read on the back tags. 4 headlights etc on front, if that helps ID it, indicators in bumper.


:P:P 😂, he wants to sell it so he can get a VL commodore.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#487659
he is asking $600 from everyone else. Its in Edenslanding, will get details and phone number to help him put up a post. I can't afford it at this time.

Some things aren't working on it. indicator lenses on bumper are missing, he can't find em. Has no radio head set, Tacho wiring rooted, speedo works. gearbox fine, he gonna put on some decent rubber to (he got some spares to swap on it).


[ Edited on 12/5/2006 by bajachris88 ]
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

62deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,718 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#487739
Anyone can make a replica. They only need to bolt on a few bits. Is it 4 or 2 door?
Injected or carb? GTi only came with two doors and injection. Bumpers same on all models depending only on age. Be nice if it is one though!!!!!