WelshLamb Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) Here is my 1985 MkII Golf Full stainless exhaust, Cobra bucket seats, lowered 60mm over standard, and yesterday had 17" alloys shoehorned on !! Also in the family we have "Gigi", my mams 1974 Bay window. Both pictured below at Bristol Volksfest yesterday! Edited June 10, 2012 by WelshLamb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petethegeek Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Doesn't appear to be quite as busy there as the ones they have at Malvern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter.123 Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Retrosexually psycodellic baby!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) Oh yeah!!!! Everyday runner is an 82 1800 GTi, 87 Transporter pick up for business use and a 63 Bus for general monging out in. I love em. Mk1 is sadly for sale as the commuting 130 miles a day is going to kill it. PS dig the golf by the way. I'm quite a fan of 80's hoodride. You do any shows Welsh (other than Bristol)? Edited June 10, 2012 by ack-ack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 yep love my Volkswagen cars. been a gti nut for years.love my mk 5 gti when the wife allows me in it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 yep love my Volkswagen cars. been a gti nut for years.love my mk 5 gti when the wife allows me in it lol My mrs doesn't let me in her mk4 much now. Can't see what all the fuss was about personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshLamb Posted June 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 PS dig the golf by the way. I'm quite a fan of 80's hoodride. You do any shows Welsh (other than Bristol)? Most of them! Next one is camper jam in Weston park, then dubs at the castle in caldicot, vanfest, Oktoberfest..... If you see me, come and say hi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Most of them! Next one is camper jam in Weston park, then dubs at the castle in caldicot, vanfest, Oktoberfest..... If you see me, come and say hi! Will do. Might do Van fest this year. I got put off the shows a bit after witnessing a lot of Volks-snobbery at Big Bang a few years ago. Our informal little club of about a dozen shared a pitch with a club from the south coast. These guys were way to kool for skool and let it be known to all.That was never what the scene was meant to be about. By the end of the weekend I felt like cracking half of them. I settled for weeing on their camping chairs and their barbeque before heading home. Proper shiners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Here is my 1985 MkII Golf Full stainless exhaust, Cobra bucket seats, lowered 60mm over standard, and yesterday had 17" alloys shoehorned on !! Also in the family we have "Gigi", my mams 1974 Bay window. Both pictured below at Bristol Volksfest yesterday! What's with all the stickers on the Golf's wing saw a right old dog in a local carpark with similar on the t/gate :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 What's with all the stickers on the Golf's wing saw a right old dog in a local carpark with similar on the t/gate :blink: That Tam, my old china, is the look. We don't call them old dogs they are 'original, unrestored with natural patina' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshLamb Posted June 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 What's with all the stickers on the Golf's wing saw a right old dog in a local carpark with similar on the t/gate :blink: It's a dub thing, you wouldn't understand That Tam, my old china, is the look. We don't call them old dogs they are 'original, unrestored with natural patina' We call them 'rats' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 We call them 'rats' Shhhhhhhhh! (he's not one of us) Speaking of rats heres my ex 63 bug which was another victim of the recession and went for buttons. The number of folk that said 'when you gonna paint it?'. Tsk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Bought a 1303S about 12 months ago. It had been stripped down to metal then primed and shoved in a garage opposite me for over 20 years. The new owner of the house (grandson) didn't want it so my son and future son in law paid him £275 quid for it. We've found 3 little bits on it that we have to weld up, the largest is no bigger than a 50p piece I think they're going to finish it, sell it and buy a T4 to convert before they start to fetch stupid money. Daughter and soon to be husband (hers, not mine) can then have cheap hols whilst trying to pay a new mortgage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Bought a 1303S about 12 months ago. It had been stripped down to metal then primed and shoved in a garage opposite me for over 20 years. The new owner of the house (grandson) didn't want it so my son and future son in law paid him £275 quid for it. We've found 3 little bits on it that we have to weld up, the largest is no bigger than a 50p piece I think they're going to finish it, sell it and buy a T4 to convert before they start to fetch stupid money. Daughter and soon to be husband (hers, not mine) can then have cheap hols whilst trying to pay a new mortgage. Great motors, always wanted to do a German look on a 1302s. You don't see too many of them about now. The 'scene' decided 70's bugs were pants and made them undesirable resto's so sadly many have been weighed in over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) had a few sciroccos over the years, the best one, which was a mk11 1800gtx was bought from a local car dealers for £72, it was all i had in my pocket Edited June 10, 2012 by GRAM71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Had an 'M' reg jeans beetle for a number of years, most recent had a 2.3V5 new beetle. I plan to get a 'ghia' in the distant/near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) Yes got a vw t25 panel van dropped on bmw springs rear and 60mm drop at the front,18" alloys and a 2.1 dj engine with subaru backbox in the back. Edited June 11, 2012 by Albert 888 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 2.1 dj engine What's that? I'm running the stock 1.9 petrol and its killing me on fuel. What's your economy like on the 2.1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 What's that? I'm running the stock 1.9 petrol and its killing me on fuel. What's your economy like on the 2.1? Economy's probably the last word to use in this case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 What's that? I'm running the stock 1.9 petrol and its killing me on fuel. What's your economy like on the 2.1? It had a 1.9 dg carbed 78 bhp engine in it untill it dropped its water and blew a spark plug out,found it very under powered for the empty van. Found a good low miles 2.1 dj engine (digi jet) injection 112 bhp now it keeps up with the big boys.mpg isnt the best would say between 20-26 mpg maybe .its off the road at the mo waiting for panel work and an mot not drove it for a year. mark 3 golf tdi engine seems to be the way forward for mpg. Economy's probably the last word to use in this case Its better than my old p38 range rover 7 mpg on lpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 mark 3 golf tdi engine seems to be the way forward for mpg. Nice pointer. I posted a thread a while back to see if there were any T25 owners that had swopped lumps for economy, now I have my answer. Do they go straight in or is it an adapter job? Re the 2.1, I think my mates Carat had one of them. Christ on a bike, that thing used to shift. He gave me a lift back from town one day and I hardly said a word all the way back. Went like stink! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert 888 Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) Nice pointer. I posted a thread a while back to see if there were any T25 owners that had swopped lumps for economy, now I have my answer. Do they go straight in or is it an adapter job? Re the 2.1, I think my mates Carat had one of them. Christ on a bike, that thing used to shift. He gave me a lift back from town one day and I hardly said a word all the way back. Went like stink! Im not sure i think the gearbox could be diferent on a diesel. www.club80-90.co.uk/ may be of use. If i was sticking a diesel in it would have to be of the 130,150,180 bhp flavour from the vag group,but my skills with wires and such arnt much cop withe newer stuff. It did-does go like stink and with lowering it and fitting real wheels and tyre's on it stick's to the tarmac round bends. google vw t25 brickyard too Edited June 10, 2012 by Albert 888 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) Yep I've always loved VW's and have battered examples 2 on the drive. 1. 2001 Mk4 Golf GTi 2.0 ( was supposed to be mine but the Mrs stole it!!) 190,000 miles Uploaded with ImageShack.us 2. 2001 6N2 Polo 1.0 MPiiiiiiii 164,000 miles Uploaded with ImageShack.us Hopefully i'm going to be doing a euro look on the Polo at some point when funds allow and the Mrs isn't looking. Edited June 11, 2012 by Livefast123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ped Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Vee Dubs are great, love em! So far I've had; 1973 1300 beetle, seriously lowered, couldn't stand a coke can anywhere underneath it! 1979 golf gti mk1 1600, Mk2 scirocco gti mk1 golf 1800 gti Mk2 golf 1800 gti 8 valve 1974 1300 beetle, again lowered, and de-trimmed Mk2 golf gti 16 valve, big bumper model Currently have a new scirocco as my company car, 140Tdi, flipping great, more grip than I know how to use, about 50mpg and has been bullet proof so far, 72000 miles in two years Ped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji Shooter Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) Wish I had never of sold mine. It was a Westfalia and all original inside. Here is the wifes daily driver as her Beetle RSi has gone into storage. Edited June 11, 2012 by Freakmode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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