COLLECTION OF POSTS FROM THE OLD SITE
2008
Hello there this is Vincent Van Golf my MK2 Gti,34k miles from new and all original, bought it two years ago 2008 and have spent 18 months cleaning it, taken off bucket loads of waxoyl and cleaned in weird places...
Vinnie As I got him, all original non restored,
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After many hours of cleaning , waxoyl/knuckle stripping,personal plate and 14" bbs ras
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As he is now on bottletops trying to look hard without coillies,neons,crystals or M3 mirrors (still not sure wether bottletops or ra's)(note the defogged spots)............
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went mad recently... cleaned a bit couldnt stop, shoot me now I have lost the plot
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Love this car, pleasure to see in the flesh
thats got one of the cleanest and straightest mk2s out there
Awesome car, immaculate throughout.
Gotta love a white mk2 8)
2011
Bit of a result with the heat gun today, fed up with forever blacking over white/grey bits so spent the money bought myself a heat gun and after half an hour cleaning of all the lotions and balms rubbed in over the years this is the result, completely untreated and in the buff
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Some more shots others have taken over the last year
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Got tagged on facebook....omg lol rofl lmao ffs
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A little video someone made, out in the snow
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2012
Vincent had a friend visit him today..... awesome.... Ones a type 19 one a type 1G, both registered on the same day in September 1988
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Taxed him yesterday , gentle warm up out through the Torpoint twisties followed by an energetic trip back.... Cleaning this morning ..... First show two weeks time, good times. :D :D :D
45 mins... a quick wash and dry off.... 6 months of garage dust grime gone.....VW action on the Sunday if the weather is good :cool (y):
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2012 Stithians VW Jamboree
got a bit of serious judging today.....loads more stressful than a mere MOT
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Well after only a month they have arrived, well three of them did just need some money for new tyres....
.... brand new from VW
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mmmmmmmmhhhhh... sometimes being right doesn't necessarily look nice???
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Got bored
If you can't beat them.......
Oooooooopppppssss
Just to keep you low lifers happy...
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APRIL 2013
So as you do park up miles from the car next door go to the cash point return and the bitch next door has reversed out and dented you car, saw her driving out as I walked back..... Sssssoooo angry I nearly cried....
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Ross from DevonDents came around, top man and spent an hour on the dents
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After a bit of local research I finally found a guy with a little unit who was suitably impressive with his spraying Vin speech, too many volume company car repair people out there, booked in for tomorrow .........., front page of the local paper , there has been a fire on his industrial estate...... In a body shop.............yep the sodding shop has burnt down.... Is there a conspiracy
5 MOMTHS ON
Got him back today, apart from the engine now being completely grey/primer dust coloured I am really chuffed with the finish and especially the colour match, no need for blending into the adjacent panels :jackson: :jackson:
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Some pics of the national meet ,thanks to Mr and Mrs Macsnap plus others
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So this came in the post today OE blaupunkt....dare I say r a r e ???
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And for those who haven't figured it out, fitted. Well chuffed, the led even flashes ...
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Just another little treat, been after one for ages, fitted today...
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Some Bristol Volksfest 2015 pics courtesy of Rob Barton FinalD
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Found some shots of a show on Plymouth Hoe....
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Not much of an update but I am chuffed, got my little holy grail of cassette player accessories together, just received my casette cleaning kit to go with the Votex cassette holder and the blaupunkt security device in the blaupunkt hu complete with an iPhone input ...
Cassette cleaning kit
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Votex cassette holder
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Blaupunkt SQR88 and Bluespot cassette lock
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Some left over pics which were on here but after sorting the photobucket shizzle I couldn’t fit them back in
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Thanks for your patience, that’s most of the photos transferred across, sorry I didn’t have the motivation to transfer 25 pages of stuff over .... thanks for looking
Just looked through the whole thread again.
You know, I never noticed that rust until today...
Just looked through the whole thread again.
You know, I never noticed that rust until today...
That will be patina then ....
Ahh found your thread (I wrote on your porsche courtsey thread). The car looks superb and the alloys do look nice. Hmm I think I will attempt to get them refurb'd.
Thanks, the diamond cut is nice but I have issues with two center caps. Re diamond cutting them is not going to be easy and two refurb people have knocked me back .. sadly the caps which were about £20 are nla.. let me know if you get any luck
Mine are in a terrible state (badly corroded) so not sure if they are savable to be honest. I was thinking of going for one of the diamond cut alternatives instead.
Just read the tread. Great car, very clean and original.
Just read the tread. Great car, very clean and original.
Thanks very much
So visited the old boy today as it was nice and sunny, bloody condensation , went around the block and it looked like a steam engine at first, settled down a bit but needs a bit of nice weather and a nice drive to heat the old exhaust up
No two people seem to advocate the same thing... some say it's not good to let the car just tick over without driving it while others say the opposite.
Personally I'm running the 205 for 15 mins or so twice a week. There's occasionally condensation on start up, though not always and if it is present it clears very quickly. The only thing I'm not keen on is the oil filler cap will gather more moisture than if the car was driven, but it's easily wiped away... 205's have wire mesh in the cap to act as a flame trap in case vapours build up, probably also encourages water too.
Truth is I also need a regular fix of exhaust, petrol / oil fumes plus to hear the Jetronic warming up and exhaust burble... bliss.
So visited the old boy today as it was nice and sunny, bloody condensation , went around the block and it looked like a steam engine at first, settled down a bit but needs a bit of nice weather and a nice drive to heat the old exhaust up
"sunny"...You had sun today...
That is just so annoying! Its been cold grey drizzly and now snowing here! >:(
When I haven't started mine up for a while (weeks) I disconnect the dizzy and turn it over a few times to get the oil pressure up before reconnecting and starting. Not sure if that is a good move or not.
With the Beetle 4S turfed out room to bring Vincent to mission control, serious thoughts of selling have been dented after a bit of garage time and Vinnie working his magic on me , seats out and hoovered , he is too good to sell…no shampoo but vaxing tomorrow …
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The proper thick stuff too... my later apology for it is like cardboard.
Oh I will never take these off again, cleaned up well (helps confirm the mileage or that the driver wears slippers) but will be done on the car next time …. (Trying to keep up with L90e..failing miserably)
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I feel your pain on that one, put brand new ones on my blue one, took far longer than it should have!!
I replaced.the brake pedal rubber on mine as the corner had worn through. Easier if you put them in the summer sun to make them more pliable. Now looks 170K with slippers on :D
So he passed his MOT today, the examiner thanked me for bringing him in , I thanked him for using the windscreen washers …first time wet since god knows when , National meet three or four years ago?
Oh I will never take these off again, cleaned up well (helps confirm the mileage or that the driver wears slippers) but will be done on the car next time …. (Trying to keep up with L90e..failing miserably)
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Put them in the oven until they go soft. Can't remember what temperature but not melted a set yet. Febi do them in a softer rubber, but these are probably not slipper resistant.
Just read this . Shouldn’t be a problem I have my Sanatogen xp racing slippers
So has is sold yet or are you still with us?
So has is sold yet or are you still with us?
It’s an ambitious sale so Still with you … and renewed my membership …