Its been a while...........

[revnit]

Its been a while but thought id post up a few pix. With new relationships, moving house, global financial crisis and a baby on the way the mk1 has been very slow and steady but things are still ticking away havent been taking to many photos but anyways here is a few............

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2126/mk23333.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5218/mk1222.jpg


http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6225/sdc10112q.jpg

Full time line check out my facebook public album :cool:
1976 Mk1 Volkswagen Golf LS | Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.178300882193931.41724.100000420628537&l=28e9c06c12&type=1)

[Tommie]

Welcome back dude. Looking SWEEEEEEETTTTTTTT.

[madglf3]

Looks great mate, I liked it heaps before with the GTI gear, Zenders etc, but this is another level. When will it make its debut outing?

[sports racer]

Damn that looks good!

[revnit]

Looks great mate, I liked it heaps before with the GTI gear, Zenders etc, but this is another level. When will it make its debut outing?

Thanks mate. the debut outing will be a vw event of some sort depending when its ready hahaha

[alex g]

Looks awesome Pal , good to see your still ticking away, it does become hard some times to think about playing cars when big stuff is happening, but it always nice to come back to it.

Man there's gonna be a hole squad of nice mk1's around in the future.

Keep us posted, more pics more pics.

[GOLFBALLS]

Wow looks super clean! It's inspiring seeing a mk1 at that stage on the stands!!

It looks like a fantastic space to work there as well. Is that you home shed??!!

[gt_eye]

loving the look of the engine!!!:cool46:

[Jmac]

Only awesomeness is going to come out of that, respect mate

Jmac

[revnit]

Wow looks super clean! It's inspiring seeing a mk1 at that stage on the stands!!

It looks like a fantastic space to work there as well. Is that you home shed??!!

Yeah thats my shed! 3 bays all for the mk1!! Ill take a few more pix in a day or so all the glass is in, need to put the tank back in i painted today and start the lines also do the brake lines from the wilwood pedal box

[GoLfMan]

man I was wondering what happened to you and this car! Good to see you back into it :)

[Wolfgang]

Oh damn that's looking tasty. Loving the blue.

[WABIT]

great to see you back matey! looking good!!

dom

[roccodingo]

Looking verry nice Andrew. got the heads up on a VWMS metering head btw..:D

[MeeM]

Dude that's one sweet body. Fantastic job so far. Just keep at it with small incremental improvements and it will get done... Eventually...

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[revnit]

Thanks again guys its been a long haul to this point.........



Dude that's one sweet body. Fantastic job so far. Just keep at it with small incremental improvements and it will get done... Eventually...


thanks, small increments is how its going to be at the moment not lack of money just lack of time who would of thought hahaha so no big build threads here but i will keep the updates coming, i have all the parts i need just need the time.



Looking verry nice Andrew. got the heads up on a VWMS metering head btw..

Sounds awesome mate still haven't used it hehehe

A couple snaps

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6383/sam0042wq.jpg

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/4862/sam0040p.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/1531/sam0039ju.jpg

[Jarred]

definately some cool stuff going on here, love it.

[revnit]

Put some wheels on and pushed it outside for a few pix was to sunny though :(


http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4788/blue2l.jpg

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/64/blue3w.jpg

[alex g]

Very special. Love the wilwood slave set up great idea.
Great period for mk1's in Australia at the moment.

Awesome work.

[hitoriko]

love the colour but i think some full chrome wheels or some gold meshies would set it off

[Valver.]

Looks awesome! Good to see it back in the mix :)

[revnit]

Thanks for the comments guys, hopefully get back into the shed this weekend to finish up the engine bay due to changes its been rubbed back now in primer. And start bending brakes lines fun! :confused:

Here is a before and after **** i dug up :cool:


Before paint
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/1152/dsc00052fn.jpg

After paint
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/

[mikinoz]

Very special. Love the wilwood slave set up great idea.
Great period for mk1's in Australia at the moment.

Awesome work.

I second this sentiment. Really nice work here.

[revnit]

engine bay finally finished..........

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/117/19112011306edited1.jpg

[Spyda]

Tuff as, loving the bay and the color is awesome.

[Valver.]

Lovely job with the 'bay. Perfect way to do it: rain tray gone, all original lines maintained! Looks stunning :D

[revnit]

thanks guys, the engine bay has been a epic adventure this is the 2nd time it was done ( long story) but looks better now than what it did i took it back to bare metal also very fiddly job around all the tight corners :cool:

[walshydub]

Looks great, love the new colour.

[GoLfMan]

looking really tidy mate.

Really dig mk1 engine bays without the rain tray, really tidies it up a bit. Did you paint it in 2pac?

[alex g]

Top marks brother. Looks awesome.

[revnit]

looking really tidy mate.

Really dig mk1 engine bays without the rain tray, really tidies it up a bit. Did you paint it in 2pac?

Thanks mate, to bad i have to clutter it up now but will look good currently working on the 3 wilwood reservoir tanks mounted up int he firewall :) yeah whole car is 2 pac I im not bad at swinging a spray gun these days :)

[GoLfMan]

nicely done.

How did you go with spraying 2pac at home? its pretty nasty ****

[revnit]

2 pac is easy to spray alot better to work with than acrylic, it is ilegal to spray 2pac in a residential area :banana: but don't let that stop you hahaha. A decent gun and some practice its easy to pick up, the rest of that car was done in a booth the engine bay was done in my shed turned out really good only got a few specs of crap in it happy with the outcome though :cool:

[GoLfMan]

I've heard 2 pack is nicer to spray, comes out shiny off the gun. Im just very wary of the serious health risks involved by spraying it when you aren't in a booth. I like not pissing blood :P

Regardless, awesome job :D

[Mk3 AAA]

Really liked the car as it was, and I really like where it's going... well done, can't wait to see it.

[revnit]

small update.

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7304/02122011326.jpg

[alex g]

Awesome , have you built up the k- jet box for a standard filter? Have you seem the Saab ones with a big inlet?

[revnit]

I have seen the saab ones, my k - jet box is custom made it runs 2 x 2 1/2 pipes down the side of the rail and a K&N filter out of a commodore :cool:

[revnit]

got the engine in :cool: ran the front brake lines aswell.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3116/11122011338.jpg

[mikinoz]

You make me sick. :P

Looks fantastic - really well considered and love to see the k-jet finished with the nice braided fuel lines - I really love the look of snaking braided lines over the engine.

Putting me to shame with progress (and skills).

[GoLfMan]

really looking great Andrew! :D dam neat

[revnit]

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/861/23122011370.jpg

[GoLfMan]

dam son! Really getting stuck into it :D Looks awesome

[alex g]

Shooot merry trucker Christmas to you.

[Jarred]

NAISE!!!

keep it up.

[revnit]

Thanks guys, its overwhelming how much still needs to be done hahaha, but it is getting there :cool: I do all the work myself so its a long process .

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for a 3 wire vw alternator???


oil cooler mounted.
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9091/17122011350.jpg

[alex g]

Does this help??

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2011/12/58a364d7-1.jpg

Alternator being C
Battery A
Starter B
Coil N

[revnit]

It does do you have a better quality image?

Undercarriage..........

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2351/28122011387.jpg

[gldgti]

Wow, great stuff mate!

Which alt do you have? - anyway they are basically all the same - the later ones have a b+ for the charge light and a w for tach signal on some cars. both are pretty safe i.e if you wire up the w to the charge light you wont cause any problems. You wont need the w terminal cos you'll get tach signal from the ignition.

So basically all you need is to connect the big terminal to the battery +, earth the alt body well and one of the little plugs goes to the charge light circuit on the dash.

[revnit]

Thanks gldgti, makes sense to me now i wired it up a couple years ago just needed my memory refreshed Ive basically binned the stock wiring loom and opted for a universal hotrod wiring loom and fuse box less complicated :cool: Ill post pix as i start the wiring in the mean time fitted the front brakes.


http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7278/29122011390.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4122/29122011391.jpg

[revnit]

A big thanks to Craig from vwma for the feature in issue 33 of the magazine, I think it hits the stans Feb :-)

[Spyda]

Had to bump.

Super clean man. Gives me motivation to pull everything out and do it again.

What brakes are your running and do you have any pics of the wire tuck?

[revnit]

They are vr6 calipers on floating rotors same size as vr6, not sure what you mean wire tuck ?

[revnit]

Hey guys just a small update still moving forward with the golf at a slow pace.


http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3190/dsc0156tp.jpg

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3258/dsc0180hm.jpg

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/3302/dsc0178yk.jpg

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/156/dsc0116sr.jpg

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg827/scaled.php?server=827&filename=dsc0099iy.jpg&res=landing


For the Queensland members on here on June 2nd there is a mk1 drivers meet at browns plains mechanical organized by Craig from VWMA email me for details if interested revnit@hotmail.com there will be a sausage sizzle and free use of the workshop hoists my car will be there on display :cool:

[GeorgeMK1]

Wooow !! Amazing work. Nitrous in a mk1 ... whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! Im excited

[revnit]

Just recently i saw my old beige gld forsale i was like man i want it back, this pretty much put me back in the market for a 2nd mk1 again. Funnily enough i found a gem!!!! Firstly she is a one owner with 92000kms on the clock with the original service book filled out and stamped!!! has every single receipt from 1977 till now documented even the original purchase receipt. Factory fitted air conditioning to boot she is a very tidy machine i didn't think id pick one up so clean not needing work .

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/1654/dsc0203wc.jpg

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/52/dsc0209m.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1417/dsc0206aq.jpg

[GoLfMan]

get the **** out! That things amazing! Dam you for always finding the clean ones.

[Stiggy_21]

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/

****ing hell, thats MINT!!!! looks like it been in a showroom for 35 years:D
nice find!

[Jarred]

bloody hell that's nice! lucky you!

[roccodingo]

Just recently i saw my old beige gld forsale i was like man i want it back, this pretty much put me back in the market for a 2nd mk1 again. Funnily enough i found a gem!!!! Firstly she is a one owner with 92000kms on the clock with the original service book filled out and stamped!!! has every single receipt from 1977 till now documented even the original purchase receipt. Factory fitted air conditioning to boot she is a very tidy machine i didn't think id pick one up so clean not needing work .

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/

Looks to be a nice unit Andrew.

Unfortunately the aircon is a dealer fitted item, VW never marketed any of the Mk1 bodied vehicles with factory RH aircon set up. The airbox for the factory aircon unit impedes the left leg position if used for RHD vehicles.

Even our 93 cabrio ( rhd) had some locally made garbage they tried to pass of as airconditioning !! prob runs at about 15% efficiency.

When is the 16V going to be up and running ??

[revnit]

Yeah the air con was put in as an option the kit is from Volkswagen Texas has stickers all over it, it needs gas and the gas required is illegal now I believe. But I have been in a mk1 with a similar air con setup and it was rubbish.

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Oh and the 16v is coming along slowly just have trouble with time alot has been happening lately :-)

[revnit]

Engine Bay Timeline

When i Got it

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2593/16864018528195816249028.jpg

What i did to it

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4022/16521917830275552707774.jpg

Now its just ridicules!

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1599/40378532548486747553130t.jpg
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg6/scaled.php?server=6&filename=dsc0270xl.jpg&res=landing

[revnit]

Mk1 Garage

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg845/scaled.php?server=845&filename=dsc0422di.jpg&res=landing

My new exhaust

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg225/scaled.php?server=225&filename=dsc0421k.jpg&res=landing

[alex g]

Looks awesome bro , running yet??

[Tommie]

Man that engine bay looks sweet. You can tell alot of hard work went into it!

[samSC1192]

:O looks so nice. gives me a bit of motivation to do half as good a job on mine oneday :)

[GeorgeMK1]

Mind me asking a question? When you used body filler to smooth out the engine bay, waht brand did you use, and do you think it matters what brand is used? For eg, to with stand heat, good adhesion etc. Thanks !

[Jarred]

good work!

Bay is super neat!

[revnit]

Looks awesome bro , running yet??

Not running yet only thing left is wiring this is what im up to.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg708/scaled.php?server=708&filename=dsc0222yd.jpg&res=landing

Then need to decided what im doing with the interior :confused::confused:.



GeorgeMK1

Mind me asking a question? When you used body filler to smooth out the engine bay, what brand did you use, and do you think it matters what brand is used? For eg, to with stand heat, good adhesion etc. Thanks !



Some people say it matters the really only differences is how smooth and easy the filler is to apply, but im my case everything was plated and welded in the engine bay. Around the towers was spot welded, then i used fiberglass filler to finish the smoothing then a small amount of normal filler to smooth it out. Fiberglass filler is alot stronger than normal filler and will hold up against movement and wont just crack. That's the advantages but its a pain to work with, doubles the time of the job but worth it!! I used 3M filler and 3M fibreglass from supercheap.

[revnit]

In 2008 these 2 met

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1812/65736178301688860517780.jpg

2012 together again

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg214/scaled.php?server=214&filename=dsc0297z.jpg&res=landing

[abreut]

Wow looks great! Does that MSD ignition module replace the standard knock box?

[ByronRichesMk1]

My new exhaust

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/

Do you have a rear (face on) shot of that exhaust mate? :D
Looks mad!

[HuH]

What an amazing engine bay transformation. Really neat car, mate! I saw you post this on our Fast Fours & Rotaries FB page but I couldn't like or reply for some reason. You up for a magazine feature? ;)

[alex g]

Off topic what's the story with the space frame mk1?? Rear engine?

[revnit]

Off topic what's the story with the space frame mk1?? Rear engine?

Front wheel drive drag car basically. engine setup north south with Porsche gearbox and fibreglass lift off front end :-)

[revnit]

Wow looks great! Does that MSD ignition module replace the standard knock box? No it doesn't, it just assists with extra spark its a noticeable difference :cool:

[Dub Toffee]

only just checked all your photos mate, Stella!
is their anything more around on the mk1 Alex mentioned?
When i was living in QLD I remember their were A LOT of off forum Dubbers
up their :-) still like that? probably grown some more.

[revnit]

only just checked all your photos mate, Stella!
is their anything more around on the mk1 Alex mentioned?
When i was living in QLD I remember their were A LOT of off forum Dubbers
up their :-) still like that? probably grown some more.

I need to add more photos have heaps i haven't posted, the qld guys that are not on the forums hang around the mk1 drivers group fb page www.facebook.com/mk1driversgroup its something started up here in qld by craig huges from vwma to bring mk1 owners together its slowly making its presents known state by state :-)