VW Golf Mk 1 Hoodride

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Actually I dubbed this Project "Renstall Adler" as it'll be quite sporty looking....

Here's how I'll try to make it look like when done:



The decals are homemade and the checkered roof will be done using a homemade decal as well. It'll have GTI sport seats and maybe some tuning parts on the engine...?

This is what I started with:




I had to narrow the Wheels to go with stock front tires. 1 mm less offset and Another 1 mm was cut from the back!

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Here's some more pic's :

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And even more pic's:




Lowering...the front suspension. Here's a Little "how-to", THE HARD WAY!

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I've modified the Engine, making it 2 mm lower so I can munt it a bit higher in the enginebay. I also had to modify the gearbox a bit , that's why there's a loose part in the Pictures.

The final Picture shows the stance.

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I had to modify the front inner fenders as I'm moving the Engine upwards about 2".Where the red markings are, is where I took away material.

Left side (upside down)


Right side (upside down)


I also modified the enginemounts. The one going forward towards the radiator had a "Z" done to it.


The right side enginemount was extended about 3 mm but will be shorted a Little when times come to mount the Engine.

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I found a Turbo in my parts-box so.... Turbo it is! Here are a couple of more pic's.

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I changed all 4 tires and finally got the stance I was aiming for! Here's how it looks now:



I put some putty to the gearbox.



I modified the stock headers and put on an adapter plate for the Turbo

I also modified the Turbo a Little to get the right look 8)

I "sectioned" and narrowed the injectionpart to make it sit closer to the Engine :!:

From a piece of scrapped radiator I made an intercooler :idea:

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More pic's:





I thinned the front break-discs



I found out I'll have to modify one of the Engine-mounts


I took some material away from the trailing arms up front to get the Wheels further in


And, I started making my own 2,5" exhaust system


Which led to the fact I had to widen the opening in the rear splash pan to allow Twin pipes...

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More work...

I had to cut some material away from the tranny to make space for the front Wheels when turning.


As I've moved the inner fenders forward a bit, there would be a "gap" against the interior. I made a small shelf from plastc card:


One of the enginemounts wasn't up to my satisfaction so I redid it :

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I put some good old Humbrol #56 on certain Engine-parts:



I also turned the battery 90 degrees wich actually look better IMHO. The holes in the fenders will be covered using very thin plastic card or maybe paper???



I resprayed the Engine semiflat black:



I also started modifying the lower front pan. First a Picture of how it's supposed to look:



Here's how it looks right now, the black spots are to be drilled with a 0.6 mm drill:

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More pic's! The holes in the innerfender was covered with paper-tissue soaked in office-glue.

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I reduced the length of the housing for the Electric fan to make more room in the Engine-bay:



But even so, it'll be a snug fit with all the engineparts in Place:

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I really love the "Golf" (Rabbit) models. Thank you so much. It's a lesson in how one modification leads to another. I always had planned to some day do a couple of these old AMTs, one as a legitimate Rally car and one as a Euro "sedan" racer that was in one of the series in Europe. Thanx a bunch for the hard work you put in.

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Started detailing the interior this evening:




Gonna make some carpets for the floor:

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Thanx for the "how to" on this model. I don't know why, but I've always luvved the VW enconbox. The careful job to lower the suspension a more correct way than just remounting the wheels higher in the wheel wells is appreciated. Adding turbo/intercooler is neat too. Lookin' very good so far, thanx!