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Project Muppet - 1980 Golf N, Pastel Green

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Muppet has no eyes :shock::ninja:

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Karl looking shifty....

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Playing brum brum with no seat :lol:

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Getting his gangsta lean on 8-)

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Yousaf seeing if the vax`s sucking power is better than his, ooh err :unibrow::oops:

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hahahhahahaha. karls gangstay lean is class!

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what happened just under the rear bumper? looks like someone has cut it out

may have been rocking a centre exit at some point as its been painted over and the wheel well been cut out and welded up.

i love the pea shootay so i reckon ill get the valance welded up and painted

i hope the grills of 2 fit the staderd one back on man ???????????????

hey mate, did you buy that green 80 off bigtommo?

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i did indeed chap

been in pirate modding skillz hq with karl, chaz and stevie generally getting mashed.

went down to looms and found a couple of wrecks to say the least

pissrat - in beruit

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4x4 festa anyone?

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nothing a bit of por-15 cant sort out

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and this one at the unit

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a polo bready heralded a triumph tho, a weber 32 TLA, a two pin weber carb that will fit on me current inlet manifold, the cost. a grand total of 15 quid, 5 pound per green splodge with a pen by a dude wi a gammy leg. word

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also swapped some oem rear lights for these barry jobbies, will acid etch primer the edges, paint em black and sell em

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also swapped std front lights for these crystal crosshairs

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also picked up some 14 inch mini g60s with tyres for the grand sum of 40 quid. (will get some pics tomorrow)

not bad for a two day bake session, and who said you cant be productive and get wasted at the same time :D

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twas chucking it down in manchester today so didnt bother messing about with the carb, instead i camped out in the car and wired up my stereo and central locking, still got the electric window motors to do tomorrow and fit the lower dash trays after hiding the wiring.

also got the front door cards to fit after getting some rubble sacks and duck tape to make door skins before putting the door cards on.

also popped the front and rear lights on the cars.

anyway a few piccies cos I'm off to play halo with the lads

peace

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oh also fitted polished door strikers with new nylon rings, they make the door shut so much sweeter and with a nice sound woohoo :)

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Fancy a PTnT bake sesh in leeds tonight? You guys can drive over, bring me lots of treats, get battered, and drive home again. Sounds like a nice plan to me!

The joys of being so skint i can't afford to leave the house!

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that could have been a plan but the lack of mobility proves the problem boyo!

just realised that my bee sting ariel is now foooked :(

Muppet can see again :-D

Are you playing cars tomorrow if the rain holds off?

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well as I've still got a few jobs to finish inside the car if it rains ill be camped out in there.

got to:

fit and wire up electric window motors

fit and wire up amp and sub

fit door skins, cards and speaker pods

fit lower dash trays

wire pre-tensioners and fit harnesses

if the rain holds off then ill be fitting the weber, bleeding brakes and whipping the classics off.

but aye either way ill be fookin about on the cars so come over if you want, i can get my steelies painted too then woohoo

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well interior nearly done, electric window wiring needs tidying and pre-tensioners still need wiring up, but everythings in place and looking good

full sound system is in and wired up, central locking and electric windows fitted and wired up and harnesses/seats/carpets re-fitted

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not taking a picture but I've whipped teh classics off beena and popped the mini g60s on.

Only just looked at this thread properly. Didn't notice how clean and tidy this was! Quite like the colour too

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cheers mate, your boss is going in the post tomorrow, I've had no cash to my name till today so i can actually get it in the post

well been stripped a few bits off beena today chrome mirrors, doors, boot, got a few bits and pieces to remove from engine tomorrow if i get time, 22.2mm MC/16v servo, all the chrome engine bits, piperx induction kit, inlet manifold is coming off so i can get the exhaust and 4 branch off. depending on time I'm gonna whip the radiator and other ancilliarly bits off so I'm just left with a bolted in engine block and box.

oh and chin splitter also came off beena, shall be getting cleaned up and will end up on the muppet when i get some more cable ties :lol:

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today i started stripping beenas engine, i started with this

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and ended up getting loads removed, braided fuel lines, injectors, inlet manifold, cold start valve, aav, mc and servo, air filter, metering head, throttle body, coil, radiator, 4 branch is off but i need to remove the driveshaft before i can pull it out from under the car (as its welded to a flexi pipe grr).

some pics of the pics that have come off

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theres more bits that came off but they are all the injection stuff i wont need, if anyone wants owt give us a shout

off back home for the weekend tomorrow but when i get back I've got to drain the oil, take off the two oil coolers, I've got a massive eurosport jobbie with a mocal sandwich plate, alternator, driveshafts, 4 branch and exhaust gotta come off too, unwire anything still connected and loosen up the bolts for the engine.

and the twin 40s should be with me by the end of next week, heres what i ended up blagging

2 x Dellorto DHLA 40

throttle linkage (twin cable w/ throttle pedal adaptor)

trumpets

filters

pressure reg

turbo reg

banjos

Setting up Guide

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everythings brand new, which is saweet.

things left to purchase for the conversion

8v big block inlet manifold - either mangoletsi (which have poop casts) or vw motorsport (rare) or rowlands (from SA, also rare as fook)

facet red top pump

fuel lines

oh and this was a rather pleasant sight to behold at pimhole scrappy

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There were also 2 meat wagens there :badgrin:

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ended up getting a different set of webers for 20 quid more, this set was dcoes jetted for a 1.8 8v again brand new with linkage, inlet mani and trumpet, just a pump and filter king to get now when i sell summat or get my student loan on the 7th.

webers should be with me friday or monday as they are being posted out tomorrow

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driveshafts just need to be removed from beena and engine unbolted and its ready to come out, I'm gonna paint it all up and probably replace the gearbox before it sees the muppets bay, for the time being the carbs will be going on the jb lump and see me through to all types and run to the sun then put the gti lump in after

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nice trumpets :unibrow:

DCOE`s 8-)

Have you finished with my pikey tool and beasty allen key?

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yeh man, come round and get em whenever you want dude :thumbsup: hows the loontastic fantastic going

ooo looking good :nod:

Schwibbidy, will probs call round later, after I've rested my eyes :lol:

Not done much to scampi :oops: I've just cleaned my new calipays up, and gave them a good telling off with some hamerite 8-)

Will be fitting them weekend i think, if i can be arsed, possably, maybe :lol:

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Got a few bits and pieces done today,

removed inlet and exhaust manifolds from the muppet, removed oil filter and a few redundant water hoses and put a new brass pipe in from the water pump to the side of the block.

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fitted a mocal sandwich plate, eurosport oil cooler and new oil filter.

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also fitted the speaker covers on the door pods.

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looking good safington! its getting there!

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the inlet manifold was designed by hilter himself, so instead of fuckin about with it i just took on the exhaust manifold off and happy days had plently of room after woohoo

i fuckin love this. :)

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