Hi all! Long time since I posted, but have always been on the forums....

Dont know if anyone would remember but I used to have a mk4 polo (Black one with good few bits done - See Avatar). I Sold that to a mate about 7months ago and since then bought a Corrado VR6, and a mk3 Polo too for the girlfriend. (ill get up pics later in you want) Well I was just given a proper project car for free too. Some of you may know it... It was a known car in the UK not so long ago and actually featured in Performance VW too... It was built by a lad called Rob Simpson a couple of years back...and used to have the following spec: It was a great little car and will be again some time soon! The engine and most bits have since been transplanted else where... Although the shell did come with the race spec coilovers, top mounts, single wiper and most exterior mods...Solid straight little car that'll make a nice project, nice to have something with some history too...

ENGINE:

1.3 "MH"

ported, inlet/exhaust

Piper 285 cam

Weber twin DCOE's on Sorg motorsport inlet

Rampipes

Facet fuel pump

Sorg Motorsport exhaust

Mocal oil cooler

Mini oil catch tank

Filter King

Fuel pressure regulator with Gauge.Samco hoses

Fabricated stainless water hoses

Modified cam cover

Fabricated/polished exhaust guard

Braided fuel/oil lines/alloy anodised fittings

Stainless fittings used throughout

SUSPENSION/CHASSIS:

Modified front struts to height adjustable spec.AAT

Bilstein motorsport inserts

2.25inch Suplex race springs@ 225lb + 4 inch helpers FRONT

Leda height adjustable struts 2.25 inch Suplex race springs REAR

Bonrath adjustable concentric alloy top mounts

Wiechers polished alloy top strut brace

Weichers polished alloy bottom brace

Weichers polished alloy rear strut brace

WHEELS/TYRES

7x13 et 20 ATS "Classics" rims Black/Polished

Bridgestone 175x50x13

Golf Gti brake conversion with vented/drilled

Zimmerman brake discs

Braided brake lines

INTERIOR

Recaro front seats on modified polo subframes

Re-trimmed door cards

Rear seats stripped out/carpeted

VDO clocks oil pressure/oil temp/volt

OMP "quaddro" steering wheel on Momo boss

Momo polished gear knob

EXTERIOR

Modified/extended rear arches

Fabricated mesh grill

Home made "hot Rod" mirror

NACA bonnet vent

Black side repeaters

Optical lens spots behind grill

Hot rod style mirror

Car was featured on the following site too...

http://www.matey-matey.com/mk2_polo.shtml

HERE IT WAS IN ITS PRIME:

HERES THE PLANS I HAVE IN MIND FOR IT>>>>>

Full Respray+ a little bit of smoothing...

Mk3 GT engine box and loom

Bogg Bros bike Carb set-up

4 branch and straight tru system

Head work and Shrick Cam

Fuel cell in the back

Big brakes up front (looking into a 256mm 4pot willwood kit group buy over on clubpolo)

Disc conversion on the rear

Some new wheels (Still undecided)

Hydraulic handbrake

Fully stripped interior, everything except the dash

2 New fixed back buckets + harnesses

Full cage + strut braces

Motorsport bits - Plexi windows, kill swith, bonnet pins, bike mirrors etc

Should have a rebuilt engine, fuel cell and a new bike carb set-up jetted for the GT waiting, just gotta go collect them in the next few days.

ANYWAY HERES A FEW PICS AS IT STANDS>>>>

Hopefully be a suprisingly quick little car when I finish, abit of a laugh anyway... getting stuck into stripping it completely tommoro, keep yas updated!

Cheers

Cliff

Edited 11 April, 201115 yr by 1stcarsapolo

My Old Squareback!!

Well, I hope you enjoy her as much as I did, fun car to drive

and the 40's sounded superb!!

Keep it posted :-D

Ah good stuff.... Must be cool to see it again... Its in good nick, photos really dont do it justice...

Dont worry I will!

Dont worry, it was looking abit sorry for itself when Glen had it parked up LOL, but its gonna get a new lease of life...

Ill keep you updated

Oh... Just a quick one, what is the suspension like on the road?

Edited 1 January, 200917 yr by 1stcarsapolo

I'm sure you'll do it justice, looking forward to the transformation.

As for the suspension, with the 175/50/13's it handled bloody brilliantly

although the ride was...well...very hard.

if you decide to sell the collies let me know ill take em off you are hands and I've also got a gmax set up if you want to do a bit of a deal, the ride isnt as harsh with the gmax but still handles well

and you are going down the same route as me with the engine although I'm using dellorto twin 40s so i know at least I'm doing sumthing right lol

Edited 2 January, 200917 yr by Voodoo2k6

Out of interest, what tyres/size are on those mk1 Gti alloys... :-D

refurb these rims,they are awesome :)

ah i used to love this.glad to see shes still alive and being looked after

@ Simmo and da flo:

Well the wheels arent actually mine, it didnt come with any so I got the lend of these for transporting it... There off my mates mk1 golf rallycross car. I think there a 185/50 yoko.

Cheers Herod.. Shel'll be back, better than ever. Got it all stripped out and few un-neccesary bits removed today... More to come tommoro and ill post up a few pics...

Oh and a quick one for yas: Do I lose or keep the roof rails... cant decide? I'm going all out motorsport stylee so not sure...

Keep them for sure.

Without a doubt the nicest squareback there has been. Has anyone got anymore engine pics, Rob?

As requested, the 'ol Engine... :-D

Looking forward to seeing the Gt'd on Bike Carbs

I'm guessing the twin 40's have now gone then?

I remember seeing a small feature about this car in some mag a couple of years ago! You got a it for FREE lucky!!! there is properly few hundreds quids worth of car still there with the collies.

Edited 3 January, 200917 yr by cheddarcheese

i loved this square was guna buy it when simmo had it for sale a while back ill keep my eye on this one

luke

Ye whole motor is actually gone into a mk1 golf now... Pity but hey, I wanna make it my own now..

If anyone knows of any more pictures or possibly has the magazine features any chance of a scanned version or take a photo of them even? I'm building a folder to go with the car and want as much as possible in it... Would be nice to have like...

PROGRESS...

Got the shell completely stripped in the past couple of days, carpet, sound deadening, any unneccessary wiring, cut out a few unwanted brackets began to prep the inside for spray... Its coming along already...

Actually meant to be heading over to Wales and England tommoro to collect the engine etc, fuel cell and bike carb setup. (Thats if the boats going with the bad fog.... )

get pics up soon..

I thought I had a very unremarkable little polo when I got my 1st mk2 square until I saw this. It was one of the main influences for me getting into cars. Here you go....

Edited 5 January, 200917 yr by MacColl

It was one of the main influences for me getting into cars.

+1

This car is legendary. good luck with it

Cheers for the pics lads... Heres a quick update...

Went on a spin over to Wales and England for all the bits yesterday.

Picked up the following from lads on polo3.co.uk

Suzuki GSXR 600 nike carb setup, manifold, facet fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator / filter.

Bogg Bros in yorkshire built the manifold and stripped clean and rejetted the carbs and the kit is all new, never fitted.

The manifold is a work of art... Lovely bit of kit, flared pipes, very smooth flowing and lovely external polished finish.

Then made a spin down to Swansea then for a GT engine, box and all the bits... Oh and he had this aluminium fuel tank for sale too so brought it with me but I'm not sure about it. I was planning on sitting it where the back seats used to be but I was kind of looking for something abit smaller..

(Might keep the engine cover and get rid of the 1.0 litre part, we'll see.

I JUST GOTTA GET IN THERE AND FIT IT ALL NOW>>>

Oh and heres a few random ones of a friends shed, its looking well these days... Jammed packed fulla VWs.

that's a damn good haul!

i've seen pics of a de-clipped GT badge stuck over the 1.0 detailing before, think it was on Rolo_Gt's motors.....

WOW... This thing is the dogs, good work dude

sweet man looks rude as.

keep it going for us bike carbed beys! lol

I'm guessing the twin 40's have now gone then?

i remember that feture 2 it was the dogs....

and your gona do it prowd good look with the fitting..

@ Martinb : Ye sure well see, something I can mess around with... Fitted a nice newer VW badge to my old 6N one a while back in place of VW and smoothed off 1.0 litre updated it a nice bit... Dont even know If ill run it yet...

Thanks for the comments lads... Might try mock up the carbs off the head tonight for the crack...