It's been 10 years since my beloved polo gt coupe came off the road and then money went into other hobbies...as they do!

Until now when my dad decided he needed the parking space and so i got to work and here she currently stands, bare in mind i've got a couple more small jobs to do but she's pretty much there :)

Edited 28 August, 201510 yr by NickBraddock

you still got the original build pics?

good to see the polo love is back

I never got rid of her :)

that's a tricky one, originally she was a box standard black GT, then i did this:

Unfortunately whilst it was stood in my dads garage over the 10 years it had got some knocks and scratches and the paint job was a one off so I would have to do it all again, for now I've done the satin black two tone split before I get the cash together to properly get it done.

This looks lush mate!

Love the Paint Job mate goes really well.

The alloys suit the car as well which is sometimes a let down with builds!

Good work!

thanks mate!

I remember the tag, if not the car, welcome!

This thread has made me realise it's been ten years for me here on the site, precisely; Dec '05 - Dec '15. Been through a lot, feels like twenty..

cheers! its been so much fun driving it since getting it back on the road too, makes you realise how much vehicles have changed and taken the fun out ofthe sentence 'sence of driving' out.

My step daughter's only ever had fly-by-wire and she doesn't understand what i mean by driver-connection. But i don't really want to let her drive the MK2..

Are you local to Sale by any chance? pretty sure I saw this outside a garage near where I work

Yes, that's my dad's garage on dane road. I live in Prestwich now

Ah no way! Car looked stunning, nearly missed my turning staring at it .

Haha cheers mate

Looks good Nick, spotted you talking about it on the CP facebook page

Thanks Jake, need to do a little more to the bodywork ready for summer :)

Some newbies of the purple and black beast

Enjoy a single wiper conversion!

Only you and me that I know still run them

I won't be able to change it back also got the hole blanked off when it was first painted!

We're a rare kind haha

So this happened today, collected my G40 engine with a port and polished head and services charger with a stage two port and polish done by jabba, to go with my ppp 003 chip, g60 green injectors, 65mm toothed pulley kit, air induction set up!

Mk11 brake set up

Now to wait for the gearbox and begin the conversion...exciting times!

The new addition is now complete!

Very nice! Was the conversion from GT to G40 easy enough?

It wasn't hard as the gt has a number of things the g40 has, it's use the fine tuning that's taking time

Looks good man!

You had a good drive yet?

Not yet, still got some more work to do before I can get it on the road