I had been looking online for a while and this one came up, it sold on eBay and I had missed out on it but around a week or so later it reappeared. With a young family, current daily duties are undertaken by a Mk2 Tiguan, whilst a VW Up! takes care of frugal commuting. Jon’s wife has also been loyal to the cause, previously owning a Mk3 Polo and Beetle. A brace of VW company cars followed including a Mk5 Golf and Passat Sport. It was always a great event with good people”.Ī familiar story for many of us, the pride and joy made way for a deposit on Jon’s first property. This first Mk1 cemented Jon’s love for the scene: “I used to go to GTI international each year at TRL, Bracknell. Two 15” Kicker subs and a bright yellow respray ensured that you could see as well as hear it coming.
#G60 O2J SWAP FULL#
This VW Golf Mk1 was textbook Brit look ticking all the period boxes with its clipper kit, smoothed tailgate and door handles, Bonrath single wiper conversion, Azev As, Koni top adjustable suspension and full retrim in leather and grey Alcantara including the Corrado rear bench conversion. I went on to own that car for around 7 years and substantially modified it over that time which was in keeping with that era”. I just loved Mk1 Golfs and wanted something different to the Vauxhall Novas, Ford Escorts, Fiestas and Citroen Saxos that everyone else seemed to have at the time.
I bought a partially modified one from a local lad which I had known and seen around.
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Whilst he would have loved a Golf GTI, the 1.3 Driver was a little more insurance friendly although he recalls that his premium was still twice that of the £700 price tag of the car: “It was at the height of the max power era. His first car was another series 1 Mk1 Golf. Jon has an interesting car history which is mainly Wolfsburg flavoured. As a kid, I loved the Herbie films and later in life, our wedding car was a 1968 VW beetle! For me, the series 1 VW Golf Mk1 represents the start of the hot hatch era and is an icon”. Thankfully Jon is one of us and firmly an old school guy: “It’s the simplicity of the early stuff that I really like. Whilst some tech guys follow a ground-breaking route in all aspects of their life, as you can see, we’re not here to wax lyrical about the latest Tesla. Thirty-nine-year-old Jon Carter is an IT Operations Manager that hails from Rochester in the ‘garden of England’, Kent. Log on and compute the vibe with us…įeature from Performance VW magazine. You can use the mk2 spade on a later starter if you remove the plastic spade housing, pinch the spade tighter and push it on the terminal.Whilst the owner of this tuned VW Golf Mk1 makes a living out of new technology, he clearly gets his kicks from a more traditional source. main thing is what plug do you have on your loom, mk2 and earlier corrado/passat have a spade on them and mk3 onwards use a nice waterproof plug housing. Starter wise as above, or MK3 ABF/TDI type will also work fine plus corrado and passat 4 cylinder.
#G60 O2J SWAP MOD#
Have you got the clutch cable retaining bracket? with the 02J shifter this will get in the way of the reverse switch so you either remove that or mod the cable holder still available from the SEAT dealer, part number in here: several part numbers for suitable brackets, 357199354, 357199354H, 535199399354C will all work the same.įor the clutch cable the best one to get is the SEAT Toledo TDI one, its OEM fit for MK2 chassis + seat clutch adaptor (since a toledo is basically a MK2 jetta). Rear bracket same again, 4 cylinder 02a type one.
#G60 O2J SWAP MANUAL#
Since you have the MK2 carrier you need the G60, corrado and passat 4 cylinder manual type bracket part number 357199273. Corrado VR6 and bigger engine passat/toledo take a mk3 golf engine mount, so you would use a mk3 front bracket. Yep by front cross member i mean the one the front engine mount is sat on/in.
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