VW Mk1 Golf TURBO 330 BHP! 

100% top marks for the black-out mods. Looks clean. That fuel setup was a BBQ waiting to happen. Stellar job again. Kudos, Kudos, Kudos, for a really nice tidy up. You're worth more money!

My dream car 😊 I can't believe someone spent all that money on it and then did ridiculous short cuts like that fuel system! Great stuff mate 👍 19:48

I just hope the prior owner and the community they are part of watches this and persuades the person that did this work to never touch a car again. Your work is great as usual but I bet the body is full of filler and a rot box waiting to explode in the orange peril. Hope the winner takes the cash alternative 😂

Lovely car now,I can’t believe it was that ruff and unsafe.Glad you have worked your magic on another classic 👍🏻

Should of kept the vw badge chrome

I do wonder how someone could do such a clean tidy engine bay conversion but then leave a fire hazard in the boot. Nice video / repairs.

As the builder and owner of a 500whp+ mk1 20 over the last 15+ years, with a professional background in motorsport....that trunk is a not just dangerous, but the person(s) who did that and the owner who thought it was ok, should be shunned. That is super low IQ stuff, all around. Great job getting that all sorted and safe. You have gained a new sub'r.

Would be awesome if you could link to some of the products and tools you use if there is stuff you would recommend. Like the wrap, I'd rather buy a product that a genuine person like yourself has tried out! Keep the videos coming, hugely underrated channel 👍

Catching up mate!! Fuel pipes and swirl tank were shocking... Yet the interior and engine bay looked so good 🤔 it's like it changed hands half way through the build!! Caught up on your Nova 👌 cool little car, looking forward to seeing more of it! Cheers Paul 👍

Great work on sorting all that nasty mess out. Whoever worked on this car previously, needs to stay away from cars 😆

Mad how they spend that much money doing a car , then bodge up stuff that’s fairly easy, as always a cracking job ! See you up the nec 👍

Epic work as always Paul! Have you got that fit birds number mate? 👍😎

It's all great sticking a great big engine in a car but if you can't get the basics right its a deathtrap. Great job rectifying the shoddy workmanship

Hard to believe someone spent all that money on a paint job, interior and engine install… then bodged the hell out of the fuel system!!!

Great video and nice work as usual. I sold my 1.8T mk1 about 11 years ago. It was a fun car. I might have a go on the competition for this one.

Cracking video. Hopefully get to see some of your own projects again soon. Scary how such a nice looking motor can be so badly wired and plumbed.

Wow, Looking at it, it looks okay... 🧐 You'd NEVER know what a fire hazard it was.. ..😱 How are there out there?..🤔 M8, the work you do to make the car's road worthy and safe are Very Very informative. (Thanx for your detailed videos). Top class work by you.. I'll be entering for this draw from Dream car 🤞

fuel system installed by David Blunkett - those gear selector cables lol - - great job Paul - lovely motor

Who ever installed that fuel system should be locked up. Absolutely terrifying. Nice work, love the workshop.

Blimey Paul, how bad was that!! Looked like a minter, just goes to show...those rear wheels literally looked like they were about to fall off 😢 what a car now though ❤ I'd love it

Shocking bits of detailing where they cant be bothered, just get it fitted attitude lets the car down. post your inspection and repairs, its all good. Well done Paul.

What about the BMW e36 chrome bumper model

Man that fuel"System"!And from the looks of it who ever cobbled the fuel system tpgether also did the radio.Just shameful.But now it's all up to snuff,as befits the rest of the car.Good job!

Love these videos paul, really helpful and learnt a lot from you diagnosing problems then showing how to fix which i can use on my ongoing projects at home in garage please more content like this love your channel and how you deliver your content even the humour is great so wish i had your amazing skill and knowledge i can only dream of..best wishes keep up the amazing channel 👍👏❤

Amazing . I love the MK1 wish I could win it .. I currently own a mk1 GTI I’m restoring.. so much work.. love the car ..

Always like your videos , am also a player on dcg. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

Pinching the door handles with all my grip force is muscle memory at this point XD great cars you have to drive one atleast once soooo much personality

if DCG didn't buy this car, somebody would of bought it in good faith [ i bet it wasn't cheap] + would probably be filling a total loss fire claim form in by now, or worse... go down to halfrauds + nick a positive battery terminal cover off a new battery, + use a bit of washer pipe to vent it outside keep em coming young man

Nice but people have been doing bigger horse power conversions on the 1.8t for 20 + years now. Great engine !

Had 2 of these mk1 in the 90's,a black mk1 1.6,extremley clean,blew the engine and sold it,the oyher was a red 1.8 perrelli,sold it on,a couple of mk3 rs turbos,xr3i,and my fave a mk2 rs Mexico ohc,with rally suspension,that was fun wrote it off going to a rave blackburn,then some stole it.if i new then what i know now,id be rich in classics

The de-chroming in general looks good, but I'd have left the VW badge personally. Same with the letters (e.g. Ford) on other cars you black out. Great job as always though.

Sadly all too often the case with these classic "show cars". Made to look good but everything underneath is bodged to hell. I know because I bought one and had this exact problem. Looked amazing but the car was an absolute shower of shit, the wiring, fuel system and everything in-between was bodged to fuck! Never again.

Full nut and bolt restoration?! Not that impressive but fine now after you have sorted it out. Good job!

Even on the point of the check strap, there is rust there aswel, I'd rather have the corsa b

I once bought a nova saloon that looked mint freshly painted. It was a quick car 1.6 carbed went like stink for what it was, one winter later it had more orange than a can of tango. I was gutted..... once its starting it doesn't stop. It was white also. By year two it was done and broken for pars I made my money bk lucky enough for me.

I'd still run a swirl pot for a turbo car with a crappy tank even if it's no track car, by either a contained swirl with integrated pump under the floor or in the spare wheel well with a bolt in cover over entire wheel well as a firewall. Here, that thing would never pass low volume certification for the road with boot mounted battery that's in a passenger cabin without being contained and vented directly to external atmosphere. Same goes for the old fuel system in passenger cabin.. Crazy..

Earth strapping the steering rack to make the horn work, removing the copper fuel lines, fixing the 5mm rock on rear wheel bearings... Every fix you did was car-thartic (Catharsis for Cars). I feel so much better now.

I think I’ve dated that bird you tried to pull 🤣 what a mess still you got it sorted Paul nice job mate 👍

Another great video but a shocking state to find that car in. Loved the "pick up" segment but don't forget it might not be a bloke that wins... or a heterosexual.

You gotta love a mk1 golf. Shame about the idiot that put it back together with all that rubbish fuel pipping and state of those electrics. Nice one Paul 😊

Hey man, love the content. I've sent you emails a few times and would really appreciate if you could respond to them, thanks.

My partner bought one of the first production cars. He says...After blowing 3 turbos, all replaced under warranty, I traded it in. Very fast, as fast as many of the motorbikes of its day. The unreliability meant that the car became a liability.

Black out chrome looks so much better. Workmanship of its former owner.??

Massive amount of work gone into that car but still the pinstripes arent level

ipad in a golf ffs shockin I get its a retro mod and love 18t under bonnet but you Don't see that, and don't even mind the more modern seats retrimmed in later cloth as still a nod to a oem look but a fkin ipad 😢

Great mechanic.👌 But the comedy side makes the videos extra special.😂 Keep up the good work.👏

Dream car giveaway! More like nightmare scenario. 😂

Totally unfortunate that I’m on the other side of the world 😢 beautiful dream car far better than any Ferrari any day

The car looked great, until you opened the trunk!

Was just going to ask how you was getting on with the corsa? No update video mid way through?

If that's the fuel system what's the rest of it like it's a very bad restoration. Glad you have it to sort it all out Who ever did this needs to never restore a car again

Great job Paul, currently de chroming my mk2 Escort Ghia as I prefer the satin black look too. Purists are boring!

No swirl pot now? Just lift pump into main pump?

With every comp site. None of them put images of the underneath on the page.

Great content as always Be good to see a classic Italian one day (Fiat preferably)

Such a clean and tidy car and then the fuel lines run like that!!

Geez in the boot was a explosion going somewhere to happen, glad you sorted it 👍

Didn't dream car say they were doing a video on this golf

Just caught your corsa turbo video and checked out the channel. what an incredible selection of fun little cars you have videos on. instant sub

Another car actually saved! Great work again mate

After seeing that boot install I would be very concerned on how well the rest of the car has been built, it may all look good but what corners have been cut or bodged

Loving your work, shame you’re so far away, my old mini needs a few final bits doing before it goes for paint!!!

Full restoration 😂😂😂 apart from the important bits

You should have fitted fork 'andles.

Mate, that girl sure was pretty 🤩 you should have her on the show 😂

Will those back wheels not be a bit of a disaster with all that play?

Great work as always but cant say I liked that screen

Another cracking video

Chinese handles go in the bin , get some genuine vw fitted

It's always the door handles on a MK1 😂 1:34

Actually I prefer the black.

The interior is mint! love a mk1 golf

That bit with Paul in the wig was hella funny

Another Great entertaining Video ( love the Charactors Boy Racer and the LADY ) she was Pretty LOL Keep up the Great work Buddy

Get a set of proper euro bumpers! Come on man.

I forever hate looking at these, as I nearly got one for free from a mate of a mate. Obviously said I'd take it, heard nothing for a couple of weeks, so called my mate to see what was going on with it, and he called the owner... to say, well as he never heard back from my mate, he just scraped it 😥 this must have been 20 years ago now and I've never forgiven him lol.

Cool car, built by a complete muppet. I couldn't believe that fuel system. What the hell! Nice syrup, by the way. Really suited you.

I must say I actually love the MK1 golf there's just something about them also those wheels look unreal and a mint set up nice amount of power as well 😍🔥👌

That’s one thing that bugs me about so many builds, shiny paint etc but no attention to detail or safety and finishing the car 100%, a bit of a lash up, I still wouldn’t trust the rest you haven’t seen with this one.

Absolutely shoddy workmanship on this lovely golf. Looks all good now though!

Wowzers, how did someone paint and prepare such car to such an amazing standard to then wire and fuel it to be a driving inferno to be! 😳

Kn'ell mate! What a nightmare

How can you black out a chrome bumper mk1 golf... Shame on you

Who was that beautiful fair maiden my guy left at the side of the road?

Super cool little golf. Too bad the steering wheel is on the wrong side

Top job 😎🇬🇧🇩🇰🏁👌🏻

‘Ello,VW parts is it? I need two white knobble things for my MK1 Golf. Thanks much.

It's a late MK1 big back light.nice car.❤

Amazing video mate! Love the skit 😂😂

Just stumbled across this channel fucking love it. Like watching old wheeler dealers but no benders in tow love it

That ‘rebuild’ is shocking, what were they thinking 😮

Hahah the wig!!

Cracking car sad it didn't get finished right glad yous fixed it 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁🤞✌️

#STORMTROOPER

Pity the guy who did the work on the car,didn’t sort the rust out on the inside of the passenger’s door

Nope I like the chrome but still good video. I ended up building my own vw buggy because I couldn't get yours. Lol

Awesome car, a mate had one with a G60 lump in it when I was a fair bit younger than I am now. Kicks himself regularly that he sold it.

Great

👍👌💪😎😁🤩

Another great video Paul