The Little Ying
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Went up to Cheshire again on Thursday to do some more work on this:
It is 17 years old, one owner from new, full (and I mean full) service history and is 993cc, 3 cylinder, 12 valve, twin cam, fuel injected, turbocharged and intercooled. Weighs less than a tonne and produces 99bhp as standard.
The car was parked up 5 years sgo with nothing wrong with it other than a slightly sticking front caliper and the owners need for a bigger car.
We had to butcher the front pads to free the brakes off and have fitted new front discs, pads, flexi hoses and back plates.
other than that I had to sort a bad connection on a sidelight.
It should have gone for an MOT today but didn't due to a mix up so on Wednesday my brother is taking it off to the MOT station. If all goes well i should have it in a fortnight.
Needs lots of fettling and TLC but should be oodles of fun if memory serves.
I was the one who suggested my mate purchase the car back in 1990 and went with him to test drive it and I drove it off the forecourt on 1st August 1990 in Ashby de la Zouch on the day he took delivery. On the same day we drove to Edinburgh for dinner (I kid you not!) and took it back the folllowing day to Ashby de la Zouch for its first service having exceeded the 600 miles when it was due.
I was there when it hit 100,000 miles and we stopped and took a picture of the odometer.
And, for the info of the ladies, this car took me to my wedding, which of course is why I want to save it! That's what I'm telling the missus
It is 17 years old, one owner from new, full (and I mean full) service history and is 993cc, 3 cylinder, 12 valve, twin cam, fuel injected, turbocharged and intercooled. Weighs less than a tonne and produces 99bhp as standard.
The car was parked up 5 years sgo with nothing wrong with it other than a slightly sticking front caliper and the owners need for a bigger car.
We had to butcher the front pads to free the brakes off and have fitted new front discs, pads, flexi hoses and back plates.
other than that I had to sort a bad connection on a sidelight.
It should have gone for an MOT today but didn't due to a mix up so on Wednesday my brother is taking it off to the MOT station. If all goes well i should have it in a fortnight.
Needs lots of fettling and TLC but should be oodles of fun if memory serves.
I was the one who suggested my mate purchase the car back in 1990 and went with him to test drive it and I drove it off the forecourt on 1st August 1990 in Ashby de la Zouch on the day he took delivery. On the same day we drove to Edinburgh for dinner (I kid you not!) and took it back the folllowing day to Ashby de la Zouch for its first service having exceeded the 600 miles when it was due.
I was there when it hit 100,000 miles and we stopped and took a picture of the odometer.
And, for the info of the ladies, this car took me to my wedding, which of course is why I want to save it! That's what I'm telling the missus
Ah yes, a GTti. Cracking little car in its day, and as JB said, makes a lovely noise (I always thought it more akin to a flat 12 than a V8, but there you go). Glad to see it's being saved, especially with the total history it's got. Will look forward to seeing this when it's done, especially as these 80s hot hatches are getter rarer these days.
Oh, and the velour seats look nice...
Oh, and the velour seats look nice...
I just had a look in the 'goods master' book i have and you will be happy to know that we do a turbo timer, a boost gauge and a SSQV (dump valve). . . .
i thought we would have done an exhaust or an intake kit for that but we dont
edited to say . . we do shed loads of stuff for the copen
Mr Sporting
Exhaust, Intake, suspension kit, dumpvalve, intercooler kit.. . . . .
i thought we would have done an exhaust or an intake kit for that but we dont
edited to say . . we do shed loads of stuff for the copen
Mr SportingExhaust, Intake, suspension kit, dumpvalve, intercooler kit.. . . . .
Edited by Drop Test on Thursday 20th September 15:54
Drop Test said:
edited to say . . we do shed loads of stuff for the copen Mr Sporting
Exhaust, Intake, suspension kit, dumpvalve, intercooler kit.. . . . .
Keeping the car standard whilst it's Mrs Beer's machine but a K&N replacement element would be very useful as the standard need replacing every 18 months and are very expensive also a new exhaust may be neededMr SportingExhaust, Intake, suspension kit, dumpvalve, intercooler kit.. . . . .
Ben any chance of a linky to your company's web site please
www.hkseurope.com the exhaust looks really nice.
unfortunatly the website is a bit lacking when it comes to updating.
i have an exhaust master book you can look at.
unfortunatly the website is a bit lacking when it comes to updating.
i have an exhaust master book you can look at.
Edited by Drop Test on Thursday 20th September 16:57
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