Feature Car Feature Car of the Month - February 2011 (geo7087)

[hvr6 88]

Happy New Year Everyone! :-d

:-* Yes I know it's a bit late but better late than never?.... I blame all the snow... ;-)

Anyway.... still keeping with the 'White' stuff theme a big congratulations goes to the choice for this month's feature car... George Wilson known to you all as geo7087.

George is a relatively new member to the forum, having only joined last June but has very quickly made himself at home here and his car will be representing the club at the national Ultimate Dubs show at the Telford International Centre next month. :-)

As I am sure you know we welcome new members on a regular basis and encourage them to meet us all at shows, George is from Cornwall and meets with other SW based members and it's always nice to have more owners from that part of our country - a bit of a VW mecca!

George is not new to Dubs or the modding scene and had a mk3 1.4 that was nicely styled prior to buying his VR6 and he has obviously carried over his sense of what good.... scrap that I mean great... looks like when making the modifications and developing his personal touches on his current VR. VR’s run in the family his mother had 2 VR’s when he was younger so he’s always had a soft spot for the mk3!

The 1.4 was badly damaged as a result of a break in and George liked the mk3 so much he says that ''since owning that car I've always wanted another'' and he's certainly made his mark on this VR.

So George set about the search after joining the forum and found this clean example of a white VR with some modifications already made:

Audi TT 17's painted gloss black

Coilovers

Induction

Powerflow cat back exhaust system

Angel eye headlamps

chrome inner handles and heater controls

and he soon set about making the car his own and getting rid of what he didn't like by making the following list of changes:

Alpine I-pod HU

Dice valve caps

Removal of bumper mesh

Red calipers

Venom Motorsport smoked indicators

Removal of mudflaps

Golf mk5 gearknob

280mm Steering Wheel

Black vinyl covered grille slats

Red/Smoked CL taillights

White painted and smoothed inlet manifold

White VW rear badge

'Early' front grille

Stainless steel dial and heater control rings

HIDs

NGK iridium plugs

Milltek decat

Audi TT Comps 17's painted gloss white (lush!) - these are currently FOR SALE!

Black leather interior & door cards

White painted dipstick handle and oil cap logo

Porsche silver crest horn push

High Rollerz door pins

Stainless steel 6 branch manifold

Vento bonnet and headlights

Amber front indicators

White painted oil breather

Various stickers ;-)

As you can see from that list George does not hang around and the car benefits from a good mixture of subtle styling mods and amazing attention to detail. George went with a red and white theme for a few months when he joined the club and has changed lights, painted bits and filters a fair few times! Since recently acquiring a Vento front end he's going for an all white smooth theme which looks imho Amazing! More details about this journey can be found on his build thread http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?370281.0 well worth a read!

You can see why his car caught the eye of the mods when choosing cars for the Ultimate Dubs show and we're delighted he's on the stand. White certainly is the new Mulberry!

George has had a few running issues this year, as we all do from time to time, and almost came to selling his lovely VR but all seems to be well thanks to the advice and encouragement from the those on this site, he is currently working hard to get his plans complete for the 12th March so do watch this space for the finished article though judging by his previous behaviour it wont stay like that for long!

So there you go everyone I hope you enjoy reading this and looking at George's lovely Candy White VR, get along to UD's to get a closer look of this fine and clean example!

Enough from me as George has also answered the following questions so you can all learn a little bit more about the man himself...

The person behind the car.

Name: George Wilson

Forum user name: geo7087

Age: 21

Occupation: Supervisor, Serco Waste Company

Location: St Austell, Cornwall

Hobbies: Skateboarding, Socialising, General Laziness!

Likes: Heavy Metal, Joking around, Making the most of every day!

Dislikes: Smoking, Dubstep, People who act like a stereotype

Car questions

First car?: Ford Fiesta 1.8 Diesel!

Current car?: Mk3 Golf Vr6 Candy White

Dream car?: either Ford Escort Cosworth or Golf Mk1 Swallowtail

Other cars owned?: VW Golf MK3 1.4, Rover

What got you into Dubs?: Mum owned 2 x VR6's when I was a kid, got me hooked on Mk3's!

Best feature on your car?: Red Dice door pins, I like small details!

Future modifications?: Red Centred Splits, Interior re-trim

Favourite other member's car?: "cornishvr6"s Real name Mark, Black VR, kinda like an opposite but a real fave of mine

General Stuff

1. Blonde or Brunette? Brunette by a country mile

2. Takeaway or home cooked? Home cooked… but not by me

3. Tea or Coffee? Neither

4. Euro look or USA look? Euro

5. Soap or Documentary? Documentary, can't take soaps seriously…

6. Mates or Dates? Depends on the date! I do look after my mates though

7. Pubs or Clubs? A quiet pub is all I'll do really

8. Sun seeker or Thrill seeker? Bit of both

9. Lager or Spirits? Neither

10. Dogs or Cats?: Dogs, especially my Jack Russell… small and rather odd

11. Night out or Couch potato? Night out but behind the wheel

12. All Go or All Show? Show

13. Winter or Summer? Summer, Cleaning weather!

14. Tattoos or Piercings? Both

15. Football or Rugby? Rugby, no comment on football… haha

I hope you enjoyed the read and hope to be featuring some more new members in this feature section soon…. Now time for the pics…

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