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Well people after Mr Stig's topic regarding his past cars ( wow and people think I have had a chequered car past :-# ) it prompted me to have a look back over my past couple of vr's and then onwards and upwards to the future :)

So this was my first one a 5 door dragon green completely standard example with 80K on the clock and a minter, or so I thought !!

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loved it and drove it standard for a few weeks before the head gasket went :( so considerably lighter in pocket I vowed to learn a bit more about them and stumbled upon this site !

So after chatting for a few weeks I ended up with some lovely merc wheels in gold !!

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oh and a supercharger ;)

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so after a bit more learning I decided gold merc wheels werent really the look I was after so invested in the last ever brand new set of Compomotive TH mono

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really liked them, and still do, but the car still looked like it was on stilits so on went some coilies and got her a bit lower

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however now I realised the compo's werent wide enough or special enough so bought these little beauties

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Works Equip 2 piece splits and one of only 3 or 4 sets in the country, then refurbed them myself in dragon green

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and on they went along with a rather questionable RS bumper, I liked it at the time although looking back on it now maybe it wasnt the wisest choice !

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was starting to look really good and was beginning to get happy with it and then this happened :(

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adaptor bolts all broke causing the front offside wheel to come away from the car, luckily only at about 5mph but caused this

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sill was knackerd, wing, drivers and passengers door plus suspension etc, it was repairable but I had lost my love for the car during getting it sorted out so this was the result

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So the hunt for another one was on and this little dazzler was found

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certainly not to everyones cup of tea and the reception it got was interesting to say the least but I could see the potential and heh I am a bit of a show off so why not ! ;)

so on went the compo's and I sorted out the ride height a bit

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then I got the Works powdercoated to match the car, refurbing wheels yourself is a complete fag !

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In the meantine I did this ;)

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and then sorted out the interior myself

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and after several months of hard work I got it to a point at which I was happy with it and at Inters that year it sat proudly on the stand

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then disaster again, stripped all the interior out to do some more changes and found the floor plan was knackered :( rust everywhere and again although repairable I just couldnt find the energy to do it so again this is how it ended up

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So that brings us up to last xmas ! I had a look around at the time for another vr but couldnt find any I liked so decided to wait, since then a lot has changed with work etc and so havent really been in a position to buy another until recently !

And so now I have this sitting on my driveway :)

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A mk3 convertible only a 2.0 GTI but full black leather interior and a few other little extras, overall in good condition but needs a lot of TLC ! always wanted one and as they didn't make a factory vr one I guess the only thing to do is build one, so thats the plan, but as I am pretty skint at the mo this will be a long term project, havent got any better pictures only these ones from the advert so will give her a good clean next week and get some more pics up for you all :)

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Well people after Mr Stig's topic regarding his past cars ( wow and people think I have had a chequered car past :-# ) it prompted me to have a look back over my past couple of vr's and then onwards a

you loved my little baby blue !!

wouldnt expect anyone to suger coat it if they don't like it mate ! I know cab's arent to everyone's taste :)

Made me chuckle too craig..

"sugar coat" may be a subtle BGB hint to the colour he intents to abuse the badge with.. ;)

Sorry ben, i'm being rude. I know that the "so totally fresh" prince of scene will do something amazing.. I can feel it like a headwind coming over the country from suffolk.. Bringing with it a whiff of freshly cut vegetables ;) xx

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Take no notice Ben.....They're all JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! car looks sweet now, I'm sure you'll do a good job....There are a few Cab conversions on here and going on so plenty of info to help, and I'm sure despite the p***take, the guys and gals on here will be only too happy to help...........

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