Any mk1'ers around?

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:24 pm

how much am i bid for a Blaupunkt "Boston" CC20?

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:17 pm

Ive got an even better one, came with my ranger:

hows that for rustic? Medium and long wave ONLY!

Its a blaupunkt one as well.

not exactly what I would call rustic that one you mentioned tahrey. It has more radio presets (30) than my Â£130 kenwood mp3 player! (24)(if its the one I think it is)

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:41 am

erm. indeed. it's been nobbing ages since i used it.

pretty solid unit, i'd still be using it if only 1. it had auto reverse, 2. it had just a LEETLE MORE POWER!!! i think how it used 3 ohm speakers (ie, loud..) and still couldnt drown the motorway out is indicative of a problem there.

er... that is to say... yes............ that was in a mk3 though, it should have no problems in a mk1 derby

i seem to remember it having 5 preset buttons, so maybe 10 on FM, 5 each on MW / LW? was also super-good at picking up the engine noise on AM, when the aerial was down... should try that again i think.

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:19 pm

Yeah thats the one. it has 4 lots of FM (20) and one lot of MW and another lot on LW. Not much use the presets on long wave though, it onlt pics up 2 stations!

Ive put one in my mk2, it was in my current gt originally. Oh and the tape player doesnt work on mine. But its not a problem as I dont have any tapes anyway.

Tahrey1043 wrote:erm. indeed. it's been nobbing ages since i used it.

pretty solid unit, i'd still be using it if only 1. it had auto reverse, 2. it had just a LEETLE MORE POWER!!! i think how it used 3 ohm speakers (ie, loud..) and still couldnt drown the motorway out is indicative of a problem there.

er... that is to say... yes............ that was in a mk3 though, it should have no problems in a mk1 derby

i seem to remember it having 5 preset buttons, so maybe 10 on FM, 5 each on MW / LW? was also super-good at picking up the engine noise on AM, when the aerial was down... should try that again i think.

86C · Post by **86C** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 10:21 pm

SteB wrote:so, of all these mk1s coming out of the wood work, how many are modified ? and by that i mean more than just alloys and suspension ??

are they too good/rare to modify ?!?!

Mine is heavily modified. It wasn't complete when I got it so I fitted late mechanicals, interior etc. Currently, it's kicking out 90.8bhp from it's ex Mk.2 Golf 1.3 engine, but that's soon about to change

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 1:12 am

90.8 bhp from a golf 1.3?? Impressive

What have you done to it?

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 3:13 pm

from memory its a 2G bottom end with cylinder head from a HZ (i think) NZ injection system with poloace chip, GT cam, g40 exhaust system (including manifold)

That about right?

heartagram · Post by **heartagram** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:24 pm

P.I.M.P

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 8:24 pm

Ah. So not much of the '1.3 Golf' bit left then

SteB · Post by **SteB** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 3:25 pm

what other options are there for engine conversions into a mk1 then ?

ive been thinking about a G40 for ages now, but thats been done!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:26 pm

100kW electric motor?

nuttinnew · Post by **nuttinnew** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:51 pm

Polo 16v/GTI engine. I just happen to have found a complete GTI in a breakers as well

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:43 pm

I believe you should be able to fit a 1.3, 1.3 GT, 1.3 G40 or a mk4 1.4 engine in there, assuming that the engine bay on a mk1 is about the same size as a mk2/3, which I believe it is

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:46 pm

Just a point, if you do an engine conversion and put a 5 speed gearbox in at the same time, remember that you'll have to chop a hole out of the arch to accomodate the extra gearbox length... I panicked when I realised that I might have to do that to mine, but luckily mine's a 1986 model with a cutout for the 5 speed box

The rollbar will also need to be changed for one which clears the end of the gearbox.. don't know if a mk2 rollbar would fit, if not I'm not sure what your options are.

nuttinnew · Post by **nuttinnew** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 9:48 pm

Later arb does fit. Strange, had no probs with box clearance