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barnabysmyth

Hello there, i'm Alex... some might know me, most won't. Anyways, unfortunately after great service and a 135000 miles my poor little pug' 106 'Roysten' has gone into retirement. So I was left in a position where I was looking for a new ride. My girlfriend Rhi made me write a top 10 list of cars I wanted and this was near the top. (didn't think I could afford to run a Lancia Delta for more than about 8 miles...) After enjoying many childhood summers in my Gran and Grandads 72' camper (with a built in kitchen and chessboard) I thought buying an old VeeDub would be a wise plan. A trip to Glos' , £500 and about 2 weeks of work later and I have 'Danzig' (named after the great man himself) A 1983 Mk1 golf C formel E, which had a 1.3 from a CL shoved into it. I've de-rustified, sprayed, filled, cleaned, repaired and posed at the top of the drive in him for 2 long weeks and he's now on the road. You'll probably see me around in him as I cover alot of miles, so if you see me give us a flash...
Oh yeah and i found out it used to be Gorey's ride... Bigtime.

Charzz,
Alex

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adz · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject:

haha nice car dude, as u said used 2b goreys and was then local to me for a bit! good to see its back in the club Very Happy

look foward 2seein how it goes 4u, mk1s rule lol
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g · Status: Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 148

thats Johns old car, i stuck a weber on that badboy! lol, after he cracked the block and popped a new motor in.
not a bad motor at all that kid! good shout!
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barnabysmyth · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject:

Cheers, i'll try 'n' get to the end of the month meet. The cars going good, few problems with the carb and choke set up, runs a bit rough some time but otherwise its great.
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Recard · Status: Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 502 Location: Ruardean

wey Adolf the ledge! Welcome dude u'll have to come along to the next club meet so we can all meet ya! Very Happy

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goreygoreymanunited · Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:34 am Post subject:

alex came round mine yesterday in the once names adolf and i nearly cried. god i miss that thing, dont like the gti wheel but other than that she looks a lot cleaner than when my name was top of the log book. definitly a good shout cacking on some ats classics and coilies though man, or get the hammerite of the p slots and stick on some white walls which was my plan...
iv got first reserve as soon as its for sale though Cool

in the wise words of wayne cambell "she will be mine again, oh yes, she will be mine again"

barnabysmyth · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:28 pm Post subject:

If i had the cash it would have a nice set of gold 'n' black BBS rims on it, any cash I once had though will soon be gone. The bugger broke down in the COOP carpark this morning, the missfire turned into nofire :S It's down at Shaws in cindy now awaiting an inspection...
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goreygoreymanunited · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject:

oh bollok

barnabysmyth · Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject:

Woop, the cars all fixed... Needed a new condenser and a HT lead... £25 squids
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g · Status: Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 148

its always idles ruff on cold, was set up on my emissions machine when warm, co and hc checked, all good, its just a ruff un, could always go back to the shite pierburg that was givin john loadsa jip! on the other hand it was probably the crack in his old block that was the trouble, r u goin to sort out the gash side? or r u just gonna drive it? your problems most defo were not with the carb! i spent fookin hours getting it to run and drive half decently!!!
g

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