Mitchell Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) This car has been subject to a full strip down to a completely bare shell before being rebuilt into the car it has become.VW lupo 1.4s / 1600 arc block 1400 afh head, mounted on custom cradle and front crossmember, schrick cams jenvey throttle bodies omex management on base map produced 165 bhp at awesome with lots more to come,polished alternator,cam cover,and bracketry,engine and box fully painted in car colour before fitting. engine and box have covered 3000 miles or so since completion, engine was showing 38k before work commenced.exhaust is a one off a.a.s high grade stainless twin box system with the same angled downturn rear as std , extended 1" so the s's shows also to stop flames melting rear bumper. as it does flame on gear change or coming down gearbox at times.Modified HnR coilovers front and rear, on new powder coated modified rear axle, Zender turbo two wheels polished by the polisher with 165 50 15 bridgestone potenzas, with customised oem centre rings and std inner centre rings and 6 centre caps with nuts.and one off engraved and chromed centre badges.Alloy bonnet from a gti polished externally painted internally, alloy 3L wings,alloy doors,3L front bumper,3L grille and indicators,3L rear bumper, extended sills in steel to meet 3L wings, gti slam panel, gti xenon headlights, cambridge rear lights. polished inner roof guttering.full car finished in 1950's/60's porsche shade, engine bay has had original mounting points deleted along with the rain tray, the bulk head panel has been welded in and all other holes including heater intake plated and welded, chassis legs have been plated entire length and any other screw hole etc welded before the whole bay was skimmed where needed then prepped and finished in ral fuschia along with all the cars underside and inner arches after new stone guard ,after this all the rolling gear, petrol tank,fuel lines etc were fitted. the rear inner arch lips are fully tight rolled then stitch welded and smoothed inside, the fronts are trimmed back as rolling alloy is a task.interior wise i took the whole dashboard out and removed the dimple skin before sanding back smoothing this and painting in the same ral fuschia, two front fiesta turbo recaro's were sourced and rebolstered before being covered in fuschia leather with a pie square design up the centre, this carried on into the rear seats,parcel shelf, sun visors and the headlining all recieving the same leatherand pattern.all the interior plastics were swapped for light grey items along with the seat belts, and a brand new light grey carpet fitted from vw.the front seat belts have had the clasps removed as i fitted very early pistol clip vw clasps ,the belts slot in.steering wheel is a 3L item with a custom etched and chromed steel centre ,whilst the rim magnesium is finished in the cars exterior colour. few bit's n bob's still to come as they are never finished really ...I have well over 10k in the car and that's doing most of the work myself, i'd hate to see how much the cost would be to have it built for you.looking for oiro 9k, features with magazine's wanted details can be passed on.mitch.http://forums.clublupo.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=59056 Edited January 7, 2011 by Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMation Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 GLWS mate, truly one off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 same as above! Good luck buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsley-Arosa Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) No Why? Edited January 7, 2011 by Barnsley-Arosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupolouie Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Are you crazy all that work you have put in to it.Who ever buys this is buying an out standing car good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyp Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 hope the new owner looks after it when they buy it, one off never to be bettered imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMation Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 2nd this mate, GLWS. Excellent example of a motor!p.s. Good to chat this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revo Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Nice going Mitch . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 free dirty stancing sticker on there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 now with more rpm's and more bhp's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Where were all the feature pics taken Mitch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 derby at a studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexTRea Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Seen this the other day driving through team valley past Gateshead college. Sounded amazing. Went like a bat out of hell. Looked amazing. Overall an amazing car! I'm in love. GLWS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 cheer's, yeh had just been to the bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) as bought.polo gti engine ,splits n roof rack rat, circa 2005then full strip rebuild in walkengrau and porsche wildberry leather5 years on Edited March 30, 2011 by Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Hahaha!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElZ 16v Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 the cat doing the thumbs up is hilarious..nice carr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widelupo Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 How do make that bonnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Lupo GTI\3L alloy bonnet, stripped and polished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 8.5k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted May 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 bump, open to offer's /swap's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I'm guessing you don't wanna swap for another Lupo do ya Mitch!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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