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General Information => User's ride Wall => Topic started by: RedRotors on January 20, 2012, 02:23:33 pm
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Ok , it's not a diesel, but it's a VW, at least :) I imported it from Germany, 2 years ago, but never publish any pictures. The car is sleeping in my garage, waiting to be restored 100% factory. I imported many parts from Germany to restore it, OEM suspension, interior, decalc, engine parts, all the original light ( rear and front ), original tire cover, door handle.. etc.. I spend a lot of money collecting parts from europe. I'll probaly start to restore it this summer.. Here's a few pictures..
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That is awesome!!!! That would be a golf country syncro? What year is it?
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:o :o :o :o :o
holy OMFG..
a Golf Country...
well, i know who im most envious of now.. hands down.
i dont even care that its not diesel, its the coolest Golf on the forum!!!
(my jaw kinda hit the floor when i opened this page!)
and Marc, could you do me a HUGE favor, and snap some more shots of the suspension/drivetrain of the car next time you are under it or have it up on the rack? ive always wondered what they had for suspension..
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That is awesome!!!! That would be a golf country syncro? What year is it?
yes, It's a Golf Country, syncro. 1991
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:o :o :o :o :o
holy OMFG..
a Golf Country...
well, i know who im most envious of now.. hands down.
i dont even care that its not diesel, its the coolest Golf on the forum!!!
(my jaw kinda hit the floor when i opened this page!)
and Marc, could you do me a HUGE favor, and snap some more shots of the suspension/drivetrain of the car next time you are under it or have it up on the rack? ive always wondered what they had for suspension..
hehe I hope that you have been able to put back in place your jaw.. ;) Mine also falled down when I saw the truck with my car on the trailer..!
Basically, it's the same suspension as the Passat syncro with trailing rear arms but it's mount on a tubular subframe. Front and rear shock has been specially made for the country.
here's a few pic of the subframe
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Internet explorer...version 9 i think.
try again, should works now.. moderators didn't have the permission to see attachments.. ;D fix now!
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Very awesome car, and very rare :o
no car i own will ever amount to the awesomeness of your country :P
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Man this thing reminds me of the Subaru Justy we used to own about 10 years ago. 1989 with the 4wd option. Only this is a bit bigger and beefier. Very cool, VW could sell tons of these in the states if they wanted to. Just look at those Kias or small SUVs coming round now.
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Tell me you made a jig off of that subframe and will be mass producing these for the GTD
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Holy Shiz! A real deal Country amongst our ranks! Easily stole the show with that hummble little revealing of yours! I will be looking forward to that build thread!!!
Awesome car!
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Tell me you made a jig off of that subframe and will be mass producing these for the GTD
If there's enough demand, I can built an exact copy of this subframe at my shop.. When my broken
leg will be healed, I can take a look..
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Ref '' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Golf_Mk2
With only 7.735 produced, it is not much chance in finding one.
There is one only 15 km away from where I live, but the owner would not sell it. :(
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About a year ago I found a blog by a guy that was rebuilding a country, was that you? Or have you seen it?
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About a year ago I found a blog by a guy that was rebuilding a country, was that you? Or have you seen it?
yes, it was me, but the blog has been hacked, so I lost everything.. maybe I will put an other one online when
the rebuilt will begin.
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i saw one in figueira da foz(city in portugal), but it was a more rare 1.6td unit.
guess what:wont sell lol
nice ride so keep it as long as you can!
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Other than modifiying a rare car, what is stopping you from dropping a tuned AHU or ALH and making this a proper off road rig?! ;)
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Other than modifiying a rare car, what is stopping you from dropping a tuned AHU or ALH and making this a proper off road rig?! ;)
It's been quite a job to find a good one, so I will rebuilt it factory, and only use it for show.. I know.. here up north, we have a lot
of snow and it would be the perfect car, but with salt and if an accident happen, I'll be a real pain..
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you MUST bring that to MVOC this year, it would be wicked to see that there, you would laugh at the boys with the Lifted MK2 Jetta Syncro with a boosted AHU in it.
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Unfortunatly, the car won't be ready this year.. I have to finish my garage, them I'll strip the car for a complete rebuilt,
so maybe next year.. I'll try to go at the waterfest and bug out too.
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Unfortunatly, the car won't be ready this year.. I have to finish my garage, them I'll strip the car for a complete rebuilt,
so maybe next year.. I'll try to go at the waterfest and bug out too.
Cool ;) I really want to see one in person
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That is one nice ride. I've been itching to import and TDI one. Maybe this is the year. Just looking at your pics has me in a frenzy ;D
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I have an 89 golf that I would LOVE to synchro-nize. put a 1.6 n/a in it, and do the synchro swap, I am pretty experienced in offroad fabwork so I could probably built if all if i knew what I was building, only problem is, I would rather have an eco car, just an eco 4x4 would be better. I live near and work in the oregon dunes national recreation area (tourist sandrail driver) I personally would want to make it a slightly long travel setup, make it where I could fit some quad tires, possibly even paddles... lol
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I have an 89 golf that I would LOVE to synchro-nize. put a 1.6 n/a in it, and do the synchro swap, I am pretty experienced in offroad fabwork so I could probably built if all if i knew what I was building, only problem is, I would rather have an eco car, just an eco 4x4 would be better. I live near and work in the oregon dunes national recreation area (tourist sandrail driver) I personally would want to make it a slightly long travel setup, make it where I could fit some quad tires, possibly even paddles... lol
that would be the SLOWEST vw ever..
even slower than an automatic diesel w/ a/c
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Kev, he might not care about speed if he is on the sand dunes. Just having the torque of a diesel might be fun enough. If he is going to paddle it all the better.
Speed is second to just getting motion going.
I do know a standard VW with the air knocked down to 15 PSI does well on the dunes. My kids did it all the time. We also owned a 89 4WD Subaru Justy and it would kick butt without the tire pressure lowered. Man would we get the looks from the monster trucks on the beach when four of us would pile out of that little tin box.
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About a year ago I found a blog by a guy that was rebuilding a country, was that you? Or have you seen it?
yes, it was me, but the blog has been hacked, so I lost everything.. maybe I will put an other one online when
the rebuilt will begin.
The blog has been put back online.. www.vwgolfcountry.net
Nothing much has been added, still busy with the garage construction.. but maybe this winter, the teardown will begin..
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Kev, he might not care about speed if he is on the sand dunes. Just having the torque of a diesel might be fun enough. If he is going to paddle it all the better.
Speed is second to just getting motion going.
I do know a standard VW with the air knocked down to 15 PSI does well on the dunes. My kids did it all the time. We also owned a 89 4WD Subaru Justy and it would kick butt without the tire pressure lowered. Man would we get the looks from the monster trucks on the beach when four of us would pile out of that little tin box.
idk why it took me this long to see this...
but for the sand, you dont need torque, you need POWER..
sure, paddles work great, but they dont work unless you can SPIN THE HELL out of them..
our aluminum rail has a 327 chev in it.. safely spins 10k rpms.. seen it bury an 8k autometer tach plenty of times.. this engine has been alive for 30+ years.. well, its about 500hp, and like 200 ft lbs torque..
paddle tires need power to float on the sand.. if you have limited power, but lots of torque, i just dont think it would work good..
you need power in the sand.. look at all the buggies that go the best.. they have LOADS of power..
vehicles with less than adequate power just sink.. they cant spin the tires fast enough to get on top of the sand.. sand is much like water.. you need to get on plane.
and im not just saying this to say it.. ive spent a good portion of my life on the oregon coast dunes with different quads, bikes, and rails.. the first rail i ever drove was my dads fugitive framed VW powered rail.. had a BUILT 1835cc a/c engine, dual WEBs, and a fatty header.. that thing was damn fun. but it had power too.. ive seen plenty of baja bugs, and rails with stock, low power a/c engines, and they just dont go good. the ones with no power also beat you more.. you feel every bump rather than just skipping across the high points..
i should post up some pics of the rail one of these days.. a couple of you guys would poop..
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I would really like to see some photos of the under belly of this thing...
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Well, it's been a while since I finally had time to start working on the Golf.. I started the teardown, here're some pics.. For a 22 y/o car, it's not rusted that bad.. It will be a long process to entirely rebuilt it, but I now have place and plenty of t ime.. ;)
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My problem is that if I have the time I don't have the money. And IF I have the money I don't have the time. Place is usually in the driveway.
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Well, it's been a while since I finally had time to start working on the Golf.. I started the teardown, here're some pics.. For a 22 y/o car, it's not rusted that bad.. It will be a long process to entirely rebuilt it, but I now have place and plenty of t ime.. ;)
That's significantly less rust than my 13 year old Subaru... I'd love to see it!