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I don't know why the air filter housing won't sit on the carburetor. Is something missing there? How do you attach it correctly?

I want to buy such rims. They have 7.5 front and 8.5 rear. What will it look like on the Golf MK1 without spacers and without plastic wheel arches? Please give me different photos, they can be wider and narrower for comparison. Photos from the top are welcome. I currently have one.

I don't need to lower it, I just want it to feel more like a modern car if possible. Also, would be good to know what the cheapest option is and then what my options are further on up the price range. The current suspension that I have is stock, and quite old by the looks of it. It still works...

Greetings. As I am new here on the forum, i dont know if this subject already exists. I am in progress of swapping my Golf MK1 with an ABF 1.4 16V engine from Polo 6N1 with original Polo EFI and I have come to a hold regarding the instrument cluster. The Polo instrument cluster is too big to fit...

Sometimes we stumble on the weirdest things. Today's Ratty Rescue is a little out there. It's kind of like those bizarre animal friends you see all over the internet. You know the ones: polar bear plays with huskies,[/URL] or a and a baby rhinoceros[/URL] . This is kind of an automotive...

Weighing in at only a trifle over 1,600 lbs and churning out more between 450 and 500 hp (depending on how much boost you feel like running), the Forge Motorsport Special doesn’t just wear its John Player Special livery, it earns it. That’s because while the F1 car whose livery inspired this...

A fast MK 1 Golf is nothing new. But one as extreme as this sure is. It's a 2.0L turbocharged 16V that has a 4Motion all-wheel-drive system stuffed under the classic bodywork. The car, tuned and modified by Boba Motoring, makes over 1,000 hp. This was the car's first run, so it was taken down a...

The individual who sent this Find of the Day over said it was a "once in a lifetime car", and we'd have to agree.  With just under 21,000 miles on the odometer since new, and full engine rebuild coming just 300 miles ago, this GTI could be the nicest Callaway Stage II car around. As the car...

H2O has come and gone, and as much as it pains me to admit it, Daylight Savings Time is just weeks away.  For those among us with solid garage space and a decent amount of ambition, this means that it's time to get cracking on those winter projects.  And today's Find of the Day would make for an...

In the wake of the TDI fiasco, our normal laps around the web's various marketplaces have become a bit more frequent.  Luckily for us, we were able to find a brief distraction from the 24 hour news cycle's unrelenting coverage in this 1983 Rabbit track car. Coming in at just 2005lbs with a...

When it comes to building show cars, the Europeans are quite simply on a different level.  Posted recently to the 'Burn the Mk1s' group on Facebook, this Golf is a prime example of the level that some go to when assembling their perfect Mk1.  And that's why it's our Find of the Day.   This...

Ahh carbon fiber, you're everywhere these days, aren't you?  A full-blown tailoring industry has been molded around, well, molding, and the products it pumps out are limited only by imagination and budget.  Take the latest exercise from Carbon Works Berlin, a fuel tank done completely in carbon...

Attendees of the last three Southern Worthersee events will likely recognize the car as it has been a repeat visitor, and named one of the Top 50 back in 2014.  In the past four years, the owner claims that the car has been completely gone through with new paint, a rebuilt 16 valve motor with...

Classic Rally from 13th to 15th August, 628 km on Saschen Dream Roads Three stages through the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and the Czech Republic Volkswagen Classic sends 14 classics to cult event The 13th edition of the Sachsen Classic again promises to be a home game for Volkswagen. Zwickau...

After what we can only assume to be 250 miles of sheer terror, Frederic Calvé has put his 4.2 liter V8 powered Mk1 Golf up for sale.  As we've featured this car in the past we won't trouble you with all the details, but what we will say is that this is without-a-doubt the most impressive Mk1...

The debate between buying a vehicle built to someone else's dream spec or simply building it yourself is one that's caused its fair share of discussion within our forums.  Today's Find of the Day just might re-ignite such debate, as it's been modified to a very high level with an extremely clear...

A staple of the European Audi and Porsche tuning scene for quite some time, high quality Carbon Fiber aesthetic upgrades have officially made their way to the Mk1 Volkswagen platform.  Making up for any lost time, Carbon Works Berlin has partnered with hypercar manufacturer Pagani to offer a...

You never really know how much you’ve got until you’ve moved.  Recently our East Coast office did just that, discovering hundreds of brochures and press kits from years gone by.  Rather than discard them, we’ve decided that it would be best to preserve all of this literature by uploading it...