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Badly Dubbed
It’s a debate that’s been ongoing for years in our office;
is it best to attend the madness that is the official
Wörthersee Treffen, or should you follow the cool kids
and hit up the unofficial pre-show event instead? Having
attended both on numerous occasions I think it’s safe
to say they both have their pros and cons. I used to
prefer the unofficial shenanigans (held up to two weeks
beforehand) but these days it’s the experience of the
main event that appeals more. There’s just something
about downtown Reifnitz when the show is in full flow…
you never know what (or who) you’re going to see roll
pass in the traffic. Simply sit on a bench, grab a beer
and watch the world go by! It’s Veedub heaven…
The manufacturer stands (they’re actually more like
small villages) are also something else. It’s great to see
the likes of Volkswagen really embracing the aftermarket.
For so many years it felt like VW frowned upon what we
were doing, and yet these days they not only embrace
our efforts to make our cars individual, they actually
build their own one-off creations as well.
And while you might not find all the best cars rolling
through Reifnitz, you only need to head out of town a
mile or so to find them parked up on the roadside. Read
all about it in our coverage on page 42. Enjoy the mag!
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 Features
008 Name game
When great minds work together, great
things happen; this 350bhp, motorsport-
inspired, wide-arched Golf GTI is
testament to that! Words: InSyncMedia  
Photos: Andrew Ritter/InSyncMedia

026 Tempt fate

Everything happens for a reason, right?
Well, read the story about how Harley
Smith’s Lupo came about and you might
genuinely believe that!

034 grand designs

Seven years in the making, Adam
Vandenbos’s meticulously redesigned,
HPA-boosted R32 is bringing a healthy
serving of US-honed Euro tuner culture
back home to New England.

048 In the beginning

It’s hard to believe that a chance visit as
a kid to a small town called Leavenworth
should lead to the bonkers creation you
see on these pages, but that’s exactly
what started Skyler Mogensen on his
insane journey to VW nirvana.

062 Mk2 remastered

NEXT ISSUE ON SALE Not many people get this stuck in their

ON SALE: 29 june
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guy who doesn’t do things by halves as
his retro-styled Mk2 proves
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081 Lets off-road
This year’s VW Golf Challenge featured 25
old VWs driving for

34 8 days over 2000kms and even

encountered the Sahara desert. Forgot
about Show ’n’ Shine, this is the future…

62 events
042 The myth, the legend
The Wörthersee Treffen is split cleanly in
two parts these days, with an unofficial
pre-show gathering starting two weeks
early and then the main event itself. We

42
decided to send our friends from Balls
Deep Crew Finland to check out the warm
up event while we headed over for the
main show.

072 SHOW and go!

The GTI Spring Fest, held at the recently
resurfaced Santa Pod Raceway,

72 really does offer the best of both worlds.

Well, it does when it stays dry…
which thankfully it did this year!

July 2018 5
NAME GAME
When great minds work together, great things happen; this 350bhp, motorsport-inspired,
wide-arched Golf GTI is testament to that! Words & additional photos: InSyncMedia   Photos: Andrew Ritter

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 B
uilding a SEMA car to a golden age of motorsport, to its generous
showcase your company’s stance, right through to the engineered
talents has become one of performance upgrades… it stands out, and in a
the best ways to get your good way at that.
name and brand out in to the “It’s amazing sometimes how quickly things
aftermarket tuning world.  can happen,” mountune’s Global Brand Manager,
The problem is, SEMA is also notorious for Dave Moore says with a grin, as we catch up
crazy one-off builds, huge horsepower and with the guys behind this build. “One minute
modifications that make 'bonkers' seem normal, you’re discussing a few crazy ideas, the next
so it can be difficult to make your efforts stand you’re building a halo car together with some big
out from the crowd.  VW players for the SEMA show – no pressure!”  Tanner Foust and mountune have plenty of
Not much of a problem in this case though, The car in question was a US-spec Mk7.5 Golf
thanks to three big players in the industry joining GTI and the big players in this three-way affair
forces to put together something rather special.  were none other than LA-based fifteen52, works’
Debuting at last years’ show in Las Vegas, VW driver and brand ambassador, Tanner Foust
this three-way built GTI turned heads for all and UK/USA based tuners, mountune.
the right reasons; from its heritage cues from mountune is a name more typically associated
with making other marques go faster, but both
fifteen52 and Foust have an extremely rich
VW heritage, so when an opportunity arose to
combine the creativity of all three, good things
were bound to happen.
“We actually had the idea at the SEMA show
back in 2016 whilst catching up with Tanner,”
Moore recalls. “Thoughts were being floated for
some future projects and it sort-of snowballed
from there…”
history together, most notably the former using
the latter’s race engine expertise to power him to
multiple RedBull Global Rallycross driver titles.
Completing this three-way affair were Brad
Beardow and Matt Crooke of fifteen52. Notorious
in the VW-world and PVW alike with over 25
July 2018 9
10 Performance VW
Dub Details
ENGINE: Two-litre TFSI,
mountune semi-enclosed high-
flow induction kit, high-flow
silicone induction hose, mountune
turbo entry pipe, mountune
turbo muffler delete, mountune
uprated full-height intercooler,
mountune 3” downpipe and
single-silencer cat-back with 4.5”
trims, mountune revised engine
calibration
CHASSIS: 9.5x19” fifteen52
Formula GT wheels with Nexen
265/35 tyres, ST Suspensions
XTA rebound adjustable coilovers,
Tarox 8-pot front calipers with
360mm rotors and aluminium
bells, Tarox grooved rear discs
and colour matched calipers,
braided lines throughout,
mountune quickshift
EXTERIOR: fifteen52 /
Voomeran arch extensions, m52
carbon fibre rear spoiler lip,
Euro-spec LED rear light clusters,
custom Group A rally livery and
full vehicle wrap
INTERIOR: Recaro CS front
seats, OMP two-spoke rally suede
steering wheel with quick-release
boss, TF gearknob
SHOUT: Fred Chang for
demonstrating his repeated
ability to move mountains
throughout the build, Andrew
Ritter, Dreamworks bodyshop,
KW/ST Suspension, Tarox
Brakes, Recaro, Nexen Tires,
Nick, Neil, Lou, and all of the
amazing team involved in the
build at mountune in both the UK
and USA
covers to their name dating back to 1997. These
guys also have a long-standing history with the
UK-originating tuners, having crossed paths
multiple times working together on projects
before, not least when they worked together
on Ken Block’s 400bhp wide-arched Focus ST
together, affectionately known as ‘TrackSTer’.
Suffice to say it was a legitimate list of
metaphorical ingredients, which when combined,
couldn’t fail to produce one hell-of-a tasty cake!
As with any car build, whether it’s a last minute
show car or not, you’re going to experience
problems and setbacks along the way, and this
was no different. The first issue to overcome
was to be one of the most significant though…
It turned out that at the time the build was
supposed to start, the facelifted 7.5 Golf GTi
hadn’t actually been released for sale in North
America, and wouldn’t be until just a few days
before the show.  CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) work
Fortunately, Tanner was able to speak to the
team at VW USA and after a few arm twists - and
probably the promise of a passenger ride in his
Rallycross Beetle, he was able to secure a car
for the build several weeks before they were
due to hit the streets. Reinforcing one of life’s
greatest lessons at the same time; it’s not what
you know… but who!
With the base car secured, the finer details
were worked on. While some of those changed
as the build evolved, the core vision didn’t.  was being presented to the turbo.
The intake was deemed a restriction and certainly an
area that would need to be exploited to achieve 350PS
It had to have a motorsport-inspired look,
wider arches (fender flares to our US readers)
and leverage as much of the rich engineering
skillset on hand as possible.
The 7.5 arrived at mountune USA’s HQ in
Carson, LA and soon after, work began in earnest.
Whilst the US-based team, led by fifteen52,
concentrated on nailing the exterior look and feel,
the UK team got stuck into the power upgrades. 
The intake was deemed to be a restriction and
certainly an area that would need to be exploited
to achieve the target 350PS power output,
but creating something overly elaborate within
the timescale available before the show wasn’t
going to be an option as mountune engineer
Nick Thomas confirms; “The function on all the
performance parts was obviously critical and
clearly the priority, but making them look good
was also very important to us.”
confirmed that a semi-enclosed two-piece design
with integral bell-mouth would achieve the
desired performance; the end being deliberately
left open to capitalise on a low-pressure area
above the headlight, but also for some essential
additional induction noise and aesthetics – it was
after all to appeal to the masses at SEMA.
A higher-flowing induction hose and hand
fabricated turbo entry pipe were then added to
the mix to ensure the maximum airflow possible
July 2018 11
 Joining the induction parts was a full-height
custom fabricated intercooler to ensure
consistent improvements in air charge temps
would be on hand in the hot California sun where
the car resides. A larger bore downpipe was also
manufactured, joined by a matching high-flow
cat-back exhaust, complete with some pretty
substantial slash-cut polished trims.
With the performance parts progressing well,
the exterior work was also gathering pace as
fifteen52’s Brad Beardow recalls; “We worked on
a couple of different concepts for the exterior,
but we knew we’d made the right choice when the
rest of the team saw the first exterior renders”.
The exterior takes a lot of its design cues
from the 1986 Group A Championship winning
Mk2 Golf GTIs driven by Kenneth Eriksson and
Peter Diekmann. The modern-day design was
then further added to with a clever re-work of the
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original base pallet, while incorporating Tanner not only do fifteen52 design and produce some
Foust’s signature ‘TF’ logo.  of the most credible, yet affordable wheels out
Crazy box arches, or wild modern motorsport there, Matt is also a walking encyclopedia of
touches were definitely out due to time and taste what size, width and offset works the best for a
constraints, but the trio were still very much whole multitude of cars and arch combos!
focused on getting some extra width under the Enlisting the bodyshop skills of Randy from
arches and adding a generous helping in the Dreamworks in South El Monte, CA, an off-the-
stance department at the same time. shelf Voomeran arch kit was used as a basis
“Tanner knows exactly what he likes and what before being extensively re-worked, adding some
he thinks works, which is great when you’re additional width and also extending both ends to
working with someone of his stature trying to carry all the way to and fit flush with the sill on
get things like this dialled-in… especially with the either side of the wheel arch; “We always had one
added time-pressure element”, fifteen52’s Matt eye on creating something really special for this
Crooke says, “we wanted the OE Mk2 GTI fender halo build, but keeping the other on producing
look, but it needed to be wider, whilst also filling something that appeals to our specific aesthetic
the entirety of the fender radius.”  that we could eventually offer our customers,
Fortunately, making sure the wheels were should the demand be there… it’s fair to say
going to sit perfectly with a bespoke flare kit we’ve had a lot of people asking about them,”
was the easiest job on the teams’ build list, as Brad says, with one of his trademark smiles.
Tanner knows exactly what he likes and what works,
which is great when you’re working with someone of
his stature trying to get things like this dialled-in

July 2018 13
 Once the final width of the arch extensions
had been confirmed, a set of 9.5x19” Formula
GT wheels were agreed on, complete with a big
offset that was staggered between each axle
for maximum visual impact. It’s always been
said that the choice of wheel can make or break
a car, but getting the offset right is equally as
important as proven here!
Props also go to ST suspensions, as not only
does it sit perfectly; thanks to a set of its XTA
fully adjustable rebound dampers, the handling
is also pin sharp, yet perfectly compliant on
the road. The latest range of Golfs are pretty
impressive straight out of the box, but throw in
some carefully chosen suspension components,
and make a few geometry adjustments on
Tanner’s recommendation and you can transform
the GTI into a seriously competent bit of track
day machinery, also helped in this case by
the huge 8-pot Tarox callipers and lightweight
grooved discs that are on stopping duties.
Whilst the face-lifted GTI interior is actually
With literally hours to spare the Golf made it to the
show, proudly exhibited on the Nexen Tires booth
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a pretty nice place to be from the factory, this
particular Golf needed a pinch of motorsport
flare to finish it off.
Leather Recaro CS seats now sit up
front; combining an OE look and motorsport
practicality perfectly, whilst a two-spoke suede
OMP steering wheel ensures the driver feels at
home on the street, track or rally stage. Little
details like the TF-branded gearknob can also
be found sprinkled throughout this car, this
particular component being linked, quite literally,
to a mountune developed quickshift which
reduces throw by around 20% but maintains a
factory-like feel in its operation.
The overall build culminated literally hours
before the car needed to start its drive from L.A.
over to Las Vegas ahead of the show.  about the possibilities of making it much more
In fact, it’s hard to believe that just 24 hours
before the show opened, it was still largely
in pieces having the digitally-printed wrap
applied from bumper to bumper, before being
reassembled together with last-minute additions
like the carbon fibre rear spoiler extension.
The effort required to pull something like this
off in such a short space of time was nothing
short of monumental and despite some of the
team losing a few hairs, by the time everything
was finally fitted back in place with the wrap
applied, it was a case of silly big smiles all-round.
With literally a few hours to spare, the Golf
made it to the show and was proudly exhibited
on the Nexen Tires booth for the duration of the
show, where it rightly received a lot of attention
both by show visitors and on the numerous
social media channels the images found their
way on to around the globe.
In fact, the response has been so positive that
the guys involved have entered into discussions
than just a one-off, with more than a hint that we
might see a new range of performance parts for
VW models in the near future… A prospect we’re
very much looking forward to becoming a reality.
Watch this space! n
INTRODUCING
APR
A01
When tuning mega-firm APR
turns its hand to creating a piece
of performance hardware or
software they don’t mess around,
and the same attitude applies to the
Alabama-based tuner's new range
of wheels too. This is its first offering,
8.5x18" flow-formed
the appropriately-named A01. These A01 weights just 9.5kg
flow-formed beauties don’t just look good,
at just 9.5kg each, they’re light too. They come
in 8.5x19” ET45 and 5x112 for now, with a
66.4mm centre bore and including a 57.1mm
interlocking hub-centric ring. Of course, they
are fully TUV, DOT, VIA and JWL certified and
APR also carried out Finite Element Analysis
(FEA) to minimize weight yet retain a 700kg load
rating. That’s a lot of acronyms, but basically it
means they are quality bits of kit. They come
in two colours, Hyper Silver and Gunmetal Grey
and have removable centre-caps that fit the VW
and Audi stock items. APR also utilised anti-slip
machining where the tyre meets the wheel to
prevent unwanted rotation. The icing on the
cake? A lifetime warranty against manufacturer
defects and one year on wheel finish.
PRICE: £1648.99
CONTACT: www.goapr.co.uk

A01 is available in
Hyper Silver and
Gunmetal Grey
(seen below)

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What’s New?
MAXED OUT
British Touring Car Championship race
winners Power Maxed Racing have announced
they will be running three cars in this year’s
Milltek Sport Volkswagen Racing Cup. The
Warwickshire-based team will field one Polo,
one Mk7 R and one Mk5 GTI in the series,
one driven by existing driver Russel Joyce and
two by newcomers to the team, 2017 VAG
Trophy Champion Paul Taylor and 2016/17
Runner Up, Tom Witts. “Having two vastly
experienced drivers as part of our VW Cup
campaign is really exciting for us,” says PMR
Team Manager, Martin Broadhurst. “Both are
proven race winners, and with our latest win
in the BTCC, we’re confident that the cars
will be at the sharp end from the get-go.
We’re excited about developing the PMR-built
Polo with Tom, and are looking forward to
some podiums and wins for all three drivers
throughout the season.” We’ll be getting some
exclusive behind the scenes access with the
Power Maxed Racing team throughout this
year’s Milltek Sport Volkswagen Racing Cup
this season here in PVW, so stay tuned!

RAMAIR X MST HAS IT ALL

RamAir are proud to announce a new range of filtration products from up and coming KW has added the RS3
global partners, MST Performance. Designed and manufactured by the country that 8V to the list of cars
makes the chip inside your iPhone, these new high-quality applications have been specially it produces its Height
selected to complement RamAir’s own range of products. Adjustable Spring (or HAS) Kits
This kit for the 1.2 TFSI unit found in the Audi A1, Polo and the like includes a High-Flow for. Two different variants are
Synthetic Nanofiber air filter, which has been designed to offer improved airflow, as well available, one set for cars with
as an increased induction sound. It’s MagneRide and one for cars without,
a direct replacement for the OEM and each is specially fine-tuned to
airbox and includes a CNC-laser cut work in harmony with the car’s stock dampers to not only
heat shield and aluminium coupling, improve ride quality but handling performance too. They’re
finished in a classy crackle black. not just regular lowering springs however, with a special
Just like RamAir products, the MST threaded adjuster allowing for adjustment of between
price includes free shipping and next 15mm and 25mm on the front axle and 5mm and 20mm
working day delivery – bonus! on the rear, so you can choose how you want to sit, be it
PRICE: £216 for performance reasons or simply aesthetic ones.
CONTACT: PRICE: £460.00
www.ramair-filters.co.uk CONTACT: www.kwsuspensions.co.uk

BIG BOIS BAK-STREET BOYS

These are the RV124 and Going to TRAX this year?
RV128 from Riveria wheels. The You should be. The show’s
six-spoked RV124 is available in great and the track is
10x22” 5x120 CB74.1, while always heaving with top-
the multi-spoke RV128 comes notch machinery. This
in 10.5x22” 5x100 to 5x127 year there will be the
fitment, in custom offsets and PVW Paddock, a special
in CB74.1. Both are available in collection of 20 awesome
a range of finishes too. cars we know the PVW-
PRICE: heads will love. The event
£330 per wheel (RV124) is held on Sunday 1st July
£358.80 per wheel (RV128) at Donington Park. If you want to make a
CONTACT: www.tuxauto.com weekend of it, you can camp and hit up Japfest
Donnington the day before, too.
CONTACT: www.traxshows.co.uk

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I.D. R PIKES PEAK

A few months back we showed you the teaser shots VW sent out for its new I.D. R Pikes Peak
CANS? COUPLE CANS?
Own a B9 S4? Want a catch can setup to
racer and now, we get to show you the real thing. And would you just look at it. What. A. Thing! VW prevent your engine from ingesting excess
say it weighs in at less than 2,500lbs (1133.98kg to us lot) and its all-electric drivetrain produces crank case oil vapours and associated carbon
680bhp and 479 lb-ft of torque – enough for a 0-60 time of 2.25 seconds. Like the twin-engined deposits back through the intake? Forge
Mk2 Golf that took to the mountain in ’85 through ’87, the I.D. R Pikes Peak has two motors with Motorsport's oil catch can is a complete 'fit
the energy coming not from a fuel cell but a whole load of lithium-ion batteries. VW say that roughly and forget' solution to these problems, its
20% of the energy required is generated during the drive, so regeneration technology is a big thing. clever design allowing it to effectively reduce
World-class driver and defending Pikes Peak champion, Romain Dumas, will be at the wheel. sludge and carbon deposits, which in turn
The 39-year-old Frenchman has three victories at Pikes Peak and has also won the 24 Hours of Le allows the S4's 3.0 V6 engine to breathe better
Mans twice, so almost definitely knows what he’s doing. Who said electric cars meant motorsport and function more efficiently. It’s 0.4l big,
was going to get boring again? We can't wait to see how Volkswagen get on later this year… and features a drain tap and steel hoses fully
assembled to suit the factory connections.
PRICE: £299.99
CONTACT: www.forgemotorsport.co.uk

CITIGO-GO
The name Darkside Developments has been no
stranger to these pages of late both in terms of
products in these pages right here and full-fat
features further back in the mag. This is the
Barnsley-based diesel tuning firm’s latest demo
car-come-project car. This incredibly awesome
Skoda CitiGo. If the huge cage doesn’t give the
game away then the big intercooler poking out
through the front bumper and the little slider-
windows in the side glass certainly will - this is
no ordinary 60PS city car anymore! It runs the
same 2.0-litre 16v TDI as Darkside’s legendary
Arosa drag car running a GTB2260VK turbo,
albeit currently set to produce just 280bhp while
various testing work is carried out. On full-whack
though it’ll produce 360bhp and over 450ft/lb,
not bad in a car that weighs just 1160kg! All that
oomph is put through all four wheels thanks to
a Haldex setup and inside its a proper race car
from screen to screen. Go and check out the
build, and have a read of the ridiculous spec-
sheet over at www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk

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MQB cars. Revo’s mounts use Powerflex bushings – and Powerflex
know a thing or two about developing polyurethane bushings – to
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Every week it seems the metalwork maestros Want some of the all time classics under your
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up. This is an Alloy Turbo Inlet Adaptor for the to pay for them? Introducing the Minus from
MQB platform, curing the problem of its weak, new wheel brand Autostar. They’re available in
restrictive plastic turbo inlet. It looks better, it 7.5x15” in 4x100 ET25 and 8x17” in 4x100
performs better, it does what it says on the box. ET30, 5x100 ET30 and finally 5x112 ET35.
PRICE: £126.07 They come in two finishes too, gold with
CONTACT: www.forgemotorsport.co.uk polished lips and gun metal with the same lip.
PRICE: From £395 (a set)
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it is the exclusive UK dealer For
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carbon fibre steering wheels. BAK
Performance’s carbon fibres don’t
just look great, they feel great too
and there’s a range of customisation
options for the leather, stitching and
horn push parts too. What’s more,
BAK Performance can build totally
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as well.
PRICE: from £710.00
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launched Detailing hatch, the Mk7.5 R. In testing Scorpion’s wrapping up work on an 80mm downpipe too,
Disciples, a engineers found that 80mm pipework gave we’ll keep you posted. No prices have been
fantastic new the 7.5R better throttle response, more announced yet but expect it to be similar to
online educational power and a deeper exhaust tone compared Scorpion’s Mk7 systems.
course for those to the usual 76mm so, logically, that’s what PRICE: TBA
who want to they used to build this new system. The CONTACT: www.scorpion-exhausts.com
learn how to get new cat-back options are constructed out of
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cleaning and of two main sections, the centre section and
protecting their the rear silencer. The centre section will be
car. It’s aimed at all levels, and each month available in non-resonated – perfect for that
Dodo Disciples will receive expert tuition direct all out performance soundtrack or resonated,
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guides and the odd special offer on all the gear Scorpion say it will also be offering a valved
they need too. set-up which can be operated by the drive
Sounds like a great idea to us – we know we mode select button inside the car and a non-
could do with a few lessons! valved setup for a sportier note throughout.
CONTACT: www.detailingdisciples.com  Two tailpipe options are available, and the

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F
ate is one of those words
that gets bandied around
a lot. The Oxford English
Dictionary describes it as “the
development of events outside
a person's control, regarded as
predetermined by a supernatural power.” You
often hear people saying that “it was meant to
be”, or that “fate brought them together.” Most
of the time it’s nothing more than circumstance,
26 Performance VW
but now and then you hear a story that makes
you wonder. The tale around Harley Smith’s
stunning Lupo is one such example, and if it
weren’t for a broken down Golf, a less than
knowledgable police officer and a chance eBay
find, you wouldn’t be reading this.
It all started seven years ago, when a young
Harley was out in his beloved Mk4. As many
Volkswagens of a certain vintage do, it took
umbrage to working, and decided it’d had
enough. By chance, a fellow fan of German
metal who was passing, let him into his Lupo GTI
so he could use his phone. It could’ve been the
handsome yet cheeky soul of the Lupo that drew
Harley, or just the fact that it still functioned as a
car, but either way he was smitten, and quickly
found himself making the long trip from home
in Cornwall to Reading to check out what would
become the love of his life.
Raven blue is without a doubt one of the
TEMPT FATE Everything happens for a reason, right? Well, read
the story about how Harley Smith’s Lupo came
about and you might genuinely believe that!
Words: Si McNally Photos: Mark Rodway

best colours the premiere Lupo was available
in, and is consequently incredibly sought after.
Harley picked up this stunning example almost
standard, wearing just a set of humble D90s
and lowering springs. “The dream was to have
a set of Schmidt TH Lines and air ride,” muses
Harley. “But after pricing it up, I never thought it
would be achievable. So, after moving out of my
parents’ house because their drive was too steep
I ordered KW V1 coilovers and Rota Zero Pluses.”
This satisfied the inner lust for lows for a
while, but it was never going to be enough. To
get the stance he really craved, Harley treated
himself to a Stance Solutions Static Plus kit
for the front, along with the first tank and
compressor. This allowed him to get the front
where he wanted it, but, as we all know, the itch
still hadn’t quite been scratched. After helping
a friend fit the ubiquitous Air Lift v2 setup to his
Audi, Harley knew what he needed to do. Quicker
than you can say “what’s a credit card limit?”,
a set of Air Lift front struts and Firestone Triple
Bellow bags were winging their way to Cornwall.
It wasn’t all plain sailing though; Harley had to
make some serious modifications to allow the
rears to work how he wanted. Using a lathe, he
machined his own adaptors to fit the rear beam.
The rear beam which he’d modified considerably
to allow the fitment he was striving for. But at
least half of his dream had become reality. With

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the price of TH Lines consistently high, would the
other half ever come to fruition? Well…
Late night eBay perusals are dangerous.
We’ve all been idly flicking through, searching for
that elusive item we hope one day we’ll find but
never do. This time though, Harley found them.
His dream wheels. Schmidt TH Lines, in 8x15”
flavour, and in a particularly fetching shade of
candy red. Harley thought long and hard about
how the red would work with the blue, creating
photoshops and asking the opinion of friends and
family. Except that he didn’t, because they were
his dream wheels, and so the Buy-It-Now button
was quickly and very deliberately clicked.
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These lasted a few weeks before - you’ve
guessed it - Harley wanted to make a change. A
set of 3.5” lips were sourced, taking the rears
up to a stonking 9.5”. Serious girth for a Lupo.
After a lot of arch work, tyre stretching and,
we’d imagine, swearing, the wheels were on.
Just in time for Ultimate Dubs, where he was to
achieve another of his dreams - to be inside one
of the main halls. Not long after leaving Cornwall
however, the long arm of the law struck Harley
and his Telford related dreams down. After
reading him the riot act for excessive camber
and stretch, Harley was informed his massive
poke was illegal because “a blind man may not
see it, and could trip over it.” After pointing out
how unlikely that was on the M5 on a Saturday
morning, he was, mercifully, let on his way. After
the same policeman had tried to report Harley
for “stretching a 15” tyre onto a 16” wheel.”
After his run in with potentially the least
educated traffic officer in the land, Harley started
looking at the possibility of running 16s. This
would give him the flexibility to tuck the wheels
right up in the arches, meaning he could get
VW’s finest city car laying frame. A set of 16”
Schmidt Modernline splits were swiftly ordered,
and, before you can say “leave those wheels
alone,” were machined to allow face mounting.
 Have a go with your mates;
what’s the worse that can happen?
Wanting to stick with the red theme he’d become
known for (along with face mounting every
set of Schmidts he could get his hands on),
Harley found himself trawling online forums and
Instagram for inspiration. Not one to do things
by halves, he eventually decided on an SEM
Candy Wine Fire, over a black base, with silver
metal flake. Try saying that after a bottle of wine.
The work was tasked to Duncan at Sprayworks,
who did such an incredible job that Harley tasked
him with giving the whole car a makeover. A list
as long as your arm was drawn up, and a date
was decided for it to commence.
But, as we’ve learnt, Harley likes to mix things
up a bit. After spotting Shane Biggs’ Polo build
on Instagram, he decided that his engine bay
needing some love. Cue some very late nights
on the drive with his mates, copious amount
of beer, and many angle grinder discs. The
results are, as you’d expect from a perfectionist
like Harley, spectacular. Considering this
started as just a quick clean and spruce on the
engine (how many times have we heard that
before?), the finished article speaks for itself.
Harley’s sentiments on this part of the project
are something that resonates with all of us: “I
learned a lot, which is the main part I think about
modifying cars. Have a go with your mates;
what’s the worse that can happen?”
Once he was happy with the bay, Harley
shipped the car off to Sprayworks, ready to
have the car totally transformed. With plans for
a totally smoothed front end, rear plate delete
and smoothed tailgate, along with a bare metal
respray, Duncan and the team had their work cut
out. But what an unbelievable job they’ve done.
The quality of the workmanship on this humble
Lupo has to be seen to be believed.
Whilst the car was away, Harley took the
opportunity to have the interior completely
reworked. Darren at Dubshack Interiors had the
unenviable task of completely re-trimming the
interior to match the pair of Corbeau RXR front
seats that he’d picked up. That included door
cards, rear seats and his custom air ride install,
which is simple yet effective - exactly what we
like. The finishing touch to the interior, and one
of the parts that Harley is most proud of, is the
July 2018 29
pair of Mk5 GTI rear headrests, that Darren
finished trimming just before the car was due
to leave for BHP Fuel Fest. In fact, Harley fitted
them on the way to the show!
It was there that he debuted the car’s new
look, and drew a massive amount of (hardly
surprising) admiring glances from visitors. But
something still wasn’t quite right for Harley, and
he couldn’t live without his beloved policeman-
angering-pokey-stance any longer. So, out came
the trusty 15” TH Lines, which were quickly
finished in the same Candy Wine Fire as the
Moderlines, to match the gearbox, rocker cover
and other trim bits in the bay. Still not happy
with the fitment, Harley was looking for the right
setup for the front, to allow him to match the
rear stance. A chance find of a lone 2.5” dish
on the ‘Bay one evening meant he could build
his perfect front pair up. Or so he thought. “I’d
picked one lip up no problem, so I was thinking
‘no worries, I’ll just order a brand new one for
the other side,” muses Harley. “Well, that’s what
I thought anyway. No one, and I mean literally
no one had any in stock, and with Ultimate
Dubs looming I had to find one!” Stories like this
are exactly why we love our little scene: After
searching high and low, another Raven Blue
Lupo owner, in the form of Liam Ward, came
to the rescue. In one of the greatest stories of
camaraderie we’ve heard, he actually split one
of his wheels down, so that Harley could use his
lip to get himself to UD. “What a hero, and a true
testament to how epic the VW scene is; people
will always help you out in your time of need!”
With the car now sat exactly how he wanted,
Harley was finally happy with his creation. We’d
love to say the above statement was accurate
but, as you’ll have guessed by now, it’s entirely
untrue. With just a few short weeks until the
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Dub Details
ENGINE: 1.4-litre 16v with
KAM Racing 4-2-1 manifold,
decat and back box, BMC CDA
induction kit, gearbox, engine
cover and rocker cover painted
to match wheel centres, engine
raised 20mm with custom
raisers
CHASSIS: 8.5x15” and
9.5x15” Schmidt TH Lines,
centres SEM Candy Wine Fire
over silver metal flake. Rear
beam modified for triple bellow
airbags, Air Lift front struts,
V2 management, PowerFlex
bushes throughout, notched,
G60 brake conversion
EXTERIOR: Flared and rolled
front wings, smoothed front
bumper, smoothed and tucked
engine bay, rear plate delete,
smoothed bumper with custom
canards, smoothed bootlid,
gloss black roof, custom Stuke
front splitter, modified Stuke
Civic side skirts, custom Civic
duckbill spoiler, 1/4 bonnet to
show engine bay
INTERIOR: Piano black interior
plastics to match roof, fully
No one, and I mean literally
Dynamatted, interior complete
re-trimmed to match Corbeau
no one had any in stock, and
RXR front seats, black carpets, with Ultimate Dubs looming I
boot build with stainless
steel hardlines, custom V2 had to find one!
management mounts
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season opener at Ultimate Dubs, Harley decided
he needed something to make the soft edged
Lupo a little more aggressive. Enter stage
one-off custom duck bill spoiler, custom Stuke
designs front splitter and side skirts, along
with the rear canards that he made himself for
the rear bumper, all sprayed gloss black, and
all completely altering the look of the car he’d
worked so hard to craft. There was just one thing
left; “I wanted to show off the bay a bit more at
shows, so I sourced a Lupo bonnet and cut it up
to make the ¼ show bonnet that you see on it.
Some BoltsBolts spiked hardware for the engine
bay, and some 326 Power wheel nuts and stud
conversion, and we were set for UD 2017.”
The car looked so ground breaking upon
arrival that the organisers deemed it worthy of
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a spot in the hugely coveted foyer area, where
it received nothing but praise and admiration.
The car was finally how he wanted it, and Harley
intended to enjoy the fruits of his labour. “That
year I went all over the place; to shows in
Europe, which were an absolute blast with the
rest of the shedWERX guys and gals (basically
everyone who works on their cars in my shed).
And, of course, Edition 38, where I picked up
an award. So cool to think a car my mates and
I built in a shed in Cornwall was winning awards
and getting mag features.”
With Ultimate Stance 2017 looming, Harley
made the hard decision that it was to be the
Lupo’s final show. The car appeared on the
famous Wheel Whores pink carpet, and it was
there that these pictures were shot. We can’t
think of a better swan song for a car that has
played such a massive part in Harley’s life.
After seven years, it’s more than just a car; it’s
become a friend, and we can all appreciate the
bittersweet moment that this humble feature
represents. “It was a dream to get a car into
PVW, and what a better way to top off the last
show in the ‘Loop’ than a PVW feature! This car
has taught me so much, and really has made me
the person I am today. I’ve met some awesome
people, made so many friends and had incredible
experiences, all because of this car. I even used
it as a wedding car when my wonderful wife and
I got married. This car has been responsible for
so much good in my life and I am very proud of
what I’ve achieved with it!” Amen to that n
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DESIGNS
Seven years in the making, Adam Vandenbos’s meticulously
redesigned, HPA-boosted R32 is bringing a healthy serving of
US-honed Euro tuner culture back home to New England.
Words: Alex Grant Photos: Mike Kuhn

H
ave a look back through
any manufacturer’s previous
concept cars, and you might
start to wonder if there’s a
team of frustrated engineers
and designers behind every
showroom model. They’re a glimpse of what
could have been, had the accountants not come
in to put the kibosh on the excesses of style
and technology that generate column inches but
scare most actual buyers away. A mass of big
ideas, condemned to a short shelf life.
Granted, it’s not a concept, but it’s easy to
forget the impact the Mk4 R32 had back in

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2002 - a car launched years before today’s hot
hatch arms race and seemingly signed off while
most of the bill-payers were on holiday. With
six cylinders, four-wheel drive, and show car
presence - even now - Volkswagen outsold its
planned volumes three to one. It says a lot when
a car instantly creates a market for replica parts,
and owners of the real thing tend not to alter that
muscular styling too much.
Adam Vandenbos isn’t like most owners,
though it’s easy to imagine the original sketches
for the R32 probably weren’t far off the swollen
body lines of this seven-year project. Built for
the Autobahn-storming road trips to Continental
Europe’s biggest shows and inspired by high-
end supercars, its pop-and-growl exhaust
note is the soundtrack to more than twice the
original power output and the sort of hand-
finished craftsmanship that would have given
Volkswagen’s bean counters more sleepless
nights than the phrase ‘emissions scandal’.
“I don’t think there’s anything I haven’t replaced
on it,” Adam tells us. “This was my original tuner
car from my twenties, the car I’ve always wanted
it to be. But I didn’t want to take away the
original look and feel of the car. I’m an engineer
- it’s why I get particular with my cars, and why
this is built the way it is.”
You may have noticed already, but this
isn’t a European-spec car. Currently based in
Boston, Massachusetts, Adam is an architect
for industrial-scale data centres and spent
his twenties working on contracts for the
Department of Defence, which meant relocating
to Germany for 12 years. It fostered a taste
for German cars, exposed him to the European
show scene, and most importantly brought in a
healthy income with almost no living expenses.
Which, he says, left plenty of cash to spare for
toys, and the ability to move them fairly freely
across the Atlantic.
Enter the R32. One of the 5000 built for North
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America, this was a part-finished project living
in Florida when Adam found it ten years ago,
already missing its original interior, dropped
over a set of Porsche 997 ‘Lobster Fork’
wheels, and fitted with a top-spec HPA Blackjack
turbo kit. Essentially, the previous owner had
spent good money in the right places but fallen
flat by getting the wrong people to do the work.
It meant the build had run out of steam, with
a slipping clutch, mashed engine mounts and
evidence of some significant oil and coolant
leaks down the side of the block. Problems big
enough to put off a lot of buyers, but not Adam.
“It was pretty basic,” recalls Adam. “The
guy didn’t quite finish it, so I got a decent deal
back when the HPA kits were expensive. That’s
when I first took it to GMP Performance in
Charlotte, North Carolina, to make sure it was
100% right before I moved it to Germany with
me. I knew about them through the grapevine
- their customer service is good, they always
followed through with what they promised, and
they’re very communicative. Which is important,
because I travel a lot.”
Actually, the car wasn’t much more than a
foundation. Cautious about cut corners, GMP
removed the entire drivetrain to find and cure
problems engineered in by previous owners,
and there were plenty. The clutch was shot, the
wiring loom was a mess, and the fluid leaks had
That’s when I first took it to
been caused by using standard studs with the GMP Performance, to make
HPA head separator, which had allowed the head
to lift away from the block. If anything the engine sure it was 100% right before I
was lucky to have survived at all.
The upshot; HPA’s Blackjack setup was moved it to Germany with me
complete, and no less savage 14 years after

The Mk4 R32's wider arches

are enough for most but not
Adam, but then he is trying
to transfer more than double
the original power to the
road, hence the wider track!

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 Dub Details
ENGINE: 3.2-litre (BFH) VR6, HPA Blackjack turbo conversion including Garrett GT35 ball bearing hybrid turbo,
cast intake and exhaust manifolds, stainless downpipe, 750ml high-flow injectors and inline pump, HPA 7:1
head spacer, forged conrods with race grade bearings, large MAF sensor, HPA map, Raceware Engineering
head studs, ECS Tuning billet water pipe, VF Engineering dogbone, transmission and side mounts, Quaife
(front) and Peloquin (rear) limited-slip differentials, custom firewall, water-to-air intercooler kit, Turbonetics boost
controller. Labonte Motorsports meth injection kit, custom exhaust, Haldex controller, battery relocated to Taylor
aluminium battery box in the boot, oil catch tank, Meziere high-performance water pump
CHASSIS: 18x9 (front) and 18x11 (rear) ADV5.2TF wheels with 2.5-inch front lips, 3.5-inch rear lips, 245/35
(front) and 295/30 (rear) Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tyres, KW Clubsport coilovers with adjustable billet top mounts,
H&R adjustable anti-roll bars (25mm front and 21mm rear), polyurethane bushes for front control arms,
Grüvenparts adjustable rear sway bar links and heim-jointed rear control arms, Tomas Sport unibrace, Brembo
six-piston front calipers painted Porsche yellow (front), drilled discs (rear), Hawk pads, stainless steel lines
EXTERIOR: Custom wide body kit using E46 M3 arches, extended sills with lengthened Porsche 986 Boxster
side skirts, Euro front bumper, Porsche 930 Turbo White Pearl paint, Euro-spec glass headlights with black
inserts, Euro-spec rear lights, black grille, rear badge and rub strips smoothed, stubby mirrors
INTERIOR: Recaro Sportster CS seats, stock R32 rear bench, full retrim in black suede with yellow diamond
stitching and R logos and door cards to match, suede floor mats, gaiters, steering wheel, headliner, pillars and
boot panels, Dynamat throughout
SHOUTs: Stephen Klitzsch and the team at GMP Performance, my daughter Dominique Vandenbos for always
being supportive of my sports car addiction

launch, so for Adam it was worth the effort
to bring it back to life. It’s an all-in-one bolt-on
conversion, complete with forged internals and
OE-quality cast inlet and exhaust manifolds, plus
a bespoke ECU to keep it supplied with all the
methanol and fuel it needs under load. HPA even
took care of rebuilding the Garrett GT35 turbo
while the engine was out of the car.
Adam wasn’t taking any chances: “The
Blackjack system was one of the more extreme
kits at the time, and it’s still considered one of
the more extreme setups today. Within that,
my purpose was to make it as reliable as an
everyday car that I could take on long road trips.”
Filling the gaps needed to make that happen
meant the project evolved quickly, with GMP
adding a billet ‘crack pipe’, higher-performance
clutch, new Haldex controller and finally giving
the Golf front and rear limited-slip differentials to
help put the power down. And, having unlocked
the potential available up front, Adam spared
no expense bringing the chassis up to spec,
swapping the old lowering springs for KW Cup
coilovers with H&R anti-roll bars and Grüvenparts
rear arms - all fully adjustable on the car.
Probably just as well, in hindsight. “It evolved,
and we took it in chunks, which meant I could
save the money needed to take care of X, Y or
Z,” he explains. “I can be a little critical about
Americans, but we’re all about putting the power

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on, then making it stop later. I’m more German,
in a way, in that I wanted to make sure the
brakes and suspension were right, so it could
handle the power, before I did anything else. But
we put it back together and it couldn’t, it just
wasn’t very sticky with the 255 tyres.”
There’s thorough, and then there’s this. With
the new Haldex controller set to a 60% rear-axle
bias, Adam worked out that he’d need at least
295mm wide rubber at the back to avoid traction
issues. Almost 50% wider than even the R32’s
standard rubber, at least some of the standard
bodywork would have to make way for that extra
girth, either by tubbing the wheel wells or flaring
the arches. Adam opted for the latter - aided
by a little man maths. “Volkswagens of that age
are well known for the clear peeling, and I could
already see it was happening to this car,” he
tells us, with that all-too-familiar tone of someone
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recalling how a sledgehammer solution would
be the easiest way around a seemingly simple
problem. “So we came up with the idea that we
could wide-body it for the extra traction, then
respray the whole body as well.”
He’s picky, and it shows. The R32’s bodywork
is a hybrid of German influences beneath its
Porsche 930 Turbo three-stage pearl white paint.
Its arches are based on panels from an E46 M3,
cut in at the same height as the original flares
instead of blending gradually into the bodywork
higher up, which Adam says would have broken
the original lines. This was no small undertaking,
not only because the bumpers had to be widened
to match, but because the sills now extend out
to meet the rear arches. It’s not obvious at a
glance, and neither are the Porsche Boxster side
skirts, which had to be extended by a foot before
they’d fit the Golf’s bodyshell.
Nothing here is accidental; the respray offered
an opportunity to switch to a Euro-spec front
end and delete unwanted clutter like the rubbing
strips and rear badges, while leaving the handles
and grille untouched to avoid scrubbing away
too much of the OE style. It’s a flawless job down
to details you can’t see, like the out-of-sight
stepped panel gaps behind the bumpers. And,
most importantly, it freed up space for 11" wide
wheels all round, with almost un-stretched tyres.
Those are big shoes to fill - easily large
enough to require custom wheels, and making a
final decision on what would replace the Lobster
Forks took almost as long as the bodywork.
With offsets so low that no single-piece rims
would fit the bill, Adam worked with ADV.1 to
design staggered-fitment three-piece wheels.
A route not only to the perfect offset, but the
right size centres to wrap around the Porsche
So we came up with the idea that
we could wide-body it for the
extra traction, then respray
the whole body as well

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 I wanted it to look like it came from the factory,
but with better materials and no plastic on show
yellow Brembo big brake kit. Paired with Michelin
Pilot Sport 2 rubber - factory gear for the 911 -
there’s enough grip for however much the boost
gets wound up in future.
Any illusion of not touching the interior had
long since been abandoned. With the shell
stripped back to its bare bones and the bill
inflating, there was never any sense digging
around for a stock R32 interior: “The plan was
to improve it but not to go over the top, which
is why it still has back seats and the original
steering wheel. I wanted it to look like it came
from the factory, but with better materials and no
plastic on show - everything would be trimmed
or wrapped. Which comes from being around
Tuning Treffen cars, they left a strong impression
on me.” He isn't kidding!
As a road car, you’d get few complaints about
the stock R32 interior, but this is good enough
to cut it with the world’s most expensive luxury
machinery. The stand-in Anniversary Edition
seats were ditched, replaced with Recaro
Sportster CS buckets and the correct R32 rear
bench, and Adam brought in some notable help
to get it up to spec. Its yellow diamond-stitched
suede, extended as far as the floor mats, were
the handiwork of the Hamann Tuning’s preferred
trimmer. A safe pair of hands even for budgets
way higher than the Golf’s, lost unexpectedly
when he passed away before the project was
finished. “That really held us up, as it took a while
to find anyone who could match the quality of
his work,” admits Adam. “He’d done everything
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except part of the door trims and some of the
smaller pieces - around 85 to 90% of the work.
We weren’t doing fads - I wanted something that
would look polished, and be timeless, and I’m
lucky as I don’t find myself thinking it looks like
it’s from the 2000s.”
Which isn’t easy considering some of the
ideas behind this car are almost a decade old.
Ironically, with his work taking him elsewhere in
the meantime, that means it’ll never get its time
on the Autobahn as a completed project. Instead,
once Stephen and the team at GMP iron out the
final ‘ghosts’ in the machine, it’ll make the 800-
mile journey up to Boston to join Adam’s 630bhp
Andial-tuned 993 Turbo and V8 Mustang. Even in
that company, it won’t feel underpowered.
“It makes anywhere between 430bhp to about
550bhp, depending on boost. That’s getting
it on the ground, and I can adjust it on the fly
- 550bhp is great if I want to peel rubber, but
430bhp is plenty for me to drive around. I enjoy
the driver interaction, which is why I don’t tune
my cars too much. I have craziness in my life, I
don’t need it all the time.”
And yes, that does mean it’ll get all-season
use, including snow and salt-rich Massachusetts
winters. Or at least it will once the bodywork is
protected. Having waited this long to get behind
the wheel, it seems a shame to stow it in the
garage when the weather turns. This R32 might
never have made it back to its old stomping
ground, but it looks like the result of Adam’s
mass of big ideas has a long life ahead of it n
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 WÖRTHERSEE
WHERE:
WÖRTHERSEE
AUSTRIA

WÖRTHERSEE PRE-SHOW

THE MYTH,
THE LEGEND.
Wörthersee is split cleanly in two these days, with an unofficial pre-
show gathering held two weeks before and then the main event
itself. We decided to send our friends from Balls Deep Crew to
check out the warm up while we headed over for the main show.
Text: Arto from BDC Photos: Keith Sowden, BDC and Adrian May

A
trip to Wörthersee was
something we had been
thinking about for around 15
years, but finally last fall things
started getting serious and
suddenly we had the car trip
arranged, as well as the flights for a couple of
other crew members. Two of us would drive,
the other two would fly to Munich from where
we would meet up and continue the final stretch
together. The weapon of choice was my 2014
911 Carrera 4S. The car was supposed to
be finished well in advance of the trip, but to
nobody’s surprise, during the week before our
departure I was at the garage in the middle of
the night installing new KW coilovers and other
bits. Nothing new there…
Choosing when to go was not exactly easy
– many of our friends recommended a week or
even two before the actual main event to catch
the nicest cars and experience them with less
crowds. We chose the week before option.
Thankfully our 911 performed impeccably Official Volkswagen display gets more
during the 2000km trip to Austria and upon intricate each year and is one of the main
arriving in Velden am Wörthersee, it became reasons for attending the official event
obvious that the town and surrounding areas rather than the pre-show gathering
were absolutely rammed full of cars of all kinds.
We couldn’t imagine how busy it would be during
the main event itself!
What came as a particular surprise for a
first-timer was how far around the lake and
surrounding areas the many get-togethers take
place. You could drive 35km up to the mountains
to Villacher Alpenstraße, 15 minutes in the
opposite direction to Reifniz or towards several
other small towns and still catch tuned VWs,
Audis, Porsches, Lamborghinis and everything
in-between along the way. It’s hard to describe
how insane this place is…
The most popular places for car spotting
are probably the Turbokurven in Arneitz or the
infamous Eni Mischkulnig gas stop and car wash.

Above: BDC's 991 911 with freshly kitted KW coilover's fitted all the way from Finland, RWB 911 outside the Schloss Hotel, reworked VW Arteon from Germany

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Burn outs and revving still happen but apparently
on a much smaller scale than in previous years,
as the areas are buzzing with police these days
issuing fines galore. While it’s very sensible to
limit some of the madness, unfortunately the
policing has gone too far with tickets appearing
to be issued for the smallest of offences, some
of which we’re not even sure if they were illegal!
Okay, speeding is one thing, but issuing tickets
for cars being ‘too low’ or having the wrong
wheels and tyres fitted (even if they were legal in
other European countries) seemed a bit harsh!
Meanwhile in Velden, you can catch everything
from old VWs to new Porsches cruising down
the main street past the casino, restaurants and
bars. Towards the lake, in the front yard of the
Schloss Hotel you could see some more exotic
rides such as Lamborghini Huracan Performantes
and even an RWB Porsche 911.
One particular thing that boggled my mind was
the amount of RS Audis present, at one point we
saw five RS3s drive in a row together, followed
by a group of TT RSs. I couldn’t even keep
track of the RS4s and 6s I saw. If we were to
pinpoint current trends, they would probably be
extremely low bagged cars with tucked wheels
and loud crackling and banging exhausts, both
on high powered vehicles and more tame ones.
The scenery around the lake and the mountains
is breathtaking. It’s safe to say making the trip
to Wörthersee is absolutely worth it and if you
needed further proof then the fact we were
already planning our trip for next year way
before we even left Austria should suffice. >>
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WÖRTHERSEE main event

While we’ve always loved seeing the high-level of cars at the pre-
Wörthersee gathering it’s the main event that has the biggest draw
for us and 2018, the 37th running, was no exception!
Words: Elliott Roberts Photos: Keith Sowden, Adrian May and BDC

N
othing anybody tells you or
you can read will prepare you
for the sheer beauty of lake
Wörthersee. It sounds like a
cliche, but this place is picture
perfect, and that’s before you
throw a few thousand modded VWs into the mix.
While the official event lasts less than a week,
the unofficial gathering spans well over three
weeks. And while the cool kids choose to arrive
up to two weeks before the main event begins, we
prefer to roll up to the official show. After all, you
can check out all pre-show stuff online beforehand
to get you in the mode, before sampling the main
show in realtime a little later on.
The beauty of attending the official event is
not only do you still get to see some of the best
and most eclectic modified VWG cars Europe
has to offer, but you also get to check out
Volkswagen’s official display, which always offers
a mix of cars and also some debuts, too.
One of the launches this year was the world
premiere of the new Golf GTI TCR Concept. This
is effectively a road going version of the TCR Above: Corrados extremely thin on the ground
racer. Jürgen Stackmaan, the Volkswagen Board
Member of Sales, unveiled the 290PS car and
claimed that although it is just a study (concept)
at this stage VW would like to make this GTI
vision come true in the future. We’ll have more
details and photos in News next issue. For now,
watch this space, I guess!
The were two other premieres by VW in
Austria, presented by the apprentices that
had developed them. First was the Golf GTI
Next Level (from Wolfsburg), which boasted
411PS and an app control for a video game
monitor, plus the Golf Estate TGI GMOTION
(from Zwickau), a show car featuring ‘sporting
character, elegance and off-road capabilities'.
Again, you can find out more about all these VW

Above: Offical VW stand was calm and tranquil…

Clockwise from top left: Contributor, Jamie Orr on stage with his Citi Golf talking seized cars and veganism,
mid-engined Golf W12 project above early Mk1 GTI, twin-engined Pikes Peak Mk2 Golf from the mid 80s

Above: German Lupo on face-mounted BBS with red roll-cage was stunning, as was brown Mk2 running big power VR6 turbo in smoothed bay, bone stock Golf Limited

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 premieres next month.
As usual, VW’s stand itself was both a thing of
beauty and also absolutely huge. As well as the
aforementioned cars, there were also current
sporting VW production cars and race cars on
display, plus the GTI Freundes Kreis (GTI Circle
of Friends) area, dedicated to a hand-selected
bunch of VW enthusiasts, including none other
than MIVW’s Emiel Koostra’s Mk3 Golf.
Parked next to the famous granite Golf, and
Mk7 build happening live on the VW stand, who says you can't have a sweet VW and enjoy the main event? perhaps with a nod towards this year’s VW Pikes
Peak contender, was the twin-engined Mk2 Golf
that entered the legendary event way back in
the mid-80s. That wasn’t the only rather special
highlight either, as VW had also dug out the mid-
engined W12 Golf Mk5 project from a few years
back and placed that in an exposed shipping
container above an early Series 1 Golf GTI. What
a contrast not to mention quite a spectacle!
Walking the streets of Reifnitz (the town
at the heart of the action come show week),
the scenes were just as bonkers as we’d
remembered them in previous years, with nose-
to-tail traffic jams made up of some of the most
random and eclectic modded VWs you could
ever wish to see.
One observation that we did make (and that

…skid pan, on the hand, was anything but calm. Rear-wheel-drive Cabby was a real crowd pleaser!

Above: They still like to mix things up in Austria with motorsport inspiration, Euro-look and lairy graphics and wraps proving extremely popular, especially at main event!

July 2018 45
WÖRTHERSEE main event
Austrian Mk3 Golf running pulled arches and BBS wheels was about as fat as they come, US-spec Westmoreland Mk2 Golf running one-off custom Sebring wheels
was echoed by a few people we spoke to that
had also been to the pre-show meeting) was
that there was a serious drop in the full-blown,
nut and bolt builds we’ve seen in the past.
Don't get us wrong, there were still a handful of
extreme cars, but five or ten years ago you’d
have struggled to keep a record of the lairy cars
you saw. Perhaps this is a sign of the times. We
don’t doubt those cars still exist but the old-skool
generation tend to keep them at home under
lock and key, while the newbies are getting their
kicks from the quicker, new wave builds that
turn heads and gain internet fame and yet are
Think of Wörthersee and this springs to mind;
the streets of Reifnitz… gridlocked with Dubs! easily reverted back to stock once the lease
agreement has run out!
Jamie Orr and his other US buddies flew
their cars all the way from America for the
show with a Euro roadtrip thrown in for fun
It's great to see true performance VWs are as popular than ever with modified Clubsport, reworked Golf Rallye and purposful B5 RS4 just a few examples we saw
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Either way, the show and cars themselves
didn’t disappoint. I guess with the early, rare cars
becoming more desirable and sought after (plus
costing considerably more to purchase), I guess
it makes sense that less people are inclined to
tear them to pieces and rework them!
Anyway, we’ve selected some of our
favourites from the event and added captions
next to a few of them to give you some more
details (as we’ve run out of space here). If you’re
questioning why you love the VW scene or have
such an addictive (and, at times, expensive)
hobby then a trip to Wörthersee will soon restore
your passion, whether you go before or during
the main event itself! n
Mk2 Jetta was one of our favourites thanks to lush
trim and one of the biggest turbos we've ever seen
IN THE

It’s hard to believe that a chance visit as a kid to a small town called Leavenworth
should lead to the bonkers creation you see on these pages, but that’s exactly
what started Skyler Mogensen on his insane journey to VW nirvana.
Words: Tony Saggu Photos: Viktor Benyi

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 I
just stood there in awe,” recalled
" Skyler Mogensen with the perceptible
hint of a wistful smile, “it was like
nothing else I had ever seen before.”
While most of us might struggle to
recount and relate all the many and
varied experiences, sights and situations that
led us here; inescapably bound to a marriage
where grease, gears and gasoline rule our very
existence, Mogensen’s memory can chronicle the
exact moment with unforgettable crystal clarity.
“Growing up in Seattle, Washington I never really
knew much about the Euro car scene,” he told
us. “That all changed in a big way one summer
when our family took a roadtrip to a little town
called Leavenworth. We stopped for fuel on the
side of the road… and it happened; a couple of
really cool Euros drove by, then a couple more,
followed by even more… there were hundreds of
them. I can still remember the awesome sight,
smell and sound of all these cars flying by.”
Young Skyler’s life changing roadside euphoria
came courtesy of the Pacific North West’s
answer to Worthersee, the annual Leavenworth
Drive, a Eurocentric epic which descends on the
quaint little Washington town, much of which is
modelled on a Bavarian village. ”I saw the photos
on the web later and just knew I wanted to be a
part of it,” enthused Skyler.
Fast forward a few years and open mouthed
awe and amazement still surround Skyler,
although now the twenty something Arizona
based custom car creator is on the receiving
end of the jaw dropping disbelief. With the better
part of half his life given over to 'the hobby', our
man has finally translated that long remembered
roadside revelation into finely crafted steel with
a soul, he’s literally poured his memories into
the metal to revive and relive the rapture. “Yeah
it really is that,” nodded Skyler, “It’s that feeling
and the passion that came out of it, this is the
physical representation of all of that.” The Kandy
coloured car adorning these pages represents
over a decade of planning and at least five
years of blood, sweat and overdrafts. Skyler
admits he’s no professional car builder, he’s a
commercial fisherman in fact, but he’s proud to
take credit for most of the spanner spinning and
metal massaging involved in this violet vision.
“Growing up in a poor family we had to do
things on our own,” he told us, “we couldn’t
afford to pay shops to fix our cars so everything
was a learning experience. My pops has always
been mechanically inclined and because of that I
remember we’d always be outside fixing his truck
or the family van.” Not surprisingly once he’d
torn up his L plates and got gainful employment
the tinkering took a more serious turn, “I bought
an old '86 Toyota pickup and went to town on it,”
he laughed, “I rebuilt the motor and threw some
Webers on it… I drove that thing like it was a
racecar.” A passing curiosity with VWs eventually
lead to a healthy fascination… Leavenworth lit
the fuse. “I always wanted to build a completely
modified car but never knew what to create,”
he recalled, “that’s when a friend showed me a
Mk1 VW Rabbit and what they could become,
I was hooked.” Tracking down a reasonable
base car proved to be a lot more difficult than
expected; the Pacific North West’s English style
weather isn’t particularly kind to early iron, added
to which Mogensen’s meagre budget ruled out
most of the survivors. “It took a while,” he told
us, “a long while,” Weeks of wading through the
online classifieds eventually turned up a possible
contender. “This Rabbit popped up on Craigslist
and I immediately called the seller, Graham
Shipley, he was a two hour drive away and had
told me he had a few guys ahead of me coming
to look at it. I told him I had a trailer and cash in
hand and would most likely be coming home with
it.” The seller told Skyler that he would have to
get back to him later in the day. “An hour later
I received a call saying he had another guy 30
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minutes away wanting to look at it,” he told us,
“but he wanted it to go to a good home because
he still cared for the car.” Mogensen made an
impassioned case, outlining his plans for the car
which quickly won the seller over, “he said he’d
tell the other guy it was sold, so I left with my
pop’s truck and friend's trailer and we cruised
down there and loaded it up!”
With the equivalent of about six hundred
quid changing hands Skyler reckons he scored
a pretty good deal, the '83 Mk1 was a non
running base model diesel with a few dents and
a sprinkling of rust in all the usual places, the
interior was trashed, the trim was missing and
the suspension was shot… but at least it was
largely complete. “The first job was to get it
running,” he told us, “It had been sitting for years
but the engine still turned by hand.” Blowing out
the fuel lines and connecting up a new battery
soon had the hibernating hatchback back up
and running, a little TLC on the transmission
linkage even saw the Rabbit rolling. “My first
thought was to tear it down and just restore it
with a few mods, but when I got it down to the
shell I kept seeing my vision of the car being a
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slammed dirty diesel, something like no other,
I pondered it over and decided to go all out on
this car.” Unfortunately the classifieds are littered
with good intentions; half finished hulks, semi
stripped swaps, non running long abandoned
projects… all started with a glint in the eye and
a vision of greatness, normally ending with a
dent in the wallet and a turd under a tarp. Skyler
was realistic about his abilities and his budget,
he admits both were average at best, but this in
itself was a main driving force behind the project.
“I chose this car because I had a vision of what
I wanted it to become, it was a great starting
point at a reasonable price,” he explained, “It
was something I knew would take some time
for me to complete, but I also knew I’d learn a
lot from building this car. Every step of the way
would be something new for me, something
I’ve never done before.” The lad’s goals were
lofty indeed and he reckons he’s surpassed
even those initial high hopes, as a learning
experience this is home schooling worthy of a
cap and gown. “I cut the floor out and raised it
three inches to lay the sills on the ground,” he
explained so matter- of- factly as to be almost
amusing. “All the metal work was probably the
hardest part though,” he conceded, “I needed to
make sure every dimension I was changing would
work with everything else, also make sure all my
parts cleared the body and other moving parts.”
The amount of fabrication and metal massaging
is indeed staggering; given the quality of the fit
and finish it’s difficult to believe the build is the
work of a self-confessed amateur.
“The front end was cut, tubbed and narrowed
so that I could fully tuck the wheels,” continued
Skyler, “I used the wheels I had got with my car
for the mock up as I planned on running the
same dimensions when I eventually bought some
different wheels.” The rollers that eventually
ended up bolted to the project, as so often
happens, steered the build in their own direction.
“I wanted wheels that no one else had tried on
a Mk1 before,” revealed Skyler, “Volk wheels
are fairly rare on German cars to begin with but
the C1s I was after are pretty well unheard of.
I searched for six months during my lunches at
work before finding a set,” he told us. “When I
got them in the mail I found out the specs were
different and wouldn’t work with the custom
 My first thought was
just restore it, but
when I got it down to
the shell I kept seeing
my vision of a slammed
dirty diesel something
like no other

strut towers and tubs I had fabbed, I ended

up redoing the whole thing hand forming new
tubs and towers using a stretcher/shrinker to
bend the curve I wanted.” Setting the sills on
the street was the stated goal and Skyler was
prepared to do whatever it took to get that
perfect drop. The front shock towers were
raised as high as possible under the bonnet,
they were also brought in almost three inches
on each side to make room for suspension
shenanigans. “I raised the motor mounts three
inches and the steering rack up three inches
to keep everything clear from the ground,” he
continued. “The original transmission had to go
because it used an older rod and linkage set
up that would hit the ground whenever I drove
the car, to get around this I converted to a Mk4
O2J TDI transmission using the cable shifts to
nicely tuck everything up above the surface. The
front air shocks are a build it yourself kit from
Air Lift,” he confirmed. “I was able to use those
to build what I needed for my front end while
at the rear I took the rear trailing beam and cut
Old-skool diesel installs don't usually
out five inches from the centre and welded it look this tidy but then this isn't just
back together with plates and more support your average TDI motor swap!

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 Dub Details
ENGINE: 1.6TD block with 1.9 AAZ
head, Giles Performance injection
pump, built internals, custom intake
and exhaust, Turbonectics T3 turbo,
02J transmission in smooth bay.
Custom exhaust with side exit
CHASSIS: 7x15” Rays Engineering
Volk Racing three-piece C1s in 4x100
bolt pattern. Carbon fibre faces and
reworked caps. Modified floorpan with
raised floor, custom shock towers
and rear tubs, hand rolled wheel wells
and reworked boot floor. Custom rear
beam with relocated mounts, Air
Lift Performance struts, five gallon
tank, dual Viair compressors, manual
management
EXTERIOR: Custom mixed House of
Kolor candy paint, Euro front wings,
slam panel, grille and headlights,
Euro rear panel and taillights, Halo
headlights, shaved rear with custom
lower valance. Smoothed engine bay,
rain tray removed
INTERIOR: Early Rabbit interior,
early dashboard, aftermarket gauge
cluster, Nardi wood rimmed wheel,
custom headliner, bench seat frame
cut and made to fit around rear
tubs. Custom wood trunk base with
aluminium slats
AUDIO: Alpine stereo with Kicker
speakers and two 10” Kicker subs in
custom fiberglass boxes moulded to
fit into the rear quarters behind the
rear wheel tubs
SHOUT: I would like to thank my
father and mother Eric and Angela
Mogensen, my family, Carly Swanson,
Alec and Arron Stenzaa, Jeff Scott,
Michael Holstrom, Jay; Nick and Van
Sarver, Alan Phenis, Kevin Hoglund,
and the crew at AZEuros

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to prevent from breaking.” Custom mounts
were cut and welded into place to situate the
bespoke rear beam setup, the stock boot floor
was binned and remade to aid the desired drop.
“I built the rear to act as a swing arm with air
bags on a C channel connecting the rear end of
the trailing arms,” he explained, “The shocks are
positioned in the rear tubs mounted to a stud
I welded in and then connected to the original
mounting shock position on the trailing beam.
The rear spindles are mounted to a custom-built
drop spindle to move the wheel back into its
correct centre point and lower it even more.”
Needless to say the none too popular
Westmoreland character of the bodywork was
reworked to give the build that all important Euro
flavour. The rear panel was converted to the
smaller taillights while the front panel and both
wings lost their marker lights and not so cool
rectangle headlights. “The rear end was shaved
and I put in another exhaust notch to match the
stock one on the drivers-side,” explained Skyler,
“I planned on building a tow hitch to be able to
haul a small trailer with the car and still be able
to slam the car to the ground, so underneath
there is mount points to put a custom hitch.
The front bumper was removed and I cut some
centre core support vent to cover the bumper
mount holes,” he went on, “Behind the custom
bumper hole covers I welded in Mk4 tow hook
mounts into both sides so I could tow or strap
down the car when I needed to just by removing
the covers and screwing in the tow hooks. The
car also has a custom-built exhaust tunnel that
allows me to tuck up the 3.5" straight pipe
exhaust and have an exit out the side of the rear
passenger quarter panel base.” All four arches
received a little tugging while the bonnet got an
old school 'angry boser' extension treatment,
which Skyler reckons gives a particularly
menacing look when the custom halo headlights
are flipped on. The finishing touch to the
reworked exterior is a signature paint job that is
nothing short of divinely delicious. “It’s actually a
custom mixed House of Kolor candy,” revealed
Skyler, “ I was originally planning on doing it
black or another straight factory colour, but my
friend Alec Stenzaa who painted the car said
if I’d built such a crazy car I’d need to stick to
the scheme. He asked what my favorite colour
was and I told him purple.” Our man was torn
between a deep purple shade and a dark cheery
hue, “Alec suggested we mix both colours so we
tried different mix ratios till I decided on the final
shade. I like the fact that at night it looks black
and under the sun it pops.”
With a hand formed chassis, custom crafted

Dreams can come true, they just

take time and vision. Skyler's body- The rear end was shaved and I put
dropped Rabbit is a thing of beauty
and totally unique as well… in another exhaust notch so i could
build a tow hitch for a small trailer

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I love watching the look on people’s
faces when they look under the hood
suspension, lashings of body bespokery and
a one-off paint job, the powerplant promised
to be something a little rare and exotic. “I love
watching the look on people’s faces when they
look under the hood,” laughed Skyler, “when
people come up and look at it they kind of get a
confused look on their face till they figure it out
or I tell them it’s a diesel.” Yep, nestled neatly
in the shaved and smoothed engine room is
essentially the same stock diesel the car left
the factory with some three and half decades
ago. It’s the unconventional almost shocking
juxtaposition of mild and wild that adds an extra
layer of cool to this candy creation, the drivetrain
challenges your expectation and shows that a
cookie cut in a different way to the rest can taste
surprisingly sweet. “The motor is a different
block but is the same stock motor,” Skyler
explained. “I built a 1.6 bored 40 over, all new
upgraded internals and put on a 1.9 AAZ head
to improve air and exhaust flow, while reducing
the compression ratio to run more boost. I built
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the exhaust manifold to create better flow to the
Turbonetics T3 Turbo, the intake is made with
equal length runners to keep better bottom end
torque till it’s under boost.” He explained. “The
injection pump was heavily modified by Giles at
Performance Diesel Injection out of Markham,
ON. He was able to make a naturally aspirated
pump have the fuel cure of a turbo injection
pump while surpassing its stock performance.”
The naturally aspirated pump was a must as with
the motor being raised due to the sump scraping
ride height the turbo pump would not clear under
the bonnet. “So I basically built a heavily modified
ECO diesel and it still gets great fuel mileage
averaging about 50-60 miles per gallon on the
highway if I keep my foot out of it.”
The cabin treatment is also reserved but
exudes all the class this project demanded,
albeit classically understated. The architecture
is largely familiar Wolfsburg factory fare,
restored and refinished with new age touches
that blend almost seamlessly with the vintage
charm, the early model Mk1 dash is treated to
newer instruments with A pillar playing host to
a couple more. The centre console may house
newfangled pneumatic suspension wizardry,
but the '70s style gauges and old world paddle
switches maintain the correct period simplicity.
“The rest of the air-ride stuff is hidden away out
of view,” revealed Skyler, “The air tank is hidden
in a custom metal box built into the rear of the
car under the wood trunk, and the compressors
are stowed behind the inner rear quarter panel
cards.” There’s a kicking stereo install hidden
behind the panels too, with a multitude of mids,
tweeters and subs that supply tunes without
clutter… Oh and that wood rimmed tiller… well
that’s just class isn’t it.
Mogensen’s magnificent Mk1 makeover
checks all the boxes and creates a few new
ones, this down and dirty diesel is as clean as
they come, mixing mild with wild and serving it
up with a slice of attitude. Just when you thought
you’d seen it all… n
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don’t know how much you pay attention
to the goings on behind the scenes here
at PVW, but it’s been just over a year
now since I left my role as deputy editor
on the mag, a position I’d held for close
to a decade. Around about the time I
had to leave, I also had to sell my own long-term
project car too, my freshly ‘bagged, painted and
VR-swapped Mk2. I’m still not sure what I was
more gutted about losing at the time, the PVW
job or the dream Mk2 I had built up over three
long, painful years. Since then, I’ve continued to
freelance for the mag, turning out a feature and
a couple of other bits and pieces an issue. But
editor Elliott and I have always had something of
a gentlemen’s agreement. No Mk2s. Just don’t
give me a Mk2 to write, it just brings it all back,
you know? But no, what does Elliott do this issue?
Just 14 or so months after I handed in my key
card to PVW towers, and with no regard for our
little agreement, he not only gives me a Mk2 to
write up but an absolute stunner of one, too.
The car in question belongs to Jake Kitching, a
26-year old Sunderland lad who clocks in his nine
to five as a smart repair painter at Nissan. You
might be looking at Jake’s Mk2 and thinking it’s
the work of an experienced Mk2 head but that’s
not the case. In fact, this is Jake’s first Veedub,
our man here in fact cutting his modifying teeth
on classic Minis originally.

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 “I had a really clean example of a Mini that I’d
modified a fair bit,” Jake explained. “I used to go
to a lot of Mini shows and meets with the car,
but I used to go with my friends to VW shows
too and after a while I found myself being drawn
towards the older VWs and especially Mk2s,” he
explained. “Jack Irwin’s Mk2 was a big inspiration
for me, as were a few builds from overseas I’d
started following too. Soon I knew I needed a
Mk2 of my own and after a while I knew exactly
what I wanted to do to it, too.”
Jake went on to say that one day at work on
break he and a fellow car nut colleague got to
chatting about what they were looking at one
eBay, as us car enthusiasts are prone to do, and
Jake revealed he was looking for a Mk2 Golf.
As it happens, his work mate knew of someone
with a really good one that a while back he was
looking to move on. “When I rang my mate’s
friend about the car he said it wasn’t really for
sale, but maybe I could twist his arm,” Jake
smiled. “One Saturday morning I went to have
a look at it and took it for test drive and I just
fell in love,” he continued. “So, I said just tell
me a price you would be happy with and let me
know whenever you feel you want to let it go
and we will go from there. Anyway, it wasn't long
before he got back to me, a deal was done and
the car was mine… And I think I’ve been skint
ever since!” he laughed. Yep, old VWs, heck
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any modified VW, tends to have that effect of
doing that to you doesn’t it? Why do we do it to
ourselves? A great question for another time!
“I didn’t plan on doing anything to it at first, in
fact I’d told my girlfriend when I bought it that it
was done and just ready to use,” Jake smiled.
“As you can imagine, that didn’t last very long…”
Now that definitely sounds familiar, who amongst
us hasn’t used that line on an other-half before?
With half a show season under his belt Jake
had already taken the car off the road for the
winter in 2013 to tidy up some paintwork,
change wheels and fit its first set of suspension.
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“Once I started talking to more and more car
owners at shows the ideas started coming thick
and fast,” he remembered. “I knew exactly what I
wanted to do to do the Mk2 and ended up selling
the Mini so I could put the money in to the Golf!”
The Mk2 was in good condition and drove just
fine, but as is so often the case with older cars,
once Jake started to look behind the surface
he found lots of hidden away areas that needed
attention, which pretty quickly turned the project
from pretty big to get-it-on-the-roll-over-jig big
for perfectionist Jake. “After the 2015 season
I decided it was time to take it off the road and
build it up properly to a level I was happy with.”
“The first thing to do once it was in the garage
was pull the engine, strip it down, replace
everything I could and repaint it all ready to go
back in,” Jake said. He didn’t just tidy up the
KR lump, Jake treated the rebuilt and refreshed
valver to a set of twin 45 Dellortos up front and
a custom four-branch leading in to 2.5” exhaust
out back too, the whole thing sitting snugly on
Vibra-Technics engine mounts and boasting some
eye candy in the shape of a custom radiator and
cam belt cover fabricated by Fresh Reflections.
“I think the hardest part of the build was getting
the engine back in right and running properly
and sorting the wiring with the smoothed bay,”
Jake remembered. The effort was well worth it
though, as we think you will agree.
Back to the build and Jake had made the
decision to strip the car to a complete shell and
get it on the roll over spit. “The car needed a fair
bit of welding on the floor, the sills and it needed
some new panels too. I decided if I was going
this far with it I would make it look older than it
The first thing to do was pull the engine, strip it
down, replace everything and repaint it all
is, so I decided that when I rebuilt it I would make
it look like a Golf from the ‘80s, although it’s
really a 1990,” he explained. Jake also wanted
to give it a US flavour too, so while he was in the
garage stripping, prepping and welding he found
the time to track down a full and hard to find
Westmoreland-spec front end for it too.
The car was stripped to a bare shell and Jake
suffered through removing all the OEM sealer
from the underside and engine bay – not a job
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Dub Details
ENGINE: 1.8-litre 16v KR with twin Dellorto 45
carburettors, custom four-branch manifold and
custom 2.5” exhaust system. Custom radiator and
cam belt cover made by Fresh Reflections, short
shift gear selector, Magnecor HT leads, Vibra-
Technics engine mounts, Red Top Facet fuel pump,
engine block and gear box painted in battleship
grey marine paint, custom engine loom, wire tuck
CHASSIS: 8x16” and 9x16” BBS E50 wheels, Air
Lift air ride, Air lift Slam Series suspension with V2
management, polybushed bottom arms, subframes
and rear beam, G60 top mounts, Passat B3 front
callipers, drilled discs and GTI-spec rears. All
subframes, bottom arms and rear beam powder
coated in gloss black, Goodridge braided brake
lines throughout
EXTERIOR: Full respray in OEM LA9V,
Westmoreland front end, smoothed side repeaters
in wings, smoothed doors and rear quarters. Full
chrome window trims, door mirror and bumper
trims. OEM rear screen with no heater elements.
Smoothed engine bay with deleted rain tray.
INTERIOR: Standard seats retrimed in Napa
I had to delete the front towing eye as I wanted
leather and OEM GTI tartan centres with head rest US-spec bumpers which have them integrated
deleted, US-spec spec radio and heater panel,
Type19 centre console and gear gaitor surround, that’s fun in anyone’s book! “I then had the floor up a level instantly. “I had to delete the front
Nardi wooden steering wheel. media blasted and found some shabby areas towing eye from the shell too as I wanted to
SHOUT: I would like to say a big thanks to good so I had to buy replacement panels, drill out all run US-spec bumpers which have the towing
friend Gary Baxter at GBaxterAutoBodies for the the original spot welds and weld the new panels eyes on the bumper irons,” he remembered.
paint. A big thanks to Ryan Tennant and AR Ditta for back in,” he explained nonchalantly, before Jake also removed the side repeaters from
helping me with the wiring side of things, thanks to laughing, “lots and lots of long days and nights in the wings and smoothed the rub strips off the
Auto Finesse for sponsoring me and keeping me the garage basically.” doors and rear quarters too, moves that clean
topped up with products to keep the car immaculate If he hadn’t spent enough time in the up a Mk2 nicely without taking away any of its
and finally a massive thanks to my girlfriend Caitlyn garage Jake then set about the difficult task of quintessential Mk2-ness.
for being understanding when I was working on the smoothing the bay and deleting the rain tray “One of my good friends Ryan Tennant helped
car every day of my life get it finished too, something that’s always a huge amount me with the wiring side of things as I didn't really
of work but a move that certainly takes a car have a clue what I was doing,” he laughed. “And

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 The best part of the car has to be the interior, I just
love a Mk2 Golf dashboard, it’s such a nice place to be
my good friend Gary Baxter at GBaxterAuto
Bodies’ laid the Brilliant Schwartz black paint
down on the car for me after I did all the prep
work on it, but other than that I’ve done it all,”
Jake explained. “I literally worked on the car
every single day for about a year and a half,
absolutely crazy amount of hours have gone in
to this shell.”
To help make the car look older than it really
is Jake also tracked down new chrome trim for
the doors, a chrome door mirror, polished the
handles and got the all-important chrome trim
for the US bumpers too, all of which were fitted
back up to the freshly painted shell before Jake
set about flatting and polishing the newly laid
paint. “I also got myself an OEM rear screen too
without the heater elements, which help makes
the car look older too,” he added.
One of the only parts of the car that isn’t
period correct is Jake’s choice of suspension
which is of the bags and buttons variety –
something that definitely wasn’t a common sight
in the mid-‘80s. As you might expect Jake hasn’t
just thrown a set of struts on and called it a day,
like the rest of the car the chassis first benefited
from his no-stone-unturned approach before
being treated to new bits. “Everything’s been
cleaned up and powder-coated, I polybushed
everything front to back and fitted Passat B3
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front callipers and refreshed the rears too.” The
wheels are, what else, but perfectly period 16”
BBS E50s measuring 8” and the front and 9”
at the rear. A look that, save for the stretched
Nankangs of course, would have looked just as
fresh in 1980-something as it does today.
The interior ties the whole car together. The
seats are OEM, as is pretty much everything bar
the wooden Nardi wheel, but they’ve been trimmed
to mix the OEM GTI tartan with lovely Nappa
leather. The seats have also lost their headrests,
a look that Jake wanted as it automatically makes
an interior look a generation older.
“The best part of the car for me has to be
the interior, I just love a Mk2 Golf dashboard,
it’s such a nice place to be sitting in the driver’s
seat,” Jake smiled. “I very rarely listen to music
when I’m driving it, I just love listening to the roar
of the carburettors.”
Setting up those carbs was one of the few
jobs our man didn’t do himself, Jake deciding
instead to leave it up to the pro's at Bogg
Brothers in Malvern, North Yorkshire. “They’ve
done a proper amazing job, it runs absolutely
perfectly,” he confirmed.
Our man Jake has not been sitting twiddling
his thumbs since our shoot, he’s been back in
the garage working on the car again, the Mk2
bug showing no sign of letting go any time soon.
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 “I wouldn’t change anything major on it, I built
it exactly how I wanted, but I think I will always
be changing little bits on it every now and then,”
said Jake. “Since the shoot I’ve fitted ball joint
extenders and a track rod flip kit to get the front
end of the car sitting a lot lower, fitted Porsche
door handles and re-painted the front end of
the car to get rid of some little stone chips it’s
picked up so far,” he added. “I’ve also applied
some decals to the side of the car for a proper
‘80s look and I’ve decided to lose the heaters so
the bay looks smoother too.” A great idea during
summer and the car probably won't see winter!
We’ve got to hand it to Jake, his Mk2 has
come out just brilliantly, and like we said earlier
it’s hard to believe this is his first Volkswagen. If
you see it a show this summer make sure you
check it out and appreciate Jake’s efforts, he’s
definitely earned himself a pat on the back and
a beer or two. “It’s for the buzz, isn't it?” Jake
smiled. “You get an idea in your head and want
to make it happen. I love learning new things
and watching something come together really
excites me,” he smiled, “Anyway, I don't know
what else I would spend my money on if I didn't
have this hobby…” n

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 GTI SPRING FEST
WHERE:
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RACEWAY
UK

Santa Pod's famous

1/4-mile strip looked
great after resurfacing

Above, left to right: Sleeper Mk1 hiding intercooler behind front panel, Jon Lawrence's A4 looking cleaner than ever on fresh Rotiforms, immaculate Mk1 Golf GTI

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 Paul Jordan's Polo won
Class D with a 10.11sec
quarter at 142mph!

SHOW AND GO!

The GTI Spring Fest, held at the recently resurfaced Santa Pod Raceway,
really does offer the best of both worlds. Well, it does when it stays dry…
which thankfully it did this year! Photos: Simon Letkey (Veedubracing)

O
rganised by the team behind
VW Action, GTI Spring Fest
is one of the first major
shows on the water-cooled
VW calendar, and being an
outdoor event, held at Santa
Pod Raceway, weather often
plays a major factor. Thankfully, the recent
2018 gathering was greeted by lovely weather
which saw a great turnout of all manor of VAG
machines both on and off the strip.
Following the same format as the original
GTI Festival (first held in the late 80s), Spring
Fest opens its doors to all VW Group cars, with
water-cooled being the more popular variant,
but air-cooled is also welcome. This year we
even saw a bunch of supercars descend on
Santa Pod, probably to check out the all-new
drag strip surface that had been laid over the
winter break and looked fabulous!
Don’t let the single-day event label put you
off the show either, it just means you get a
condensed helping of Veedubs, rather than
something that’s diluted and dragged out over a
whole weekend. Club displays play a major role
at Spring Fest and this year the R32 UK Owners
Clubs took best display award.
The GTI Spring Fest Show ’n’ Shine is also
extremely popular and as well as trophies
awarded for Best Audi, Skoda, SEAT and VW,
there’s also awards for Best Engineering, Paint,
Engine and Van, to name but a few, as well as
Top Twenty covering all models.
This year, some of the highlights included
Darren Bates’ 1989 Mk2 Golf, which took Best
of Show (and Best Engineering), thanks to its
one-off wheels, custom trim and highly detailed
engine bay. Jamie Webster’s 1983 Santana
(on custom split rims) is a particular favourite
of ours and it would seem the promoters, too,
as it took their Choice award. Another familiar
name was Liam Handley, who’s 1991 Polo was
featured on our cover last year and went home
with the Best Engine award.
Now we love a bit of Show ’n’ Shine as much

Late Mk1 GTI with wide arches and small bumpers was mixing it up, super-clean Polo Breadvan sitting pretty on period aftermarket twist-style alloy wheels

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 Key to a good FWD
launch; chunky slicks
up front, narrow rears
SHOW & SHINE
and a good burn out! Best Of Show
Darren Bates, Kettering - Blue 1989 Golf
Promoter's Choice
Jamie Webster, Kent - Blue 1983 Santana
Best VW
Zach Perez, Braintree - Silver 1979 Scirocco
Best Van
Paul Would, Lincoln - Blue 2005 T5 Kombi
Best Audi
Ryan Goodyear, Woodhall Spa - Blue 2014 Audi RS5
Best SEAT
Richard Lines, Rugby - White 2012 Leon
Best Paint
Richard Lines, Rugby - White 2012 Leon
Best Interior
Rikki Jones, Barnsley - Red 2007 Seat Cupra
Best Engine
Liam Handley, Leicester - Cream 1991 Polo
Best Engineering
Darren Bates, Kettering - Blue 1989 Golf

as the next man, but when we think of Santa Bugs might not make
Pod, we think of true performance cars, and in the most power but
this case, performance VWs. Competition out boy can they launch!
on the strip was just as intense as in the clean
and shiny camp, but when the dust settled it was
Paul Jordan, who is another familiar face in PVW
(his bonkers Scirocco was featured many moons
ago), that took top honours. Paul’s seriously
modified Polo 6R GTI running a 10.11 quarter
mile time at 142mph (although it has achieved
Drag racing really does
seperates the boys
from the men

Left to right: Show 'n' Shine is very popular with air-ride a plenty. Bagged Mk2 Jetta and T5 looked stunning, while Mk3's missing headlight hinted it was a sleeper

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over 150mph elapse speed previously).

There’s plenty of other activities going on
throughout the day including numerous of trade
stands, plus the Dizzy Rascal’s Handling Course,
which proved popular. The quickest time around
the course this year was 44.46secs achieved by
Jason Greatorex in a Mk4 R32.
For news of next year’s event and the other
shows run by VW Action head on over to www.
vwaction.com and tell them we sent you! n

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seemed to squat and
go extremely well…

SPRINT RESULTS
Class A - Will.I.Am - 14.55/94mph
Class B - Bobby Bola - 14.50/94mph
Class C - Carl Goldsmith - 11.04/121mph
Class D - Paul Jordan - 10.11/142mph
Class E - Danny Pike - 10.75/126mph
Quickest VW - Paul Jordan - 10.11/142mph
Quickest Van - Steve Gibbons - 11.63/115mph
Quickest Audi - Okan Karkoyan - 11.88/113mph
Quickest Skoda - Sam Levett - 12.63/104mph
Quickest SEAT - Helder Pierera - 11.02/129mph
Quickest Diesel - Ben Smith - 11.01/125mph
Wildest Ride/Quickest Lady - Natalie Wood - 13.23/101mph

Left to right: we would have taken stunning Beetle home with us, up! was simple but effective on Modern Line wheels, Richard Brook's rapid Mk1 Golf 20vT

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This year’s VW Golf Challenge featured 25 old VWs driving for
8 days over 2000kms and even encountered the Sahara desert.
Forgot about Show ’n’ Shine, this is the future of modded Dubbin'…
Words: Elliott Roberts Photos: Various
e’ve nothing against your
regular Show ’n’ Shine
events, but what if you
fancy something a bit more
challenging than how clean
you can get your car?
What if you fancy something that won’t cost the
earth, isn’t as competitive and actually involves
teamwork and everybody helping one another
out? Well, if that’s the case, it sounds like the VW
Golf Challenge (VWGC) could be for you!
Started back in 2012, the VWGC was the
brainchild of two friends, both called Dani.
Dani Blasco and Dani de Quadras had both
participated in crazy car rallies previously and
figured it would be a good idea to organise their
own: “I said to Dani [de Quadras], if two idiots
could drive from Barcelona in Spain to Nordkapp
in Norway, then why couldn’t we start up our own
event?” And the rest, as they say, is history!
The great thing about the VWGC is that every
year the route is different, with only one part
remains the same: "The only stages that never
change are the ones in the Sahara desert, they
are a must,” said Blasco. Dani told us the main
Event co-organiser, Dani Blasco
doesn't just work out the rally
logistics, he takes part, too!
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 What have you got the hump about? Sorry, couldn't
resist! Sahara stage is one of the most gruelling
parts of the event but one that is always included
each year, even if other parts of the route change

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reason for changing the route each year is that
so many teams return each year that it’s more of
a challenge for them if it’s different!
In terms of rules, it’s really quite simple;
you have to enter with either a Mk1, 2, 3 or 4
Golf, which has to be fitted with a sump guard,
protected fuel pump, two spare wheels, an
extinguisher and a first aid kit. Other than that,
it’s just 845 Euros per person and 295 Euro
per car (with a maximum of three people per
car), which includes all hotel accommodation.
“Everybody is welcome, we have friends, work
colleagues, brothers, fathers and couples. It’s
not a competition, just an amazing adventure
everybody should experience at least once,"
Blasco told us. He also said that once you’re
done it, it’s very hard not to come back for more.
This year’s event kicked off on the 7th of
April, beginning in Algeciras (in southern Spain)
where people joined the ferry over to Morocco
and began the 2000kms trek, which would see
them travel through the Atlas Mountains and on
to Zagora, followed by Merzouga in the Sahara
desert. The next stage included Midelt, Nador

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 With off-road tyres, these
front-wheel-drive VW Golfs
are surprising handy… even
in the sand!

Challenge rules states teams must take

with them school material, clothes or
kids toys, which are delivered to the
poorest areas of Morocco on route

Best part of the Challenge is the fun had by all taking

part and the friendships made during the event. All 25
cars that entered in 2018 finished the rally, too!

and then another ferry across to Almeria.

Of the 25 cars that entered this year we were
itching to discover how many actually finished
the gruelling event. Amazingly, Dani was pleased
to tell us that all 25 made it to the finish: “The
good thing about the VWGC is that we all help
each other, especially during breakdowns. And
the good thing about Morocco is that there are

July 2018 83
Above: Of course, it wasn't all five-star accommodation once the Challenge entered the desert and things got serious! Above: Punctures were pretty common sight

still a lot of old Golfs on the road, too, so it’s not

hard to find spare parts,” he said. fgjoigjdgjdifgdofgodifgodfs
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team must bring with them at least 30kg of fgjoigjdgjdifgdo
school material, clothes or kids toys, which are
delivered to the poorest areas of Morocco on
route. What a great idea!
This year, Dani Blasco claims was the craziest
running in terms of the weather: “We had really
hot days in the desert, then wind, rain and
even snow at one stage,” he told us. He was
also proud to say in all the years the event has
run they have never left a Golf in Morocco and
always managed to get them all back to Europe!
During the six previous events the organisers
have seen entries from Spain, France, the UK,
Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway
and Romania. Speaking of Romanian, next year
hosts the first VW Golf Challenge Romania,
running from the 19th to the 26th of August.
Fancy getting involved? Then head over to www.
vwgolfchallenge.com for more details on how to
enter. It should be a blast! n
We had really hot days in the desert, then
wind, rain and even snow at one stage

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IN THE REAR
Contents
091 OUR CARS
100 RELOADED
102 THE REWIND
104 TALK THE TALK
106 EVENTS
108 SPECIALIST
112 CLASSIFIEDS
114 NEXT MONTH

AND THERE’S MORE…

092 100 106

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Elliott Nick
Roberts Williams
Elliott Roberts – Editor
PROJECT: GREY PRIDE 90_Golf Rallye
Started: Oct 10, 2007
Comments: By the time you read this it
should be at The Phirm ready for the engine fit
Nick Williams – Photographer
PROJECT: ROXY 11_VW T5.1 Kombi DSG
Started: Jul 31, 2015
Comments: Nick’s project is quickly evolving.
This month we look at the front-end facelift
James Wallace – Contributor
PROJECT: GONDA 83_GOLF DRIVER
Started: Oct 15, 2003
Comments: We talked you through stage one
of Jim’s Honda swap last month. More soon…
by SPONSORED BY:
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Martin Paul Si James Jamie Alex
Jenkinson Cowland McNally Wallace Orr Grant
Elliott Roberts – Editor Alex Grant – Contributor
PROJECT: SOCCER MOM 09_Audi Q5 3.0 TDI PROJECT: NEVER READY 91_Polo
Started: Apr 10, 2007 GT-G40 Started: Mar 10, 2000
Comments: Well, summer is officially here. Time Comments: With G40s thin on the ground not
to rubber up those 22s and get them on the Q5 many people tehnd to track them. Alex does!
Paul Cowland – Contributor Si McNally – Contributor
PROJECT: SHAKE ‘N’ BAKE 90_Mk2 Golf PROJECT: THE B*STARD _VW Golf 1.6
Started: June 10, 2011 Driver Auto Started: Apr 15, 2015
Comments: It seems that TV celebrity lifestyle Comments: One Mk2 that is making waves is
has taken its toll on Paul… and his Mk2 project! Si’s project. New wheels, brakes, paint, cage…
Jamie Orr – Contributor Martin Jenkinson – Sales Executive
PROJECT: SUPER JAMIE PROJECT: THE JOKER 04_Skoda Fabia VRS
Started: Jun 10, 2014 Started: Aug 4, 2017
Comments: Swanning around Worthersee like Comments: He promised an update this
he owns the place, Jamie’s far too busy for us month but Martin’s been too busy enjoy the car
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COMBE RAIDER
Want to find out where you’ve made mistakes with your project? Point it at one of the fastest circuits in the UK…
Photos: Alex Grant Track photo: Jeff Bloxham/GOMW

“Q
uarry is one of the most
difficult corners in the country,”
the instructor told us cheerily
at the safety briefing. “Around
25% of all track day crashes in
the UK happen on that corner.” Gulp!
Castle Combe is about an hour from home,
but it’s not a circuit I’m familiar with. And you
don’t have to watch many in-car videos on
YouTube before Quarry makes an appearance.
It’s a right-hander at the end of the fastest
section of the track, straight after a crest which
makes your front end go light just as you need
to brake. Run out of talent here, and what’s left
of your car afterwards probably won’t be able to
limp home. Even if home is only an hour away.
I was in good company. Assembled in the
briefing room were around 30 other journalists
and authors, who had brought their own projects
out for the Guild of Motoring Writers’ annual
track day. Which means the car park had
probably never been more eclectic. Where else
would you be queueing up alongside a Ford
Model A, an 80s Bentley Turbo R, and Pink Floyd
drummer Nick Mason in a Ferrari F12tdf?
For me, it was a shakedown test. I’ve spent
the last few years fine-tuning the spec of the
G40, and this would be an ideal opportunity to
see what it was made of. Rough Welsh roads
had taught me I was better off with slightly
softer front springs - not just for comfort, but
for grip as well - and I’d found the oil cooler was
unnecessary even with a thermostat. There’s no

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Previous owner removed the boost return hoses and rotated the crankcase breather pod towards a catch
can on the left side of the engine bay, which proved a disaster on a clockwise circuit like Castle Combe. I’d
cornered hard enough to half-fill it with sump oil. Alex fixed it by building a factory-looking breather setup,
using a new correctly-angled oil breather pod and non-return valve from VW Heritage

July 2018 93
RCARS by
point having a dashboard full of gauges if you’re
not going to take any notice of them. So, on
top of the risk of running out of talent on Castle
Combe’s widowmaker corner, I had the looming
worry that I’d either boil my oil or discover that
the Polo takes corners with all the stability of a
Citroen 2CV. And, did I mention it was raining?
Actually, I shouldn’t have worried. This is a
belter of a track which the G40, and its new
suspension setup, felt really well suited to. I got
my learning laps done in the wet, winding up
the pace once the dry lines started appearing;
830kg kept it light through the corners, and
Car performed really well
on track, with chassis and
power gains being more
than up to the job
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150bhp meant it wasn’t running out of steam on
the faster sections. If you’ve never done a track
day before, my advice is try it. You’ll discover
more about your car’s limits in a few hours than
you could possibly discover on the road.
Plain sailing then? Well… not quite. I didn’t
break or bend anything, but I did find a flaw.
The engine’s previous owner had removed the
boost return hoses and rotated the crankcase
breather pod towards a catch can on the left
side of the engine bay. Not a bad idea on the
road, but a disaster on a clockwise circuit like
Castle Combe, where I’d cornered hard enough
Polo was in eclectic
company at Combe. Model
A Hot Rod was radical!
to half-fill it with sump oil. It’s almost like VW had
thought of this when they angled it upwards…
So, for the first time since the engine
conversion back in 2005, there’s a complete
set of pipework back under the bonnet. Mike at
Autotuning and Alarms near Pontypridd (01433
493123) built a factory-looking breather setup
routed via the catch can, using a new correctly-
angled oil breather pod and non-return valve from
VW Heritage’s excellent classic parts service
(vwheritage.com/classic). It’ll be a while before
it goes on track again, but at least I won’t be
wasting oil next time. AG
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FACE OFF
Although Nick loved the GP-spec of his T5 he
felt the front-end could do with a subtle facelift.
Here we find out how he achieved that, plus
which exhaust system he opted for.

S
o, initially the first thing on my mind
with the exterior of Project Roxy
was that it needed a slight freshen
up. Now, it’s no ugly duckling, being
a GP-spec van meant it came with
colour-coded bumpers as standard, but the front
was just lacking a little something and looked
somewhat dated. One of the things I had spotted
when previously looking at T5’s was the newer
models featured the DRL (daytime running light)
panels on the front bumper. I really liked this
subtle update to the styling as it breaks up the
smoothed front and gives it a bit more character.
Having spoken to Gerald at Tweaked
Performance UK (www.tweaked-performance.
com) he had said he was able to get the genuine
kit from TPS (the VW parts supplier), so that was
what was decided upon. I also decided that I
was going to fit this myself, which was brave but
there was plenty of info online should I need it.
Thankfully the kit arrived with a great set
of instructions and more than enough wire to
probably run from the front to the back of the
van. Having studied the diagrams I knew my
handy Dremel would be called into action at
some stage, so once I had popped out the front
bumper inserts, which was easy enough to do,
I marked out what needed to be cut away to
ensure the new light housing panel (which is a
slightly different shape) would fit in place. I then
disconnected the battery and set to the wiring.
Again, this was pretty simple, running the wiring
from both headlights to the little controller box
which lives near the back of the passenger
headlight and battery. Now you may notice that
I didn’t have the new panels painted at the stage
and for good reason, which you will see in the
coming issues (Oh you big tease – Ed).
Once the battery was all connected back up
I carried out a quick light test and they where
working as they should and really did look smart,
too. I was really pleased, especially as it only
took a couple of hours to do the job myself.
The next job on the list was to head back to
Tweaked Performance UK where it was time
for the van to expel its gases a little easier and
having been a fan of the Milltek brand for many
years (having used their products on previous
projects) I knew what had to be done. The
original system is a fairly okay size bore, but
it has a couple of boxes (one too many) and
was also looking its age. I decided to go for a
DPF-back system, which just has one box and
a slightly bigger bore so it proved the perfect

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Left: once Nick removed the front

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RCARS by
Above: original exhaust looked tired and featured one too many boxes. New Milltek DPF-back single-box system with black
tailpipes was the perfect solution. Left and below: Range Rover wheels slotted on a treat with 10mm spacers
solution. As I’m going for a sporty, yet stealthy look, I
opted for the black tips and they really do look smart.
The system has a cheeky sort of grunty sound which is
cool for a van in my opinion. And best of all, if you have
access to a ramp it takes what seems like seconds to
fit, so again a highly recommended mod for any T5.
Having done this there was another thing to get
sorted. Right from the start I had a set of wheels in
mind. In fact, before I even purchased Project Roxy
I managed to get a good deal on a set of Range
Rover Stormer wheels. They had a decent set of
tyres on in the sizing I was looking for, although the
wheels themselves were looking a little tired. Now
my friend Tim who supplied them is no stranger to
playing with T5’s and he was awesome in helping me
source the right wheel nuts and VW-style centre caps,
98 Performance VW
so I could get the wheels on asap. So, as soon as
I had everything I needed, I popped up to the guys
at Eurospec to get the wheels fitted. I won’t lie, they
looked pretty awesome even before I had refurbished
them. However, they were lacking a little something
and just seemed to tuck a bit. This could mean only
one thing, longer bolts and some spacers. Knowing
that I was going to be fitting coilovers and reducing the
arch gap soon, I only needed 10mm spacers just to
push the wheels out without going too far. Having run
stretched tyres in the past, I knew they wouldn’t be an
option for the T5 so I decided to stick with the OE spec
Range Rover dimensions for now and the ride itself is
great. With coilovers just around the corner, though,
hopefully handling will be inproved without jeopardising
the ride quality. Only time will tell… NW
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YEAR: 2006
ISSUE: May
Owner: 1552’s Project X
FEATURE BY: Brad Beardow
PHOTOS BY: Anna Taylor
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What are these Reloaded pages all about
then? We launched this monthly regular feature
back around the time we celebrated PVW’s
20th birthday. We were feeling nostalgic at
the time, and judging by how popular the
90sVWShowScene group on Facebook and the
@90svwdubscene account on Instagram are
these days, we know we’re not the only ones
who enjoy a good look back in to modded VW
history. Which is what Reloaded is all about. Each
month we pick a car from back in the day, no
rules, and take a look at what made it so special.

E
ver picked up an old copy of PVW
and seen an old car and been taken
right back in time to the moment you
first saw it? That’s what happened
when we were flicking through the
May 2006 issue of PVW looking for a suitable
car to put in these Reloaded pages right here.
We came across the infamous Project X, also
known as fifteen52design’s (as they were called
back then) Mk4 Jetta coupe build. Instantly it
was the early two-thousands and we were sitting
in the old-old PVW towers scrolling through the
VWVortex.com thread that was following the
build. We remember that exact moment, some
16 or so years ago, clear as day yet can’t
remember what we had for dinner last night.
Funny how that works. Anyway… You see,
VWVortex got themselves an exclusive on the
build back in the day and this mad build was
updated in real time on the site right in front of
our eyes – a pretty novel idea at the time. While
we’re on the subject, remember forum build
threads? Yeah, we miss those, too.
The story goes fifteen52design were looking
for its next project-come-demo car and, after
a chat with one of the Vortex originators and
editors, Jamie Vondruska, decided to build
what nobody else had attempted before, a Mk4
Jetta (aka, Bora) coupe! Inspired by VW’s own
CJ Concept from early 1998, fifteen52design
set about chopping up a Mk4 GTI and grafting of glass! Finally, after a lot (and we mean a lot!) of headaches,
the panels on to the Jetta before painting the Project X debuted not-quite-finished at Waterfest. The car was
whole lot the most 2000s of colours, Nimbus wrapped up over the following months and supercharged with a
grey. In the end it wasn’t the bodywork that was VF-Engineering kit before being wheeled back out on the show
the hardest part of the build, getting the rear scene including a starring role on the OZ Racing stand at SEMA
side windows custom made and to the right OE in 2002. Job done, and with fifteen52design’s name firmly in the
regulations was an absolute nightmare with the VeeDub history books for pulling off such a build, the car was
cheapest quote being over £4000 – for two bits sold on. Where is it now? Well, that’s in the box below…

+ POINTS
It’s a two-door Jetta, do we need to say
anything else. It’s awesome.
where is it now?
Well, this question seems to be almost as legendary as the car itself. A search around
Facebook revealed the car is still in Ohio, but nobody seems to be able to pin-point exactly

-POINTS
Erm, access to the rear seats was
where it is. It’s still around though, and a photo that popped up recently shows it sitting on
a set of what-look-like BBS LMs with a Mk4 front-end swap, too. Other than that, it still looks
pretty much the same, although we can’t commit to what it looks like inside or under the hood.
reduced? We don’t know what to say. We’d love to know what it looks like now so if you’ve got it get in touch!

These views are ours and ours only, it’s all for a bit of fun etc
July 2018 101
REWIND we may not have always been so finely POLISHED,
but we’ve always been at the forefront of the
modded dub scene. ah the good ol’ days…

1 year ago
JULY 2017
Liam Handley’s Euro-look Polo took the cover slot last year,
while inside we had a timeless Mk2 GTI from New Zealand, an
old-skool Brazilian Passat, supercharged VR6 Vento from across
the pond, plus a Mk1 Golf running a TFSI DSG swap and Mk1
Scirocco and Golf pairing from David Milligan. We wrapped with
a TFSI tuning guide and Early Edition coverage.

5 years ago
JULY 2013
Wow, it’s five years since Dobbin’s flew over to Norway to bag
Erik Kluge’s semi space-framed, mid-engined Mk2. Inside we
featured a pair of APR Mk6s from down under, a bagged Audi
100, a stanced VW Fox wagon, a Mk1 Caddy TDI, a Mk3 VR6
estate, plus we took Revo’s new Scirocco for a romantic trip
to Paris and a check out a pair of bagged Mk6s from Belgium.
We also had an exclusive interview with Tom Onslow-Cole and
coverage from Early Edition.

10 years ago
JULY 2008
A decade ago Ollie Woodier’s Mk1 TT stole cover, while inside
we took a closer look at Joe Walsh’s Mk1 Caddy, hopped the
pond to feature a pair of sibling’s tuned Golfs, came back to
East London for a Mk4 Golf and Passat B5.5 pairing, shot
a bunch of 11 white cars at Worthersee, snagged a trio of
bagged Dubs in Florida, checked out Regal’s big turbo Mk5
GTI and had show coverage from GTI Spring Festival and the
Worthersee Treffen.

15 years ago
JULY 2003
It’s fifteen years since Premier’s Rhubarb & Custard Mk2 broke
cover; bench seat, gold plating, the car was bonkers. Inside we
debuted Kalpesh Patel’s Mk1 Cabby, a pair of stateside Mk3s,
a wide body Belgian A4 Avant, a German Euro-look Polo G40
and road tested the New Beetle Cabrio and latest Touareg. We
wrapped the issue with coverage from GTI International.

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SA M ROACH
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AGE: 46
occupation: MD, racingline &
volkswagen racing uk
LOCATION: blakelands, milton keynes
Sam may be Managing Director at
UK,
RacingLine and Volkswagen Racing
a dieh ard VW enth usia st
but he’s also
outside of work. He’s pretty handy
behind the wheel, too…

oled cars.
ent scene? especially the late 80s to 90s air-co
What are your views on the curr Had a few before kids came along.
Although
Favourite issue of PVW? When it comes to the lates t-gen cars that I’d actually
I can’t single out any one. They're all
good! the scene seeing prices these days, don’t think
RacingLine develops products for, be able to afford to get into one any
more….
right now.
is about scoring big power numbers
Favourite PVW feature car? abilit ies of these TSI MQB cars to achieve ?
Again, wouldn’t single any individual
car out. The
unthinkable Favourite VAG model of all time
wagen, power levels that would have been That is a hard one. Being a motorspo
rt man at
I’ll appreciate anyone’s modded Volks 15 years ago has move d thing s to a far more
body rally Golf IV Kit
pony or to be the wide
whether brand new or air-cooled, show perfo rman ce-orientated place than ever before.
heart, it’s got
er with that still get
track weapon, fast or slow. kit for the Cars that I started my care
For example, RacingLine’s Stage 3 me going ever y time . Altho ugh the new Golf GTI
near enou gh 500b hp and
seen? 2.0 TSI G7R/S3 gives TCR racer that RacingLine is supplying
is a bang
Worst modded VW you’ve ever a 0-60 in 3 seco nds – all for a few thousand
I’m not going to knock anyone’s pers
onal style. buy for well up to date favourite of mine.
all the better pounds of mods. On a car you can
Our small world of modded cars is £20k ! It’s no exag geration to call that true will see in
for individuals doing their own thing
– and it unde r What new trends do you think we
like their supercar performance. few year s
doesn’t matter whether I happen to These modern cars remind me a bit
of the the next
horsepower
taste or not. But… as I’m getting old,
I do
ent, wher e it’s more about There’s going to be no end to these
world at the mom to be
personally struggle with some of the
undriveable GTR
ter-miles wars for a while. What’s the limit going
e from, cars huge dyno numbers and 10-sec quar built, huge -turb o Golf R? Don’ t know,
stanced cars out there. Where I com and less abou t the more traditional themes of from a fully-
hps now and we
are there to be driven. To each their
own… but we’re deep into the 600b
VWG modifying. have n’t peak ed yet.
with ?
Favourite car you’ve been involved How long have you been into the
scene?
Bit of a personal one here. I was one
of a three
e when we took over Favourite show/meet? 
Well I started Raci ngLin few shows
man team that took the ‘Cape to Cape
’ world
UK from Wolfsburg back in I’ve been lucky enough to get to a
wage n Raci ng ything is on
record in a Volkswagen Touareg back
in 2015 . Volks
the best over in the US, where of course ever
southern tip 2001, so it’s been 17 years of doing loude r, wilde r scale . The SEM A show
We drove the 18,000kms from the job in the world ! But I was busy with my own a bigg er,
e, it’s som ethin g that
ay non-s top in in Vegas is in anot her leagu
of South Africa to the top of Norw racing and rallying in a variety of Volks
wagens .
just over nine days. It was a pretty
serious car
yes, it has been a few every petrolhead needs to see once
Recaros, way before that. So,
for a serious trip – fully caged, three year s now.
1000-litre fuel tanks and all the off-ro
ading Favourite alcoholic tipple?
endent
hardware you need to hit Africa at
speed. Not a would I’m a bit of a fan of the small, indep
to drive fully If you didn’t drive a VAG, what car breweries that are popp ing up all over. I’ll take an
particularly fast car, not that nice you drive ? ing.
laden, and certainly not a looker,
but it’ll always , IPA from one of them if you’re offer
me. I’ve got such a soft spot for older 911s
be the most special Volkswagen to
d by the magazine
These views are not necessarily share

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Tel: 01376 563859 Middlesex, TW15 1UX
Tel: 0800 781 9559
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Email: info@thepaintbox.co.uk Web: www.barrygranger.co.uk
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Tel: 01327 301901 (UK) Tel: 01792 650933
Tel: +1 (770) 271 4726 (USA) THE PHIRM Web: www.brentacre.co.uk
Unit 2, White Hart Industrial Estate, London VOLKS BITS
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Performance software specialist, automotive Road, Blackwater, Surrey, GU17 9AD DIRECT LINE
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Tel: 0121 472 4285 Tel: 0845 246 9045
Email: boss@thephirm.co.uk Web: www.directline.com
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Web: www.thephirm.co.uk VW styling products
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Tel: 02380 558636 TH PERFORMANCE VOLKSMINE
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Web: www.regal-auto.co.uk Elder Road, Burslem,
17 Bridge Industries, Broadcut Web: www.greenlightinsurance.com
Performance tuning, servicing and MoT centre. REVO Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 2HD
Wallington, Hampshire, PO16 8SX
software agent. KW Suspension preferred partner. Tel: 01782 833585
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Quality new and used VW parts
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11,500, £20,000. High
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Rear interior lined to match
in GTD trim, Passenger side
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Taken in part exchange.
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GOLF
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catch can). Stage 2+ re-map.
Vw raceline shocks. HandR
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2.0 150 HIGHLINE
2017, 6,000 Miles, £42,500. 2.0
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T5 T30 SWB 2.0TDI 140PS
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6 seats. Full black leather, 20”
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T6 150 DSG
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1997, 36,000 Miles, £1,150.
2 owners, 1st owner (old
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Mileage a tad over 36'000
from new, has a small area of
corrosion over 1 rear wheel
2017, 5,000 Miles, £65,000.
arch, and a cracked lower
T6 204 DSG 4motion in Candy
light lens, otherwise in lovely
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years old. Mot expires August
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T32 SWB 2.0Bi TDi 204PS
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1982, 58,500 Miles, £1,600.
12 month MOT, good runner.
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100 Miles, £43,995+VAT.
Remote central locking, cruise
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