Another one comes to roost...

A fellow enthusiast has come under some hard times, so I volunteered a parking space at skunkworx for his early build GLI.

Niko is pretty well known in the mk1 circles, particularly with respect to his knowledge of the GLI in particular.  If you need deciphering of your vin, or guidance on restoring your mk1 back to factory stock, Niko is your Guru!

It'll be out of doors for a bit, so we'll put it under wraps for now.  I have my GLI to put back together, which should take most of summer, and the Cabby needs a new rad support.  There's also 'Project Rabby' in the garage which I was going to scrap, but have changed my mind.  I can't crush a rust free rabbit shell in OG paint, I just can't...even if it is a Rabbit!  I'll buy one of those canvas garages in the fall to better protect the fleet.

I'm a little jealous, as this car's list of options is my holy grail version, Mars red with a Sunroof! This is one of the very first GLIs to land this side of the pond, so she is pretty significant.   Unfortunately, Niko's Jetta needs a right rear quarter panel in a bad way.  It was sideswiped before he owned it, and there's no hiding it.  I can see why most of the pics he's taken are on the drivers side!

I gave him the entire rear half of the VW Atlantic a few years ago.  I was happy it was going to save another GLI, little did I know it was coming back.  Don't get me wrong, I'm totally happy I could help Niko out with housing his pride and joy for a while, but I'm kinda bummed to see the Atlantic's ass back in my driveway.  It should be a catalyst to getting that quarter swapped out quickly, so I can scrap the rest of the carcass asap.  Anybody who knows me, knows that I don't like yard junk sitting around.  Nothing makes me happier than seeing the tilt-n-load truck come to take a 20 yd bin full of garbage away forever.  I get kinda anxious when stuff comes back, lol!  Maybe I can turn the other quarter into wall-art, we'll see.

So again, once the weather gets warmer, I'll start cutting away the quarter, and splice in the Atlantic sheet metal.  It should be straight forward, and I'll blow in the B and C pillar with colourmatch for now.  The body flares will still be questionable along the lips, but Klokkerholm makes those, and for the time being, Niko can hide them under the Kamei kit.

I'm excited to have it here, as it was at risk sitting in a storage locker in Scarborough, at risk to ending up sold to some assclown, with engine-swap delusions of grandeur.  Let's turn London into the centre of the GLI universe!  (or at least a space port where all GLIs pass thru)  This is GLI #5 at skunkworx!