Hi folks, I'm miles away in sunny England, but thought you might appreciate my 1200 :) I'm also hoping I can find out a bit more about how to convert it to CA18DET power..

I bought it 2 months ago, 2 owners from new, pretty much stock as a rock, here's some pics when I picked it up:










It is the last 1200 Wagon on the road in the UK!

I then had a bit of a play with it, I shortened the front struts 90mm, fitted some mk1 golf gti front shocks, and chopped 3 coils out the springs, I then fitted some 2" lowering blocks to the rear, and polished up and added some tyres to a set of wheels I imported form Japan.. My friends helped me out by rebuilding one of the rear arch dog legs and respraying the rear quarters. I have also fitted a mk1 golf gti front spoiler.

Here's the result :)

And some slightly more arty ones :D














I've also added an old Momo steering wheel to it:




Future plans are to fit the new rear quarters and door skins I have for it, and to source some genuine sills to fit too. I'll then respray it and I'm going to hopefully be ordering some CA fitting parts from Mad Dat shortly :)

Cheers,
Mike

Looks cool, really nicely done mods, its perfect.

That looks wicked man! You have come to the right site, it you need info or help finding parts just ask. By the way, did you cut down the mk1 golf front lip at all? Looks like a perfect fit, was there much involved?

Very nice, Looks sweet mate Sits well shines well All good lines and schmick interior. Everything you could dream of in a wagon.

once again mike, very nice.
I swear we are almost building the same wagon, except mine will be white and a 2 dr. But same mirrors, same style of lip, not going to have hayashi's but jap none the less. Even got to the point where i have a ca that im considering to put in it lol.
Good luck dude, ca's rule.
Check out Chris's 1200 wagon
for a mate of mines wagon whos getting a ca18det also in nz.

ahhh hayasha's i love those wheels

Very nice.

Thanks for the welcome folks, Quinn, i didn't have to alter the front lip at all, if you hold it up the the front valance it doesnt look like it will fit, but i just welded some nuts onto some big penny washers, marked out the holes so it lined up and bolted it on, and it pulls the valance into shape perfectly :)

I've got 2 weeks of 12 hournights to work from Monday, so the overtime i get from that will be going to fund the CA fitting parts :D