James Walters / Duncan Gamage

Duncan & James originally jointly bought their 1984 Golf GTI Mk 2 in May 2001 for £350 to do a Sandocross event at Weston-super-Mare. The car had not been expected to survive beyond the event. However, two years later, following continued abuse at numerous track days ranging from Llandau circuit in Wales to Castle Coombe the car was still with us, costing very little in running costs, and proving reliable. So James decided to spend his entire life savings on turning the car into a basic rally car, with safety devices cage, Duncan’s old Motodrive seats, extinguishers and a sump guard off a 205 GTI (Thanks to Neil Cuss!)

Car is currently recovering from TMC tyre test when car received some non standard bodywork ventilation holes after a meeting with a steel girder. However, Duncan assures me the car will be back in action again soon (maybe Abingdon if I can get an entry).

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James Walters
Duncan Gamage

Volkswagen Golf Mk II GTi.
1984
1800 cc 8v standard except for a piper 285 cam.
115 bhp @ 5500 rpm.
Standard.
Bilstein sport shocks + Eibach springs.
Pagid fast road pads and Zimmerman discs. 4 pot callipers & bigger disc’s to be fitted soon.
Yokohama 032s 185/55/14.

Recent Results
November 2002’s Autumn Stages was the cars first event (finishing 33rd o/a), and since then it has competed again at Oakington, (Bomb Along 2003 -31st o/a) and on the Carfax Stages at Longcross in 2003 (41st OA – would have been 36th but lost the clutch on one stage!). As well as this, the car is still used for track days.