HYPE BEAST

n this ‘gram-ready world we live in it’s possible to get a little blasé about killer projects and awesome cars. Everything looks good, everyone’s living their best life and doing their utmost to sell you their respective wares. To be truly shocked by an internet post is, thus, a bit of a rarity. However, seeing Jay McToldridge (AKA Jay Mac) unload this Mk2 Golf off the trailer onto the hallowed ground of the Goodwood site the day before the Players Classic show was a shock. Not that we hadn't seen the car but that it was here in the UK! Jay had worked tirelessly with 40-year old Jean-Pierre Kraemer (JP) of JP Performance in Dortmund, Germany to get the car imported to the UK in time for the must-attend event. Having been trying to pin JP down to a shoot in the Fatherland, with this special edition looming, we decided to tap up Jay and sweet talked him in to letting us shoot the car while it was here in the UK. Sorted! The necessary careful manoeuvring of the Golf off the box trailer gave an indication of just how wide it had grown whilst under the