THREE THINKER

t’s a lardy, boring, ugly beast. The worst Golf GTi that VW ever made. Possibly the most pointless Golf of them all. Don’t know why you’re bothering with that - should have bought a Mk2 instead. Just some of the insults we’ve seen thrown at Mk3 Golf owners over the years on various interweb forums and social media channels. Yet for 26-year-old Jack Jones that sort of ‘banter’ only spurred him on to build a track car that many of the haters would struggle to keep pace with nowadays. He’s the first to admit that it’s still fairly mellow in terms of what could be done, but as a full package that’s dialled in perfectly this is a focused, balanced and exceptionally well put together machine. You know that thing about power is nothing without control – well, Jack has got both in equal measure right now and he’s ready to challenge any preconceptions that surround bolting a fast Mk3 together. Let’s face it, you’ve got to be confident in your cars ability when you’ve joined the big wang gang like