OLD AGE PLAYER

While Jay McToldridge (aka Jay Mac) should need no introduction in these pages, we’ve added a little box out in this article for the newbies who might not be fully aware of all his previous PVW conquests. And there have been a few…

Co-founder of the hugely-popular Players events and European General Manager of Wheel Pros (the company that owns Rotiform, Fuel, Kinesis, TSW and many more), Jay is a self-confessed car junkie, but while he loves motors of all makes and models (his current fleet includes a 964 on ITBs, track-ready AE86 and a 550bhp G Wagon to name just a few), he has always had a soft spot for his water-cooled VWs.

Regular readers may well remember Jay’s previous more-door Mk2 from way back in PVW 2/12, for not only was the car pretty stunning visually, like a lot of Jay’s builds, it was also more than a little bit controversial. “People lost their shit over the zero lip wheels and ridiculous stance… I mean, the purists were really angry about it,” he told us with great pleasure.

Jay’s the first to admit that while that car was