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What a cover… what an issue! The engine alone (Oettinger 16v on ITBs) inside Aaron Stehly’s Mk1 is one of the best we’ve ever seen and that’s before you start delving into the other hot rod-inspired parts of the build. It’s insane! Find out more over on page 8. Elsewhere in the issue, we bring you Chris Baird’s 510bhp Mk7 Golf Clubsport (p26), a JDM-inspired Passat R36 on air suspension (p54), and a Helios Blue Mk2 Jetta running more rare OEM+ parts than we’ve seen in a build for quite some time (p60). Demonstrating we can appreciate a sensibly modified car (or two) when we see one, we’ve bagged a pair of stunning Mk7 Clubsports (p34) owned by a husband and wife duo that used to be heavily into new…