83 Gti set to get full resto
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My 83 Gti set to get full restoration
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Cero said
Always enjoy reading this thread - keep up the good work.
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so keep putting the 50p's in the broadband meter!
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Tell me over that beer you owe me at the AGM
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Swallowtail_uk said
mate, ive looked though your build. i think you've got alot more skills then me. I'm all for saving mk1 golfs, but this one would of been broken into bits and sadly scraped. hats of to you mate, brilliant job, totally deserves a medal.well done…..
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dik-van-dub said
its been 4 days since you last updated this thread, have you not paid the electric aswell lol
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I've just had a weekend off
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Electric is paid lolI've just had a weekend off, I'll get back on it this afternoon after band practice.
Cheers, Andy.
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Electric is paid lolI've just had a weekend off, I'll get back on it this afternoon after band practice.
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smudger1980 said
Melteddrummer said
Electric is paid lolI've just had a weekend off, I'll get back on it this afternoon after band practice.
Cheers, Andy.
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Anyway, Started today on the o/s rear sill which was goosed, cut out the rot and welded new plate in
New inner/inner sill plate
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Next I had to make a new on of these
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So cut out some new steel
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Bought myself a new metal folder from machine mart
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Marked out the bend lines for the radius in the panel(just a bit of educated guess work really)
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Moved to the bender, starting with the line closest to me working backwards
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put bottom return in plate
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Missed a couple of photos but made cut out for the jacking point stiffener
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New one compared to the old one. the piece at the bottom of the pic is the old inner/inner sill with whats left of the old jacking point stiffener
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Next I set about making a new Stiffener for the jacking point. I made it from a piece of 50x30 box section, you'll get the picture…
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Capped the ends off
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weldable primered both the new pieces before I welded them together
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welded up then tacked to the car
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Outer/inner sill tacked in to position
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All welded up
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Dressed up and painted
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That's as far as I got today. Sorry for the amount of pics, just thought it might be helpful for anyone doing the same thing.
Comments/Advice welcome as always.
Cheers, Andy.
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