83 Gti set to get full resto
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My 83 Gti set to get full restoration
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Hole just above the turret and various slices around the tub
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Rot cut out
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On to the car, this lip was rotten so cut it off and welded a new bit in
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Had to cut back some of the boot floor just above where the fuel filler breather hoses go through the chassis leg
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made a new bit
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Trial fit of the tub, it's going to fit ok but I need to do a bit more tidying up before I fit it properly
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That's it for today, I'll get a bit more on it tomorrow.
Cheers, Andy.
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Rear of arch, same again, bit of rot and bottom bit missing on the tub..
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Got everything lined up on the car i.e fuel filler, got the two panels lined up with each other then removed them both and started another clean up. Took the primer back on the inner arch panel as there was signs of surface rust, cleaned both panels and primered the insides.
inner arch
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primered and tried together again
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Corner missing
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and the other side
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Started making a corner piece
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put a return edge on, quite pleased with it
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welded in
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That's as far as I got today, I applied some rust treatment on the tub before I left this evening, so it will be ready for me to put the two halves together tomorrow night after work.
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Didn't get as far as I thought I would this weekend but nevertheless, progress is progress!!
Another update tomorrow folks.
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Old dubs never die, they just get lower
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Basically, the tub is in but the lines don't look right inside the car, it all looks a bit skew whiff
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Here's the tub in
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Check these lines, they are way off!! It's slanting off towards the back and the big hole at the bottom is cut in half nearly.
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I've got a feeling I'm going to have to split them in half again lol
The other problem I've got -which I forgot to get a picture of- is where the fuel breather pipes go through the hole in the chassis leg, If I move the tub inside the car to get the lines right, the breather pipe hole moves out of line
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On the plus side, the turrets on both side of the car are exactly the same as each other, measured from the inside of the rear panel to the centre of the hole in the turret is 560mm on both sides and 267mm up from the boot floor to the top of the turret, so they seem to be ok
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Anyone know what the centres should be between the turrets? I've got 1015mm
I'm not sure how important the lines inside the car are but I'd rather they were right.
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It looks from the pics like the whole tub is straight but sitting slightly too low - is that right? Seems like it all needs to come up about half an inch or so.
I can give you distance between turrets on mine tomorrow evening if you still need it by then - I'll be late-ish home from work but ping me a text about 8pm so I don't forget! lol
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Ref fuel breather pipe hole, I may be wrong but I think I've seen this issue before. If the rest of the tub lines up and this is then the only issue can the hole just be opened up?
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