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I put a little introduction in a few days ago and thought I'd do a little build thread .
Nice to document what you do in a car and also nice for people offering advise to see it being used I guess .
Anyway I am fortunate enough to own quite a few classic cars and most are things I've always wanted as a Vw and Porsche fan from a young age .
This is no exception as when my now wife and I first got together the first car we got was a 93 golf clipper which was pretty much identical to this one - it's still around and is a well known car in the club I believe .
So when I was offered this one by a friend I just had to have it ..
Anyway this is an 88 clipper - 1.8 carb and is almost totally original and is pretty much rust free as well as the body being arrow straight and interior nearly perfect .
I have had it for about 6 months and it's mainly sat on the drive with very little use . But having had a clear of a few cars it's time to give it some love . I won't be spending a fortune as I have other cars that need money more and are worth lots more - I try to be sensible in my car spending .
Hopefully you guys who are far more knowledgable than me won't mind sharing and maybe some less technical may pick up some tips as well
First pictures are of the car today - I'm my workshop waiting for a load of bits to arrive
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Other than that the bumper has been painted in the past and has micro blisters so will be re done - I'll also do the sills and the front of the rear arches as well as renewing the rear arch stickers .
I want to sort out the sounds and sort the Seat on drivers side as I cannot get a nice driving position .
Lastly I guess I may lower it a bit and I'd like some different wheels - I like the current ones but like the idea of bbs splits or similar ( read that as reps because of budget )
Other than that it's detail - detail - detail .
Hope it's useful to someone and feel free to chip in and call me all the names under the sun
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Incidentally I've cut the rust out and am just making some bits to weld in on that slam panel - pictures later
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A little more progress - area around catch cleaned and then catch removed - rest cut out and then treated with rust killer .
Repair pieces will be made and welded in soon
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Started cleaning some of the metal in the bay as well .
Nothing drastic but I want the oily bits back to paint .
Easy to do and makes a difference .
I don't want to get carried away with this - it's just going through it to make it a nice useable car - I have stuff for shows and this is never going to Be a show car
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The repair bits incorporated the section with one of the catch mounting holes in so I marked 3 on some masking tape and just span it round to give correct position and drilled it back out .
Cleaned the other couple of bits of surface rust and it's ready for prep before paint - I will just paint slam panel and will do in clear and base to give a little extra protection in the future .
Amazingly that is all the welding done on the car - no other rust anywhere - not even underneath .
Happy bunny
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That will do until I shoot some colour - I will do front. Bumper and area in front of rear wheels and slam panel in one go in the booth when I'm ready
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Started removing stickers in front of wheel arches at back - what a job as they just break up .
Also started flatting the front bumper as it has micro blisters where it has been painted in the past .
Hoping to be able to flat everything that needs doing and have it painted in next 2 weeks .
I really don't want this sat in the workshop for more than 4 weeks total .
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How did you get the stickers off on the arches I tried a heat gun and they turned to mush
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I used a heat gun at first but yes they turn to mush - I have a sticker removal wheel for a Facom air driven under seal remover . You can get them to go in a drill from auto paint suppliers - just be careful not to put too much heat in the plastics when using one
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I am after a 30mm drop - any suggestions of which way to go - I'm worried that coilovers won't do that little ( if that make sense )
Also who does the best stone guard stickers for the rear arches - closest to original please .
Anyone got any H&R adaptors for sale - 4x100 to 5x130 ( that's Porsche ) Please .
Booth should be empty tomorrow so hopefully press on with prep and paint - would be nice to have that done this week .
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