My cabby clean up

Wow nice work Jules - you've been rather busy today!

Engine bay is looking tidy

Well one drained battery and a long time properly adjusting gear linkages has caused the afternoon to be frustrating. Not heard the cabby spark into life so the battery is on charge, hopefully it's just because getting fuel around the system but will be relieved if I here that sweet sound of it turn over.

Yes! He started. Seeing as though he's been named Gordon there was an appropriately timed Brian blessed imitation.

Was he 'ALIVE?'  

Top work, bet you're chuffed

So happy, and so relieved. Final tarting up bits left now (hopefully)

Looking very smart, the interior looks nice

Glad it all worked out mate.

Was it the bacon butties that kept you going    

Looks good all the powder coated bits and pieces along with the bits of polished, nice contrast  

I'm still trying to get the green and moss of mine after being stood outside all winter  

So when's she due back home? We've got some breakfasts to munch on  

 I've got to do the gear linkage in mine, sounds like it's a bit of a mare. Any pointers?

Ian

Thanks, yeah it's coming together nicely. New wheels going on next.

The bacon did help. Mot is due early May so end of April is my timeline. 

Although my work might have been fruitless, got a potential head gasket leak so need to skim the head so all out again. Also gear linkages, fiddly and methodical but saying that I haven't got them properly aligned still  seems ok but just a pain of jacking up working the alignment out, sitting in car and checking it goes into all of them, then lowering to test and finding first and reverse both do the same thing! So back onto the jack and repeat to find it won't select first etc.

Cars looking sweet  

Hmm pit use me thinks 

New toys back from the powder coaters. A metallic graphite colour that looks black on cloudy days and lighter on sunny ones.

Lookin' good mate. I fancy that colour for the wheels on my black passat. Where'd you have them done?

Please tell me you're doin something with the tyres   Way too much sidewall  

Done at auto shine st day lots of rebuild done on them. Rims milled and metal filled. Dip strip primer powder coat colour coat and clear coat as well so lost of cover.

Keeping the tyres as I'm going for comfort and semi original look

Wondered if it was them. Several friends had wheels done by them. Look really good mate.

Are they 13's or 14's? I thought the earlier cabs came with 13" rims. If so I presumed you'd be going smaller on the tyre to keep the rolling radius the same.

They'll go nice with the colour of the car. When's it due back on the road then? Want to see it in the flesh!  

Yeah I think these are 14's but with a 60 profile to give same tyre circumference.  Car should be done end of April then it'll be down in Cornwall and meets will definitely be needed. Just saw a b plate black gti cabby in Falmouth so there's another lurking down here that I didn't know of.

After searching for a heat shield for a six bolt exhaust and coming up empty handed I decided to make one.





Made from 2mm stainless 316 so shouldn't rot away like the original. Will take some pics of it fitted but looks like it'll fit just right.

Julesgreycab said

Yeah I think these are 14's but with a 60 profile to give same tyre circumference.  Car should be done end of April then it'll be down in Cornwall and meets will definitely be needed. Just saw a b plate black gti cabby in Falmouth so there's another lurking down here that I didn't know of.

Is this the one with the red roof and the back window not cut out?!!