Series 1 Another G40 build

I consider myself educated  

Can you test it mate 

Yea i'll pop it on a battery tomorrow bud

Just picked up an s1 glovebox lid for £30

Cheers bid finish work at 6 so will respond then 

No probs, thanks to the link from zorg just purchased:

Full set of chrome strips and clips
Fuel cap decal
Boot side panels
Grill clips
New scuttle
Heater hose grommet
Door lock pin surrounds
Number plate lights

And so it begins

glad i could help, hope you get it on the road soon

-z

Thanks bud, there' no hurry but i would like to see it complete and running

Well todays efforts included washing all paint dust out and off of just about everything and treating all the plastics i have

Started by completely emptying the car and boxing up engine / interior / exterior parts





General dust and crud / leaves from heater blower



After a hoover / wash / polish



Rough fitted the rubbers to get them back into shape



Scrubbed the lights and plate and fitted



Cleaned the engine bay and front panel



Fitted the front end up



Tended to the switch looms with tesa tape







Sat the dash in place amd fitted all the parts i had so i can see what i need

Nice work. How much Tesa tape did you get through? I'm planning on buying some but not sure how many rolls to get?

Looks awesome man.

Quick question but was this the one with the g40 engine? You using that engine or not?

Cheers

Andy - i used 1 and a half rolls, i usually buy 8 rolls at a time as i use a fair bit. Only got half a roll left so better get some more.

Mattkirk - yes has G40 engine, i've had a lot of g40's in the past and done a few g40 conversions too. I've done a lot more 1.8t conversions but wanted something fun and light with small cc. Did have a fair few 20v parts set aside while i was looking for a shell but luckily found ths beaut

I took the dash section home to strip it out and give it a better clean as it's a little delicate



Detergent wipes to remove grime and paint dust



Stripped, cleaned, brushed and treated 3 times

Cheers for that

Dash looks good  

Dash looks awesome mate.

Andy have redone my loom too recently with Tesa and you go through more than you might imagine for info.

thanks Andy and smudger

when you get the tesa tape make sure you get the fabric / cloth tape as they do a nylon version that is not so good

i need to work out which order to get parts on my 'need' list so i can make best use of my time and £££

the first revision list has now grown massively to;

bumpers
carpets
headliner
door cards
servo / pedal box
full exhaust
4 branch manifold
seat belts + clips
fuel pump
fuel lines
boost pipes
clutch cable
accelerator cable
coilovers
wheels
front small block engine mount
intercooler
radiator + hoses
indicators
drivers door lock pin rod
internal bootlid cover
door handle screws
non gti door pulls
battery box / battery
e30 battery leads
polo cam cover
polo ht lead guide
slimline fan
handbrake handle
air intake and filter

i think i'll attack the engine loom and reroute some of the car loom as that will be time consuming and free while i save some more pennies

Transformation of the dash is incredible, looks like new  

Matt

Thanks bud, ordered a few screws and trim clips and seat runner earlier. Just little bits as funds are seriously low

These cars are bottomless money pits, even the cheap bits are expensive  

Indeed they are

Well not a lot happening apart from the postman arriving



Todays deliveries consist of:

Stainless bonnet hinge bolts
Stainless wing bolts
Rear cluster bulb holders
Seat guide
Door handle screws
12mm foam tape
6mm foam tape
Trim clips
Washer jet
Tesa loom tape
Early glovebox lid

Also been to see a scrapper mk1 i'm looking to poach some parts off, fingers crossed

So glad you got this Olly. Will have to pop round to see it at some point

Good luck, it will all be worth it in the end mate.