my 1983 tin top gti metal work started
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my 1983 tin top gti metal work started
hopfully at the end of it i have a rust rattle and squeak free car
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well only just got my golf but got down my workshop for a few hours the other day and started stripping
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as you can see found a few holes but still nothing to major at mo
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can anyone sugest the best low profile tyres for my p-slots?
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good luck with the build
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so here it is to start with
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as you can see from the pics but was some quite badly rusted bits so out with the wire wheel and a helping of this stuff >>>>>>>>
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and ta dar back to bear metal
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looks loads better :mrgreen: so stuck rust eater on the really bad bits and left it to do it magic. hopefully get down there tomo to primer it up
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will do that was the only thing i was worried about it said to clean of with water surely that would just cause it to rust so i used thinners :?
Yeah, probably your best bet using thinners.
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and also 2 coats of filler red oxide primer on there
today managed to get a couple of coats of primer on there
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then i decided to re-bolt it to the car but that just made a new problem
FINAL COLOUR OF THE CAR ! i like the red to much to get rid of it so think that will be final colour
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while i was waiting for bonnet to dry before putting it on decided to remove sunroof to find
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so have to wait till get interior out to fix that one dont fancy setting fire to anything welding it up
getting my rolling jig soon so can crack on properly
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Good start bud! nice job with the underside of the bonnet..not looking forward to tackling those braces next year.
The rust doesnt seem too bad though. Athought when welding the sunroof, frosts restoation do stuff called cold front to help prevent your panels warping. you probably know but its always worth mentioning.
Think you'l have fun with this one! !
I'l be keeping an eye on it.
All the best with it fella!
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how does the stuff you said about work is it like a paint or like a pipe freeze sort of stuff never heard about this stuff before ?
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well heres the reasons why i wanted to replace it
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so first off placed new panel on top and marked round to give some idea on where to cut
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any ideas on what the little hole marked with a ? is for
then i took to it with the grinder started by removing the bulk of the panel
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as you can see i left the parts round chasis leg as didnt want to chop into them . so to remove theses i started buy removing paint and then marking spot welds then drilled them out and they fell straight off
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and there we go tryed new panel on for size not a bad fit but needs a little chopping will be welding it on tomo after sorting out the rest of the rust under the panel
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cold front is a putty that goes around the area to be welded.
soaks up the heat to help prevent panel warp.
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Is there a lot of welding to be done?
Pete.
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