Mk1 1.6 Gti Project Rot Box!!! BAD NEWS!!

cheers for that mate

don't think you can buy gutter but i will look

going to have a better look this afternoon hopefully

At the end of all this you will be the most experienced welder around lol.  Al the best you are doing a fine job.

more today

rang a mate to ask for some POR-15 and he say "YEAH" so on with the painting



then rolled it upside down  8O to get a better look at the gutter rot



so with a bit of chopping and cleaning i was left with this





so i've got two options to fix this i can either

drill some hole in the roof so i can get in to weld the repair peice in like this



or cut a bit out and weld the repair peice in and then patch the roof



so any help would be good

thats all folk back to the day job tomorrow  :cry:

Jellybelly :"2 cheaky little holes that were in need of the treatment"

aaaaaahahahahahhahahahahaha thats well known by me! When ever I touch something on my car I found a new hole which need a treatment.

And this part of your roof problem is the first time to see that someone has a problem over there with rust!  :?

I belieive that the easiest way is like you sad :"cut a bit out and weld the repair peice in and then patch the roof"

…and of course tomorrow back to work  :cry:

replace the roof chop one of another mk1 and graft it on not a major job now you have new welding skills lol

I take my hat off to you sir. Just read all 34 pages. Well I say just, its taken me all morning between having to do work  

Truley inspirational. Makes my project, which I thought was bad, look easy!

Really has give me alot of motivation to get cracking.

If there was an award for project of the century, this would certainly win it - even before its finished!

Well done, and keep it up  

Cheers,
Rob.

Wow, I take my hat off to you mate. After 3 sittings i have eventually arrived here at the end of your epic journey (well so far), well nearly the end. I had a black mk1 which was on a par with yours. Its now in the scrap yard in the sky. Well after donating various bits to my second project.  Its a pity that you aren't closer to me as i have a good whole roof that i chopped off the black car before i scrapped what was left of the shell.

Keep up the good work. I shall have to update my thread, but i can never find the time to ad the pics etc.   :dontknow:

well then

started to strip the engine bay ready for paint

started out like this



after many hours of work!!!!  :roll:  looks like this!!!





more tomorrow hopefully

Nice work again today mate. what you clean the bay with?

pain stripper, wire brushes and scrapers

take ages

right then been busy again today

doesn't look like much but after more cleaning and scraping got a nice coat of red oxide on





tryed the new battery tray on for size, just need to spot weld this into place and were on to a winner

do me a favour and weld the drivers side steering rack mount where it fixes to the chassis ive got to do this as theres loads of flex in it be worth you doing it while your welding heres a pic of the area of concern

jellybelly said

pain stripper, wire brushes and scrapers

take ages

 :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

I understand you very well!    :roll:

Amazing work as always - fantastic!!

hi mate looking good some amazing work done your ll get it fixed one day and believe me its the best feeling

can i just say though i hope thats not permanent marker on the car as this can burn through and mark the metal and it can be a git to cover with paint

yes it is marker but most of the paint is coming off, so hopefully be alright

i relised once i done it :doh:

it can drive you mad as it just appears from under paint like magic lol

Yes, yes, yes…. more progress ma-man, more progress… battery tray looks good!!  You should be ok with the weather now fella… no need for the 100ft gazeebo   .  There's very little you can say that hasn't been said already… I'm just loving tuning in for the updates.. cracking stuff  :wink:

more done today

starting the morning like this



then all cleaned up and prep ready for paint



nice coat of paint



getting a real nice finish with the paint



hopefully more tomorrow

go jelly ; go jelly :cheer:  :cheer:  :cheer: