My mk1 resto

Aye get some more pics up! Good thread and a nice motor!

come on carbs where are the updates, you must of done something to that lovely car of yours...

Ok update time!

Before head cloth went in I gave the car a wash with a nice new wool mit and some suds ? hadn?t really seen how shiney the paint was before due to all the dust etc ? I also cleaned all the window shuts with thinners to take off any polish or dirt so the head cloth would stick.



Head cloth wasn?t too bad to fit in the end? I put dynaliner on the inner roof skin which is a great sound deadner and I suppose its like that sticky back foamy draft excluder you get around windows only in a metre wide roll ? it is great stuff and the roof has a nice ?dead? sound to it!

Anyhow headliner hung in place..



Then we got it level each side and started trimming and sticking ? bull dog clips are a great way of holding it in place to let the glue dry..



Then a pic of the finished job ? pleased with how it came out and a big shout to Alec Thompson at vwturbo.co.uk who supplied the head cloth and new A pillar sections.



Got the carbs and manifold mounted

But had some issues with the mangoletsi linkage ? basically it was bad ? so I dismantled it and flatted off the moving surfaces as they were all angular and then shimmed them up with washers ? now it works like it should ? also the attachments for the spindles which mangoletsi supplied were useless as they moved on the spindle before the butterfly opened ? so they were binned and I got some of the proper Lotus ones from Eurocarb ? it pays to have the right stuff to start with?

The Rowland manifold required some modification too ? had to remove the middle brace to allow the linkage to work and also hone out the inlet radius to fit the 45?s ? again was good to tackle it and I have it all matched up so there?s no steps.



spent a little time on the trumpets ? they were machined from billet so were a rough spun finish ? they had oxidised quite badly just sitting in the box ? so I made a wee thing to spin them in the drill and gave them a go with some 600 grit.
After the 600 grit ? hazy finish but must of the spun marks are gone..


Then I buffed them to within an inch of their life!




Trumpets mounted up!




Then it was time to get the fuel plumbing finished ? cut a little bracket from sheet stainless and of course polished it!! Then mounted it off the strut tower to save drilling the inner wing.

Couldn?t mount the linkage on the left carb and have the linkage working in the centre and the swan neck water outlet for the head wouldn?t allow this as it exits straight to stop the water pipe hitting the carb ? lots of issues to overcome but all in a days work.





Alternator bracket was remade in stainless and lengthened by an inch to allow the carbs to clear and shorter belt to fit.

Made a little stainless box for the ECU to keep it right in the scuttle tray too



wiring in rear lights and engine is next up along with making a template of a radiator and lots of other stuff?

Sorry for the words but if it helps someone then its worth writing.

Great stuff - looking really good as usual  8)

Rich

AWESOME

……As usual 8) Not far away now Gareth!

Lovely progress carbs… as always top quality work  8)  8)

exellent thread, blown away how clean it is  8)

Keep going Gareth this is pure class !

When is the book coming out ?  8)

8O WOW!!. I want one.

just spotted this thread…

this car is truely outstanding,and will be amazing when finished..

top work!!!!

exelent paint exelent car

This thread is absolutely amazing.
the attention to detail is phenomenal.

It has really inspired me to push that little bit harder with my golf,which at the moment has come to somewhat of a stop

Looking forward to seeingt he updates

any updates on this absolutely stunning resto…. really am blown away with the attention to detail on this one…

 8O

Thanks for the continued encouragement 8)

Plenty of updates coming….. plenty of work done and plenty left to do!

Sorting out the wiring at the moment - so anyone with experience of 1300 driver to 16v transplants make yourselves known so i can pick yer brians!  

and also anyone who has done the headlight power upgrade - i need pics and info and stuff on what to buy to do it….  is there looms still available off the shelf?

Try this website for the loom upgrade

http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com - goto Tech section

More pics of the car man….
How life these days?

cheers for the link si!

life is good - busy - but aren't we all! need more shed time!

Just read the whole thread, this must be getting abit boring now for you mate but this is one fantastic rebuild. Looks really special, probably going to be the neatest mk1 on the road eh?

Well I look forward to seeing further progression. Im 17 and plan on soaking up as much information as I can using this forum and then eventually do something similar myself.

And its work like yours thats truely inspirational for me, teaching me so much. Thanks Mate, Best of luck with the rest of the project.

cheers very much!

Carbs4ever said

cheers for the link si!

life is good - busy - but aren't we all! need more shed time!

np man… I hear you about more shed time!!

si - just went on that link there - that has all the info i need for the upgrade! cheers again! that should be put in the lectric faq if it hasn't been added already