Dippas Dub

Hello guys took advantage of some fairly decent whether today and made a start on my cars sorry looking front end. Have managed to gather up all the replacement bits i am going to need, so is just a matter of pulling my finger out. All comments welcome, cheers

Replacement Panels :






Firewall Out :





Front End Coming Off :

Mate - what did you ask Santa for? The biggestMechano set he could fit on his sleigh?  :wink:

lol yea something like that  :wink:

key_ring said

Mate - what did you ask Santa for? The biggestMechano set he could fit on his sleigh?  :wink:

 

Must admit, you've got 90% of a Mk1 in replacement panels!

good neat work there so far, I should have removed the engine on mine before I put the front panel on and made the engine bay all nice

how's your welding skills?

think you need a picture of the car sitting there, and all the replacement panels around it where they'll be going

Now i recognise some of those panels  :wink:

Looks like you've got the grinder bug too

Can't wait to see that shell restored - looks like some good work there!

I'll give you a shout when I can cut the bulkhead piece out.  Soooo busy at the mo!!!

Cheers

Rich

i have got a complete 99% perfect shell if you need to cut any parts out  

scouse said

i have got a complete 99% perfect shell if you need to cut any parts out  

How much for a complete shell?

yeah come on scouse   99% complete and your prepared to cut it up  :cry:

unless it's had the chassis no. cut out (being the 1% missing?)

I saw it first LOL.

crack on mate.. I've been denied another project till I've got my own garage  :cry:   but I'll have a shell in there the same day  

8)  hehe!

hey all back again after a bit more work on front panel

lol@ Rich, got the angle bug off you lol good fun, yea cheers let me know when you get the bulkhead piece out.

thanks for the offer Scouse, will bear it in mind, bit harsh to cut up a good shell tho as most of us on here are trying hard to get it back to good condition :dontknow:

any way not much but here they are:

















offering up new front panel:


quick qeustion guys, is it better to place the inner wings then front or front then wings, cheers

WOW! huge avatar mate  

what I did was do the inner wings first but clamp the front panel in place as a guide making lots of measurements to make sure it's all square, then when I thought it was all in place, trial fitted the bonnet to make sure it was spot on!


good work there though  :y: when do you plan to have it finished?

ah now it all makes sense, cheers phil, yea should have the bodywork repaired and prepped by summer if weather stays good, main problem is going to be the turbo FSI engine

not sure if that's the 'best' or 'proper' way to do it but I couldn't think of another way to line it all up and done the job nicely

does sound like the engine will give you some headaches but it'll be worth it! make sure you get to Gaydon this year as i'd like to see it  8)

I agree with Phil - Try and fit all of the panels in place and either Clamp or use one or two spot welds. Place the bonnet and the wings on and see if you are happy with the alignment.

This is the way I did mine too, though I only had to do the front panel!!! 8O

ok cheers guys will give it a go soon.

picture request guys, i saw a car stand which rotates 360 degrees to allow you to work on the underside, cant find the pic anymore, any1 got some pictures, cheers :dontknow:

www.frost.co.uk do those, but I can't find it on the site

know it's there somewhere though, got they're catalogue through yesterday and saw it there!

hope that helps

or you could make your own 90 degree one up  :wink:

Try CJ Autos