project chico

hi all.

well as some of you know i managed to get my hands on a chico a few months back.

when i went to look at the car it was in need of alot of tlc and it was but not bad condition at all.

the paint work needed a polish and the body had the odd dent, a solid car or so i thought.

 


as you can see from the pic it looks like a solid car.
the harder i looked at it the more rust i found, so the strip down began.



put her in my garage and began.

took the wings off and to my horror when the car was made in sa they never put a proper under body seal under the wings.
so alot of time was taken to remove all the surface rust, reseal, prime and paint.
while doing this i found that the sill needs to be replaced, so thats what i intend to do this month.



after that i started on the wings and went through the same process, i also rolled the arches as i intend to lower the car at some point.



took the wishbones, ball joints, tie rods and bushes off and replaced them.
i then added some struts and gave the calipers a once over.





so after all that i got her back together and ready for the gathering



took her up to the gathering and had no problems at all, it was an amazing and fun drive up.
had a blast over the weekend and a really good drive home.

so as the car stands now it's in all in one piece but soon to have the sill replaced.

Looking good mate  :y:

thanks, but i still have alot to do.
sill needs to be replaced, still got to lower it and a few bits on the interior.
the interior on it is almost mint tho.

got to get some pics of that up.

good to meet you mate on the sunday,dont forget the plastic liners for the front arches  :wink:
Bert

Looks very nice.  :y:

Bert said

good to meet you mate on the sunday,dont forget the plastic liners for the front arches  :wink:
Bert

They on my to do list.

And thanks for the advise on the oil pressure sender.

nice citi you were following us on the rally - we were in a red '79 gti.

you and your mate laughed when my mate accelerated with me hanging out of the sunroof :evil:

that did make us laugh

Nice 1….

Like the citi's a lot  :wink:

well it's been a while since i've posted something up on here.

since the last time i have done a little more to the citi.

i've added a few bits to the interior.
and i've managed to get hold of some black diamond discs, front and rear and a set of coilovers that i am hoping to get on the car this weekend.

Cool we look forward to the pics then

As soon as the coilovers are on, let's just hope it's not a wet weekend.

well i've got the coilovers on, also put some black diamond discs, porsche door handle " i've still got to try find anoter " and got some porsche wheels.

next thing on my list is some porsche calipers.

Looking good.

Are you going to be coming to Dubs at the park?
http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=72136

I like the look of the citi golf.  Looks good!

thanks all, i've still got loads to do befor i get it finished.

Looks mint mate