Project monkey update 02/04/12

well guys after thinking i had the car all finished, i started finding rust all over the place, and went off the colour too.  




so i began to think what to do and after a few discusions pictures and ideas thrown around i came up with a plan…….

the colour change was to be candy white , same as the mk5 golf gti and using all the origional gti trim, spats etc.
the car was to be sat on some lenso bsx 15x7.5 black baskets with stretched tyres and spacers on the back
the engine bay to have the rain tray removed, heater matrix removed and plated over and bulkhead skimmed, brake servo mastercylinder and linkage removed, battery tray removed, windscreen tank removed, all holes welded up and skimmed and a nice clean 2ltr 8v engine running twin 40 dcoe's sat there without a wire to be seen.

so the work has started









well that was weekend one and i was exhausted.

weekend 2 i began welding and making fires all the fun lololol







and along came the filler oh my god didnt realize what i had got myself in for…….its no as easy as it looks







after i got this far and the skin had fallen off my hands i started my friends project and stitched on an arch to a vw corrado




 and the same week i recieved some new ish pannels which were trial fitted and sent to the paint shop





i also was able to loan a pedal box off a friend to copy and for the previous 3-4 weeks i had been making a copy in my dinner breaks and is now finally fitted,


oh and abit more sanding


thats me till next weekend and ill update again…

You got a lot done!! Nice job :wink:

brilliant work! more updates

will keep an eye on this, look forward to seeing it done 8)

looking good

It looked smart in the old colour….. very similiar to JustinGti's  8)

Looking forward to seeing your plans come to fruition, looks like you've put some graft in so far, keep the photos and updates coming  

Wow,

great work Matt  :y:

can't wait to see the finished article !

put another 5 hours on the engine bay this afternoon after going out and buying a new compressor which came with a spray gun, wash gun, tyre inflator, hose, air gun for ?70 screwfix and bought a da sander, and drill.

unfortunately the compressor wasnt man enough to run the da sander  so still had to do it all by hand. they now hurt!!!!!!







guess what im doing tomorro!!!!!!!!

ANYONE GOT ANY GOOD DOORS FOR SALE, IE NO RUST

well another 5 hours and i dont seem to be any closer but my fingers feel like all the skin has just about gone.   lololol

is there any easier way?

B-E-A-UTIFUL. Thats just the look im going for on my MK1 Caddy. Excellent work,    in such a short space of time aswell
I know how painful and anoying digging sealer out and then feathering everything out can be.    Quick Question though, when you say you removing the brake servo and master cylinder. Where abouts are you relocating it to? Cheers Joe

caddymancan said

B-E-A-UTIFUL. Thats just the look im going for on my MK1 Caddy. Excellent work,    in such a short space of time aswell
I know how painful and anoying digging sealer out and then feathering everything out can be.    Quick Question though, when you say you removing the brake servo and master cylinder. Where abouts are you relocating it to? Cheers Joe

Ive removed the servo, master cylinder and system to make way for twin 40 dcoe's and because it looks so ugly. instead ive opted for a biasd pedal box. this fits onto an adapted steering column inside the car and runs 2 master cylinders direct off the brake pedal.  these usually cost around ?250-300 mark but i was lucky to get my hands on one to copy



other than that ive been busy again….. more sanding, more filling more paint but i think im getting somewhere.

i'm looking at getting a pedal box like that in the near future, would you be interested in making anymore?

PM me if you wish mate, keeps the thread tidy!

cheers

john

Ahh i see, thanks for that. Keep the pictures coming  

woohoo, doors arrived today and as advertised they are mint, only a small amount of surface rust and the da sander has taken all of that out.




also did abit more to the engine bay. been trying to get a dicent edge to the bulkhead just looks like filler but thats the 3rd skim of the night to get the knife edge and once thats achieved i can put a small radius on.



and cleaned the old wheels whilst waiting for the filler to dry between coats





do u think i should keep with these of get some lenso bsx wheels or ronnel LS wheels both baskets black to contrast against the candy white.  the cups need 2 new tyres.

been busy at the car again, started on the engine bay and then decided to give it a break for a while and took off all the paint from the sills to find lots of rust and a hole but all together no so bad so ive a little repair and thats it. painted the other with under seal and stone chip straight to the metal ready for painting



starting to get a nice edge on the bulkhead now

Looking good! DIY for the win! Candy white with the lenso bsx (black centres) and slammed will look awesome!

just a wee update, engine bay is taking ages thought id try abit of filler primer but with no luck, lolol




me and jas the painter started on the doors too took them right back to the orrigional filler primer,  the second door had had a bad repair so he will work his magic




and a few pics of the panels that are already done, they are like glass and still to be flatted back and polished

well almost time to go to the paintshop, booked in for a week on monday,

recieved all new origional gti decals, cleaned the arch spats, bought a large duckbill spoiler, sill trims bought thanks to malC just about finished the engine bay and re under sealed the inner arches, wings painted,sills repaired, bonnet in for another paint job, doors and boot prepped for final coat, engine should be here for monday afternoon with any luck.  i hope to detail the engine and gearbox when the car is in the paint shop.

once the engine is in i can make my wiring loom up

cant wait and with this speed i hope to have it ready to drive down to edition 38

:clap: Looking good, keep up the good work

hey guys a quick update and loads of pictures

as u guys already know the car is due in the paintshop for next week then jas the painter can go crazy on it.

so the last few days ive had off to try get it to speed ready for him to take it and here are the pics so far, all thats left is to stop fill the engine bay and all is good.







when i was board of filling i also had a go at tarting up some engine parts








If you didnt see it earlier here are a few pics of a pedal box i man'fd a couple of months ago






and a wee pic of the cars mascot,

WHERE'S MONKEY!!!!!!!!!!