pslots project gets started

hi guys, i brought my 88 cabby in november last year, got it on the road in december and now have taken it off the road to start the project, its going to be a work in progress but hopefully will be worth it in the end, this is what she looked like after i picked it up and gave it a bloody good clean up






well i have started the interior but have stop that for now as of bigger plans, did this to start,far from finnished but mainly to a sliped disc in my back and the mk1 seat were to soft, plus i like the leather look


i picked this up a couple of weeks ago and am going to use it as a doner



right the ideal is to take the 1.9tdi engine from the vento and drop in the cabby, i will be trying to convert the hydro clutch and cable select as well, whilst doing the converstion i will probily rewire the whole car, finnish the interior and hope to repaint the body, plus what ever else i come across whilst doing so,

its going to be a slow tread as i have a prolapsed disc in my back and am waiting for an op but as soon as im better it will be full steam ahead, with lots of detail and loads of pics, and a couple of fancy mods too

wish me luck guys and ill keep you posted as im doing it, at the moment i just started to strip the vento,
ALL PARTS I DONT NEED ARE FOR SALE IF ANYONE WANTS ANY THING, WILL ALSO BE SALING THE 1.8 CARBED CLIPPER ENGINE TO WITH 94K ON IT SOON

Good Luck!!!

Looks a nice clean cabby from the pics It'll definately be worth the time and effort at the end of the project.

Hope your op all goes well so you can get to work on the cab

Keep us posted!

Steff

looking forward to seeing this one take shape, and i will be giving you a call soon about poping up and sortin me wheels out

Cheers

Rich

yeah will keep the tread going, only get sundays really to work on her but should hopefully start on getting the engine out of the vento this week end if my mate pops over, as soon as the vento is gone i can start with the golf and start fatting up the tread with pics etc, got loads planed for this one

see you soon rich, oh and keep me posted about the meets, my internet is intermitent so a text would be good mate, im still repping a golf although it is a mk3 ratter ;p

right little up date, i will hopfully start dismantling the vento this week end, just picked up the engine lift so if anyone is in the area feel free to pop in and give a hand, free tea and coofie with biscutes ;p

what days will you be at garage mate, got a few bits on this weekend but post the post code up and i will try and pop in.

Better be custard creams though, washed down with tea from a standard oily garage mug :-)

richyhill said

what days will you be at garage mate, got a few bits on this weekend but post the post code up and i will try and pop in.

Better be custard creams though, washed down with tea from a standard oily garage mug :-)

better know as b@stard creams around here :mrgreen: , oily mug not a problum might even be able to get a couple of dogs hairs in there too

this ones being done on the drive way mate, i got to get the vento stripped out to make room for the cabby to start, i have managed to get the dash and interior out this evening and got the front wings bumper and lights etc out to, tomorrow im going to try and drop the whole engine and sub frame out in one, then sunday work on getting the wire loom and peddle box etc out,

will try and remember to take pics as i go, i for got that bit today

post code is gl12 8te, my house is the one with the vws speuing out of the drive way :mrgreen: ill be home from 130 onwards saturday, as i have to work  :roll:  and all day sunday,

right finnished work today, got home and it was raining
but managed to get a bit more done

front end was the first thing to go

removed the wings bumper lights, then the radiator and front panel


then started on the battery intercooler , cable select and wiring loom etc etc, making notes and marking up the plugs/wirers on the loom,


removed the downpipe to make way to get at the drive shafts

once all the wiring and stuff was disconected i then removed the bolts from the inner drive shafts, this saves losing the oil over the drive way, and striping the hubs out


removed the 3 engine mount top bolts and was almost out, it wouldnt bloody come out :dontknow:



then relised that i had not removed the hydro pipe to the clutch :redfaced:



wa la  :mrgreen: jobs a good un, this only took just over 3 hours it was far to simple :mrgreen:

well i was on a roll so did a bit inside too




well heres hoping for some better weather tomorrow

oh yeah picked these eye lids up to, there not fitted yet just a moc up but i think they will look good with the single light converstion and painted black

If you need a hand mate let me know!

well managed to get quite a bit of stripping done today,
i got the rest of the under bonnet stuff out, including the front struts,hubs, driveshafts, ps rack etc
and managed to get all the inside of dash bits out to, pedle box wireloom and everything else i needed, all i have to do now is drop the rear axle " donar for a trailer me thinks" and get the tank out, the doors and tailgate are a 2 minute job








well thats all for now folks

right a little up date, havent had much time to spend on the mk1 with the birth of my little boy and still having a syuffed back, but i have started restoring the interior, i fitted the leather front seats due to my back being so bad and the recorros being so soft but am going back ome,



WELL 1 DOWN 3 MORE TO GO


I havnt been able to start the engine swop yet due to my back but i did strip the carb down and get it all working properly,as some of you may remember it only reved to 3k, also started tiding up the engine bay

before


and after



looks abit better, il try and get to the meet with her on friday


well i did get the mk3 vento front end fitted and painted


and i bought a new car wooo whoooo



started with the strip down and was thinking about getting ready for the respray but only got as far as taking the front bumper off

that bonnet needs painting so bad

going to remove the brick off the front bumper and smooth it off, oh i did do a little mod the other day, i fitted some side lights in to my clear indicators in my front bumper, dont know why i was just board and needed something to entertain my self fo 20 mins,

will hopefully start getting this project moving along soon