GarytheGolf

Looking good. Nice neat wing repair there Malcolm. Did you do that indoors too while the wife was out

No, a bit out of sequence, I did that when it was much  warmer

Small update, needed to paint the wing with stone chip, two product one white, one grey.



Also shows my little repair shown on previous photos from the inside.





Hopefully they are original wings.



Brought them in the house to dry in front of a radiator,, much to the disgust of the wife. Now they are in the shed until next weekend.

My Mrs always goes mad when I bring in car stuff to dry too

I really appreciate the workmanship you are putting into this car.

Love reading build threads this detailed. Great work pal love the blue dash  

smudger1980 said

My Mrs always goes mad when I bring in car stuff to dry too

The wife couldn't cope for long, I must admit the smell of the paint cleared the tubes, but it dried pretty quick between coats.

RoadBoss said

I really appreciate the workmanship you are putting into this car.

AaronGTI said

Love reading build threads this detailed. Great work pal love the blue dash  

Thanks for the comments guys, it makes the effort worthwhile.

nice work mate......that blue dash and console are stunning!!

been reading this from the start and it truly is awesome skill and attention to detail.

very nice work Malcolm

mk1_Dips said

nice work mate……that blue dash and console are stunning!!

mk1_Dips said

been reading this from the start and it truly is awesome skill and attention to detail.

very nice work Malcolm

Thanks for the comments, I was unable to do any work this weekend due to family commitments.

Looking forward to next weekend though!

Wow just read your whole thread from start to finish. Excellent work mate 
You must have started yours about the same time a me.
I really must update my thread. All the pics are on photobucket, I just dont seem to have the time to sit and transfer them onto my rebuild thread.
Im glad to see Im not the only person hanging newly painted parts up in the house to dry. 

Macca said

Im glad to see Im not the only person hanging newly painted parts up in the house to dry. 

LMAO

   

Respect to this build its great to see

A little done over the Easter, mostly logistics within the single garage, moving stuff about to allow work on the front end.

I fitted a roof rack and managed, just, to store all the buckets of kit, paint, etc. on the roof.







I fitted the bonnet in its original position, having previously drilled two small location holes through the attachment brackets before removal.



And located the wings, the right hand is not bad, will need some fettling.





Left hand side is pretty bad:









Decided to fit the original wing on the left side, unfortunately with rust, fits a lot better!









Decided to leave it until next time when it is a bit warmer and I have a bit more space!.

It's not the worst I have seen Malcolm tbh. The patent wings are a pants fit aren't they

Oops, no these wings are original vw but from another car, they probably got stretched and twisted a bit when they were removed from the donor car.

Only the rusty nearside / left wing is from this car. I am assuming it is original vw.

         

Malcolm said

Oops, no these wings are original vw but from another car, they probably got stretched and twisted a bit when they were removed from the donor car.

AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

A little bit done today, with the positive comments over the last few posts I decided that I would get the wings on today.

I mounted them dry to allow later removal / fitting for a re-spray.

The off side wing went on really well with only a little tweeking to allow a decent gap by the front door. You can see the original VW / Audi mark by one of the attachment bolts.











The nearside wing though also an original wing was more difficult to fit.

I have managed to reduce the gap at the top.



A bit of a dink to straighten out.



Attached at the lower front.



Though a bit of a wrinkle at the bottom.



Finished for the day, reasonably happy.