ABF golf 1.1c

Great thread dude! Keep up the good work

nice finish man!

nice work on the headlining man, absolute pain in the ass to do i thought, looks like yours turned out better than mine

Markuz said

nice finish man!

Cheers there are still a few little scratches to get out been a bit slack at the mo surf has been good so not much getting done on the car ha!!!

brad_mole said

nice work on the headlining man, absolute pain in the ass to do i thought, looks like yours turned out better than mine

Nice one yeah was a bit of a pain!! It stretched more than i thought it would think thats the trick with the corners.

I have been slack as over the past few weeks tho haha been waiting on some polly bushes which came monday..tryin to source a rear anti roll bar clamp too ,got to start on the engine next hope it will turn out as nice as yours!!!

Where and what paint did you use for the engine? do they do black?

Looking got that bud. Might see you about once she's on the road

GaMk1 said

Looking got that bud. Might see you about once she's on the road

Nice one mate you should be able to spot the green ha!

small update been a little slack ha but these arrived the other day



And as i am a cheap skate ha i striped down my old waist trim so i can try and polish up the metal underneath… Soaked them in acetone for ten mins and the black rubbery paint pealed off real easy.. Think they will look quite good even if they dont polish up. .Brushed metal look!!

strong work mate! looks awesome!

I look forward to seeing how the side trims turn out!

Wow!! Looking good keep it up mate!!

Purton said

brad_mole said

nice work on the headlining man, absolute pain in the ass to do i thought, looks like yours turned out better than mine

Nice one yeah was a bit of a pain!! It stretched more than i thought it would think thats the trick with the corners.

I have been slack as over the past few weeks tho haha been waiting on some polly bushes which came monday..tryin to source a rear anti roll bar clamp too ,got to start on the engine next hope it will turn out as nice as yours!!!

Where and what paint did you use for the engine? do they do black?

just read your comment now, the paint i used for mine was from frosts

http://www.frost.co.uk/automotive-paint/engine-enamel-paint.html

they do various colours including black, that one tin will do loads

Do some work on this ffs. ha.

Bit of an update been a long time! ha was thinking of selling up but i thought i have gone to far now and might as well finish it…

Lost my phone so i have lost some photos along the way! Got the engine out of the mk3 and put it on the stand ready for a strip down thought i might as well do it now when it is out! The abf has done 170k so probably a good idea and i can paint it all up nice at the same time..  Going to do all the valve seals and grind the seats clean all the ports out so should be running alot cleaner when it is done..  Not looking forward to tackling the loom tho looks a  bit tricky haha..




Start the strip down!!




Rocker off..



Head off and on the bench ready for a good clean up…



Before the clean with wire brushes and degreaser…



and after




Took a while to get 15 years worth of crap off should paint up quite well i think!





Also i bought this before christmas couldn't resist as it was going for cheap!! haha this is why i went off the project for a while i think..

Nice work going in there dude

haha your never gonna finish it and you know it !
just like me and mine,althouth i put an exhaust rubber on mine today!!!! knackered now

albie said

haha your never gonna finish it and you know it !
just like me and mine,althouth i put an exhaust rubber on mine today!!!! knackered now

HaHa i actually rebuilt my head and done all the valve seals and got it painted friday…
Yours ready for the mot now?

nearly,gotta get those tyres put on the slots and new number plates, cleaned up the rear brakes today and discovered its got copper brake pipes,so thats a job i wont have to do!

Purton said

albie said

haha your never gonna finish it and you know it !
just like me and mine,althouth i put an exhaust rubber on mine today!!!! knackered now

HaHa i actually rebuilt my head and done all the valve seals and got it painted friday…
Yours ready for the mot now?

wot colour did you paint it ?

Purton said

albie said

haha your never gonna finish it and you know it !
just like me and mine,althouth i put an exhaust rubber on mine today!!!! knackered now

HaHa i actually rebuilt my head and done all the valve seals and got it painted friday…
Yours ready for the mot now?

wot colour did you paint it ?