mk1 16v project

right well had a good and bad day but overall it was a good day

starters got the engine in



just thort id take a pic of how it sits with the new springs.



obviously I haven't driven it on these springs yet to see how it rides but for me the gap between the arches it waaaaaayyyyyyy to big so what im gonna do is change the bumpers to black powdercoated ones and then put arch trims round the arches to make the gap slightly less and plus id be able to space the wheels out which ive wanted to do for a while



oh and onto the bad part of the day…….
well over the past few night ive been trying to sort out the interior and decided I was gonna fit the rear seatbelts, the rear passenger side went fine but moved onto the drivers side and to my surprise there was no hole    so what I did was chip away some of the paint to see if the hole had been filled over but hwat I found was not very nice…. I found a plate had been welding over the hole so I removed it and found this……….





im just gonna cut out the part where the rust is and reweld a plate in its place. I dunno what id do if my old man wasn't a welder. id of probly gone mad on this build by now

chipster2407 said

Dunno went on there :/ my fone had a bit of a fit and posted it before id finished lol i was gonna say i love that colour mate top choice i wished id of chose a better colour than silver when.doin.mine…… ah well maybe on the next one lol

Yeah, still going with the Miami blue, very happy with that colour. I think yours is gonna look great in silver, especially with the black wheels, maybe an orange trim on the grille? Will look spot on!!

Nightmare with the seat belt mounting, just when you think everything is sorted…. Always good to know a welder  

Orange trim hmmmmm thats is sounding pretty good actually i was thinking red but orange wud be summat different and wud probly look quite cool actually

What a great idea

Oh not good, hope it's sorted for you quickly

The engine looks the nuts though, looks great all black    

Hairyarse said

Oh not good, hope it's sorted for you quickly

The engine looks the nuts though, looks great all black    

thanks hairy, didnt.really wanna go to the extent.uve gone to with ur repair on that panel, looked like a big job, urs is gonna be a beauty.wen.its.done

Thought that might have been the case with the seatbelt mount, hope you don't have to remove too much metal for the repair, if it were me, I would strip that whole tub back to bare metal just to make sure there's nothing else hiding. It's a pain in the ass I know but probably worth investigating!

Engine bay and the rest of the car looks bloody lovely

Andy.

chipster2407 said

Orange trim hmmmmm thats is sounding pretty good actually i was thinking red but orange wud be summat different and wud probly look quite cool actually

What a great idea

Like this?

chipster2407 said

Hairyarse said

Oh not good, hope it's sorted for you quickly

The engine looks the nuts though, looks great all black    

thanks hairy, didnt.really wanna go to the extent.uve gone to with ur repair on that panel, looked like a big job, urs is gonna be a beauty.wen.its.done

Cheers man, I hope so!  

pazwaa said

Like this?

Yeah mate just like that but without the plastic bumpers

Melteddrummer said

Thought that might have been the case with the seatbelt mount, hope you don't have to remove too much metal for the repair, if it were me, I would strip that whole tub back to bare metal just to make sure there's nothing else hiding. It's a pain in the ass I know but probably worth investigating!

Engine bay and the rest of the car looks bloody lovely

Andy.

Thanks andy  
I think i might have to mate but didnt really want to cuz knowing.this blooky car id open a can.of.worms wen.i start 

Looking good mate. Coming along nicely.

smudger said

Looking good mate. Coming along nicely.

Cheers mate hopefully the problem on urs isnt a major one, bet ur itching to get in it n.drive it ent ya? 

Definately mate more than you can imagine. Really wanted her ready to go for the AGM but that's looking more and more unlikely now

Just to let everyone know that im a very happy bunny tonight…… I fire up thw engine today and it runs sweet , had a few niggly things before it fired up which was from me being stupid lol i.e not putting king lead on and having no fuel in the car lol but once these were solved it fired up still got a lot to do the get it ready to drive but atleast i can now relax that it runs 

Nice 1 mate.

little update

got all the bits back on the engine and put radiator on and filled it with water etc etc





oh and also because im such an impulse buyer lol I didn't really like how the car was on them springs but didn't want to buy cheapy coilovers from ebay so I bought some ap adjustable damping coilovers which im very happy with



tooked away nicely in my shed cuz the mrs doesn't know about this purchase cuz otherwise I think I wudnt have my manhood left if she new how much they were lol gotta put these on somehow without her noticing ha ha ha

that's all for now, next on the list will be the seatbelt anchor point and sort the interior out

       
Excellent work man! Now you can relax! 

Brad. said

       
Excellent work man! Now you can relax! 

Thanks brad mate yeah big relief wen it fired up lol was funny cuz as it was firing up i was like YEAH!!! i think the whole street must of heard me screaming lol

Haha when they've built a car they're understand 

Excellent work mate. I know what you mean about impulse purchases and the Mrs not knowing about them.