My Resto - THE epic saga

Looking really good phil!!!!

Might have to buy you a pint next week for doing so well this past couple of weeks

wow what a turn around looks great

:y:

didn't get too much done over the weekend, made a start stripping the roof down, going to be ordering up the paint this week so now busy working out what paint code I want for the grey

note to self: close the damn windows when sanding  ops:

also come across a bit of an electrical issue

can't get the indicator/hazzards or wipers working at all

checked the usual suspects of hazzard switch and fusebox but think there may have been a short under the dash so will strip that out next and take a look (while I'm waiting on wet paint to dry  :wink: )

PhillTMK1GTI said

sorted the brakes out today

they still feel a little spongy, but stops a hell of a lot better than it did! but the real test will be the MOT then it's first track day at castle combe

few better pics because I'm chuffed with how it's looking  :mrgreen:

Looking good,
when are you planning on doing a track day at Combe?

:mrgreen: Got busy with spraying today, only 2 coats, should be finished tomorrow with a bit of luck

lovely thorough work phil…

just a quick question… when repairing the rear axle mount area, the part the studs are attatched to…. is that seperate completely from the repair section….. IE not attatch…


hope i have explained myself haha

scott

It is separate Scott. See pic from when I did mine, this is before repair patch went on - the stud mount is quite hefty metal


Andy

awesome, thats what i wanted to hear!! thanks andy.

Got next week off work, and have clearance from the great one to work on my car all week…. haha

cant wait. Should gett the scuttle panel done and the rear arches eek :dontknow:

Any news or progress Phill?

Rich

:scratch:  :scratch: Hang on…. what's this? could it be…. have I pulled the Mk1 out and carried on working on it











  I've been busy! still got the drivers wing to paint (AGAIN! because the bumper fell on it after it was perfect :doh: )

but, after that it's on to the home straight for the MOT! need to replace the water pump, sort the indicators (still)

I'll be honest with you guys though, had a 'senior' moment on saturday, went to turn it around and couldn't find reverse, so I pushed it back to get it up the drive thinking the linkage had come loose… only to realize an hour later that you need to push down to get reverse  ops: serves me right for smokin about in land rovers! I've forgotten how to drive a real car    

That looks proper good! 8O  :mrgreen: Are you going to put the red GTI grill trim on? Black always loks good when it has a deep shine, looks well mean  :twisted:

Wow i just read the whole thread....n damn that looks good a great improvement mate. What are the rest of your plans?

Sweet 8)

Keep up the good work dude

Rich

looking good,very interesting read mate,you sure have done some work on it :wink:
will look great when its done,when you hoping ti finish then?

:y: Cheers guys, it's always nice and motivating getting good replies  

I'm hoping to get it back on the road before xmas, or at least ready for the MOT, I'm still debating keeping the original engine in there or shoe-horning something else in…

I won't be running bumpers so trying to find a nice looking set of indicators to mount right under the headlights, and as I'll need to cut the panel about a little I won't spray that up just yet

not sure about the grille trim, had a crazy thought of doing it in a dark metallic blue colour just to be a little different but reckon that'll look naff… we'll see though

still loads of decisions to make  :mrgreen:

Been tinkering again recently    so thought I'd dig out the old thread again, even though I've not really posted much here of late, I'm always lingering about in the shadows

new water pump and cam belt amongst other things have now been fitted

there's not too much in the way of putting it in for an MOT, so with a bit of luck and time, the old girl will be on the road again soon

few bits done, as it's too cold to finish the last bit of painting that needs doing I spent a few hours figuring out some electric faults, decided it was easier to pull the dash out to make my life a little easer



found that the fuseboxes I have all share the same fault  :cry:

I was horrified to find out a new one from GSF (that is, if they still have any stock) is £110 + VAT  8O so I've made some temporary fixes until I can bring myself to pay that much

moved my attention to something a little nicer once the dash was back in





not sure if I want cross-hair headlights or not so trying it out with some tape    

this is something I'm not really sure on! but was an xmas gift from my aunt



and think I need to raise the front of the car a tad for the MOT!  



that's all for now folks, thanks for reading

Oh, I'll come clean too, a big reason I'm looking forward to getting the Mk1 back on the road is my current daily….. is, well a little juicy  :mrgreen:

Good stuff dude! It might not be too long until yours is back on the road…

Is that an Alpina you're driving at the mo? 8O

Rich

Looking good,
I might have a spare fusebox if you want to try it?

Thanks James, I'm just going to bite the bullet and buy a new one, think it's about time I fire some more money at the old girl  

Rich, just a 740i with alpina wheels and bodykit.. priced up a rear tyre the other day… £365 without fitting  8O and at 11MPG with my heavy right foot I don't think I'll keep it long, I'll sell it to you cheap  :wink:

not much to report on the Mk1 front, just been doing a little bit of faffing about really, once Feb is out of the way I should have it MOT'd