Pass the angle grinder - lots of pics
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Pass the angle grinder - lots of pics
Inner rear arch was shot, and outer rear had had some botched repair in the past - someone had welded a new arch to the inside of the old one and stuffed it wiith filler :? . Also found rot in the the top of the inner wing - seat belt mount had been repaired in the past. So decided to tackle it head on and cut out all the rot and do decent long term job. Replacing inner arch, outer arch, fuel filler panel and top of rear inner wing.
After a lot of cutting, grinding and fitting up the innner arch I am ready to start welding this weekend. Hoping to get it back on the road in the next month :lmao:
Looking up into arch - found two nice holes 8O
Looking up at top of rear inner wing - bit to brown
Same area, but cut out and viewed from the boot
Rear inner wing with inner arch cut away
Same area cleaned up ready for welding
Looking forward at where innner arch used to be
Same area cleaned up ready for welding
New inner arch panel.
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1983 1100 C
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I've gotta do the same to mine I think - dead handy to have some pics to go from :y:
Best of luck with it
Rich
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Inner arch welded in - I left the outer filler panel in place while welding to ensure all lined up correctly
Originally inner arch was spot welded into place - but I have no spot welder and the outer rear quarter panel is in the way so welded all the way round the seam from inside the arch.
Top of inner arch tacked from inside boot.
Top of turret plate had a hole in it and inner wing had rotted away around this area 8O
Repair let in. Will grind back and repair wing over the top of it.
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1983 1100 C
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Many thanks
Ant
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Anton - think filler panel is 91-22-538 - receipt not totaly clear. The Hadrian panel website doesn't list all the panels they can supply. If you find a dealer they should have a catalogue which shows many other mk1 panels available.
Cheers
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1983 1100 C
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Strating to see the end in sight. Got to fit the fthe outer rach and a bit of patching, then can start refittig car up to get back on teh troad - been a long time.
Panel cut for filler panel
Panel being tacked into place
Welding completed and ground back
Panel with a bit of filler and paint for protection.
Inner wing repairs.
Upper iner wing repairs - ended up cutting out a lot of metal here 8O
A lot of welding later - lots of grinding to go.
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1983 1100 C
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1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
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i have similar problem
and i know what you are feeling.
good work :y:
Remember, VW made the last car in 1992. After that they started making vehicles.
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Crazyquiff - not really any probelms with distrortion. Just a case of slowly tacking around the panel and gradually filling in with weld ensuring there is not to much heat build up. Had more problems shaping the replacement panel to follow the body line.
vw-man, that look all very familiar The area around the turret in particular seems to be a build in rust trap. When you start taking it apart you can see why certain areas are particularly prone to corrosion. Have you managed to get any panels for that area?
Cheers
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ha yess right and as you surely know it`s no easy too use grinder there.Unfortunely i didn`t found any repair panels for this section so i used old one from other body i had before but it isn`t imposible to do it yourself only you need to be patient in forming openly i must say that this place driveing me crazy like other nice places as you have seen.The biggest problem is that in one place are conected for example 3,4 or 5 pieces of steel and if you want make realy good restoration you need do it as it was from factory.I`m doing this way so it takeing me much time that`s why body will not finished this year,i realy hope it will next year in late spring.Are you going to Wolfsburg meeting next year?? I think i`ll `be there…maybe we can meet??
greetings and all the best in restoration!! :y:
Remember, VW made the last car in 1992. After that they started making vehicles.
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heres the hole. (found it 1 day before it went into paint, and put it off until nowish)
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