pic heavy update 22/12/2011 !!

Thats looking really good now! Just spotted somthing you may not know about, in the left hand side of the top pick look down from where the brake linkage bolts on (drivers side) there is a round hole in the chassis leg, VW put tape and paint over these, if the tape gets ripped it allows water to enter the car. It will be a lot easyer to seal up with the engine out! There will be one on the other side too!  :y:

hi, more work and more pics today.

all the gear linkages had new bushes and have been refitted and it does feel better. also dropped the engine in , well dropped the body on the negine lol, and got it bolted up and 1 driveshaft re attached. put just 1 wheel on to see how it looked .

more work done today car is back on its wheels heater is in dashboard started to be fitted and all the vinyl coverings. more pics tomorrow

Looks amazing now you have started piecing it together.  You happy with the results?

i am yeah very happy. just the fun starts now i am going to need a lot of help as lots of the parts look alien at the moment but hey i ll keep going. just hope it keeps settling on the suspension as its still sitting very high !!!

hi, the rebuild continues no pics as most of the work is things that are fiddly and not very noticable to take pics of.

today i was happy i recieved my new braided fuel lines from rich at crazyquiffs , went got my new inner cv joint, new rocker cover set ( lost the end seal doh !!) oil and filter and the gearbox oil.  so the gearbox is filled the oil filter is on and engine all filled up , new inner cv joint fitted and painted the driveshafts.

tomorrow s plans are to fit the rest of the cables/electrics on the engine and everything tidied up. then dependant on time get the fuel lines fitted.


 

Cracking up dates dude, great pics and good to see so many of them as well !!

i try my best andy i ll try get more pics on tonight about to go up the garage now and put another days graft in lol

hi, its been a while since the last update but had a few days off at xmas. sorry now pics as the batteries died again !!!

there has been some progres but its all hardly noticable. full exhaust system is back on, new braided fuel lines are on and after connecting the battery today it pumped fuel all over me so that was bad but good!! more of the wiring has been done feeling like the engine maybe firing up soon fingers crossed thanks to paul c. i really want to fit the dashboard so i can check all the wiring is correct and all functioning correctly.

 

hi, its been a while since the last decent update but i ve turned a corner today. the wiring seems to be complete and the car ran !!!!!  

so today when i got to the shop i decided i needed to fit the fuel injection and get it running. put in a can of fuel in and then tried turning it over. much to my disamy it would not fire so i had a look at the fuel injection and the pin under the plate needed some adjustment and hey presto she ran, no smoke!!  i then fitted the dash and got that all fitted into place and bolted in and seems to be functioning fine.

so heres a few pics including the ones where i drove the car outside into the snow, no brakes was interesting lol.








 

Good work, nearly there

yeah its coming along. hopefully tomorrow i m going to start on the interior and should look at the alarm !!! ops:

hi, just another quick update.

yesterday i managed to get some of the interior back in,the rear is looking like a car again. i will be investing in a new roof lining and vinyl interior kit from newton commercial as mine is tired but cannot afford it this month. has anyone bought said kit and if so whats the quality like?

back to the update, i believe the seats for my car well that came with the car are from a scirocco poss mk1 as they are vinyl and i had the original rear bench. so i stripped the rear bench and then stripped the vinyl rear bench and put the vinyl seat onto the frame of the original set and it turned out very good i m pleased with it. well anyway whats now in is the rear side shelves, rear bench, carpet centre console, rear cards and seat belts. should of gone in today but a massive hangover has put a stop to that !!

heres a few pics

 



oh and i thought i d add a pic of the new a3 picked up wednesday

love the a3, want one for my wife.

it is a fantastic car quick to for a diesel!!! make sure you get the s line half leather 18 inch alloys bit of bodywork. i ll probably order another one when i order again in 8 weeks but want another dsg this time and the 170 bhp diesel!

I got the roof lining and the carpet/sound deadening from newton! I have fitted the roof lining and its very good quitity and fit! C posts are hard to do still not happy with mine! Roof lining to made about a inch to big all the way round so you have something to pull on! Not fitted my carpets yet!

i best get a set ordered asap !! cheers

Not long to go now.

hi, its been a while since i updated but things have been a little slow.

have ordered my boot floor lining/cover and the new roof liner from newton commercial. got my brakes nearly sorted just need one dust seal to complete can anyone help??

made a bracket for the 2 t pieces for the brakes out of some alloy and got the mk2 16v servo and g60 mc done.

today the gti is looking more like a car than it has for a long time!!

i got the bumpers on front grill and door cards. still waiting for my new roof liner then the windows can go in. still need to get a dust seal for the caliper on the passenger side but no one seems to be able to help.

heres the pics more tomorrow when i do the arches





phil