Shellby - 83 gti ABF on carbs

Great build! Lots of hard work will be worth it!

Wow level of finish and attention to detail is astounding mate, going to look awesome when she's finished!!

Sach said

Great build! Lots of hard work will be worth it!

Spidermonkey84 said

Wow level of finish and attention to detail is astounding mate, going to look awesome when she's finished!!

Thanks boys  

Hopefully the rebuild will be quicker than getting the shell ready  

Matt

So, the rebuild has begun    but I didn't get far  

I started with the fuel tank and filler. First I put some foam between the shell and tank and tank and straps





Then cleaned any paint out of the tapped holes



Then fitted the tank, straps and filler pipe



But there's a few alignment problems:-

1. The tank outlet and the filler pipe don't line up



2. The tank strap doesn't line up with the indentations in the tank and there's a large gap at the back between the strap and tank



Could I have the wrong tank??

So I've left that for now pending investigation. So I painted the remaining suspension parts so I can start assembling that next



That's it for now.

Matt

Do you have the metal heat shield still that fits in between the tank and straps?

There are a few tank pics on my thread if that helps

http://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&type=findpost&id=1247705

i also recall fitting a rubber seal around the tank too. 

Lhasa2008 said

Do you have the metal heat shield still that fits in between the tank and straps?

There are a few tank pics on my thread if that helps

http://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&type=findpost&id=1247705

i also recall fitting a rubber seal around the tank too. 

Cheers. Had a look and seems to be the same tank, maybe just needs a bit of tweaking  

Haven't got the heat shield, was an eBay purchase for just the tank.

Matt

pazwaa said

Cheers. Had a look and seems to be the same tank, maybe just needs a bit of tweaking  

Haven't got the heat shield, was an eBay purchase for just the tank.

Matt

The heat shield is part no 171 201 283 if you want to track one down  

http://nemiga.com/cat_spares/etka/volkswagen/go/7/066000/

tank fit may just be down to pattern parts, and the filler neck you have might be for post-84 cab?

Thanks lhasa2008, I will take a look  

Thanks for the info rubjonny. No idea where I got the fill pipe from, so could well be the cab one. I'm sure with a bit of heat and some force I can get it to work  

Matt

Awesome car and incredible thread, just read through the lot!

Panch_mk1golf said

Awesome car and incredible thread, just read through the lot!

Cheers panch - much appreciated  

Managed to get a bit done today on the rebuild, and finally get to show my engine bay masterpiece  

After leaving the fuel filler hose in boiling water for 15 minutes, then grunting, groaning, swearing and ripping every muscle in my shoulder I got it, and the filler pipe, fitted





Doesn't seem to fit quite right, it has been suggested this may be a cabby pipe, but will do for now.

Flipped her over



Add the show piece

Many years ago I made a strut brace for the engine bay. I wanted it to be a true one-off, so it was sent away to a chap named broony who is a carbon wrapping God. If your not familiar with his work look at the "carbon and stuff " thread on ed38, it's incredible. And he didn't let me down









Considering the complexity of the parts shape, the finish on the carbon is faultless, and ever so shiny  

After spending an hour polishing it and looking at it, I made myself do something else  

Dug out some parts and started fitting







I have no thread coming through the nut to hold the wishbone mount on? Should I be using washers?



Radiator trail fitted



That's the end of this session. Next time hopefully have the front suspension complete.

Matt

Nice pics , and v.nice strut brace  

What Kind of uniball You use?


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Lhasa2008 said

Nice pics , and v.nice strut brace  

Thanks  

figti said

What Kind of uniball You use?


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Hi figti. Not sure what a "uniball" is?

Matt

These is a uniball one..


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Not sure what make they are. I bought them cheap off eBay and modified them to fit.

Ok..


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OO Nice haven't checked on this for a while …Love the underside colour coded makes me wish id done mine

Jamie