wifes xmas Present. 4 weeks of madness. Made it though!

Jase said

dubbedup said

Looking good mate…

Been watching this with interest…

Got a day in the garage planned tomorrow?

he,s probably in the garage now

Youre not wrong matey!
Its half past midnight and have just got in. Plenty of pics tomorrow!
Need SLEEP!!!!!!!!!
 :wink:

Am having problems getting full sized pics.

Trying this out

is that your aswell

AHA!

I have at last figured out how to put full sized pics of "Project Bertie" onto  my post.

Will put lots of pics on tomorrow, (Christmas Eve! 8O )

For anyone following this one, time is so tight now im not sure that he will be ready by Christmas. Have had so many problems with the interior. its been in and out so many times in the past two days. Just so you are aware, it appears that you cant fit the front seats from a LHD into a RHD, it failed the MOT so have refitted the original seats just to get the ticket tomorrow.

That problem aside the bodywork looks fantastic, the clipper bodykit was a pain. The original rubber seals were perished, tried several from the internet (?100 - ?150) but badly made and looked awful.
In the end we made our own for less than ?20.00 and they look better than the VW originals!    Would be happy to share with you how we did this but wont bore you with the details here.

The ICE system has finally been completed and sounds incredible, although it does need its own battery and generating system which will have to be located in the boot. Unfortunately will make the boot useless for putting anything else aside from a pack of ciggies in!

The ice is the only mod i am making. Aside from that Bertie will be as God intended. (I would change the wheels but Chev (My Wife) is a bit of a purist, and its her Christmas pressie!)

More later. Now desperatley need some sleep!

k33ts said

is that your aswell

Hi Rob, this was found in a scrappy and ive used a few of its parts, am considering buying the whole car, but one project at a time!

Good Lord, you've worked hard on this one!    I would expect to get no less than 100,000,000 brownie points for this!
All the best for getting it done in time. Will be great to see the finished article.

Diesel-dubber said

Good Lord, you've worked hard on this one!    I would expect to get no less than 100,000,000 brownie points for this!
All the best for getting it done in time. Will be great to see the finished article.

Fair play to you is right,
She's lucky to have you especially with the great work your putting into this for her,
wish my wife would have enough interest in mk1's so i could get her 1,
She won't even sit in my car  
and thats after 3 years ha

nice one, the other golf in the pics, are you going to buy it, would you be able to get the red trim of it, i only need the side bits.

Nice job and on time too  8O

Well done mate, well done. I can only hope she showed her appreciation.

T

Nice job Pm sent

Nice finishing touches! Well done  :wink:

I just wanted to let everyone know who followed Paul on his 4 weeks of no sleep and madness 2 years ago. I loved it and there is even less chance of selling now. Bertie has been in storage as was unable to keep over the winter at home. But with a extentsion to the garage Bertie is back home and loved again.  I will post picture of him soon with the interior as I noticed there are none. Paul is still asking about changing the wheels.

Looks like the same kit mine had on when I got it looking at the bumpers. Looking good!

Thanks, Still needs a few wee bits done. Now he's home will be easier to work on.