.:Home Built Mk1 TinTop

got some custome made goodies today

as i am using a fuel injection head with my twin 40's  i needed something to block up the injection holes so i had these made. They are exactly what i wanted and they even made me a tool to do them up with

Nice custom parts!!  Tools a great idea too. Do you have a handy machinist friend?

Matt

pazwaa said

Nice custom parts!!  Tools a great idea too. Do you have a handy machinist friend?

Matt

yeah man im well chuffed. nah its my dads mate who made them for me  

the mk1 has not been dropped off at the body shop for over the Christmas and new year period. ill hope to get it back at the end of January all rust free and mars Red

Great christams present to yourself. Will look great  

Matt

cars finnaly out of the body shop the car was painted in 2pac paint as im going ot e using it for hillclimbs track days etc so just means paint wont chip as easy.










got some chrome side trim. makes such a difference and brakes up the colour


and then started the build of the rear axle, disk conversion and front brakes.













also reamoved the sound deadening from the car (weighs so much) and started to paint the inside




got bored so i waxed the bonnet haha



many more updates to come

Paint looks absolutely mint!  I'll have to come over and see it soon bud 

Nice work, looking good  

thanks very much, going to spray the interior red tonight hopefully and build the front brakes up

grill arrived from VW heritage today so fitted that, but when I came to fit the headlight surrounds I realised pretty quickly they had provided me with two left sides -.- not impressed.

also tried to fit the front brakes after cleaning and painting them, went to fit the brake pads and guess what, demon tweeks had sent me the wrong pads last night was not a great night.

im still waiting for a response from both Heritage and Demon Tweeks about their mistakes

here a couple of pictures of the braided hoses and grill with crosshair lights

Your car is looking great man! wouldn't worry about Heritage they are normally quick to respond in my experience

cheers mate .. front seats and carpet should go back in at the weekend and also should start the rebuild of the rear axle now that I have most the parts

so got some of the rear axle built up yesturday the OEM+ KW rear ARB was interesting to fit but does look good once fitted. also got the corrado rear brakes and wheels bearings all on and bolted up just need to fit the carriers and calipers.

got the front carpet peice in after being cleaned and fitted new gearknob and montney steering wheel

More tidy work. I wouldn't have ever picked one of those Moutney wheels for a MK1 but that actually suits pretty well, I like it  

it was out of my beetle i used to own .. so as i had it lying around i thought i may as well see how it fits and same i think it looks pretty decent

final managed to sort out my indicator problems. i was struggling to find one that would fit that weren't LED.

i did some searching online and found someone had used reversing lights off JJC rally.

so i measured it up and they all seemed to fit according to my rough measurements.

so i now have them fitted after a bit of re-drilling and making my own bracket as the one that came with them wouldent work in the space  





i have finally put the re built rear beam up on the car. still need to do the brake lines from the callipers to the braided hoses. the handbrake cables are all in and fit perfectly which is a result



(only picture i could get at the time)
 

havent updated this in a while.

The car is now back on all four wheels. brakes are working fine and no horrible noises which is a bonus.

as the weather has been good the last couple of weekends treated the car so a much needed clean and wax.











also got my harness's fitted


after doing some pre checks of levels and making sure all the bolts where tight from the rear disk conversion the car was ready for its longest journey yet. all the way to Telford for UD - 350 mile round trip :O

here a couple of shots from UD of the mk1. got some rolling shots too but they need editing.





and congratulations to my mate mass for winning best seat with his little beast




 

That looks great, bet it's good to be behind the wheel again  

Nice work bud, i'll keep an eye out for it around town  

Car looks stunning, well done  

Matt