1980 series 1 20vt build

well not a lots happened of late, well nothing if im honest,
im waiting on the jig being built , a mate round the corner is doing it for me at his workplace, but there busy and he,s doing it in his own time so i cant complaint
its not far off done so im hoping to have it on the jig by next week

Looking forward to seeing it on the jig Neil

olethalb said

Looking forward to seeing it on the jig Neil

cheers olly, ya not the only one, im bored outta my mind,
if the bike wasnt in the garage i could centre the car, get it on axle stands and start stripping it ready but then i cant get the bike back in untill its on the jig and on its side
so its a waiting game  cf_emoticons__BangHead:

Will be all go once you can get to it then, really looking forward to seeing this one come together. I'm sure it'll be awesome if the rallye is anything to go by

yep, ive decided im not gonna go down the dipping route, im going to strip it myself, so sooner its on the jig the better lol

cheers mate, was missing the rallye this week with the rallye show been on easter monday,  

well just got the jig finished last week
and decided to get it on after work yesterday,
not as easy as it sounds with no large jack and only 2 axle stands lol, so got the bumper bar section fitted and used the engine crane to lift the front up and get the axle stands under the car just near the rear axle so i had a pivot point to get the rear legs on
, didnt really work that well , so fitted the front complete, then, carried the crane round thru the kitchen and into utility room and managed to hook it upto the rear
and get it up in the air and fit the rear legs,





so now its in the air i managed to to have a good look around at the floor, and its been bodged up by the last owner the ballbag !
looking at the floor as a whole there was parts of the sealer and stone chip that looked too new , so started digging around these area,s first
and soon found he'd covered parts up with mastic and painted over it, so ive found a few holds in floorpan , hole in rear inner arch tub , boot, and looks like rear chassis legs,




so to that end, it is going for dipping again, i did decide to do it myself , but after finding this im gonna get it done and that way im not doing all the work for nothing
so 3 years down the line something turn up that was missed

so the strip down started today, got all the front done






next up will be rear end , then all the glass and any bungs










 

Good work with the jig, it'll make your life so much easier  

Under the arches looks nice and solid.

Matt

This reminds me of mine. Is that the original colour? Are you keeping it?

pazwaa said

Good work with the jig, it'll make your life so much easier  

Under the arches looks nice and solid.

Matt

cheers matt, yeah it made it a little easier,, drivers rear arch tub has a small hole in it thatll need sorting

mk1newbie said

This reminds me of mine. Is that the original colour? Are you keeping it?

no mate it was originally red, this yellow job is a terrible blow over,

colour will be all changed  

well its been all change here, the guy who was going to be doing all my welding has jacked in for good
so had to find someone else that was big into restoration, luckily i found another one just over 20 mile away from me in penrith,
he specialises in campers and beetles, so he's no stranger to the dreaded tin worm
went up to have a look at his work , he has alot of campers in at various stages welding is bang on as was everything else i saw
so ive decided to use him , he uses a local blaster who does all his work, so if he.s happy with the blasting, so am i

so the shell is away at the blasters and should be getting done on thursday,
carried it out of the garage and hired a trailer to take it the 20 mile





i also order the parts i already know i want changing from mark at classic vw. so thanks for those mate





so just got to wait till the shell is done to see what else turns up




 

well the shell has been blasted and is now in acid etch
few little surprises but nothing im bothered about
heres a few pics of the blast






and etch priming

and heres a few of the area's that are gonna need work in no particular order





















 

Doesn't look too bad mate tbh It's had a few repairs already by the looks of it. Are you going over the old repairs again or just leaving some of them?

aye it could of been worse you never know whats lurking under filler and underseal,
i didnt think the arches and sills where like they are tbh, but ive seen a hell of a lot worse

as for the previous repairs, some ill be able to tidy up some will get redone
the floor had holes here and there, and had been jacked up by a blind monkey in the past so i wanted that all sorting so
heres where its at at the mo









im ordering a rear panel as the rear chassis rails need repair panels putting in which ive got,
so i may aswell sort the rear panel out at same time

 

so thats more work completed on the mk1
section of the rear panel was cut off to allow full access to the rear chassis rail repairs, floor is complete
inner arch work complete
a section above the petrol tank complete
the bodged up repairs around the spare wheel tub have been banded and sorted

next things on the repair list is one more floor support once funk star gets them in stock again
then its onto the rear arches, there not bad now but im anal
then the rear panel to finish , followed by finishing the seam sealing , stone chipping then 2 coats of colour and i can get it back to mine to build it back into a rolling shell

few pics















and a few in etch primer and started the seam sealer






 

looking good fella, dont look like you have much welding left to do now then

cheers mate,
no, one more floor support when it arrives as only had one in stock, the back panel, ,
then it can be stonechipped and put into colour, then its back into the garage to get it back to a rolling shell, and other welding like in the bay can be sorted later 

Tidy work  

Nice work so far Neil, you're doing a good job there bud!!

Good as new mate