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Kingy76 said

Some serious progress being made here with lots of shiny stuff going on all complementing the style of the car.  You’ll need shares in metal polish to keep up the shine long term!

Thank you it’s slowly getting there just awaiting my wheels back from the refurbishment

Think your right about the shiney parts



Polished stainless steel bolts

And alloy bonnet hinges




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So today the new bonnet hinges went on ,
Put the passengers side front wing back on and made it fit correctly ,
Mounted the oil catch can to the new place.
Changed the headlight bulbs
Laid some more wax oil in places

Put in the new bottom bonnet catch















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Just found this thread and wow that's a good looking car and well done on all you have done, glad you are changing the wheel colour the red just looked all wrong…

Get some plastic dash vent inserts, they stop the dash peel and help vent the air on to the windscreen, they just push in the holes and we'll worth the money.

Like this…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK1-GOLF-Dash-Vent-Insert-Kit-Mk1-Golf-1980-171898461/181941135096?hash=item2a5c8966f8:g:NLEAAOSwnFFap8eU

mark1gls said

Just found this thread and wow that's a good looking car and well done on all you have done, glad you are changing the wheel colour the red just looked all wrong…

Get some plastic dash vent inserts, they stop the dash peel and help vent the air on to the windscreen, they just push in the holes and we'll worth the money.

Like this…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK1-GOLF-Dash-Vent-Insert-Kit-Mk1-Golf-1980-171898461/181941135096?hash=item2a5c8966f8:g:NLEAAOSwnFFap8eU

Thank you for all the kind words and advice

I’ll get some of them vents thank you for brining these to my attention

Plenty more updates to come

We had such a poor base to work with we deffo had our work cut out


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Some more bling to replace the old tired rad







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Time to polish the new trumpets


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Some more bits done today

New trumpets on ready to take some socks
Oil cooler reposition
New alloy radiator fitted
Dash top vents fitted thanks for telling me about them








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Dash vents are well worth, why VW did not fit such a simple thing when they made the Mk1 is beyond me…  

Some updates ,

New polished wing bolts
Omex Rev limiter fitted
New rad fan
Socks mounted to the trumpets













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Wow!!!! Good job on this it's looks amazing, enjoyed reading through that with all the pics 👍🏼. Good job with the metal polish, I find that doing something quite simple like that can spur you on to carry on if you start to lose interest. What did u decide with the wheels?

GBone said

Wow!!!! Good job on this it's looks amazing, enjoyed reading through that with all the pics . Good job with the metal polish, I find that doing something quite simple like that can spur you on to carry on if you start to lose interest. What did u decide with the wheels?

Thank you I’m trying to document everything  for my record and how people used to do a build thread,

The wheels will be up soon there a bit of a suspense as they should of been ready for the 19th of April but still not done ,
And I’ve still got to get them ceramic coated when they come back from paint and also wrap them in a better suited rubbers  with some grip


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 Some attention to detail tonight as had a spare hour or two

Polished the heater controls

Before




After











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So much shiny metal on this car you are gonna need sun glasses to look at it  

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Start to finish wheel refurb




















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Wheel refurb carried out by Rusty Rimz
Soham Cambs




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They look mint mate!!!! Personally I didn't like the red and think that look a lot cooler. Need to see them on the car now 😉

GBone said

They look mint mate!!!! Personally I didn't like the red and think that look a lot cooler. Need to see them on the car now

Thank you , I need to pick them up yet
Plus get them ceramic coated to protect them
And get my new Tyers fitted

So won’t be too too long until there on the car then I can adjust the ride hight

That red deffo did not do the wheel any justice


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Still liking your work, it’s coming along nicely.

What size tyres did you go for?