After a bit of searching I tracked down a pair of the boot floor reinforcement spars that some good soul has reproduced to a good quality. That'll save a chunk of time so well worth getting them. Took the car outside and with the rear bumper off, started to clean up the inner rear arches... Continue Reading →
Drilled the spot welds on these brackets out the back of the Rallye. A good chance to admire the quality of the paint and having sanded it to realise that the interior was painted white at some point in the past. Looking forward to sanding this handprinted mess off and getting the interior smooth again.... Continue Reading →
I imported a Polyvance plastic welder from the US - they do one with a European style plug which is fine as a I can use that with a European Style cable reel that I have. I bought it for doing a bumper repair on the Audi and as the wheel arch liners can't be... Continue Reading →
To make it easier to do the work to replace the sill on the series 1 Rallye, I wanted to make a new chassis dollie to raise it up to a good working height, to bolt on to the suspension mounts and to have long-term value as a means of moving cars in the garage.... Continue Reading →
Other projects around the house and workshop keeping me busy but did manage a bit of progress... Painted up the catch tank and the coil pack brackets and fitted that back in.. Fitted those and then put in an insulated bulkhead fitting for the battery cable. In doing some further fettling, I came to the... Continue Reading →
Wanted to find a way to get the oil catch tank in. Spoke with Sandy Brown to confirm positioning. Didn't want to do something conventional above the gearbox mount so made this instead. CAD template design converted to mild steel Test fitment on the car Just needs a lick of paint...
Passenger door has always had check strap issues so decided to do something about that and treated the car to a brand new part. Comparison of old vs new and there are a few subtle differences... The result... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83PiL39fyrc?
Engine's swapped over time to cut the scuttle... Lots of marking up... Chopped the scuttle to create a letterbox for the bodies: Top down view The bulkhead face of the scuttle is shaped and for what I want to do I needed to smooth it so a bit of chopping and welding needed. With the... Continue Reading →
Footrest is in. It was a mission, but second time lucky on the welded in captive nut mountings. Should make it nice and easy if I decide to run carpet and gives me more confidence than the threaded rivet inserts. Powder coat is going to need to be re-done. It cracked and peeled off as... Continue Reading →
Before I scrapped the silver GTI I chopped this out: This was because I had realised the I'd was going to put the EW back in the Maxi so I'd need to repair the cut out I'd put into the chassis and I'd need a donor section. Now when I've been working on the Rallye,... Continue Reading →
So suspensions on, steering is connected up. Question has anyone else had any issues with getting the tracking right with Tommy's steering arm kits? I've basically zero'd all of the adjustment out of them and I still have quite a bit of toe in. Without shortening the arms I'm going to have to use thinner... Continue Reading →
Finally managed to get the paperwork sorted and it arrived back from the DVLA this week. 14(!) registered previous keepers which means that there's some significant gaps in my knowledge...
