Finished the Fuel Cell Framing last week and it's now in a base coat of POR15. Since then I've been doing some tidying up elsewhere on the shell, such as removing the studs that had held on the fusebox. The heads of these are real rust traps in the wheel arches so there was some... Continue Reading →
Managed to make it to the small car parts shop around the corner from home before it closed tonight after work and picked up a brake union spanner. A couple of blasts of heat from the blowtorch and a swift thwack and I managed to get the unions undone. Opened up all the bleed nipples... Continue Reading →
So last back in 2008 when I first had the car I did some tidying up of the inner wing and essentially buried some pretty ropey metal work in filler. Today it was time to reveal the true extent of the rot! On a positive note the repair job had held up pretty well in... Continue Reading →
Started working out the loom today. This is the full vehicle loom that came with the new engine. It's a full GTI engine and interior loom, including an alarm/immobiliser. Not shown is the OMEX engine loom that I have test fitted to the engine in the engine stand. There isn't much in this picture that... Continue Reading →
Rallye Project 