Awesome work & a really interesting build thread

cheers dudes

built up the freshly coated front crossmember with new rubbers and bolts, secured the power steering cooler pipe to it to with new stainless steel washers and nyloc nuts.

front subframe and wishbones ave also been bolted to the car with new genuine hardware, poly bushes and ball joints.

will get pics up soon

cheers for checking my thread

few pics for you dude and dudettes

more sandblasted bits



new outer cv's



built front crossmember





polybushed font with new VAG bolts





powdercoated rocker too



cheers ya'll

this is not what you want your crank pulley to look like.



had to grind down the pulley bolt to get the crank off, i hate working on 20 year old engines.

but it did come off



got the powersteering rack refurbed and put back on the car, stripped the sound deadening and stuff from the bonnet, put the panels on the front of the car and bolted some wheels on. then......




and cut my windscreen out, it took me over and hour and a half.



After i got it back in the garage i jacked the back up and chucked some axle stands under it, unbolted the rear bumper and started to cry, why why why did i decide it would be a good idea to poke my car

this sucks





guess more welding will take place

on another note, dont forget to prop the fuel tank before unbolting the straps

bump on the head

cheers for looking

YOur flying on with this again now fella, gutted with the rust issues though

loads of good replacement panels here tho if needed http://www.vwheritage.com/bbt/Body/Stan ... lateID=bbt

Oof, nobody likes discoveries like that mate. If there's anything good about it though, is you'll know that when it's done it'll be done properly.

thanks guys, think your car is mint then you remove the plastic trim, highly disappointing.

just a small progress update

The damage to the sill and rear end, definately had some previous accident damage in the faterland.





found some wiring issues between the body and boot lid



I also decided what i will trim the roof lining and A,B,C pillars in, and this is a comparison shot.



After shots of fully trimmed trim parts.





Stripped down the rad fan and painted, cleaned and assembled. Bolted together with stainless nyloc nuts and washers.





O and the car put back on all four wheels







And then........................











she's gone to paint

should have her back in a couple of months

till next time peeps

Will miss the updates, hope the paint goes well though

still be updates dude

got an engine to build, and tons of other bits to sort out

Looking really good mate. Absolutely loving the retrim, exactly what I was planning for mine

Amazing attention to detail fella. Looking forward to the updates!!

Just a quickie, where did you get the soundproofing from? My interior and dash are out at the moment and I could do with 'proofing it' prior to refelt and refit.

Cheers mucker

i got it from ebay, called deadX i think

Had another trip to the powdercoaters and ended up with some nice looking bits



close ups of some of the parts





got the rear beam done too and another load of stuff.

show you soon

cheers all

Will be like brand new when finished......again fab work mate.

thanks dude, its gonna be a mega step up from the driver.

got more to show ya'll

rear beam, tank straps and front ARB



check out the reflection on the tank straps



and a few of the beam







cheers peeps, got the drive shafts done too but gonna build them up first

TTFN

I say it all the time, far too much time and money you have

Good efforts once again

Looks absolutely amazing so far mate, the tank straps on my car have literally never ever looked that good!

Those parts are looking great!

cheers guys

I dont have alot of time, but i end up working on it till 3am then bag it off to work at 5.30am

but i am really chuffed at the powdercoating, gonna look the nuts bolted to the car

driveshafts came up good too

little progress update

just trying to tidy the garage and sort all the crap out.

buying more stuff from VW and generally getting stuff stocked to build the car when its back

talking of the car...............









guess te bonnet had a few stonechips



should be back in a couple of weeks

cheers for looking

Amazing work fella, this is one quality build thread!! Your attention to detail is crazy, all that powdercoating must be setting you back a fortune!!!
Cant wait to see what this turns out like!!

Not as dear as i thought it would be. got a good price for cash

thought i would show you al some of the work thats been going on

All new parts are genuine VW

expansion tanks mounted on refurbed mount with new bolts



New fuel filter with refurbed brackets and s/s fasteners



New foliage catcher for blower intake



HT lead tube and clips



Refurbed mounting plate with refurbed Master cylinder and new clutch fluid transfr tube



Cleaned, pressure tested and painted original intercooler



Re-cored and painted radiator



got loads to show but most of its fairly boring, not to say the last update isn't.

very happy though

cheers dubbers

Attention to detail is spot on fella
still reckon you got too much time/money

Always look forward to seeing this thread progress & again the attention to detail is nothing short of amazing.

Can see this car turning out like that BBM G60 that just sold on ED38

That blue G was amazing, hope it turns out half as good as that.

cheers Gaz, just got one of these too, check my van out in the backround

























i am kidding its my friends, w**nker

Gratte brothers spoon benders, Mk2's looking great mate got to get my front crossmember done

its well worth it dude, i love the stuff now.

in talks about powder coating the shell from the other project, his oven is just big enough