Alright so i finally stopped working on the orange golf, and had time for the swallowtail today. Felt like a productive day. Uncle borrowed the gas bottle (its hit bottle but my gas) and i got it back today. Last night i fab'd up some tabs for the wiring harness to re route. Ill put picks of that later. I made L shapes and welded them to the body, and drilled holes in the so that i can cable tie the wire loom on to. Should work great !
Here they are, with the crappy pic
![](http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/04/101_2020-1.jpg)
And here im putting it to the test, looks cool 8-)
![](http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/04/101_2021-1.jpg)
Also started with the heating system. Theres no chance in hell im spending $250 on a universal heater, and i love to be innovative and make **** work, so i started modding my heater today so that it doesnt pro-trude into the bay. Im going to get a smaller fan, probably from a motorbike and drop the whole heater box by a cm so that theres enough space for the fan to get air. Basically im only going to use it for heater, so re-circulating the air in the cabin will be fine.
However i really have noooo clue what to do with the de-mister yet, if anyone has some ideas please share. Heres the heater
![](http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/04/101_2022-1.jpg)
Also grinded down the heater box hole, and made a cover up sheet for the hole. I think its 1.2mm which is pretty thick, but i got it for free, which otherwise is $60 something from bunnings, feck that. DIY FTW !!
![](http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/04/101_2023-1.jpg)
![](http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2012/04/101_2024-1.jpg)
Ive started welding in the sheet already, pics soon.
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Mate of mine was selling an exhaust i've wanted for a long time. I got it at a ridiculous price, and these things go for $450, so im happy. Its a Varex exhaust that has a motor on it which allows the exhaust note to be LOUD, or quiet at a push of a button. Being a P plater and in Vic, you get ass raped by the authority's here, so having one of these will be pretty cool. I test fitted it and it fits snuggly away, so you cant see the oval bit. I will get a new smaller tip to suit my liking.
- Orange Golf mk1 LS, 1.8 5speed, 32/36 - sold
- Golf mk1 Swallowtail rebuild, completely stripped
- Brown U.S import 81 cabby
- 88 Honda crx b18cr
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