'76 Golf build thread

[gldgti]

did some more body work on sunday - no pics sorry but some filler has gone on to neaten up the repairs... and the best bit?

I have found that Megan, my lovely lady, has a talent for filing and sanding car bodywork! Best news ever, since I really dont have the patience to do it nicely, but she does a wonderful job!

Woot for help on this resto!

[Preen59]

Good work dude!

Funny you should mention that, but (I don't mean to sound sexist) studies have been done that show women are better than men at things like polishing and sanding. Something to do with their attention span and willingness for attention to detail..

In Korea/China etc Toolmakers don't polish injection moulds etc. It's done predominantly by "unskilled" women! Wish it was that way here.. I spent a full week polishing a new mould i'd just completed straight after SEDF.. What a way to ease back into work! haha.

[gldgti]

yeah, its figures i reckon. she's a good eye for the lines aswell!

[GeorgeMK1]

I just read through, and when i first saw how big and bulky that metal was that you welded on, i thought no way this would come out good. but i must say it looks ridiculously good!

Great work mate, good to see someone putting time to revive these beauties hehehe! As for the missus helping out, that is great news, i need to find myself a gal to help out too haha.

[gldgti]

thanks mate,

yeah this ones definately worth saving.... and a 76 too!

[Golf Loon]

Cant believe the enthusiasm you have for 5 door Mk1s. You Lunatic.

Nice work as ever though.

[gldgti]

Cant believe the enthusiasm you have for 5 door Mk1s. You Lunatic.

Nice work as ever though.

i know - barking mad. My workmate took charge of the red caged swallowtail on the weekend (which is a 2 door) so now i'm back to 4 cars again. I'll still be helping with that build but at least i dont have to pay for it now. So yeah, got rid of a totally rust free and pretty straight 2-door for a 4 door, i must be bonkers .

anyway, i might as well let on some plans for her i have -

will likely be repainting the whole roof (for even-ness) and down both a pillars and the winscreen base. At some stage the bonnet has been resprayed, but this colour seems to be good at hiding mismatch between the metallic fleck - good news for amature spray painters like me.

old dash is going, along with orginal loom. will be trying to replace the whole wiring loom/fusebox with a later model mk1/early mk2/ cabby one. I will probably try to run a cabby/mk2 dash and cluster aswell.

interior will be mostly customised - including lightweight door trims (my own), modified vr6 cloth seats (in black) to fit mk1 (but i will be keeping the height adjustment) and not much else - except a whole load of guages!

i still havnt decided what engine i will start with yet - its very tempting to drop in the engine/box from the white LS (1.8 RV) but i really want this car to be a bit different, and be a good driver for both weekdays and weekends, so it just might be diesel... but fairly highly modified. I am going to take advantage of our climate and probably lower the compression with some valve clearance pockets cut into the piston tops, so i might even get to experiment with cams - YAY!

anyway, i am really aspiring for 2 things with this car - i'm intent on getting it up and on the road pretty sharply, i'm thinking 6 months really. Also, I want to raise the bar with the build quality a bit - i've always done my best to make things mechanically sweet, but often have fallen below the mark in finish - so i'd like to make this car presentable in a way that is practical, but good...

anyway, weekends permitting, this build should move pretty well and we all might be pleasantly surprised - I hope! (As long as I dont keep having to fix my other bloomin' cars! My mk3 TD ate a turbo bearing on the weekend too!)

[Jarred]

Plans sound good. Practice makes perfect, and I think it's a great idea to start increasing the finish of the build. makes the car and build more enjoyable in my eyes.

[captainvw]

Nice work Mate good to see another one local Picking up some stuff from paint supplies at the bottom of Kariong hill on Sat might give you Buzz if your home check it out in person

[littlegldgti]

Hey bro nice work on the new car. Can't wait to see it, though bit dissapointed we won't be able to have 2 white golf driving in a line on the free way to the nationals, ohwell. Good Job