93 cabrio repairs...

[roccodingo]

Did a trial fit of the front panel...one of many....



left side was a sinch, right side was close but more grafting required to get a satisfactory result, book tells me + or - 2 mm on the listed dimensions is good enough...



all measured up pretty well within spec, except for this bit...



left a gap of about 3 mm, puts it a mil over the top size... a little more banging and it was good enough..

Run a few tacks on the front tomorrow, then test fit the guards and hood to ensure it all comes back looking ok...

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[Typ53]

Wow, great work Grant In my opinion the mk1 cab looks at best of all types and it's the original and not a copy

Wish you good luck during the repair and don't ignore the roccos

Cheers
Mario

[Jarred]

wow, you're really getting on with this one arn't ya!

Nice to see some panel beating on here once in a while

[roccodingo]

Public holiday today ...

got a few more things done to the front end... test fitted the guards to check gaps and alignment...





started welding the front panel in place, ran out of time so more later in the week...

[roccodingo]

wow, you're really getting on with this one arn't ya!

Nice to see some panel beating on here once in a while

well no way a professional metal basher, but there is only one way to learn...

Still have a few mechanical parts to overhaul yet... not to mention the wiring ....

[Drake]

Great to see another MK1 cabrio getting back on the road. Good luck with all your repairs and assembly !

[roccodingo]

Managed to finish welding the front panel in place.

[roccodingo]

did a test are on the bumper with some paint stripper..



mainly cause it looks like its had to many coats of paint previously..



had the paint guy come by and give me his opinion...and cost to match the front with the rest of the car..

more later ...

[roccodingo]

Wow, great work Grant In my opinion the mk1 cab looks at best of all types and it's the original and not a copy

Wish you good luck during the repair and don't ignore the roccos

Cheers
Mario

Thanks Mario, yeah, it was a bargain for such a neat car, glad to be bringing it back to life.
It will be used by my girlfriend when she comes out from Scotland to live..

Once this is done, and My son's Mk 1 GTI is out the door then back into doing the Scirocco list...