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Outstanding work Pete! Epic DIY build this one. Truely and inspiration for us all
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Awesome Pete, love the paint color oh how it brings back memories.
Gonna be an awesome sight finished. Having said that it's an awesome sight now.
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This is great! Real DIY masterclass.
I'm learning lots and not so fearful about my own mk1 project anymore after seeing this.
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wow, looking great Pete!! Great work!
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Hi all and a happy new year.
Pete looks like you got busy after I left yesterday. Nice to see a bit of colour on.
To all the folks following this build thread I've been lucky enough see it in the flesh from the start and the quality of the work Pete is doing here is just top class. So much has been done to get to the point of having a perfect shell which is the key to a great car. Next is the real fun part where you start bolting things in for good. Enjoy
Geoff
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Cheers Geoff,
I got a lot of undercoating done today, the floor and some of the loose panels. Didn't get photos of the completed panels, we'll get some tomorrow morning.
Bagged up the front end to keep the over spray off it.
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/...d/P1160540.jpg
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/...d/P1160541.jpg
I got slowed down by a dent in the sill I'd forgotten to fix. I couldn't get a dolly to it so I had to use a slide hammer to pull it out. That worked OK but I'd made the metal too thin with the grinder to weld the holes back up. Nothing to do but cut it all out and make a new piece to go in there.
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/...d/P1160550.jpg
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/...d/P1160552.jpg
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/...d/P1160572.jpg
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/...d/P1160574.jpg
It's hot here at the moment. You have to work fast with the filler but the paint drys almost instantly.
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/...d/P1160575.jpg
Finished repair, not concourse but this is a race car after all. Normally this panel is well out of sight anyway.
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/...d/P1160578.jpg
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/...d/P1160579.jpg
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I pulled more of the seat belt anchors out and used the re-acquired real estate to put in another speed hole.[:D]
These brackets are surprisingly heavy.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...P1160580-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...P1160583-1.jpg
Having the rotisserie does allow for some interesting means of access to things. Being able to walk in and out of the car via the windscreen makes life a lot easier.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...P1160585-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...P1160589-1.jpg
Finished up the day by blocking back the last of the loose panels for undercoat first thing tomorrow.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...P1160603-1.jpg
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Keep it up Pete, doing great.
