The Mk1 ABF Project

**cartertronic** · 21-02-2012, 11:34 AM

Cheers for the link.. you make it look easy

Just read Broke VW's rebuild (great resource!): 020 Rebuild

Originally Posted by roccodingo

...have done Wade's O2A since then and still a pile of others to do.

No chance I can convince you to move to Melbourne?

What would you expect to pay to get this done? Any recommendations (in VIC)?

EDIT - Just had a quote from VolksPower for $800 (+any additional parts required).. anyone know of anywhere cheaper?

**roccodingo** · 21-02-2012, 11:16 PM

In All honesty Simon, I would consider $800 a bargain price as long as they do the job correctly mate.

The only person I would have trusted doing the O2O here closed up shop and now works in the mining industry ( where the money is ) so it became a necessity to do it.

PM sent.

**cartertronic** · 28-02-2012, 07:31 PM

Thanks for the info rocco.. I think I might put this on the back burner for a little bit. I'm low on cash + have a garage full of parts that I should be working with

Will start putting away the pennies to do this properly down the track - read: diff & bolts + refurb of box

In other news, I'm slowly moving along with the brakes.. just stripped some GTI calipers back and sprayed them with black caliper paint

Heard about people cooking them in the home oven (to set caliper paint you need to bake it for 1hr at 90 degree Cel), but don't really want to stink the house out!

BBQ'd Calipers anyone?

**Jarred** · 28-02-2012, 07:46 PM

that's a fantastic idea!

**cartertronic** · 28-02-2012, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by Jarred

that's a fantastic idea!

Thanks mate!

Just turned it off and opened the hood (had 2 of 4 burners on the lowest setting) and looks to have worked a treat

Will post up some pics when they've cooled down...

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Done like a dinner

I've got a can of clear here, will try to polish these off tomorrow..

**WABIT** · 29-02-2012, 08:11 PM

Sup Simon?

dom

**cartertronic** · 03-03-2012, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by WABIT

Sup Simon?

dom

Hey mate, long time no see!

Been crazy busy, work is nuts + working on the second phase of VWClassifieds.. chipping away at the mk1 it bit by bit though

I see you'e selling up?

**WABIT** · 03-03-2012, 09:49 AM

car looks great man! yeah bought a new project car, the wabit body is bent and crabwalkingb so no point building a car thats twisted.....

still in the game... just not building a mk1

Dom