MK1 project No. 2

that looks great! :D Nice colour choice too

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Originally Posted by ross_m

I found a caddy in the colour Im painting mine. This is olde english white.


http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...plancopy-1.jpg

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Chrome big bumper? Where do I get one?

Love the way this is turning out and I'm in awe over your welding skills.

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Originally Posted by sports racer

Chrome big bumper? Where do I get one?

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It's just a plastic bumper with the chrome inserts.

IM AMazed at your patience with al those rust spots to work on!!
your putting many of us to shame LOL All the best! i like that color as well! its a little creamier than what ive been planing paint the Caddy
Cool tread on those tyres hey

great work on this.

Typical UK car - , whole bottom 10cms rusted. I admire your persistence and skill, well done.

the old English white looks good

Thanks again for the comments :) Photobucket has started working again so i have more pics

Lower half of the front panel down to bare metal, filled and then etch primed

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1816-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1820-2.jpg

o/s sill was a bit rotten in the centre and pitted so i welded a new section in.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1812-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1826-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1838-2.jpg

I then got the windscreen out and started fixing the hole under where the seal sits.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1796-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1797-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1798-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1800-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1803-2.jpg

Filled and etch primed
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1842-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1843-2.jpg

Then I moved onto the exhaust. All the hangers had rusted and fallen off, 3 manifold studs had snapped and the recirculating pipe had rusted off completely from the downpipe so I basically needed a whole new system but thought Id see what I could do.. So for the downpipe I cut up a steel pole from our old gazeebo and welded it on :lol: Perfect diameter

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1835-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...DSCF1836-2.jpg

I welded the hangers back on and drilled out the manifold studs and re tapped them. New gaskets came in the post yesterday so its all ready to fit :)

Its come on a lot since those pics but the cameras in the garage and I cant be arsed getting it

awesome work as usual mate :D

Yea nice work there Ross. Its great to see some serious body reps being done and put up on here. Its something i'm gonna have to do soon so I'll be going back over this info later;)

Cheers,
Wade

110% respect!

(You should invest in some shoelaces :))