my `76 GOLF 3dr

[Jarred]

not atm. I've worked 9 of the last 10 days full time (8 or 9 hour days) at the tennis, so no time to organise much stuff really.

Got a rear window seal of Alex (instnsemk1) yesterday, that I think I'll get the window man to pop in, and josh is coming over tonight to touch up a spot or two on the paint and paint under the bonnet and a few other spots. and yea.

Hopefully I'll have it RW'd, Red'g etc etc by mid feb. I'm so excited. the finish line is near.

[Preen59]

Got a rear window seal of Alex (instnsemk1) yesterday, that I think I'll get the window man to pop in,

Do it yourself .

All you need is a friend who is good with their hands, 2 pairs of gloves and some thick venetian blind cord..

[Jarred]

I'm more worried about busting the window as I take that out... I've heard these are really easy to crack/break???

[Preen59]

I'm more worried about busting the window as I take that out... I've heard these are really easy to crack/break???

If you've got a new rubber, cut the back lip off the old rubber in the hatch.

Just put a slice through it 90deg to the rubber, lift up one corner where you just cut and slide the knife blade under.

Cut the back lip a little and pull on the bit coming off to allow access (it doesn't grab on the blade this way, so its easier to cut) to the knife blade.

Then just simply cut and peel away the back lip the whole way round and the window will pop straight out.

Easy.

[Jarred]

If you've got a new rubber, cut the back lip off the old rubber in the hatch.

Just put a slice through it 90deg to the rubber, lift up one corner where you just cut and slide the knife blade under.

Cut the back lip a little and pull on the bit coming off to allow access (it doesn't grab on the blade this way, so its easier to cut) to the knife blade.

Then just simply cut and peel away the back lip the whole way round and the window will pop straight out.

Easy.

cheers for that, I'll give that a whirl, what about getting the new window back in? Same process as for the rear 3/4 windows?

[Jarred]

here we go with a mini update -

I've been thinking what to do with the old mylars, it's hard to get some new ones that fit properly (Pete Jones is on this already) So I've figured in the mean time, I'll paint them.

I figured paint them silver/chrome, or black. Here we go with a lick of silver/chrome; what do you guys think? It's pretty different to the actualy "chrome" on the window trims, but it doesn't look too bad on its own tho....

Pics:


In this one you really can see the difference between the two:



Apart from that, I cleaned the garage today, which was a complete mess, and oh, a clean garage is so nice. Also got a nice new toy off Pete which came in handy cleaning up.
Done a bit more wetsanding and trialling the cutting compoud. the compound seems to work alright using man power, but It would be a whole lot easier using a buffer, although, the paint is only two coats thick, So I think most of it will dissappear if I use an electric buffer.

hmmm. that will do for now. expect some more updates towards the end of the week.

[Jarred]

yay for winning stuff on ebay!!

they look like this: (well they are these actually)

[Water Boy]

yay for winning stuff on ebay!!

they look like this: (well they are these actually)

Wheel specs?? BTW nice sticky rubber

[GoLfMan]

nice shiny roof you have there
also why didnt i get a msg about you winning those wheels!

[Jarred]

they're sposed to be 13x 6.5, very nice indeed. unsure of the offset tho, but I should be able to make them fit, Just by looking at them I'd say they'd be in 30's, but I'm really just geussing.

The rubber is supposedly formula ford spec rubber or something, but I'm geussing they're quite worn, cause the wheels were pretty cheap, but i'll see.

I'm planning on polishing the lips, and maybe repainting the black parts. in yellow. haha, no in black.