The 'Not Another Project' project: Blue Mk1

[geoff_gti]

so did you buy those Audis too?

[GOLFBALLS]

so did you buy those Audis too?

Haha, no. I would love to be able to just collect every car that comes up but i don't own an aircraft hangar unfortunatley.
I was keen on that super 90 but was relying on the participation of others to take the red 75L. Wabit seemed keen but vanished from existence when i tried to contact him, and the other interested party fell thru unfortunately, so both cars are still sitting out in the hills...

[GOLFBALLS]

Ok, so i finally got all my crap sorted at the new house and this car has a new home under a gazebo in the driveway (no garage )
Been gradually pulling the car down and finding rust, making a list of bits to get etc.





















I amputated the bottoms of the doors and kept any spare sections. They have the rare fixed quarterglasses so i'll be converting the donor doors to suit.

I'll keep the talk to a minimum to encourage chat/questions.

[roccodingo]

I got some bits of early tin you look like your going to neeeeeed mate. best bring a welding helmet and I'll get you started on welding thin $hit....

sent from poxed out pc in the shed.

[Volksee77]

whoa man i've never seen doors like that before. Did you wants those 2 door doors back at all as those look almost unsaveable?? Great the see it coming along though. Now the best bits begin

[GOLFBALLS]

Yeah they are finished. I just kept the good bit as spare panelling for future dings if they happen. I have complete immaculate doors to replace them with.
It was a shame as they were straight as apart from the gaping holes!!

[Preen59]

Another one I missed... Good luck with it, Wade.. Subscribed...

[GOLFBALLS]

A few goodies arrived... and some engine parts from work.
I'm using the old EV/SD engine from my Grey '86 mk2 GTI that i had saved from that misadventure.
The EV is of course the 8valve "big valve" head (with mild cam), and the SD bottom end is the 1.9 from an Audi 80. Good times.



Early Genuine 'postie' red tails...







...and more surgery to do. The car is actually totally stripped apart from suspension, steering and fuel tank. There's a lot to do!!!!







Still has original paint code sticker 'Oceanicblau L57H' (oceanic blue) aka 'Reef Blue'

[Peter Jones]

Where on earth did you mange to source the tail lights from?

I'm having trouble finding anything except altezza style small lights at the moment.

[GOLFBALLS]

oh, this is what i'm using as an inspirational template... except venetians in the back and impractical lowness





---------- Post added at 03:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:04 PM ----------

Where on earth did you mange to source the tail lights from?

I'm having trouble finding anything except altezza style small lights at the moment.

Ebay uk Pete. They are polished/cleaned up 2nd hand. Small crack in one of them but other than that they are good.