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    Patch's Car

    Well i'm new to the site,but not new to VW's,so here is my latest car in the making.

    Day one of ownership,June 08





    First job was to remove the awfull lights,and fit a black rear view mirror.








    Lost all of those stickers and it looked like this

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    thats sweet mate

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    That's not half bad! Very different.

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    Thanks

    Next cam some 312mm front brakes



    Then there was a proplem with wet carpets.
    Got to my mates and we dropped the headlining and checked the sunroof drainage,everything was in order.We knew the carpet had to come out as it was soaked,so disconected the battery and spotted a gromit in the engine bay.It was for the bonnet release cable,on closer inspection some prat had fed the boost guage through the bulkhead and not sealed it.That's the sorce of my proplem them,we ran the boost guage through the fuse box and put the grommit back into place.

    Front seats out,and carpet removed(not as quick as it sounds).






    I ran like this for a few weeks while the carpets were drying out and to make sure the leak was fixed.

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    That's a lotta water!

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    awesome matey keep cleaning her up!!!!
    bet it stops hard with the big brakes on it
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    Lol,the first time i hit them i nearly went through the windscreen.

    A few of us went for some rolling shots,these were taken by someone hanging out of a bora(elbows inches from the floor)




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    Not exactly a "Sleeper" is it?hahaha

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    Quote Originally Posted by Preen59 View Post
    Not exactly a "Sleeper" is it?hahaha
    Not back then it wasn't

    Once i was 100% happy that i solved the water leak i started to put the car back together.




    While the seats were out i gave them a good clean





    I bought some R32 clocks that were in a sorry state,so i had to refurb those before fitment.
    Before


    During


    After


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    nice lot of tlc
    did you polish cluster face to the remove marks?
    turned out very nice

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