1990 mk 2 golf update 28 aug pics working now

[rowleyclassics]

latest toy to come in, belongs to a friend of mine and he says he wants something different, cool i'm thinking, somethig to get stuck into,dose mean my own cars get stuffed in the corner for a bit longer, oh well here I go again, car came in so I took some pics outside and from a few feet away she looks ok










see the moggy behind the red golf I will get it done one day,

[rowleyclassics]

the strip down begins,



and i found this

and this

and this

and this

[lregg]

20v turbo??

That amount of rust is fairly uncommon on a mk2 golf to be honest!!

[rowleyclassics]

yes it is a 20v turbo

as for the rust theres is still more

[rowleyclassics]

more rust and filler



whats left of the inner wing





fairly typical lower windscreen surround

[rowleyclassics]

there is more rot but now on to the best part cut out the rust and put in new metal

cut out the rear valance



made a new one but kept it flat so as to have less rust traps, it is hidded behind the bumper so wont be seen



but thats it for today more to come when i have done some
and one of the many inner wheel arch repairs

[grizz]

Bloody hell, what a surprise, all that rust.

Good effort though.

Waiting to see the end result now.

[Stu]

Rust =
20v Turbo =

[BenzBoy]

Blimey! That's a lot of rust for a late Mk2 Goof! Like the 20v Turbo.
Are the wheels going? If it was mine they would be... and the flushed tailgate. But that's just my personal taste - I think if I had a 20v Turbo under the lid I wouldn't care as much what went on on the exterior!

[Robinxr4i]

Cool car you mates got, pitty about the rust but hey your getting it sorted so who cares! Is it staying black?

20v turbo in a MK2 is a quality conversion, what power is it running?

[rowleyclassics]

Thanks for the kind remarks, yes it is staying black and the wheels are going, do not know what is coming to replace them till the weekend, as for the tailgate it is staying, it is what he wants and each to there own, there plenty more to do yet to get rid of the rust, and some serious custom work to do, will put todays photos on in next couple of hours, just started to down load them from the camera.

[rowleyclassics]

some more grinding and welding, remember the front iner wing, well the hole got bigger so it was cut out and a big piece welded back in



this is where a piece of plastic normally sits



remember the rust around the rear lights well rather than patch all the seams and risk more rust I decided to deseam the whole back end but got carred away sorry forgot to take pics of the new metal before puting on the filler





I have already started to lower the rear bumper and remove the tow hook cover



had enough of rust so onto somthing different, the bonnet mods, my mate wants the vents at the back of the bonnet smoothed and more air fed to the engine, however did not want vents in the wings but in the bonnet in the shape of a bonnet vent, made of metal and not a brought one from the shops so last week I made this



all the edges are rolled and underneath is splt down the middle one side is for the fresh air for the heater and the other side is for the engine piped underneath

first I cut out the vents in the bonnet and the supports the primer is zinc primer, I spray this on anything that will be boxed up



weled up the ends




and the ground down the welds




first a template



then steel




and weld it on



now I am out of gas for my mig welder and it was to late to get more, started to tidy up but soon got bored with that so I picked up the camera and took some pics of what I have around me

hears my sorry moggy awaiting rescue.



the most important area is where I make a brew



a view from the front of my yard



my pride and joy ;D



outside





the yellow car is my maxi, 32000 miles all original with the paperwork, it is the 1750 model with a 4 speed auto, the only auto made in this colour inca yellow, it will be back on the road this year.

[rowleyclassics]

back with bonet mods

cutting out the strenghners



tril fit the template



now the metal one



a quick grind



wleded up and because the bonnet will be up at the shows the welds have been ground down and filled




and the top of the bonnet




I may be short but I have a stool to stand on when I am welding " now where did I put my playdo"


getting rid of the vents





one custom built bonnet not to everyones taste but no one will have one the same as this anywhere in the world

[briandamaged]

Like most people on here I don't normally 'get' bonnet vents.......unless they are functional and steel, like this one!!!!

Top skills there. And respect for saving a Mk2 Golf that most would just landfill if it was that rusty.

[rowleyclassics]

dam thankyou

[mk14dr]

You have skilled hands mate, i'd be dead chuffed if i could do anything approaching that level of finish ;D
It looks twelvty-million times better than an of-the-shelf fibreglass sunny GTiR-esque bonnet

[carlb1970]

quality work there matey, proper talented , wish i could do work like that

[rowleyclassics]

Hi all sorry for the delays in upates but been busy working on non retro stuff but the kid of stuff that pays bills

been reading your threads tonight took me a while but some nice motors out there,

and my Disco's back on the road there will be another thread on that one soon I forsee a sprayathon weekend coming ;D

anyway onto the updates

door handles have to go and be replaced with audi handles, quality of this stuff is not the best but oh well



so mark up and cut out the handle




a bit of clamping



a tac here and a tac there



and welded up




sorry thats all for now, coming soon audi petrol flap(not the stuck on version) and windscreen channel repairs

hopefullly these pics work now sorry about that

[moomin]

pictures r teh invisible

[rowleyclassics]

they are now sorry about that no idea want went wrong as they worked when i did them last night