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Dec 24, 2020 11:30:56 GMT
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That came up really nice. What sort of stuff did you use? Mines got black interiour, so that masks the dirt perfectly, but I would still like to clean it thoroughly like you did. I used a mixture of Pink Stuff Paste and Elbow Grease paste, about 90p a tub in B&M. My wife had seen them recommended by Mrs Hinch, I was really impressed.
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Dec 23, 2020 21:40:08 GMT
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Brought the interior home from the workshop. It was fairly filthy and Soph had bought some stuff to try cleaning it. Thought I would give it a quick try: So got carried away and did the whole drivers seat
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Dec 22, 2020 23:09:16 GMT
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My old bug. That looks really cool with the chop! I've picked up a bottle of gas today so hopefully I'll make some progress over the next week or so.
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Dec 22, 2020 16:07:59 GMT
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Such a great looking car! Lowering has helped even more.
How are you finding the EFI setup? I've watched a guy on YouTube do a similar conversion on his Pinto and a KE Corolla
Tom
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Dec 21, 2020 16:14:47 GMT
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Wow that's some good work pulling the engine out! At least the problem has been confirmed.
Tom
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Dec 21, 2020 16:03:52 GMT
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Excellent project! Will make a great looking Pickup!
Tom
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Dec 21, 2020 16:02:04 GMT
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You can just tell when a steering wheel is an OEM wheel, it just looks right. Way better than an aftermarket one would.
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Dec 20, 2020 14:40:23 GMT
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Looking forward to seeing where this goes!
Tom
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Could the water ingress in the front be from the membrane between the doorcard and door? I know that is a major issue on the back doors of Mk4 Golf Platform cars, but replacing the plastic membrane fixes it.
I think the Maestro is a perfect winter daily. Old enough to be interesting and fairly simple, new enough to be reliable and have a semblance of comfort and requiring the right amount of TLC to form a bond with it.
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As I've got older I can't buy cars anymore. I love it in theory, I spend forever looking at cars for sale but the actual act of commiting to the purchase just utterly stresses me out. To the point it saps the joy out of it.
The decision to buy the Beetle was a four day epic of me talking myself in and out of it repeatedly, not being able to sleep properly, asking everyone what they thought and then finally my wife telling me to grow a pair and buy it.
I'm glad I did.
Tom
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Dec 16, 2020 18:01:54 GMT
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Returned home to a package with another couple of panels Inner wheelarch/engine mount for passenger side and driverside rear crossmember. I won't be using the whole panels, just unpicking them to use the parts I need. Which leads me to ask, any recommendations for spot weld drill bits? Just awaiting the arrival of the under seat repair panels now. Hoping to pop and get gas either tomorrow or Friday. Tom
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Dec 16, 2020 14:22:26 GMT
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Excellent to see this come together. Really amazing work as always.
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Dec 15, 2020 22:59:40 GMT
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Another thread read start to finish.
Wow you've had some ups and downs. Credit it to you though excellent work.
These early wedges look so cool and much better than the later ones.
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Dec 15, 2020 18:39:34 GMT
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The burgers you make must be full of brave pills!
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Dec 15, 2020 18:36:03 GMT
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Read this thread from start to finish over the last few days. Excellent work, really informative as well. Still haven't got my head around all the wiring yet! Any idea on exterior colour? Sounds Mean looking! Tom
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Dec 14, 2020 22:21:37 GMT
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Read this thread from start to finish over the last few days.
Excellent work, really informative as well. Still haven't got my head around all the wiring yet!
Any idea on exterior colour?
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Dec 14, 2020 11:58:14 GMT
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Well from Heritage I have ordered Left hand side Engine mount panel. Left and Right hand side Boot floor repair panels Right hand side rear crossmember I also managed to pick up a pair of inner arches from facebook marketplace: So only panel I really need now is a driverside floor pan. I have seen a pair again on marketplace that I may go for. Wish I'd spotted this thread earlier qwerty, if you look on YouTube for a guy called Dan Chambers he's sponsored by heritage and has a 10% discount code. Search for Dan Chambers mk1 golf gti if nothing else his channel is worth a watch Cheers I'll have a look. I daresay I'll be going back to Heritage for stuff in the future ....... a lot 😂
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No photo update today, mainly because I didn't take any 🙄 Bit of an up and down day. Spent ages cutting the inner arch panel up and getting a really nice fit for the hole, then instead of spending 10mins setting the welder up again after not using it for about 9months I dove straight in and ended up blowing holes. Then took the huff. After a Wispa Gold and a bottle of water I spent half an hour practicing a bit on some scrap. I've come to the conclusion I need to stop messing around with Flux Core and get a bottle of gas, especially now I'm working inside. Saying that my welds have markedly improved. Anyway won't get any more chance to play until Friday at the earliest. take it to the nearest skip and tip it in lol gassless migs are curse word Its a gas and gas less one and because of how infrequently I use it I've never really used it with a gas bottle, but I think I will now. Just going to get a Hobbyweld bottle.
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Dec 12, 2020 21:06:59 GMT
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No photo update today, mainly because I didn't take any 🙄
Bit of an up and down day. Spent ages cutting the inner arch panel up and getting a really nice fit for the hole, then instead of spending 10mins setting the welder up again after not using it for about 9months I dove straight in and ended up blowing holes.
Then took the huff.
After a Wispa Gold and a bottle of water I spent half an hour practicing a bit on some scrap. I've come to the conclusion I need to stop messing around with Flux Core and get a bottle of gas, especially now I'm working inside. Saying that my welds have markedly improved.
Anyway won't get any more chance to play until Friday at the earliest.
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