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I had a half share in one of these a few years ago, cool little car. Got slated on here when i put it up for sale tho! If you look in the boot you should see a factory spot weld line running across where the golf boot floor finishes and the jetta one starts! Hardest part to find is the trim stuff - rear wing bits are jetta specific. Looking forward to seeing progress!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim
1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started.
1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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ade36
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Ok, so had a spare couple of hours this afternoon so thought I'd start stripping some bits back and see what I'm going to have to deal with... Firstly I took the headlight surrounds out of the equation as they are rarer that a rare thing and if I broke one whilst faffing about then the swearing rant that would follow would be enough to put a stella fuelled chav to shame  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr I now know why these things are rare; they are brittle and flimsy as shiz. And randomly found this spare key stuck to the front slam panel; I guess the previous owner used to get locked out a lot!  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr Two sheared bumper mount bolts later and I was ready to start attacking the wings. I knew they were going to be bad, but the bad news started as soon as the bumper was off.  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr But hey, I knew the wings were going to be a write off. Time to start prying them off and see the extent of the real issues |
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ade36
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Jan 17, 2016 21:39:53 GMT
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ade36
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Jan 17, 2016 21:54:05 GMT
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And the inner wings; not much better:  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr What isn't rust is, yep, you've guessed it, filler:  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr And what's that at the front? Yep, mesh and filler:  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr Beneath the filler it isn't much better... Rust and daylight.  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr Not exactly safe at the moment! It's not beyond saving (although I do still need to remove the nearside wing!). I have a pretty mint golf complete front end in the back garden that can supply donor inner wings, and the chassis legs on the jetta look solid... But as expected, I'm gonna have my work cut out, and I'm going to have to get good at welding pretty quick! |
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Jesus, that looks a little disheartening, I'm surprised nothing fell off as you went along.
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That poor thing must of really struggled to move with all the weight of that much filler.
Don't envy you for what looks like a mountain of work ahead. Best of luck
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ade36
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Jesus, that looks a little disheartening, I'm surprised nothing fell off as you went along. Yeah, a decent pothole or speedbump and I'm sure that front turret would be trying to make its way through the bonnet! Scary to think what some people class as "repairs" |
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ade36
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That poor thing must of really struggled to move with all the weight of that much filler. Don't envy you for what looks like a mountain of work ahead. Best of luck Ha! Yeah, there was a good kilo taken from the offside wing alone! |
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ade36
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So, like I said, I have a replacement front end that I can rob the inner wings from. Trouble is, I was hoping to just be doing patches but now it looks like most of it is going to be cut out and replaced meaning I have nothing to take a reference point from to line it all up. Any suggestions?
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Jan 20, 2016 18:26:58 GMT
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Wow. That's a lot of bodge. I can't offer u any advice but I wish u well with it. It's a nice motor and would look the biz if it was rescued.
Good luck with it I'll give u some encouragement when u update.
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This is clearly filler material.
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Jan 20, 2016 19:30:18 GMT
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Not sure how anyone of sound mind can stand there with a tub of filler and apply it like that :/
Madness! Crack on though - at least you have a donor!
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1989 Volvo 340
1986 Suzuki SJ413
2000 BMW 318ti
2006 Lexus IS250
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ade36
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Jan 20, 2016 19:34:02 GMT
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No , i just want to wish you luck..... I would have walked away.... Wow. That's a lot of bodge. I can't offer u any advice but I wish u well with it. It's a nice motor and would look the biz if it was rescued. Good luck with it I'll give u some encouragement when u update. Thanks; I think luck and encouragement (and beer... A lot of beer) are the only things that are going to keep this build going! |
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ade36
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So a few weeks have passed where I have either been too busy with work or have been simply staring out the window at the car cover draped over my rust bucket wondering what the fcuk I can do with this. But figured I might as well press on with it. So, with the first break in the weather we have had for a while I pulled off the cover, plugged in the grinder and got to removing some of the underseal on the arch to see how far the extent of the rust went. Lo and behold I found something that I wasn't expecting... Shiny metal!  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr And some more here...  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr Threw on some primer to help hold the metal until I get the opportunity to mark out repair patches but all in all there was more solid bits than I was first fearing after my last escapade with a spanner.  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr Don't get me wrong; there is still a mountain of work to do on this. And in true "one step forward, two steps back" fashion, I had a peek at the nearside arch and it isn't much better:  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr And I also discovered that the scuttle is, at a conservative guess, made of 80% filler also :-( This has definitely gone beyond the point of a few patch repairs and an mot. Next step is to pull the engine and remove the front struts etc. The screen needs to come out so all the interior is going to have to come out too. If you are in the east kent area and have an engine lift you don't mind loaning me then please let me know! |
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I am eastbound in pursuit of a white Lamborghini, this is not a recording.
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Nowt worse than finding bodge arl ower and fresh air behind it  Best of luck with this one! |
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Holy guacamole! That's a lot of metal repair work lining up here.
Bookmarked as moral support.
Best of luck, Nick.
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Go on dude you can do it. You'll be driving it round in the summer thinking "what was I worried about"
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As drastic as it sounds, I think I would be working out the best way to dissect the roof and rear quarters off that and grafting them to that 4 door golf shell assuming it's clean. I think it would be quicker and easier, especially if you could get an accident repair guy on the case.
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ade36
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As part of the incentive to make some progress with this I bought it a present...  Untitled by Adrian Child, on Flickr A very pretty ABF lump and box now resides in my garage. Was intending on keeping it as a small block and using an AFH engine from a 6n 16v Polo but this came up locally and for an agreeable price. Budget won't stretch to Weber's so this will likely be running with some ZX9R bike carbs. Still, I've got bigger fish to fry for now... Back to the rust. |
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Best of luck with this one!
