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Nov 29, 2020 20:50:27 GMT |
**Bit of a thread revival/update** Unfortunately, due to the current crisis we find ourselves in, progress has been pretty much non existent. I am however in the process of preparing a new home for the polo which should be ready in the coming weeks. During this time I have also been changing my plans for the car and thinking of different ways in which I would want to go about it. I have decided upon a GTI inspired car a bit like this....  Here are a few photos of the garage clean up....   I didn’t have many photos of pre clean up but the garage was full to the brim.    The plans are to build a workbench along this wall. Other than that and a bit more painting the garage is ready.  I also managed to get this knocked up at work. I need a few more bits fabricating but it’s the start of my rotisserie.  |
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Nov 30, 2020 15:50:29 GMT |
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Looks like a very high ceiling can you not squeeze a mezzanine storage floor in one end ? ?
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Looks like a very high ceiling can you not squeeze a mezzanine storage floor in one end ? ? It is a possibility, i think the angle of the picture is slightly deceiving. Once the shelves are stacked and various tools are hung on the wall there isn’t actually a great deal of space left. |
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Came home to a small delivery....  Now this is my first dabble in joinery and I’m quite pleased with the outcome so far. Everything was done pretty much by eye.     Considering the floor is uneven and the wood wasn’t the straightest, not too bad I’d say....  Sorry to stray away from the Polo but hopefully I will continue the updates in the new year. |
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Added a bit more to the bench this evening.  I need to add a support on each side at the back of the bench and replicate the top. Ran out of wood so will have to order some more.  |
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qwerty
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Looks like a clean one and you can't go wrong with P Slots on a Polo!
Tom
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Looks like a clean one and you can't go wrong with P Slots on a Polo! Tom Yeah I think they suit the Polo well, would have liked the centre caps as well but the seem to cost more than the wheels 😳 I may get some 3D printed |
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qwerty
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Looks like a clean one and you can't go wrong with P Slots on a Polo! Tom Yeah I think they suit the Polo well, would have liked the centre caps as well but the seem to cost more than the wheels 😳 I may get some 3D printed 3D printing seems the best Idea, I'm surprised no one is doing it and selling them on eBay |
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Yeah I think they suit the Polo well, would have liked the centre caps as well but the seem to cost more than the wheels 😳 I may get some 3D printed 3D printing seems the best Idea, I'm surprised no one is doing it and selling them on eBay I know, I would imagine they would be quite popular as well. All the sets of P’s that were reasonably priced all had the centre caps missing. I remember seeing an episode of car SOS and they 3D printed the centre caps for a Mk1 Astra GTE which came out really well. |
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shin2chin
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I think they look better without. I polished a set for my old mk2 with black Centre and P's and they looked great.  |
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qwerty
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3D printing seems the best Idea, I'm surprised no one is doing it and selling them on eBay I know, I would imagine they would be quite popular as well. All the sets of P’s that were reasonably priced all had the centre caps missing. I remember seeing an episode of car SOS and they 3D printed the centre caps for a Mk1 Astra GTE which came out really well. I imagine they would be the same or very similar for teardrops and bottletops! |
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I think they look better without. I polished a set for my old mk2 with black Centre and P's and they looked great. Seeing them like that I’d have to agree. That looks stunning, really clean. |
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vulgalour
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Hope I'm not alone in liking that green, wouldn't look terrible on a white car. Polished is nice too like the ones on the Golf of course. What you really need to do is get some Mk2 Golf steels and have someone paint the doughnut bit of them to look like polo mints  |
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Hope I'm not alone in liking that green, wouldn't look terrible on a white car. Polished is nice too like the ones on the Golf of course. What you really need to do is get some Mk2 Golf steels and have someone paint the doughnut bit of them to look like polo mints It looks very similar to the green that came on the Sciroccos  I do really like the green but for the look I’m trying to achieve it’s definitely not for me 😂 There’s a creative chap in the North East that has a Newcastle brown ale themed Polo Bready (I think it would be safe to assume he’s from the Newcastle area) and has the bottle top wheels with the logo on |
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vulgalour
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Dec 11, 2020 12:22:48 GMT |
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Brilliant stuff. But yeah, you do whatever you're going to do, as was said earlier you really can't go wrong with P-slots on a Polo, whatever you do with them.
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qwerty
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Dec 11, 2020 13:22:20 GMT |
There’s a creative chap in the North East that has a Newcastle brown ale themed Polo Bready (I think it would be safe to assume he’s from the Newcastle area) and has the bottle top wheels with the logo on  They call the lad Dan I believe. I've met him at a couple of meets. He painted the car himself as well in his back yard. Its a very cool little Polo. |
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vulgalour
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Dec 11, 2020 16:27:10 GMT |
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Massively approve, it's not often a novelty theme is so well executed. That's a really nice colour for the paint on its own too.
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Dec 12, 2020 21:16:44 GMT |
Brilliant stuff. But yeah, you do whatever you're going to do, as was said earlier you really can't go wrong with P-slots on a Polo, whatever you do with them. Yeah definitely, they suit them very well indeed |
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Dec 12, 2020 21:17:17 GMT |
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Yeah that’s the one, I agree it’s really well executed
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