my mk1 coupe

then removed the sound deadening from the cowl
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and gave the window suround a light blast with a portable sand blaster
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rear inners

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the 'not seat frames'
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the old dodgy lights got a smoothing too
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all this.......
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from here
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then rain stopped play
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so back to the engine
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ended up proper breaking the engine down
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and ran the sanding disc over the casting marks on the box
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got to love vw attention to detail tho,never ever noticed this plug before
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then had a play with the inlet,buff with 480, 560 800 then 1200 then 2400 then ran a 3000 finishing pad over it
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wasnt happy with the blosck so i rubbed it down
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and gave it another coat or two
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done the box
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then the head
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starting to look not to bad but it was all in vain
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got all my suspension components,engine brackets and bits and bobs powdercoated black
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wasnt happy with the axle so it got re-done which basically just involved me sitting with the buff and taking it all back down and it getting re-coated,great job...........


but that'll do for now. Have to go shoot and pretend i have a life

this is gonna be nuts when its finished. cant wat to see it

never mind vw attention to detail what about yours

Good progress on that beast,like it !

Mark. wrote:this is gonna be nuts when its finished. cant wat to see it

No kiddin Daz this looks superb whats ya completion timescale mate?

ive had the car twelve years so any timelines speculative although this is the biggest effort ive had at it ever,should be painted for ultimate dubs and have an engine for e38 then an interior for the following ultimate dubs..............















hopefully

anyway..........

onto the floor
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used a paintscraper to get the worst of the underseal off which wasnt a great job


this blister wasnt made in the pursuit of manly pleasures
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new genuine sills
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finishing of with the scraper
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and then back out with the wire brush

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more bad bits
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but not as bad as a wire wheel exploding
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looked like an f'in porcupine but luckily i had eye protection and a boiler suit on but even with welding gauntlets on i needed pliers to take the worst bit out of my knuckle