I just masked up the wheel and put some paint in a modified eye drop container and slowly filled it. Paint stays soft so let it dry a bit then smooth it off with white spirit on a cloth. Cleans up the edges nice but takes ages.

The impeccable standard continues

Superb!

I just love that wheel - Well worth the effort!

Still need to put another coat of red on the wheel.

Modified my front arch liners to fit the modified wings.

Wheels dont stick out that much lol.

Stereo blank all fitted. Going to get a polo 6n electric sunroof switch to modify as they look the same as the golf electric windows switch.

Lower front subframe section all ready.

Upper front subframe section all painted up.

6 channel RCA installed.

Gear lever and handbrake gaitors installed.

Ipod lead all connected and working.

Made my last brake pipe and painted. Hopefully get that installed tomorrow then i can fit the last caliper and put a bit of fluid in there.

It's certainly getting there!

Stunning.

Finished the front subframe off and all fitted.

Power steering pump brakets done. Alloy cleaned up and steel painted.

Started to strip some of the engine. Gearbox removed and started to clean it.

Got a full set on new coolant hoses now.

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Done a bit more on cleaning up my gearbox today.

Still got to get into the hard to reach places but looking better.

End cap has a pin hole in it as a bit rusty. Going to replace it along with the release bearing and arm.

Taken delivery this week.

Stage one organic clutch kit.

Amp wiring kit.

Oil cooler.

Stainless hose clips.

Full set coolant hoses.

Drivers side door seal.

Hand brake surround.

Water pump pulley.

US spec rear 16v badge.

Radiator.

Rear VW badge

Door handle seals

ISV mount

Stainless Rad support brackets.

Polished stainless crash bar bolts.

Polished stainless door handle bolts.

Polished stainless inlet manifold nuts.

Polished stainless door hinge bolts.

Polished stainless bonnet hinge bolts.

Polished stainless lower intake bolts.

OEM door latch's and catch's

It's getting close now

Keep it up!

Loving this project..

Lovely - looking great. Nice new parts list there too

Steve

Hopefully should not realy need anymore parts.

Require a new starter and alternator but for and extra £8 i can get a 90A alternator over the standard 65A so with my extra electrical goodies i think an extra £8 is wirth it

Started on the box today to remove the end cap withthe pin hole. Removed the end cap along with the clutch lever to clean up. Also replaced the clutch claw and release bearing at the same time.

Painted the underside of the box. Requires another coat but covered ok.

New parts all fitted and clutch lever painted black.

End cap fitted.

Hopefully get the top painted and another coat on the underside tomorrow.

Gearbox almost done.

Hopefully get the rest of the linkage fitted tomorrow once dry then i can start to strip the engine.

Great progress.

Mmmm... shiny!

Gearbox is all built up ready to go back in.

Head removed.

3 of the piztons had oil marks on them from the leaking valve stem seals. All cleaned up ok.

Bores look ok

Back of the engine all cleaned up and first coat of paint.

Looks like the last owner had glued on the rotor arm to the dizzy so took ages removing it piece by piece. All done and cleaned up ok. One nut on the exhaust manifold is rounded and happens to be the only one you cannot get a socket on it. Will have to cut it off tomorrow. Clutch is toast and the flywheel has seen better days. Will see if it can be cleaned up.

Gearbox side crankshaft seal is weaping slightly so will need to be replaced.

Coming along nicely now. I guess it shouldnt be to long now till shes back on the road.

Not sure how long it's going to be as very busy with work now until christmas so will only get a couple of hours a week to play. Hopefully want to get the engine ready to go in over christmas holidays then back in for paint.

Left side of the front now cleaned and painted. Try to get oil filter and cooler housing off next to finish the block painting.

Still got loads of engine parts that need cleaning and painting.

I'm so glad yours is going better than mine :(

Those bores and pistons look perfect mate

The quality and attention to detail of this project amazes me! I'm sooo impressed! And of course, love the car it's self!

Had a couple of hours today so cracked on.

Removed the head lining. Think i will be either finding a good one or may try to recover this one. Couple of cracks in it and covering coming away in a couple of places.

Removed the radio aerial as no longer needed and trial fitted my GPS antenna. Tried the antenna on my satnav and all ok.

Fitted my gear knob and hand brake surround.

Removed the oil filter housing and finished cleaning and painting the engine. Filter housing cleaned up and new oil cooler fitted. Also started to build a couple of things up.

Dropped the oil so i can replace the crank shaft seal. Removed it and lower section has failed. Got my new sump just waiting for the gasket. Hpefully order the crankshaft seal monday as £80 with 28% discount.

Try to get all the bottom end finished next week and maybe get the box back on.

£80 for a crankshaft seal? :eek:

Yep. For some reason the seal is no longer available for my car but you can still buy the alloy housing that comes with the seal pre fitted which is odd lol.

Yep. For some reason the seal is no longer available for my car but you can still buy the alloy housing that comes with the seal pre fitted which is odd lol.

Worth trying this site for bits and bobs like that : www.vw-classicparts.com

dont bother trying to do the dealer route it was a nightmare and only setup for the USA and Germany, you can order direct as a private individual though and the shipping is pretty damn reasonable.

The direct English speaking guy is Thorsten Wieseler [[email protected]]