My cab..

I 've had her for a little over four years now, originaly bought as a daily while my other white cab was stripped for a 20vt.... well things changed ( i bought an A3 quattro turbo)and that shell was sold on....

Still hankering for more power in a cab i dropped a 16v lump in which she ran up untill september when i decided it was time for a 20vt.............. then i changed my mind

It's gonna be a 16vt.......


How she was....





And her sorry state now.....







Today i had a go at welding for the first time

most people would get two scrap pieces and learn from there, not me i cut my wing up



filler was drying as i packed up for the day



i done a few bits in the bay too ....... but we wont go into that just yet

Engine has already been built, 1.8 kr with s2 pistons and is all wrapped up waiting for the bay to be done.....







'78 five door............gone
the other cab soon for sale

Nice collection there,Looking forward to seeing the updates on the 16vt! Should be a beasty.
Hurry up and get the others sorted so theres more time for that

Got some go faster parts for sale that'll make ya gti cab shift lol. In the for sale section mate.

Welding looks good to me for a first time effort, keep up the good work mate

Cheers guys... i know ive been slacking, still havnt done the headgasket:no: ... got that to do that tomorrow and sort out the bloody windows on her mk4 polo....
Got to wait for a new part for my brand new welder that stopped feeding the second day i used it:no: .................. so its all go:lol: ....

Probably gonna have to part out the red one as i cant shift it, and if all goes to plan i could be moving to Oz... so may never even get the 16vt finished:affraid: ............ but i will take the engine with me if its cheap enough to ship.....

oh g,u,d,g.... remy is over the moon with his arch's, you may get a pm soon to finish off my engine bay....

Naughty caddyrage, it's suppose to be the wifes daily.... ok i'll have a look.. ....

oh and the old girl will be out from hibernation in a month or two....

Soo much to do! lol i know the feeling! OZ will be cool though mate,my mum has been over in nz for the last three years,Its not to bad cost wise for a container,sure you could fit the car in haha.Dont worry about furniture

Glad that remy is happy,yeah let me know if you want things doing.

And the bus! what a beasty!

Done a lit bit sunday.... got the black one running again, but i think the timing is slightly out and theres still too much vapour coming out the exhaust.... oh and i couldn't get one of those bloody exhaust clamps on so thats next weekends job....

Still waiting on the part for my welder.. not happy... but.....

Another smooth bay on the way lol!.

Lose the wiper motor bracket mate and use a mk2 golf motor specially if ya using a mk2 loom as it will plug and play

Didnt even think of that dude......

Spent most of the day in the engine bay... stripped the steering and suspension.......

...Then scrubbed and sanded and after ............. it looked no different really .........


oh ive decided i hate dubs, in fact cars altogether......

Looking good dude!

I honestly dont know how you have the patients brad...... sunday evening i just felt deflated.....


oh and im still waiting for the part for the welder

black one's up and running... was a bit dubious, but now things maybe ok so mot soon....

Then may have to finish the red one as i cant shift it....

so had the roof down on the black one today and went for a cheeky spin round the back roads... well i gotta test it before i take it for mot.....

after waiting the best part of a month for the new board for the welder it arrived.. fitted it yesterday and........ NOTHING.. so i had the major ump...

I was that mad i changed my facebook profile to add my disgust..

Today an old friend who i havnt seen for time gave me a bell( happens to be a welder by trade) talked me through a few things...still nothing .till i unscrewed the handle and found the clip on feed wire... unclipped....

best part of a month wasted.......

oh changed the petrol tank on the red one today so i can add the pump and hopefully have it running soon....

little update, still feel that im not getting any where




Also learnt that if i adjust the sensitivity on the helmet i can see what im welding..

SLOW progress as ive been.......... well lazy really:oops: , but the bus is back on the road:D


cos it's been sitting so long i covered the bay with krust rust remover and today it got a couple of coats of hi build..... need a bit of filler action tomorrow ( and a few bits that still need welding)

So it's been a while and haven't really progressed all that...

Home made spray booth.. should be rolling the car in there after i get back off holiday, as long as the weather is good..




Had a really crap day sunday, opened the garage up but went inside to sort my nans computer out (which took a lot longer than planned) came out to find the garage door when open slightly leans back and flooded everything in its path, engine bay, welder, grinder the list goes on...luckily no power was in it's reach!!!....

So i sulked.....

managed to finish the boot lid off ( saying finish in a loose term) got over eager and primered up ...... not the best thing to do in this climate..

hahah how much s**t in that garage!

Looking good mate, this should be properly tidy when all is said and done

yeah, the cars full aswell.. going to take me a weekend just to clear it out

So now ive buggered the camper, i thought id start clearing the garage out so i can start wrecking the cab some more...

Excuse the pants pics, ive scratched the phone up so much you get a lovely foggy effect...






really want a spit but dont have the room and i need to be able to spin the car round when i feel like, so four wheels a pallet and two bits of 4x4


Unfortunately the wheels couldn't take the weight.. you cant see it on the pic but the front one has caved in... had a spare so it's now back in ready for the start next weekend

Well it's now scrap....





still got a lot to do to get it bolted up right, but you get the general idea...




Then it got too hot to be under it so i started stripping out the bus engine..

Had to re-shape the sills for the beam to mount...





Now ive got to work out how to mount the rear to keep this puppy up

Nothing to report on this front, just wanted to tell the ol' girl i havn't forgot about her... next year baby,next year



Oh ive sold all the TT running gear

Think I'm going to copy you by telling both of my MK1's!