my brother Matt bought Kano's mk1

looked like this when he got it

Sill repairs

Front panel repairs

Rear panel repairs….. I think Matt’s fitted a pattern lower rear panel & forgot to take photo’s

Not sure what happening here

Battery tray & bulkhead before removal

Bulkhead & servo from a mk3

Battery tray & bulkhead before removal

Bulkhead & servo from a mk3

Spec so far is….

1.4 ABD/GT with GT cam & 8k rev limit Poloace chip

CEG code 5 speed box (same ratio‘s as 8P code)

Stainless single box exhaust

Golf GTI vented disks, VWII calipers

Goodridge brake flexi hoses front & rear

Mk3 front antiroll bar to clear the gearbox

GT rear axle c/w load valve

G-Ladersite ARB blocks

G-Max front shocks, Spax on rear

Unknown spring

ATS?? Wheels with 165/55x13 tyres

Coupe S steering wheel

Genisis front seats

Hella front grill

Motorbike front indicators

Rear number plate light from a trailer

Rear fog from a mk1 Fiesta

…..

Coming soon

Re-spray in same blue

120mph / rev counter clocks made from 2 sets of mk1 Golf clocks (GTI rev counter/ 1.1 speedo)

Schrick 268? Cam

Fibreglass bucket seats

Lightweight Plastic door cards

Matt's made a start on welding up the little holes were the side trim clips go...... he's also smoothing the bumper mountings

Tailgate is pretty rusty...... got a far better one off eBay

rear wheels poke IS ILLEGAL...... this is according to VOSA, Matt went to see them...... he'll be flaring the arches to make it legal

.......

also...... now has a lumpy Shrick cam fitted

maybe resprayed soon too B)

i actually love this !

keep up the good work :)

Edited 23 March, 200917 yr by boomzor

Bonnet & the non rusty tailgate of eBay now painted “Telecom Blue”

185/55x13 on the 8 inch wide ATS’s…… £20 the pair compared to £70 ish per tyre for 195/45x13

Matt’s done the arch on the drivers side today, flared the passenger side a little more & played with the rear bump stops a bit to keep the tyres off the arches…… too dark to take pic’s when finished

There’s a bit more body repairs to be done before the rest of the car becomes blue

those arches been welded on the rear ?

dont look half as good with new tyres on either :(

Edited 23 March, 200917 yr by boomzor

yes i`m loving the build up , its going to look the muts when its finished

one thing that nearly made me sex wee is that grill i dont think i`ve seen one like that before , really cool

looking mighty fine, loving the work that has been put into this, great efforts

those arches been welded on the rear ?

dont look half as good with new tyres on either :(

yes, rear arches are welded..... Matt does paint & bodywork for a living :-D

rear tyre's are to make it legal more than anything, the 195/45x13's were near the wear indicator's........ Matt ain't got the £££ for a new set of 195/45's at the mo

What's the underside of the car like? Are you just getting an external respray because trust me i've been there and done that and it's not worth it if your underside is as bad or worse than your car was on top as you will always be fighting a losing battle with rust unless you get it all done properly! I spent a lot of money realising this and ended up selling the car because I just couldn't afford to do what needed to be done to keep it going.

What's the underside of the car like?

don't worry, Matt does paint & bodywork for a living

he would'nt bother with it if it was a rot box...... even if it did need a lot of welding he's more than capable, he had to fabricate a lot of floor parts for a 1972 NSU Prinz he did the other year

sexayyyy

This is more like what I would call a rat look car.

Looks really good, especially the front.

Great build thread, he's very talented!

love this thread! looking forward to seeing more

dont paint it,leave it as is,love the primer starsky and hutch stripe!

looks awsome love it, your bros done a great job :)