Hi,

could you share those chrome thrim models? id be interested. 

 

About the A&B pillar covers which you took out, look at this guy who makes mk1 polo roof liners:

http://www.bruhy-exklusiv.de/product_info.php?info=p210_himmel-polo-1--pk2-.html

 

Quality and fitting was perfect, we ordered white one and it was just like original, also ordered a+b pillar and sunvisor covers.

6 hours ago, chopperoli said:

haven't read it all, but noticed you have coilovers etc, and the original looking 8v engine, are you planning to give it a bit more zing? they don't take much to waken up!

 

Stage 1 is full restoration and aesthetic mods. Stage two is the engine (next year). Current plan is a turbo charged g40 using a similar manifold set up as with the old bickel engines. I had an afh engine to go in but decided against it in favour of something a little more unusual (and powerful!) 

9 hours ago, polofin said:

Hi,

could you share those chrome thrim models? id be interested. 

 

About the A&B pillar covers which you took out, look at this guy who makes mk1 polo roof liners:

http://www.bruhy-exklusiv.de/product_info.php?info=p210_himmel-polo-1--pk2-.html

 

Quality and fitting was perfect, we ordered white one and it was just like original, also ordered a+b pillar and sunvisor covers.

 

Thank you for the link bud - I need a headliner too so really helpful ??

 

There's been a bit of a hiccup with the grille trims - my brother designed them at his work (Mercedes f1 team) but due to corporate espionage precautions etc he now can't take the file from work!!!! I'm going to work with a local firm to have them scanned and printed in greater numbers. They can then be supplied in the raw green print or smoothed down and chrome sprayed to match the standard trim. There are a lot of people who have asked about them so I'll make sure to progress the design and produce them. I'll keep the thread updated.

This is absolutely awesome!  What a gem!

3 hours ago, Buggirl said:

This is absolutely awesome!  What a gem!

 

Thank you very much! Should have a could of updates tomorrow evening

Bit more progress now that Christmas is out the way, family has gone and presents have been paid for!

Always knew that the car needed sound deadening so last year a mate hooked me up with a bulk pack from Vibe Audio. First up was to strip all of the old fibrous matting out of the car floor and roof;

 

 

 

This wasn't hard, but I went through an entire caramel wheel doing it and made the car look like it had dandruff!!

 

 

Anyway, after I got rid of all that I started to lay the sound deadening, rolling it all out as flat as possible. As it came in rolls you couldn't do much about the creases in it.

 

 

 

 

 

Basically done everything apart from the boot floor. As I want this to be a bit of a restomod I don't want any sound deadening to be visible anywhere. The boot only has a thin bit of carpet in it so you would constantly see the silver showing through.

 

Also finally got the car back on 4 wheels so we can wheel it round a bit easier. It was a proper milestone but looking into the bay it really highlighted how shit the steering rack looked against the fresh paint;

 

 

So, next weekend I'll be taking that back out, stripping it, replacing the rubber boot and respraying it. No point doing half a job!

 

The strut caps look shit too but they're being changed when I fit the coilovers.

I'm now starting to see progress so getting really excited about the rebuild!!!

 

Had a big parts order last week so now have;

 

VWII calipers (G40 / mk1 golf gti etc)
Discs
Pads
Shims
Steering rack gator (current one is ripped)
Hubs
Wheel bearings

 

This means that (after I find suitable carriers from a mk3 polo) I can build up the coilovers and get them fitted up. When that's done I can accurately measure up the wheels for machining / new lips!!!

Also, after a lot of over thinking I re-ordered my headliner!! Had to cancel it the first time round because Xmas bent me over. BUT i did it properly this time - full headliner inc A and B pillars and new sun visor covers. All in perforated grey to match in nicely with the greyscale interior. It's currently at the DHL depo waiting to be sent out to me. I'll post pics of it all as I get / fit it.

 

Also....

 

Nearly done with the engine;

 

 

Just need to clean the head a bit more, have the crank shaft pulley powdercoated and decide on the finish for the cam cover.

and also rebuilt the doors and got them fitted;

 

 

This was a massive milestone for me as it's starting to look like a car again! it's very dusty atm as our workshop doubles as a bodyshop. As soon as the headliner is in I will put all windows back in then fit the rest of the interior.

More updates shortly!

 

Headliner turned up!

 

 

Bit of a DIY job on the a and b pillars, but the main piece is well put together. Anyway, got the majority of the work done on Thursday evening. Thought it would be easy but was badly mistaken - it's a right idiot of a job!!

Loosely hung;

 

 

pinning it roughly in place;

 

then the majority done (excuse the bad lighting!);

 

 

the front isn't glued yet as I need to cut the A + B pillars, fit them then get the front screen in to really hold the edges firmly in place. HOWEVER, before the screen goes in I want the dash in place as it'll be a pain to fit. So it'll be a week or so before it gets finished!!!

 

In other news, got some bits ordered for the wheels. As the e30s don't take taper or radius bolts it's taken me ages to figure out how to safely run them without using little adapter washers etc. The solution is simply convert to studs and use 'mag style' nuts which have a shank and washer attached. Ordered some studs from Driftworks and some tester nuts (completely wrong as at this point I was style looking at adapter washers). But, they showed up within 24 hours with sweets inside! 100% using them again!!!

 

 

Now got a UK supplier for all parts needed so I'll order everything on Friday.

 

 

Wow!  Standard of work that has gone into this beauty is awesome!

18 hours ago, Buggirl said:

Wow!  Standard of work that has gone into this beauty is awesome!

 

Thanks very much - I've certainly learned to be patient and take my time!!!

Did more stuff on the 50 last week. Primarily out of excitement got the bumpers and grille on;

 

 

Took the rack back off as I have a new gator, and will give it a lick of paint.

 

 

And also, when we were putting the doors back together I completely forgot to re-attach the chrome trim!!! So dismantled the doors (again) and built them back up with the trim.

 

 

Finally, after a day working on the house yesterday (putting new sockets in and making a lot of mess!) I got an hour in the garage on the engine. The block is looking great and the head just needs a little more cleaning. The cam cover however, looks shit!

 

 

So...time to refinish it. Always liked brushed finish so out came the wire wheels and a trusty sanding block.

 

 

Still plenty left to do but a relatively straight forward process and should look good when done.

This is fantastic work, keep the updates coming please

 

:)

Thanks!! updates will come every week normally but anything post worthy will go up!

Slack with the updates as ever, but I've been busy painting in Feb!

 

 

The cam cover wasn't going as well as I wanted it to, so for the time being I painted it!

 

 

However, now it's all black it definitely needs a bit of detail adding. Highlighting the raised 'lines' was suggested so I'll sand them back to expose the metal underneath. Along with the polished oil cap and cleaned up retaining strips (?! pic below!) I think it'll look fine.

 

Steering rack came up well!

 

 

So everything is now ready to be bolted back up to the engine. Just got to paint up the brake servo then the bay is all painted. In other news, found some NOS arch guards.

 

 

So obviously bought them. Still unsure if I'll like them on the car but I figured they'll never lose money!

 

Then, coilovers! What I assumed would be a 1 hour job turned into a bit of a pain. Forgot to buy topmounts, so took the old struts apart. It took forever as the spring is as long as the entire strut!!!!! Also the top nut is a horrible circular thing with two notches in it. So went to GSF and ordered new top mounts. Also realised that the lower arms were no good too so got them ordered too!

 

At this point I was pretty fed up, so to cheer myself up I thought Id play with wheels!! The struts have had bearings and new hubs pressed in and I had finally found some carriers for the VWII calipers that aren't from a g40, so give more clearance. So, mocked everything up

 

 

Then shoved a strut on the car roughly in place (no lower arms to tie it in properly)

 

 

Loads of clearance behind which means I can machine amount 20mm off the back of the wheels safely and run 3" lips all round!!!!! So happy about that.

 

Without any compression they sit about an inch out, so when theyre much closer to the arch and have some 'meat' taken off the back they'll be spot on.

 

 

More parts arriving this week and engine is going back together next week so I'll update again.

Got the cam cover done. Really happy with this, especially as it was my back up plan for it after a brushed finish.



I think it look 10 times better! Planning on following the satin black / polished detail on the air box too. That should all be finished tomorrow so will get more pics up.

Only got the alternator, steering arms, Starter motor and brake dust shields left to paint up so hoping to get the engine back in later this month. I need to buy a new distributor too as mine is in a crap state. but that can be bought next month.

Lovely work!!

 

:)

More done on the engine last night. Just got to add the alternator and starter motor which are in primer.

 

That's not too shoddy now is it?

 

:)

it came out ok - not 100% happy with all the parts but for now It'll do just fine!

More updates!!

 

Fitted the rear coilovers and had to chuck a wheel on. There's currently no weight in the car and the front is still on a trolley so it didn't compress much!

 

Fitment is a little snug too!!!

 

 

Also, after chucking the front brakes on I realised you can't put standard wheels on VWII callipers!! so it's like this until i find some spacers.

 

 

Rack went back on;

 

 

Then I got back to cleaning parts. Next up - the radiator. It was so nearly clean enough to just be re-fitted. Nearly!

 

 

So part it came and it's all currently in primer

 

More to come this weekend

Top car and some seriously good work that you are doing.

The VW11 calipers shouldn't cause you any clearance issues. After all G40s came on 13s and had no issues and I've run standard Polo 13" steel wheels with VW11 calipers and carriers just fine. The G40 carriers can cause some clearance issues with some wheels but swapping to VW1 carriers usually solves it.

This build is very, very clean though. I love it. I'd love to have the time, space and patience to do something similar.

12 hours ago, kwijibo_coupe said:

The VW11 calipers shouldn't cause you any clearance issues. After all G40s came on 13s and had no issues and I've run standard Polo 13" steel wheels with VW11 calipers and carriers just fine. The G40 carriers can cause some clearance issues with some wheels but swapping to VW1 carriers usually solves it.

This build is very, very clean though. I love it. I'd love to have the time, space and patience to do something similar.

 

There must be differences in the wheel design then, because there's no way my stock wheels will ever fit without a 20mm spacer!!! I'm using a different carrier (possibly VW1) from an early Scirocco so don't have the front 'bar' piece either.

 

Thanks for the kind words - I never realised how much work would be involved in the restoration. It also doesn't help that I now look at all original parts and think "they could be cleaner" so take them off to re paint / polish. Tonight im nipping up to the unit to take the ARB, arb mounts and bracket off to re do them as they are now the last pieces I can clean / polish / paint!!!!

That's looking fantastic, the wheels look like they'll really suit the car

 

:)

On 15/03/2017 at 21:11, Elijah said:

Top car and some seriously good work that you are doing.

 

16 hours ago, Duffy said:

That's looking fantastic, the wheels look like they'll really suit the car

 

:)

 

Thanks both - it's getting there now. Engine is going in next weekend and the wheels are being dropped off the week after : )