Fan-fookin'-tastic Hywel!

By far the best part of any project is putting it all back together again. Suddenly you realise all the hard graft was worthwhile when you can see these results.

This is gonna be superb once its finished.

Keep up the excellent work Hywel.

Cheers,

Richard.

Best build thread on the go just now I think, can't wait to see it finished now. Cage looks awesome in black against the body work.

will do another days hard graft about to start will up date again 2nite.

well today I've been tiding up the looms and putting the dash in.

fuel tank in bulkhead blanking plate made and fitted.

had to remove some stuff from the looms as I wont be using them like heater controlls radio and rear dimist. god that

took some time.

its definatly hte best build thread at the moment and guna be an amazing car when finished!!!

love to do this well something simular in the future when i have the space and time...

one question tho... why have you kept the whole dash??? surly some weight can be saved by only keeping the drivers side or dials only... obviously you need to stick to a certain weight limit but would mean you could shift that weight about and put the centre of gravity were you need it???

the dash I'm a mk2 without the heater pipes and stuff is really light hardly worth getting rid of it.

awesome stuff, with every post you do, I think Blondie rise's in value ha ha. am I in line for a blip when she is up and running?? I shall pop down when I can.

the dash I'm a mk2 without the heater pipes and stuff is really light hardly worth getting rid of it.

I never understand why people remove dashboards. 99% of race cars still have them intact. Looks much better with them there and like you say the Polo ones are really light.

i jus wanna say i love this thread and the car is gonna be amazing keep us all updated with the progress

End of week up date and still along way to go with 2 weeks left.

exhaust being made

then off the spit and on to the axle stands.

and more bits going back on alot of work putting it all back and putting

in fuel lines and brake lines and stuff.

well here she is

tunnel strengthening bracket

put to bed.

so next week is to build gearbox put engine and box in the car and finisher off.

You must be gagging to get it finished. I can't wait to see what it is going to look like, must be driving you mad.

Fantastic job!!!!!!

Why didn´t you weld in the strutbar?

because didnt feel it needed it and not sure I'm going to like a polo with it on yet

You don't need it. As the beam is rotating around an axis across the car, all the forces are longitudinal down the car and in your case directly into the cage. The rear suspension doesn't generate side loads like the front end, especially with such upright shocks.

dont know if i could rally something that looks so good,

amazing thread cant wait to see it all together and been given deah.

any of the rally stages in scotland?

nah noty doing any in scotland this year but you never know next year maybe.

as for looking good thats what she was built to be a rally car so that is what she will do.

absolutely amazing thread mate, hats off to you fella you done an amazing job and the car shall be amazing,

too amazing to rally :( dont hurt her please ahah lol

paint work is imense i love it!!!!

where is this rally on the 20th mate?

the rally is in talbenny pembrokshire wales.

right then people car wontv be ready for rally 2moro a bit gutting as it took all yesterday to get her running correct. but she is running and her is a vid for you to enjoy.

really is an inspiration build mate well done. should be very proud of your car.

Congratulations Hywel! Bloody brilliant.

I knew it wouldn't be long before you got it running. If only your yard was as tidy as the car, you'd be laughing!

Cheers. I am.

That sounds sweet :-) what sort of power is it pushin out

havnt got a clue yet. lol