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 Che Castro
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| posted on July 16th, 2004 at 07:52 PM |
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this called for the drill. From the advice of others, I drilled a smallish pilot hole through the middle bit past the head
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| posted on July 16th, 2004 at 07:53 PM |
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Next a big kick arse 8mm drill came in and basically sheared the whole head off of the screws. 2 down 2 to go
U can see the kill of the screw on the drill bit hehehe
[Edited on 16-7-2004 by Che Castro]
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| posted on July 16th, 2004 at 07:58 PM |
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look ma no doors!
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| posted on July 16th, 2004 at 08:00 PM |
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here's that plate that the screws rusted to. The A pillar is pretty solid, has some rust - needs some work. good thing i'm starting a TAFE resto
course on monday.
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| posted on July 16th, 2004 at 08:03 PM |
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Painted my calipers red, but i ran out of paint. doh!
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| posted on July 17th, 2004 at 07:50 AM |
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with these old cars..i suggest investing in an impact driver. Will make short work of those rusty screws....
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:03 PM |
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its been quite a while since I last updated this.
So far i've been to japan on a shopping trip and back.
spent the last few weeks running around getting stuff together to finish off the pan so i can get the body on it. My doors have been rehinged with
the threaded pins on both sides now. Before there were the non threaded type on both sides
Finally got to finish the fuel line. I used 3/8" Bundy tube, it was PBR branded stuff. Soft annealed steel tube, 10mm OD, 1mm wall thickness. Good
for up to 3000PSI or something 
I put an acrylic sheath around to act as a full length grommet and to stop it rattling. The line went in front first, and took quite a few tries to
bend it in the right shape so it would end up in the right place. I drilled holes in the sides and ziptied it to the side of the tunnel
[Edited on 7-11-2004 by Che Castro]
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:07 PM |
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the fittings i used were 1/4" BSP brass compression fittings. These are rated to a few thousand PSI i think. They are about 8mm ID.
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:09 PM |
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the stock grommets were re used but bored out to suit the tubing.
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:11 PM |
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body is off. Thanks to richard alex and a few other guys who gave me some muscular help
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:14 PM |
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hey look only one hand!
i was quite suprised at how light the front end of the body is.
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:20 PM |
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having the body off the pan gave me a really good opportunity to find some rust. and I found a bit of a hole at the front firewall. the previous
owner did a dodgy repair. The heater channels were a bit rusty but solid and already had some repairs done to them.
Cut out most of the rust and cleaned it out a bit
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:22 PM |
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made a cardboard template so i can make a repair section at TAFE tomorrow night
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:24 PM |
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it's a full garage now! thanks dad!
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:27 PM |
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currently also restoring a decklid that I will be grafting vents on it from a 1500 decklid, this will end up looking like a cabrio one. The donor one
was a bit rusty at the bottom.
i'm drilling out the spot welds that hold the bracket bit that gives it stiffness and supports the latch
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:29 PM |
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After removing the bracket bit i began to see why the early decklids always rust out at the base. it is an absolute rust trap! Possibly one of the
worst details i've seen. It took them till the late 60's to change the decklid design!
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:35 PM |
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got this repro judson badge from Flat4 in tokyo when i was there
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:36 PM |
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this is my goal
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:43 PM |
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and by the looks of it you will get there too!!
good job
[Edited on 7-11-2004 by wacked1]
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN DAKED
don't worry it's a VW thing
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 05:51 PM |
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lookin' good!
can't wait to see it finished.
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| posted on November 7th, 2004 at 08:56 PM |
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Great work Jon. Well on the way. Love the goal. Was that your letter in Volksworld?
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| posted on November 8th, 2004 at 11:25 AM |
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Looking lood, should be a sweet arse ride.
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| posted on November 8th, 2004 at 11:47 AM |
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Awesome job. Very inspiring.
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| posted on November 8th, 2004 at 01:28 PM |
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Very nice work thus far!! :beer
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| posted on November 8th, 2004 at 02:15 PM |
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thanks guys
Nope wasnt my letter in volksworld, havent seen the latest one
hopefully i should get my Boxster rims soon, and get the body on and start fitting things up!
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| posted on November 8th, 2004 at 02:43 PM |
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polished cage
would look sweet in ya ride,which lookin really nice........
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| posted on November 8th, 2004 at 08:49 PM |
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Looking very sweet Jon ! Brave man going black , does look great though. Keep at it mate!
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| posted on November 9th, 2004 at 07:54 AM |
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I really like black Although some parts of the prep work are pretty
meh... If you look really closely on one bit or two you can spot brush marks!:blush
but thats only if you look at it real close. I bought it painted already so I can blame it on someone else:P
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| posted on November 9th, 2004 at 10:13 PM |
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two thumbs up dude! Sounds pretty easy when you read it, but I bet its quite the opposite! Keep up the good work
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
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| posted on December 8th, 2004 at 10:40 PM |
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Ok so the body is off and I have a better look at the heater channel, looks like the previous owner did a dodgy rust repair and just got some sheet
metal and plug welded over the existing one which was rooted! The plug welds were about every 6 inches which is next to useless anyway!
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