Not A Pug.... Mk1 Vw Derby

[MiniGibbo 142]

Awesome..!

[Lowercase 56]

i think ive sourced some smaller chrome bumpers too hopefully order them this evening/tomorrow.

Edited May 19, 2013 by DaSneakyGit

[Lowercase 56]

chrome bumpers are on the way!

 

an a quick picture collaboration of its future. blue paint, and tan and black interior

 

we dig?

 

[MiniGibbo 142]

Tan leather mmmmmmmm..

[stufarri 98 3 Cars]

Very nice!

[Lowercase 56]

went down and put a few more hours into taking it apart last night, couldnt get a jack under the car (too low!) but i managed to squeeze my arm under it (that was fun) and get the exhaust off! which will be replaced with a custom made stainless straight through 'pea shooter'. rasssp!

 

the coilpack, carbourettor and 70% of the engine bay loom is also out. i ran out of masking tape to label everything so thought i best stop there!

 

and the exhaust manifold is all unbolted save for a weird bracket that holds it to the back of the engine, but ill wait until i can get underneath to undo that.

 

im not sure, but it feels like progress lol.

Edited May 22, 2013 by DaSneakyGit

[kyepan 291]

is that a quattro swb in the back?

[BERTMAN 40 1 Cars]

is that a quattro swb in the back?

 

looks like a Scirocco to me

[Lowercase 56]

the green is a mk2 race build, its crazy, full cage, smooth bay, raised floor and 4wd conversion starting.

 

the black is actually a corrado, in for much the same thing.

 

the mk3 is waiting to be collected and a mk1 is at the painters at the moment. .

 

 

out of camera shot theres also a grey mi16 205 and a mint non sunny rust free white 205 gti shell.

[Lowercase 56]

another day in the dub-cave!

 

first up a couple of pictures that i'd not managed to stick up until now.

 

firstly the old system, pea shooter for the win!

 

 

and the big plastic bumpers and overly plastic grill. hopefully these shall never touch the car again! but, in fantastic condition so hopefully some one will give them a new home, and give me some moneys for more shiny parts!

 

and some of how the body work stands: im thinking i'll most likely debadge the boot, but should i also de lock it?

 

and my side shot - note the flat tyres!

 

and how i left it.

[Lowercase 56]

so onto today.

 

i decided id have another go at getting the wheels off, as they had been done up super tight! and well..

 

 

after snapping a thick ass piece of steel, the wheel bolt finally turned and i got all wheels loose.

 

after that i cracked on getting the engine stripped down and the mounts loosened off ready to hoik it out.

 

all the loom is now out, all cables, hoses, wires, and fluids are out. just got to pull the drive shafts out the gearbox and disconnect the gear linkages and its time to pull it out!

 

im really liking how clutter free the engine bay is looking right now.

 

loom out, i labelled..everything! i'll thank myself for that when it comes to going through it and cleaning it up and re-shrink wrapping it.

 

 

 

my bumpers should be here this week, and my next purchase is a shiny new aluminium radiator and slim line fan to mount on the front , much less clutter than this!

 

[Lowercase 56]

today was a bit of a mission failure, in that i couldn't for the life of me find the attachment i needed to get the drive shafts out.

so, i got on with some other jobs. firstly with some cunning, i managed to squeeze a jack under the car and get it in the air!

Left the oil to drain whilst i got on with removing the wings.

passenger side wing came off nicely, and low and behold, not half as bad as i was expecting it to be. a few areas that might need a small bit of attention, but, i'm happy.

the drivers side was a different story altogether though. the car has obviously had some repair work in its life, and clearly it was done by a minky!

the drivers wing had been bolted on, bonded with glue, and welded on! some careful wire wheeling and a few bottom clenching minutes with the cutting disc and hot air gun and a razor blade revealed another mostly solid arch.

this area of the front panel will need a bit of light repair but on the whole i'm relieved.

i gave the arches a quick clean up and brush off before calling it a day, i was really worried i'd have to find replacement panels which would set the project back a month or two but they are very clean. i'll bare metal these at some point this week and hand them over to Gary to repair the edges in places.

passenger side:

and drivers side, note the crumbling corner and 10mm thick layer of filler:

Edited May 27, 2013 by DaSneakyGit

[Lowercase 56]

new toys!

shiny shiny bumpers.

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

so onto today.

 

i decided id have another go at getting the wheels off, as they had been done up super tight! and well..

 

 

after snapping a thick ass piece of steel cheese

 

Cheap tools = top quality bodily harm if your not careful!

 

nice work though really liking this just a shame its not a rwd, if it was and had one of vags better lumps in there i'd happily do away with my golf for one!

 

edit: I know its your car but please don't ruin it by making it look like every other vw out there "vdubbers" have a serious lack of originality, unsurpisingly I don't do the whole undriveably low and ridiculously wide wheels look! and defo no Porsche parts grrr that really grinds my gears, its not a Porsche ffs! you should ignore me really I just hate most of the vdub scene! nice people but they all do the same thing!

Edited May 29, 2013 by Lan

[Lowercase 56]

a mental v6 rwd derby would be 'thee' best car ever lol

 

but, given that the front suspension on a polo is better set up for squashing apples than racing, that would be deadly lol

 

yea i don't understand a lot of the VAG scene.

 

im just hoping to build something simple to maintain, will run for a hundred miles on a thimble of fuel and looks cool. its not about getting there fast.

 

just building something timeless and subtle but turns heads and makes people smile. im more interested in clean, well executed attention to detail than attention seeking lairy mods.

[Lowercase 56]

a step forward today.

Jo (black corrado) came down today to give me a hand with removing the engine, we didn't have the craine so we decided to do it ghetto style.

i'll start by saying, that this is not the correct way to remove a driveshaft! still... needs must.

im not hiding on purpose, honest!

Jo is..

lowered the engine with a few jacks out the bottom of the bay, the anti-roll bar was the only thing stopping us from dragging the engine out. so..

burning the bushes out

car jacked up a bit more, and out she came!

i can finally crack on with getting the last of the steering rack out and then its time to bare metal the bay

[Lowercase 56]

a rather contrived update, started lots of jobs and not finished them but, none the less...updates

pulled the suspension out - ill strip it down later..

and stripped the engine down a bit more ready to be cleaned and rebuilt. gearbox and other extremities off, still a few bits to go but, one thing at a time.

and ive bare metaled most of the front wings now ready for rust treating and welding. then etch, stone chip, prime and store ready for paint.

I quite like the two tone

one finished, and looking like it came off a delorian

and the back

i then started hoiking the dash out, mostly so i could get to the steering column. loom out, heater out, seats out and dash out.

and the windscreen out, which cracked unfortunately.... but.. happens, ill find another.. the amount of glass i found behind the dash would indicate that it wasn't the original one anyway.

i got a bit annoyed with clamouring around the doors every two minutes, so i took them off

and thats me up to date... time to start bare metaling the engine bay tomorow

[Lowercase 56]

i only went down to clean up the workshop.. oops.

[Liquid_106 97 1 Cars]

Any more progress on this?

[MiniGibbo 142]

Yeah you've been real quiet dude..

[Lowercase 56]

things have moved on a bit, been busy moving house etc, waiting for parts to come up on ebay etc. but i should be back in the swing of things soon.

 

got to get myself back into a routine of getting down there and cracking on with the nasty jobs ive been putting off!

[jonXS 30 1 Cars]

Hey there buddy, any more progress on this motor?

i think it could look good with a set of p slot alloys fitted on it

 

once its finished of course

[Lowercase 56]

hey, im loosing my workspace and cant afford to rehouse it. so, yea, its up for sale if anyone wants it, will be going on ebay end of the week or so.

 

shame but, housing it elsewhere will push the cost of the build up to more than its worth.

[Batfink 201]

can you pm me a price and details. Might be a good car for my brother....

 

Kev

[GilesW 41]

PM me how much you're after. I'm not that far from you either.