Here we go. The base car is a 1992 Golf GTi 16v. I am carrying out a complete nut and bolt rebuild. This is what the car was like when I picked it up. Fairly good condition to start with. Shame to rip it to piece's.
'92 Mk2 Golf OEM restoration project Among the list of jobs lined up the main ones are; 1. Sorting out the body. 2. A 20vT factory look conversion. 3. Relocating the battery and washer bottle to the boot. 4. Using two Corrado front seats and re-trimming them in the the original 'rainbow' fabric. 5. Uprating the brake and suspension components. 6. Lots of power coating. Here are some recent pictures of the body work.
Latest Pictures. More bodywork photos can be found here http://s286.photobucket.com/user/dubz-by-dan/library/arams mk2?sort=3&page=1 More to follow.
Serious amount of work there, going to look fantastic when it's finished! That rear suspension turret rot looks a bit dodgy? Do you think it has been caused by filler cap rot/inner wheel arch holding water in? What was the other side like?
Cheers lads. Happy Christmas BTW! The different colour primers are for spotting the low points when flatting back. The rot was caused by all the mud and crud that had collected there over the years. The neck of the petrol tank acts as a trap. The near side rear was in good nick as was the rest of the shell minus the common scuttle rot. Might be worth dropping your tanks and addressing the problem before it becomes terminal. Ill put more pictures up tonight as it's a rolling chassis now.
Yes I am planning to sort this bit of mine out next, it has a small hole where one of the screws which hold the filler flap on has corroded but the rest looks OK and seems to have been regularly cleaned out. I have a good poke around from inside the boot and couldnt find anything though fingers crossed!
Rolling chassis pictures. All parts blasted, zinc primed then powder coated semi gloss black. SPAX RSX special edition coilovers, Genuine G60 top mounts. H&R ARB's 25mm front and 28mm rear. Seam welding wishbones. Ball joint extenders. Lucas reconditioned PAS rack. Zimmermann drilled disc's. New bearings, joints, poly bushes and VAG fixtures throughout. During re-assembly to the rolling chassis stage the paint was left flattened ready for the final mop and polish.
Have you repaired the rear suspension turret rot yet? Just found almost identical problem to yours on my car!
Hi Willber, It has now been repaired. I managed to source a genuine VW repair panel that was discontinued for years. Are you planning to tackle it yourself?
A few of the latest photos with the rear quarter glass fitted, G60 wings trial fitted and the subframe assembly from the engine bay.
Yes planning to start on it tonight in fact or at least get it all cleaned out and prepped so that I can see what i'm working with. I have the external repair panel but am going to have to fabricate the filler neck mounting point as it just fell apart. Won't be a quick job but i'm sure i can sort it Cheers Will.
Here's a little update. Started on the engine work. It's a BAM sourced from a 2004 70k SEAT Leon Cupra R. Timing belt ready for replacement. Apparently it had a change only 10k ago but will anyway as a precaution. Engine wiring harness labeled ready for adapting to Emerald K6 superseal plug.
