All the way from America..

[LubsDaDubs]

Another piece of jigsaw arrived in the mail today, all the way from Germany

Dear god man
THink i'm goigt to have to order some of those

[roccodingo]

Finally managed to get some quality time to spend with the rocco this weekend

Earlier inspection deemed the front guards needed removal for a good coat of paint under the guards ( fenders , whaddever ya call em ) and wheel side of the inner guards. Most important was to remove them so they could be reused.

The left side came away very easily, maybe it had been replaced some time back



You can see how poor the paint coverage is at the base of the A pillar, prime spot for cancer in the future if left untreated.

Removal of the right side was a lot slower, this baby had never been of thats fer sure.. Typical VW loads of adhesive and urethane undercoat...



Eventually it relinquished its grip on the body, with much help from the heat gun, screwdriver, knives and verbal abuse...



weekday evenings i will remove the old underseal and gunk.

Some of the added bracketry is going to be removed and replaced with the original stuff, It'll be running a K-jet fuel system. Maybe later we could possibly see a 1.8T going back in.



The guards all came of without damage, altho there is a bit of shipping mishandling to fix.

Headlamp mount needs straightening,Bumper brackets bent the lower body where the spoiler fits up against so that needs attention. Battery tray, airbox mount, coolant and windscreen bottle brackets to go in.



The interior was pretty well gutted, dash, HVAC and wiring will all be taken out. There's a few additional holes to weld closed before the visit to the paint shop



Plan is to make a fill in panel for the shifter hole, so I can use a cable or rod change box.

More tomorrow

[roccodingo]

More time down the shed...

Started removing the underseal, adhesive and checking for cracks, rot etc..







cant believe how good this metal is. All my other cars have serious rot along the top guard join line, this thing is pristine
You can still see the yellow wax in the sill inspection hole..amazing !







Once the bodyshell is clean then i will progress to the insides of the guards.
You can see the poor paint coverage along the join line that mates to the A pillar, main reason to remove and repair this area for long term rust prevention.

Found a few small holes to fill..



cracks and holes along seat rail



Can anyone inform me what the large hole here is for ??



Cheers,
Grant

[pltfnn]

I am pretty sure the engine wiring harness routes through that hole with a big old boot/grommet. The ECU sits on a shelf under the dash in that area.

-Kelly

[roccodingo]

AAhhh cool, likely the lambda control unit. My other Mk1's are all UK spec so they didnt have the lamda emission control stuff.

thanks man.

[petebee]

Looking good there sir! Yes it is the Lambda unit that fits under the dash there.

[81type53]

Looking good Grant. Glad you got that shell, that was one of the nicer ones on the text. Gl with the rest of It.

[roccodingo]

Thanks for those words Chris.

Been busy at work, so Blueroc progress is pretty non existant right now.

NOS left and right headlamp frames arrived from classic parts ( thanks for the lead Mr Brown )



Already have new factory headlamps for the inners lights, likely to use H4 set up for the outer units.

Checked the crankshafts and gave them a quick polish at work last week, been robowashed, blow dry and oiled then wrapped til engine assembly starts.



Have a UK / Germany trip late June, so been saving pennies for that outing.

[83mk2scirocco]

sorry i mistaken the post for the wrong spot.
That is a clean scirocco.

[PoorHouse]

Beautiful shell.

[Road Boss]

This is a cool looking project.

[d-bot]

Nice one Grant keep it up! Cheers

[roccodingo]

Been way to long, but several project running concurrently here have allowed some progress..

Have load of parts at my electroplaters shop, prob gunna die when i see the bill..

Axles have been shot blasted, then passivated yellow, still to paint yet.


Brakes have had the same treatment plus 2 coats of caliper paint..


Have this tub of parts done, about 4 more yet to do ( 3 cars worth of stuff )

Everything gets deburred, radiused, straightened then of to the platers... paint later.

Currently part way thru the process of building 2 x 020FM transmissions, both have been stripped now sorting parts and external service work yet to be done, gave me a chance to start making some tooling for the task ahead.



My old 80 Mk1 that was bent way back in 2003 ( where did that 10 years go to ??) has been slowly accumalating parts...


Thats just whats in the boot...

[Ebizzle]

Very impressive! When everything comes together you will have a pristine S1.

[echassin]

I'm going to have to ask you to cease and decist (sp?) because I do NOT like being made to look like a hack :-)

I mean honestly, you plated the axles prior to paint? That's a wow right there!

[California 16v]

Glad to see your making progress on this mk1