I hate money...

[veedubtek]

Probably not working on her tomorrow, but will be around! Come on by and drink a beer! I'll shoot ya a PM.

one more....god I love progress.

[16v po boy]

Come on by and drink beer

this

[veedubtek]

what a great day to drink, burn stuff, and stare at the rocco. nice to meet ya pete! ASG now, let's go geno!

[petebee]

Nice to meet with you too Walt. Rocc looks great...can't wait to see more. Need to save my pennies so Geno can work his art on mine!

[veedubtek]

one arch almost ready for final coat.



door much straighter, had to cut the entire mirror section back out and reinforce it underneath, line just wasn't quite straight.



view down from the front



first rough coat on this door, fender removed again to tackle the rotted out lower portion, and a little subtle mod




my wallet is ready to go on vacation...

[d-bot]

Dang, you work fast! In the body work field ever? And spotted the A2 flapper door. One of my favorite parts on a mk1 is the "star" gas cap but I'm sure you will make the filler door look right!


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[veedubtek]

haha, nah...my buddy is doin most of the bodywork.



this is more my gig, finally tore into the engine today:

[veedubtek]

gawd I love mo progress.

more holes filled:





roughing in the fuel door:



and passenger rocker fixed:

[veedubtek]

at what point do I declare insanity?


undercoated. finally.



hatchwork.



hoodwork.





sumthin different in the works for the rear arches...good thing I really do hate money.

[steveo27]

[ziggirocco]

Looking great!!


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[veedubtek]

not even narrating these pics...if you don't know what's happening here, then you are probably with 99% of the rest of the population...but I've got a woody.

[Brycejoseph]

Oh wow... That looks fantastic! What color are you thinking of painting it?

[echassin]

not even narrating these pics...if you don't know what's happening here,

Ooo- OOO- *raises and waves hand vigorously* OOOOOOO! I KNOW!

Looks great!

[d-bot]

need

those

arches!

awesome work over there

[16v po boy]

we may need to put tv's in the arches so it gets noticed

[ziggirocco]

Looking very nice, where did you get the arches from?


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[veedubtek]

Oh wow... That looks fantastic! What color are you thinking of painting it?

Thanks! Not sure yet. Thoughts change daily as far as color. Last night was a T-red or candy white kinda night. Today, I'm dead seat on signal green, or gt3-rs orange. It's pretty well been a constant mind battle of those 4 colors since before I had the car. I'm really leaning towards the orange.

we may need to put tv's in the arches so it gets noticed

wheel arch tv's. heckeblende tv. tv centercaps. side mirror tv's. mk2 fuel door? nope, tv door. thinking even instead of having windows, they could all be tv screens. mtv is so 80's, eetv is the future.

Looking very nice, where did you get the arches from?


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mk1 cabrio.


thanks for the kind words guys...these turned out better than I could've ever dreamed. The fronts look wrong now. Gotta find some bunny fenders like yesterday. I believe I'll be towing her to SoWo after all...

[petebee]

Go with the orange!

[LubsDaDubs]

Go with the orange!

gives me a whole new reason to get back to the garage

[d-bot]

Go with the orange!

boom!

[irocc]

Subscribed! Can't wait to see more progress. Looks really good

[16v po boy]

wunder wat cost more on this build,,, the paint and body supplies,,, the parts,,, or the massive amount of beers consumed while working, watching, parts hunting, pikture taking, and what notz

[veedubtek]

wunder wat cost more on this build,,, the paint and body supplies,,, the parts,,, or the massive amount of beers consumed while working, watching, parts hunting, pikture taking, and what notz

1. Real beer
2. Supplies
3. The cheap canned hydration beers to get ready for the real beers.
4. Everything else.



slow day at the real job today.

put these together:



and bought these:




hopefully makin some more magic happen tonight.

[sw05s2k]

Man, this is impressive

[GoNuts123]

An amazing pic!:thumb up:

Any chance we could get the jpeg?

[veedubtek]

http://www.jiabano.com/cars/81rocco/rocco.jpg

[veedubtek]

hooray for primer:





first rough fit:



symmetrical is critical:



welding her up:



full side shot:



sex:

[d-bot]

sex:

Yes, sex for sure! I will have one to celebrate this goodness as well

[prom king]

I wish I had friends

[PoorHouse]

You've got an artist doing the bodywork on this thing.


And, best project thread title ever.

[echassin]

How is the inner well joined to the new rear arch (it looks like the new arch sticks out a bit further than stock)?

[veedubtek]

1/2 of it was cut off (just past the first line), then relief cuts and hammered it out towards the new arch, and it will get a healthy application of seam sealer. Same for the fronts.

[steveo27]

[veedubtek]

How is the inner well joined to the new rear arch (it looks like the new arch sticks out a bit further than stock)?

tried to snag a pic of both...didn't turn out real well. No seam sealer yet:








filler round 1:



round 2:



fresh primer!



block sanding while primer dries....and more applied...and more drying...rinse and repeat:



primered fronts hung back on:



oooooooh yeah, I dig it.