My Nimbus TD... A Work In Progres

[nimbusTD]

I startet my life as a 1,6 in April 84" But then a Crasy Dane found me in germany with a price tag of 100 euro... He then took me back with him to Denmark and took me apart...

Plan with the car,is that the engine is to be swabt with a TD from a Passat from 96...(was free an only 34k miles) and completly respray in NimbusGrey.... seats have been modyfide from a Audi A3 from 98...

Some pic's of the Projekt so far.....


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[nimbusTD]

Have sent all the front and rear parts from under the car to sandblasting

Before..


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After...


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Spy Foto...


By nimbustd at 2012-04-27

Can pick it all up thursday...

[black gti]

dansk indbyggede

nimbus grey is perfect and those seats are out of this world!!!

[BiH]

the seats are awsome, how much did you had to modify them to fit?

[Project_2501]

Very impressive.

I'm not looking forward to prepping all of my running gear for paint haha.

[nimbusTD]

the seats are awsome, how much did you had to modify them to fit?

I had too cut and weld one of the "legs" of the seats... take some pic's later to show you... and then cut of the front bracket on welded a plate in 4mm with 2 holes in it to hold the seat,,,, took me 30 mins per side.... the rear seat was a diffrent story... A frame has been made to give me a Audi look(dobbel trunk) where the mounts for the top of ter seat is..... the bottom seat took 5 min to install... 4 smal tubes have welded to hold it...

[nimbusTD]

dansk indbyggede

nimbus grey is perfect and those seats are out of this world!!!

Thanks.... have a color theme Grey/Beige..... And the seats were a freebee from a friend

[nimbusTD]

Very impressive.

I'm not looking forward to prepping all of my running gear for paint haha.

Thanks

[db3ck]

lookin good man i like the seats

[nimbusTD]

Bought some stuff at Essen Motorshow 2010 for my baby...


By nimbustd at 2012-04-30


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[db3ck]

some fancy parts you have there

[nimbusTD]

I had too cut and weld one of the "legs" of the seats... take some pic's later to show you... and then cut of the front bracket and welded a plate in 4mm with 2 holes in it to hold the seat,,,, took me 30 mins per side.... the rear seat was a diffrent story... A frame has been made to give me a Audi look(dobbel trunk) where the mounts for the top of ter seat is..... the bottom seat took 5 min to install... 4 smal tubes have welded to hold it...

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By nimbustd at 2012-04-30

The rear frame for the trunk... the 2 flaps in one end is holding the rear seat the bracket in the middel are welded in the car...


By nimbustd at 2012-04-30

[nimbusTD]

Have bought some new stuff to get cromed....


By nimbustd at 2012-04-30

And clean'd some of the old parts up... also geting crome


By nimbustd at 2012-04-30

And paintet the brakebooster...


By nimbustd at 2012-04-30

[db3ck]

is there going to be alot more chrome goin on perhaps in the bay??

[ValveCoverGasket]

wow lots of clean parts, nice

[nimbusTD]

is there going to be alot more chrome goin on perhaps in the bay??

All the bolts for the fenderes and the diesel pipes for the injektors are getting crome

But if I know my self I cant stop there....

[db3ck]

All the bolts for the fenderes and the diesel pipes for the injektors are getting crome

But if I know my self I cant stop there....

when all said and done probly gunna need sunglasses to look in the engine bay

[nimbusTD]

Pick'd up the parts from Powdercoating.....


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[db3ck]

i like the color choice

[nimbusTD]

i like the color choice

Thanks

[nimbusTD]

Was at the junkyard and found me a dashbord... have to clean it a bit but no cracks and the crome lookes fine...


By nimbustd at 2012-05-21

And then startet my other baby up for the first time this year...


By nimbustd at 2012-05-21

[db3ck]

dash looks nice fer sure

so hows she run

[Mean 'n Green86]

great start you have. looking forward to more

[nimbusTD]

dash looks nice fer sure

so hows she run

The porsche or what???

[One_PunchMachineGun]

would like to see where this goes
I'll be honest, not the biggest fan of the colors on the engine. But i'm sure the finish product will look very nice. Very pleased to see that you picked a TD though

[Devinadidas15]

interested in seeing what this thing looks like, what did you use to paint the block and alternator?

[nimbusTD]

would like to see where this goes
I'll be honest, not the biggest fan of the colors on the engine. But i'm sure the finish product will look very nice. Very pleased to see that you picked a TD though

It's gunna be replayst with a TDI or PD TDI in like 2 years.... The reson whey I put a TD in it is that petrol is 8,90 Dollars gallon in Denmark... Diesel is ca 7,60 Dollars a gallon... plus 150 bhp is easy to get on those engines...

[nimbusTD]

interested in seeing what this thing looks like, what did you use to paint the block and alternator?

Just used normal Auto paint from the autopaint'er at the job...(freebee) but maby a lot of the white stuff is going to be beige... To match the rest i have goten powdercoutet... My porsche wheels are getting beige to... with som gray to them... have porsche phonedails in 7/8X16

[shwak23]

mOAR?

[nimbusTD]

Time for some update...



















Finaly its done at the painter.... can't wait to get Her home.... but have to wait to after Xmas...

Im still geting parts... new seals for boot and doors... and have bougt som new head and rear light's for it... Was at Essen MotorShow.... have also bought a TA gewindefarwerk...

[nimbusTD]

Got it home from the Painter last week...

[Mean 'n Green86]

Niiice

[nimbusTD]

Niiice

Thanks

[nimbusTD]

have been working a bit on Nimbus the last week....

[Capt.Dreadz]

Why no rear disc?