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Today finally we had a good days work on the car.
Got rid of previous owners "catch tank" with proper samco hose.
And fitted the seat mounts and putting seat in position I can acctualy fit in the car :smile:
So now it's up to my painter to get the interior painted :smiley:
At last a decent update.
The cambelt and new de phaser,water pump, full discs, pads and brake change has been done :smile:
So my paint guy is collecting car for me so finally we can get custom mounts in for the seats and get the interior painted.
Now the fun stuff can begin...
Still waiting for garage to work on the car as I did drop it off spur of the moment.
So my ebay "good condition" :poo: Rear bumper arrived to replace the butcherd one currently on the car.
So after a good few hours and a little spit and polish it's respectable enough to fit to the car.
Well clio still at the garage obviously
But finally the golf has been collected having the garage empty means if been able to put some new flooring down and give it a good clean.
Plus finally able to update build board and the list is long lol
Small update
Car is now at my mechanics to have cam belt de phaser and water pump change.
Plus if they get time full brake change.
Then off to the body shop for interior paint
When I get board of a car.
Half the fun for me is building it and adding more parts.
I don't look at the money I put in, more the vision I have and il spend what it takes to get it there.
Meaning all my cars are a loss but I do it for the love not the money
Right then.
This is my first ever clio cup, I'm a vw man at heart but after experience they are just to heavy under power and expensive to repair.
So after doing some research for possible track toys the clio was the one for me.
So after looking at a couple of cars which weren't for me I was...
Yeh baja was interesting (terrifying) at 100mph
Yeh noticed there are plenty to choose from just need to get shot of golf first as need to free up the garage.
Southampton
Hello
I have been bought up in the vw crowd and have built a few cars over the last few years.
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Mk2 2.0 16v itb track car
1967 vw baja drag car 1641 twin carbed flat four
And my latest car 2005 mk5 golf gti show car
I've built the mk5 due to just having a baby boy and I've...