horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"

[Horney]

Been a awhile since I updated this!

Cage is pretty much in and just needs some slight adjustment.

It's booked in for paint in the 1st week of november and I have the week off to help. Before then I need to finish the cage fitment, fab up the seat mounts and weld those in and finish the sunroof patch.

I've ordered a polycarb rear screen and a new on for the passenger side to match the drivers side one. Just need to pick up a new windscreen before November so I can make it water tight after the paint has been applied.

Then I just have to bolt it all back together and put it in for an MOT.

Nick

[Horney]

GOt a week off to try and get the car painted.


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Day 1 done.

[Horney]

Day 2


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At some point the rear panel had been replaces (badly) and the seams filled. When I ground it all back it was horrid mess, Marcus cut, ground, welded and fabricated new seams.


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Spot welding sunroof panel


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Nick

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All the cage mounts are now boxed off and finished


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Front valance prepped for primer


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Underseal removed with an air chisel.


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Priming bits


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Hung out to dry


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[Horney]

Another weekend, more progress.

underseal removed:


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Roof needed some bracing to stop it flopping about after removal of the sunroof and it's mechanism:


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Spare dash for flocking by The Flock Shop:


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A windscreen to pop in while the clear one I want is on back order:


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Rear strutbrace and badge ready for primer:


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New front valance with some stonechip applied:


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Flatting back first coat of primer on the bonnet:


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A selection of flatted panels awaiting coat 2 of primer:


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Needed to hang the wings somewhere for the primer to dry!:


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Many primered panels!


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That's it for another weekend.

Nick

[Horney]

So......er.....yeah. Got fed up of trying to rebuild the roof with filler after warping it.

Fibreglass roof panel incoming!



Nick

[Horney]

A better picture of the roof chopped out


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Masked up the back end for some primer


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Primer going on


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Primered


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Next weekend I want to prime the front half of the car and paint the wings, bonnet and boot white.

Nick

[Horney]

Incoming!



Nick

[Horney]

Fibreglass roof collected yesterday from LWS Designs. A top couple of chaps making very good products. The roof is work of fibreglass art and not your usual ton of matting with gaps you could drive a bus through etc.

Anyhoo, here it is placed on the car un-trimmed:


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It's a bout 1.5mm thick as can be seen here:


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The underside shows how it's made from a big sheet of glassfibre weave so even the inside has a nice uniform finish to it:


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The back end (it needed pulling back a bit, it does actually fit perfectly) and the quality of the gel coat finish:


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Got trimming and tried a short section of the gutter trim back on to make sure it would fit without me having to take mor eof the roof back. It does fit. Result:


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Front corner (Trim not actually put in properly, just draped):


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All trimmed up and ready to be bonded on:


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I just need to prep the shell and buy the sealant and we're good to go!

Nick