Cheers for the encouragement lads

The Jetta is awesome, not US spec though. Grandad spec car with the brownest interior you've ever seen but with a valver under the bonnet and 280 brakes. Only the wheels and exhaust that give it away! Would wipe the floor with my car

Paint wise, the block was done with high temp enamel Halfords stuff, the head and gearbox with Simonez high temp (etch primered first). No idea how long it'll last but certainly a lot better than it was before!