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Offline lord14

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Re: what you think ?
« Reply #20 on: 05 December 2010, 16:23 »
not sure about the colour code to be honest , jsut had it mixed up at a local paint shop , i think its a newish colour though . and yes i try keep it as original as possible :)

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Re: what you think ?
« Reply #21 on: 05 December 2010, 17:28 »
Welcome to the quiet MK1 corner!.... nice to see another 1  :cool:

When was all this work done???

looks good, how come you have left the bay and inside red?... looking good so far.

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« Reply #22 on: 05 December 2010, 17:33 »
we ran out of paint lol and in the bay we will be taking the engine back out to paint it because we had to do abit of cuting and welding new mounts :)

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« Reply #23 on: 05 December 2010, 21:36 »
Welcome.
That makes more sense now i wondered why you had not painted the inside or under the bonnet too.
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« Reply #24 on: 05 December 2010, 21:51 »
yep lol , ive done alight spray all inside now , and its jsut the engine bay which needs finsihing

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Re: what you think ?
« Reply #25 on: 06 December 2010, 09:56 »
Out of interest what lump was pulled out of it and is it a GTI shell.  Reason I ask is the motor looks like a 1300 in this pic:




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« Reply #26 on: 06 December 2010, 20:40 »
yeh it is a 1300

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« Reply #27 on: 06 December 2010, 22:41 »
Cool thought so, well you're doing a cracking job, can't wait to see more... what are your overall plans for it then?

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« Reply #28 on: 06 December 2010, 23:39 »
Excellent work. :afro:

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« Reply #29 on: 07 December 2010, 17:52 »
cheers