So...progress is being made…Saturday I set about getting the cab of the van finished, to console myself that the wheels and suspension weren’t finished in time for this year's Limerick show…
Friday night, me and Dylan resprayed all the interior trim pieces in sexy satin black Hycote…
Here’s how it all looked Saturday morning….
Stripped out the old paint-stained seats and lobbed ‘em on the rubbish pile – also ripped out all remaining trim and scrubbed it all with plenty hot soapy water, then treated them all to a bit of vinyl dressing before refitting.
I scrubbed the shit outta the carpets and remaining trim and then moved onto the refit…new cup holder centre console, Mk3 Golf VR6 front seats (which I was assured were a handy fit – they weren’t, due to the steel beam running across the front of the load floor; lots of sweating, straining, cursing and brute force sorted that), refurbed door cards, refurbed overhead shelf, roofliner, door handles , the whole nine yards! Hell I even threw a non-sunroof Mk4 Golf interior rooflight into the headliner while I was at it – I was on a roll!
9 hours later (OK, there were a lot of coffee and smoke breaks which probably accounted for about 3 and a ½ hours!) this is how she looked…time for a little reward after working in the hot sun all day, and what better than Clonmel Chardonnay with which to do it, eh?
So now, it’s a much better place to be than when I picked her up...gone are the old smells of neglect and the seats are much more comfortable and supportive on a long drive.
Next on the list – get the rear fit-out done in time for me and Dylan’s road trip to Inters at the end of June!
