First job was to get her to my mate Cookie's workshop, where he very generously allows me to work on my cars using his lifts, tools etc. Top man, so he is!
She's been sitting for months on four weedy Mk2 Golf space-saver spare wheels in the driveway, so some banded G60 steels were sourced from Noel, welder extraordinaire, here in Waterford. This man does some seriously good work and the workmanship is flawless - it's hard to see the quality of his work in my shitty phone pics, but don't worry; there'll be plenty of close-ups when I do a post on the refurb on these wheels in the coming months.
So...out with the A-frame and dragged her sorry ass over to Cookie's...
Gratuitous arty pic of her waiting to be rolled into the workshop...pic also shows Cookie's project Renault 19 16v and a boat. And some trees. Oh and another boat...all we're missing is some dry-ice smoke! :-)
We threw her up on the lift to check out the underneath.
We were delighted to find that the underneath is in excellent condition, although the rear axle, front and rear brakes, axle, wishbones etc. are all badly corroded...not to worry, me auld pal Cian has granted me free licence to pillage his old Mk2 GTi for parts, so everything I need is there and will be transplanted before the summer.
The underneath is gonna be stripped, cleaned and rustproofed, then all the replacement brakes, axle, suspension etc. are gonna be fitted - it really makes a massive difference having a donor vehicle at hand, cos every last little bit you need is there when you need it.
Really looking forward to getting stuck into this, as I haven't had a Mk2 in over two years...way too long, my friends....way too long. These are the cars that bit me with the VW bug and I'm seriously hooked on 'em.
Right, that's it for now for this car. Next time you hear about her will be the stripdown and clean-up.
Talk soon, drive safe.
Laters,
RV.
Great to see my poor auld MK2 will live on making this a cracking car. I'll come up some day and help
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