Another Wreck, another Race Car.....

[Peter Jones]

Big news coming soon.

[Jarred]

yay, that's great considering how quiet you've been lately.

[3r1k]

Anymore update? Crazy Build.

[Peter Jones]

I'm getting ready to paint over the Christmas break, paint has been ordered.

I'm starting to hang panels to check fit and finalise the welding.

Still a bit of fab work to do before I colour it in.

Going to be a busy couple of weeks.

[FLAUNTT]

keep up the good work Peter!!

[Peter Jones]

Kamei Managing Partner, Mr Uwe Meier-Andrae has granted me permission to replicate the colour scheme and livery of the MK1 Golf they sponsored in the late 1970's.

I'll be painting over the Christmas break.



The official historian for the original car is assisting. His name is Mike and the archive of information about the Kamei cars resides on Club GTI forums in the UK.

Great reading http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=208693

[GoLfMan]

Kamei Managing Partner, Mr Uwe Meier-Andrae has granted me permission to replicate the colour scheme and livery of the MK1 Golf they sponsored in the late 1970's.

I'll be painting over the Christmas break.



The official historian for the original car is assisting. His name is Mike and the archive of information about the Kamei cars resides on Club GTI forums in the UK.

Great reading Kamei Mk1 Golf - the history thread, @ Inters 2011, NEW owner restoration begins!!!!! - Club GTI

mate that is awesome news! Congrats! Really looking forward to seeing it done

[Stiggy_21]

thats awesome!!!! can't wait to see it hit the track

[roccodingo]

Wow, that is just amazing Pete. Looking forwards to seeing this car in the real one day...

Check out this Scirocco build ( you may have already seen it...) some good pics of seam welding all over, also not the position of the front roll bar..

Cabilis Performance - Project Scirocco 2009 Silhouette

Have a merry ( but obviously busy !! ) christmas .

[Preen59]

Great news, Pete. Can't wait to see the outcome.

[Jarred]

Awesome news Pete!

Can't wait to see it done.

Might even have to pop by for a sneaky peak!

[Peter Jones]

Flat out at the moment finishing off the body work.

Light weight racing number plate lights!









Got the tail all flattened out, it was a bit wavy around the number plate and there were a few screw holes I had to weld up.

Corner of one of the tail light recesses was rusted out so I had to fab a new piece in too.



I hated dong it but I had to cut a hole in the floor for the transponder mount.






Interior is pretty well prepped now, I'm pretty sick of applying seam sealer.

Note the seat frame area, I put some reinforced captive nuts in there for the harness crotch strap. I also welded in the circular plate between them to add strength to that section of the floor. The other plates are just glued i with seam sealer the way the factory did it.

6 bolts in the footwell are for the pedal box.



Got the front arches bolted up today.

Nerve wracking stuff cutting up brand new fibreglass guards.

[Peter Jones]

More pictures of arches.









Front spoiler seems to be cast for different guards, it's going to take some fettling to make it fit properly, but that can wait till after the painting.

Really need the car on it's wheels to set the height anyway.



Popped a rear guard on for a photo.



This took some courage. These would be amongst the last MK1 guards to come out of Performance Trim.



Trimmed off the lower inch of the front valance, it was too tatty to fix and I didn't need it.

Left the corners on to support the guards, I'll reinforce those tomorrow.

[AusScare]

Awesome stuff, loving these updates.

[Peter Jones]

Notched the chassis for drive shaft clearance today.



Used some welding wire to transfer shapes.





Welded in 3mm plate.







Tiny grinder is awesome!