I haven't been on here very much lately, but if you read on, you'll know why.
Well, I've finally got a little spare time to give some of you an update on some Nat's progress & just progress in general.
This car was for sale last year with no taker's for a virtually rust free 76 swallow tail. Then it was parted out & left as a bare rolling shell.
The build has taken me 6 full weekend's so far & one full week next week.
It's basically everything has been rebuilt, upgraded, customized to make the mk1 a nice everydayer again with some most of the part's from my crashed GTI.
Starting off making new fuel pipes for the K-Jet. These were an absolute pain in the arse to make one & then make a matching one. Also had some "AN" fitting welded onto the end's for some nice Earl's fitting's & braided hoses.




Had to remove the steering rack to fit them & also rebuilt, regreased & readjusted the rack while it was out.
Then onto the fitting the Mk2 16V booster & master cyl. & making some new brake line's which hug & hide the pipes. This took a fair while too, to match them all up.
I fitted the proportioning valve's under the front carpet & soundproofing to clean up the master cyl.
I also fitted an electric brake light switch on the brake pedal for a more reliable setup.




Then made up a nice engine wiring harness to hide as much of the wiring as I possibly could.

Removed the GTI oil cooler assembly & refitted the standard housing with my ever trusty Diesel oil filter. Worked for over 10 year's & never gave me a problem.
also diesel's have a finer filter element & can also hold over 1/2 litre more. With the increased surface area, it's act's like an oil cooler, but not as good.
Well, I've finally got a little spare time to give some of you an update on some Nat's progress & just progress in general.
This car was for sale last year with no taker's for a virtually rust free 76 swallow tail. Then it was parted out & left as a bare rolling shell.
The build has taken me 6 full weekend's so far & one full week next week.
It's basically everything has been rebuilt, upgraded, customized to make the mk1 a nice everydayer again with some most of the part's from my crashed GTI.
Starting off making new fuel pipes for the K-Jet. These were an absolute pain in the arse to make one & then make a matching one. Also had some "AN" fitting welded onto the end's for some nice Earl's fitting's & braided hoses.




Had to remove the steering rack to fit them & also rebuilt, regreased & readjusted the rack while it was out.
Then onto the fitting the Mk2 16V booster & master cyl. & making some new brake line's which hug & hide the pipes. This took a fair while too, to match them all up.
I fitted the proportioning valve's under the front carpet & soundproofing to clean up the master cyl.
I also fitted an electric brake light switch on the brake pedal for a more reliable setup.




Then made up a nice engine wiring harness to hide as much of the wiring as I possibly could.

Removed the GTI oil cooler assembly & refitted the standard housing with my ever trusty Diesel oil filter. Worked for over 10 year's & never gave me a problem.
also diesel's have a finer filter element & can also hold over 1/2 litre more. With the increased surface area, it's act's like an oil cooler, but not as good.

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