Money or the box...

[roccodingo]

I have something heading this way in one of these boxes....



NYK Athena. Container due Mid July.....TBContinued.

[mikinoz]

This is going to be truly epic.

I reckon a 40 foot shipping container in orange on BBS RS lowered to the ground will look awesome!

[Jarred]

Can't wait!

[roccodingo]

This was the interior....


And this was the bay !!

[GOLFBALLS]

Woohoo. Exciting stuff!

[dom123]

This was the interior....


And this was the bay !!

Lucky man!

[roccodingo]

No luck involved, just planning, patience and cash.....

From current info the car is now on ANL Windarra headed for Fremantle fingers crossed its still all intact...

[roccodingo]

Box and contents arrived around the 23rd July, a couple days later than scheduled.

Customs and quarantine all done, got the call to go collect the car

Tilt tray and myself roll up to find LH front wheel has hit the front guard causing damage. All tyres are flat as the car was a top load, deflating allows more clearance against the underside of the container. Unfortunately that didnt help, as close inspection showed the roof to have some paint damage !!

Good thing is all the loose stuff in the car is still intact. ( factory a/c set up, complete 16V Silicon hose set, 3 Wolfsburg wheels )

Getting quotes for the paint repairs and then will see where we go from there...





Having to do the repaint loses the advantage i had of bringing the car across..... pissed off yes...

[Volksee77]

thats super ****, any chance of insurance mate????

[roccodingo]

Absolutely Luke. Got the first quote set at ~$1900 for the fix so far...May yet take a shipping credit insted tho... see what options are available.

Looks like I will take the front guards of as there is some crap underneath that needs seeing to as well.

[roccodingo]

well into the accumulation phase at present, many boxes arrived from Germany, UK and the US with still more stuff coming...





Been spending time on Anton's Mk1 clone, now with a built 2E lurking in the engine bay.



pretty well rewired the whole car back to VW spec ( colour code, wiring size, connectors etc ) building reliability into the car..

[Antonvs]

Yip Thats right! Once we started we couldnt really let some of the stuff go! Will be posting a thread soon about the build. Will be good to see the Rocco project in full swing!

[roccodingo]

Easter break and finally some time to get things Roccin '

Shuffled some of the stuff about in the shed and set to work..





took a bit of effort to remove the guards without damage..





But all came away intact.

Main reason to remove and replace guards is to ensure this weak point of Mk1 construction is protected against rust.





Requires a good coat of paint at the A pillar junction to ensure integrity.( top and bottom )

Inner guards and inside the guards themselves will be getting a coat of 2 pac before reassembly.







There's a few minor holes/ cracks to weld closed.





Need to close up the hole to once again fit a O2O rodchange mechanism.



More as time permits .

[roccodingo]

Another easter fast approaching !!

Only been nibbling at the edges of this project as time is a bit of a rare comodity at present.
However....

Managed some more stuff from VW Classic parts


Cleaned up a lot of bits ( dip, blast, electroplate, painting still to be done )




Trial fitted a factory A/C console ( only available for left hand drive vehicles from the factory as per golf Mk1 )


And salvaged some tinwork from older cars to replace the parts removed for the 1.8T that use to live in here...




Loads more to come back from the platers & overseas, just free time would be a blessing...

[GOLFBALLS]

Nice going bingley!
I dropped into the shed saturday morning on my way home from the mk2's emissions test but you weren't there obviously. Hope to catchya soon bud!