What did you fix/replace on your Mk1 today?

[SpeciP3]

radiator flushed and carb issues fixed over the weekend, just needs a good wash and polish

[dub be good to me]

Continued sanding back the entire cabin floor pan and firewall, killed rust spots primed with rust converter/primer... tried to wash all the dust our of my clothes *cough* !

popped some new clear indicators on.

They look wicked against white paint!

[mikinoz]

Put $25 of fuel in for the first time in 6 weeks.

[dub be good to me]

Used Autoglym Paint Renovator to cut and polish some oxidised paint.... WOW!
Paint looks amazing!

Thanks for the tip Jarred!

[mikinoz]

Reversed most of the modifications that I have done to Hellga in preparation of her moving on.

Funny how much time things take to complete, but how little time they take to reverse.

[Jarred]

hope you didn't go out an buy a bottle Simon, I'm pretty sure i've got 2 here! (pretty fullas well!)

[dub be good to me]

hope you didn't go out an buy a bottle Simon, I'm pretty sure i've got 2 here! (pretty fullas well!)

Yep, impulse buy

Oh yeah.. just sprayed the floor pan..

[Jarred]

replaced my chrome bumpers with plastics

[lawny]

replaced my chrome bumpers with plastics

why on earth did u do that

[Jarred]

why on earth did u do that

so I can clean them up and give em a real good polish before DOVW. I never really cleaned them after I took them off my yellow, so they still got little bits of marysville all over them.

Wheels will come off probably next weekend, for the same treatment. Interior also needs work. speaking of which -

does anyone know any good products to really clean all the years of grime out of 30 year old mk 1 carpet? bar hiring a steam cleaner?

[static1800]

You mean you are taking those rims off to give to me Jarred? that's nice of you to clean them first

Guess you could try some carpet cleaner, if you don't have a steam cleaner hang it up on the clothes line and blast it with the hose maybe.

[mikinoz]

does anyone know any good products to really clean all the years of grime out of 30 year old mk 1 carpet? bar hiring a steam cleaner?

Buy a repro carpet set for $150 off ebay!

[mnaussie]

Will be replacing in the next few weeks

After I pick up my 81 Caddy I will be replacing the engine (current engine is in the bed in back with a bad crank bearing). Not sure if I want to replace it with another 8v (one is available locally rebuilt with mild cam and a 4k tranny) or a 1.8L 16V also available locally for about the same price $125us? other than that I have to fix one hole in the floor and I am ready to roll. Picking it up this Tuesday late arvo.

hopefully I don't find any evidence of any of these !!!!!

[gldgti]

on friday afternoon, i washed the mk1 for the first time since the dust storms. then i polished some of the rusy spots on the exterior (on the surface) and quick waxed the car so the water actually comes off.

then i adjusted the igniton timing, washed the engine bay, and gave the carb a final tune before the dyno day on sat

for all those mk1'ers out there that didnt see it in the meet section -



yes, thats at the wheels

[GoLfMan]

thats tops Aydan