DUBSTAR'S PROJECT - Weiss Hase - 1976 Golf LS

[dubstar]

I'll post an update to the brake upgarde tonight. As per my other thread, just having some bleeding issues that need to be worked through.

Hey Greasykitchen, not pointing fingers at anyone when I highlight some of the issues with the car. A 40 year old car is bound to have plenty of ingenious 'fixes'.

With the new wheels, Andy looks a million bucks.

[dubstar]

DUBSTAR'S PROJECT - Weiß Hase - 1976 Golf LS

Got Andy back on his wheels on the weekend.

I forgot to snap some pics of the rear beam before I re-installed it, but here's a few fuzzy/dark photos....

Prothane bushes



20mm sway bar





200mm drums



Front strut bar



Sneaky pic of the wheels

[Water Boy]

Widen Seat steelies nice!

[dubstar]

A quick pic from DoVW.

Finally got the brake issue sorted. Turns out that the 'automatic' adjustment wedge was not automatically adjusting. We forced the wedge down through a wheel stud hole and that solved the issue!

[Stiggy_21]

Great to met you at DOVW, car looks awesome!

[dubstar]

My project on ANdy for the past few weeks has been to make new set of interior boot cards and also repair the parcel tray and its supports.

The boot area was in pretty bad shape as you can see here:



The parcel tray was broken and ripped and didn't stay in place, it just dropped off the supports:





I used some 4.2mm masonite to reconstruct the panels, using the old ones as a template. With a lot of primer-sand-paint-repeat, I got the boards pretty smooth:





I also used the masonite to add some strength and repair the parcel tray:



The parcel tray supports were pretty bowed and also had some broken tabs/cracks. I added strength and straightened them out by using some Auminium U bar. This fits perfectly into the channel where the parcel tray rest and with some JB weld and concealed rivets (clamped for 3 days) I managed to get them straight and sturdy again.

Before:


During:





After:



The parcel tray on a Mk1 connect to the backseat. It has an excess length of fabric that is screwed into the top of the back seat. Over time the fabric rips and frays. Obviously this was a known problem and on the later Mk1s, VW added a length of aluminium bar to fold the fabric more evenly. This bar is NLA, so I had to choose a profile from stock and used that. I also had to break out the needle and thread to repair the rips.:



And fully completed:





A few things I would do differently:

1) I'd look at using slightly thinner board (the originals are 2.5-3mm).
2) I'd also look at getting ABS plastic sheet, I think that could work wuite well, but cost is the issue ($15 vs $140)
3) I hate trim clips, they are the s**ttest invention next to clam shell packaging (which is what mine came in!)
4) I need to clean my camera lens.

[GeorgeMK1]

Looking great bud!

[dubstar]

Been cracking on with removing the rest of the bitumen and rubber from the firewall. The best method is to keep the heat gun on the area and the use your chosen craper to peel it off. The best scraper i found was the 'crevice type', as it conforms to most angles.

I'll go get some dry ice to do the rear floor, as I also want to try making sorbet Heston-style.

[eltonking]

looking good Bryce! are you replacing the carpet or putting the old one back in? Pretty sure 'knox auto carpets' still do a moulded carpet for mk1s for $150 last i checked! very keen to swap mine over in the near future

[eltonking]

also, i'm moving down to sorrento over the summer so will need to pop by sometime! the blokes i'm moving down with a fairly useless and i've got a couple of odd jobs that need to be pumped out - i can supply the beer!

[greasykitchen]

Great work there. Not sure if those carpets have been lifted since 1976! Any serious / worrying rust there?

[Volksee77]

Hey Dubstar, great build you've got going there mate.

Where did you go to get the poly anti roll bar bushings?

[dubstar]

Thanks for the comments. Still continuing with the stripping, so fingers crossed.

The ARB bushes were a PITA to find. Some places sell one size but not the other, then superpro ran out of the fronts, so I had to order Australian made bushes from the UK!

Try Burson's, then supercheap and then overseas.

[dubstar]

DUBSTAR'S PROJECT - Weiß Hase - 1976 Golf LS

Question for the day.

There are holes pressed into the footwell plate (circled in red). Can anyone tell me if the cavity underneath has a drain? Where does it drain to on the underside?

[Peter Jones]

There's no drain but there is a couple of plugged up holes you can pull the bung out of.

I'll see if I can find a picture.

Here's a good one!



You might have to dig around in the under seal to find it.