build thread :)

[Pilks]

progress progress progress..





i also started a pretty big job.. repainting everywhere i screwed up.. (fenders are primed already just need to be painted)

[Pilks]

Loving this car!

cheers man.

i was browsing on gumtree the other day, are you selling your car?

[Pilks]

need cleaned and need to acquire hardware but theyre done! one of the faces isnt so great because it was majorly pitted but i can overlook that for now.

[Browneye]

Yeah buddy looking slick as!

[sports racer]

You have to get those wheels on. I saw you rollin' the other day and you've nailed the "rough, need a lot of work" look.

[Pilks]

[sports racer]

I think I need to organise another MK1 meet. Would love to see how you've got the seats set up.

Awesome looking seats too.

What are you doing with the ones you got off Nick?

[Pilks]

I think I need to organise another MK1 meet. Would love to see how you've got the seats set up.

Awesome looking seats too.

What are you doing with the ones you got off Nick?

Thanks paul, i think we do aswell.

im just going to move them on, dont know how long its going to take. sister declined them for her mk4 so there just sitting there.

[Pilks]

alright then, long time no talk..

just spent the weekend in melbourne picking up a 1984 bmw e30 for my little brothers project, was great fun. hume highway should be 130-140 though. Did see an awesome mk1, was wide as hell and orange. looked to be the same sort of code as georges old mk1.

sump has a crack in it thats spurting out oil, so im going to be pulling that off, running a bead along the crack and building a sump guard. dont want to weld thicker steel on because i feel like i'd burn straight through the metal.

Also wondering if theres any way to adjust pedal height? the clutch and brake pedals are about 2" higher than the accelerator.

[Pilks]

oh and im rebuilding the wheels again, wasnt the biggest fan of the dark/polished look.

[Notso Swift]

When the Hume was designed it so so an Average car with an average drive could comfortable travel at 90mph (this was in the unlimited days)
Now consider an average car was probably a EH Holden and an average driver has relatively low skills you understand why fatalities on that road are usually due to boredom

I personally like the wheels, but I bet your next go will still look good

[GeorgeMK1]

The hume is so damn boring. When im in the mk1, 100kmh feels like 180kmh hahaha, so its not too bad. BUt its definately boring in my mk6. I could fall asleep at the wheel!

As for the sump, weld it man, dont run a bead of sealant. I have busted so many sumps haha, trust me. Its only steel too, so anyone with a decent welder should be able to fix it in 30 seconds!

[GeorgeMK1]

I have a full re - enforced sump if you were still in melbourne haha. It uses 5mm plating all around hehehehehe

[Pilks]

The hume is so damn boring. When im in the mk1, 100kmh feels like 180kmh hahaha, so its not too bad. BUt its definately boring in my mk6. I could fall asleep at the wheel!

As for the sump, weld it man, dont run a bead of sealant. I have busted so many sumps haha, trust me. Its only steel too, so anyone with a decent welder should be able to fix it in 30 seconds!

thats what im hoping.. moving down in 3 weeks or so, so need to get the mk1 perfect enough to travel with my life in the back. if its any less boring then in the e30 then it wont suck.

i'll come and get that sump off you after i move down, may aswell have the peace of mind.

[Pilks]

When the Hume was designed it so so an Average car with an average drive could comfortable travel at 90mph (this was in the unlimited days)
Now consider an average car was probably a EH Holden and an average driver has relatively low skills you understand why fatalities on that road are usually due to boredom

I personally like the wheels, but I bet your next go will still look good

i dont think many of the drivers have skills that are any better than back in the 70s haha.

im hoping you'll like what im doing to them now. ill post a pic of the colour scheme soon.