My new car for next year......

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[Martin]

Looking fantastic, Chris really does do a nice job.

[Adele AW]

Cheers Guys

[californiaspirit]

very good job!

i love this look!

[SteveW]

Well even though we are in So-Cal at the moment the work continues on the car! The seats and framework are now fitted and is looking amazing!

[lowfastbus]

Very cool work on the siamesed seats!

[Adele AW]

Very cool work on the siamesed seats!

Thanks, they came out even better than i imagined

[AntLockyer]

That's looking Awesome!

[Taylor]

Im not sure jealous is a strong enough word. man that thing is awsome

[Fasterbrit]

Wow! Digging that interior and cage work! Absolutely awesome! Can't wait to see it finished

[Prowagen]

Guys love the interior thats awesome and a first in a VW?

Rob.

[kev d]

Looks awsome
Hope to see it at volksworld 2009

[SteveW]

  Thanks guys! I'm so chufted with it and I haven't even seen the seats in person yet!! Rob, I 'think' its a first in a VW which would be cool but it was more of a seat choice both me and Adele could agree on 

Volksworld 09 is the ultimate goal so as soon as we are back we've gotta crack on!! We've been on another parts buying mission again in the states so its only the last few bits and the rest is the build!

[Adele AW]

149 Days to go until Volksworld 

Plans have changed slightly, the car was going to come back from Chris's this weekend and then to Jon for a day or so to finish up the few bits of metal work and then back to Chris's in a few weeks once the A-Arm issue was sorted however, the car is now staying at Chris's to finish everything off!

We are going down tomorrow to pick up the A-Arms, straight to Wayne's to be narrowed, then back to Chris next Friday firstly knocking on Pete's door for the gearbox then round the M25 with the box, A-Arms and Engine so Chris can mock up the rear end, fit the new widened CSP wings, modified Valance, Decklid and finish it all off, to then go down again Friday after and pick up the car.

We then have 2 weeks free to dry mock up anything we need and then its off to Martin Curbishley for 8 weeks for the paint http://www.curbishleypaint.com/


And here is me thinking we may get a few weeks off now its Winter   

This is along with Steve and I out of the house 12 hours a day with our 'normal' jobs !!

[Martin Greaves]

Well that cool should be finish by mid February then.

[SteveW]

Well its time for another update! Work is progressing nicely and i'm super happy with the results!





Some clearer shots of the cage. To get the correct position for the funny car style cage (which is quite a bit further back in the car than stock seats) the shifter needed to be moved 5" backwards...





The driving position feels great, no stretching for the shifter or being too close up front.







The removable steering wheel is complete now, the wheel is fitted with a Mark Williams quick release adapter. The quick release is one of the nicest kits we've seen and although its got small splines there is a 'master' spline to ensure you are fitting the wheel in the correct position!





These are the mounts for the 5 point harness, the bottom mount is for the crotch strap, the other mounting points are on the cage and a threaded plate welded into the tunnel. You can also make out in the bottom picture a support mount off the tunnel for the seats.







Some more detail shots of the seats, very comfy they are too!



Another one of my ideas was to fit a vertical bar to the door exactly in place of where the stock quarter light would be, the idea being once the bar was chromed it would from the outside resemble a stock quarter light...



I'm pretty pleased with how they came out, they should look cool once they are chromed!



Everything is fully Tig welded..Nice!



And finally the all important chassis builders tag. We're incredibly proud of this 

[tikimadness]

I think I just wet myself .

Awesome work,hope to see it next year

Michael

[speedwell]

great work adele hope to see the car at ebi3 

[vwcab]

All I can say is......WAW        (GREAT WORK)

[Adele AW]

great work adele hope to see the car at ebi3 

Powderpuff here I come

Thanks for the kind comments guys, really appreciated also helps with the motivation..... 2.5 years gone, not the longest 'resto' i know but its long for Steve and I who are Uber impatient!! 



I reall cannot recommend Chris's work highly enough!!

[Deanodynosaurs]

Wow! The car is looking great! 

I can't wait to see it finnished!

Dude :cool:

[Rob E]

looking good guys 

[Adele AW]

Wow! The car is looking great! 

I can't wait to see it finnished!

Dude :cool:

Cheers Dude, Neither can i

[Adele AW]

Well it was another mission today to get some work done on the car! After last sunday at Chris' we dropped the A Arms off to Wayne Allman to get narrowed and being the guy that he is, they were done and ready to go Wednesday night! My best friend Adie Harper kindly picked them up for us and we finally got them this morning! They have been narrowed a total of 1" per side and Wayne has done an absolutey cracking job as usual. Once we had picked up the A Arms at 6am this morning we drove down to Peter at Cogbox to pick up a gearbox casing which we could be used for mock up. From Pete's we then headed over to Chris' 'shop and got everything fitted up, but not before nipping to Harry Harpics and picking up a split bus nosecone which we needed! Pics below!









As you can see the bearing carrier was cut out and repositioned the maximum of an inch further in giving us more clearence on the rear.



We arrived at Chris' to find our 4cm wider rear wings had arrived from CSP which we got a cracking deal through Micheal at Machine 7. You can tell here that they are wider but once everythings all button'd up and painted they should look a treat.





Chris also made a really cool bracket to house the staging brake right next to the shifter, loving this!



He had also fitted our custom Simpson Window net..





After that we got cracking and fitted the gearbox and engine, that was a cool sight to see 





We then fitted up the A Arms and brakes and bolted a wheel and wing up for mock up! Really pleased with the results! So all in all we had a good day! The car is due back to us in less than 2 weeks from Chris', I can't wait!

Steve

[Jonny Grigg]

I've got to say guys, your car is looking absolutely superb! And you are ahead of me......... 

I have got same same rear wings (CSP from M7) and I agree they do look very good considering how much wider they are. I have modified mine to fit on dzus fasteners, so the mounting lip has gone- which gave me a chance to narrow them very slightly so the wheel sits in just right.

I am liking what you are doing alot. I feel the need to go and mock-assemble mine again today!

I am still waiting for the trans and shifter from the states...... 

[kev d]

Looks like you`ll make the deadline at this rate
What size wheels & tyres are you using btw?

[Adele AW]

I've got to say guys, your car is looking absolutely superb! And you are ahead of me......... 

I have got same same rear wings (CSP from M7) and I agree they do look very good considering how much wider they are. I have modified mine to fit on dzus fasteners, so the mounting lip has gone- which gave me a chance to narrow them very slightly so the wheel sits in just right.

I am liking what you are doing alot. I feel the need to go and mock-assemble mine again today!

I am still waiting for the trans and shifter from the states...... 

Thanks Jonny, The next step is Dzus fasteners on the rear wings, we just had to make sure they fit first, as we had originally had day moulding ones!

It a good job we dry assembled the rear end as we had to do quite a bit more work on the luggage area for clearence of the gearbox.  Things we need to know NOW and not when its painted as we will not be left with enough time to do a full dry mock up

Looks like you`ll make the deadline at this rate
What size wheels & tyres are you using btw?

Kev, I hope so
Slicks are 6" x 26 M&H and Wheels are also 6"

[Prowagen]

Wow guys he car looks awesome!

[58vw]

been a year already...looking great

[SteveW]

Thanks