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Sh"t the bed mate, when you said you had done a little bit of re fabrication on the front end i didnt think it was this much.
Its looking class mate love it.
iain
Cracking update dude!
That is utter brilliance Ade, love your work on this and it's not old fashioned at all. Question is though what about revibing the backend? Or is it staying the same???
Keep the goodness alive. ;)
back end will be modded a little - smoothed boot with VW new style badge bonnet opener. New styled rear bumper and different custom lights.
I'm starting from the front then working down the sides ending up at the back.
I've pretty much finished the bonnet now - under skin to reinforce it is all welded up - just need to work out a bonnet latch mechanism - I've opted not to use bonnet pins.
Off to scrappy's - once I can see out my right eye again (wear goggles people - metal and eyes dont mix!)
seriously impressed ade when i first started reading this and read the words massive kit i sort of hung my head and was a little dissapointed but i will honestly say i will happily take that back and eat humble pie as i like it
wheather i like it or not though i am massivly impressed with the engineering and body work goinging into this any body that slates it obviously doesnt understand it a real credit to you mate and you should be proud
dont fancy doing the body work on my 4x4 do you?
TBH u done some crazy work fella and the front end looks brill! and i never been into kits and converting carbodys but great work mate!
looking good mate can't wait to see it finished
coming along nicely ade.
keep up the good work :thumb:
(05th to 09th March 2010).
As some of you know I was made redundant last week (see club chat for thread) so I've decided to give myself some well earned time off from all that worky stuff and enjoy the next couple of months off. Pros and cons of paid redundancy.
Anyway - 'tis a perfect time to work on the Puntova flat out. Heres what I've done in the last 4 days...
Finished metal working on the bonnet - under side and upper skin taken as about as far as my panel beating skills will allow and are primed ready for joining and skimming with filler.
I'll not be doing this though until the rest of the metal work on the car is complete. So with this in mind and to quote Discovery channels "overhaulin" TV show - its deconstruction time...
started by removing the interior (what was left anyway). And I HATE mice - everything reaks of mouse p1sh. They even got into the roof of the car and made a nest out of the soft cotton sound deadening material behind the roof lining! Dash removed and wiring loom exposed. Never seen so much spaghetti!
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All the glass was removed - even managed to remove the windscreen without cracking it!
Then the doors came off - drivers door was fine (the last time I rebuilt the car the pins were replaced with lipped cavvy ones) however the passenger door was a real pig (same as the last time) - and it wouldnt budge. Both doors are rotten so I ended up grinding off the passenger one which gave me a good amount of spare metal for patching up the rear!
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With the car stripped internally I removed the suspension and underside. Started with the front
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the dropped the nose on the ground and jacked up the rear nice and high so I could get to the rear axle and petrol tank (a little precariously balanced!)
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The exle came off really easily as did the petrol tank although the filler neck retaining bolts on the underside were seized solid!
The petrol tank was shagged and I'm amazed I got any mileage at all! One of the fuel line metal connectors was compeltely cracked and when I tried to remove the fuel line it snapped clean off!
With all but the rear brake lines removed I was now ready to get the shell on the A frames so I could clean the underside...