Project "Racelook"

cl08 · Post by **cl08** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:17 am

oh my god you are the baddest raddest guy ever im sitting with my jaw on my desk that is the most fabbed car ive seen im griping about shaving my drip rail which wasnt that bad your car is great

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:25 am

Thanx mate....All the positive reactions keeps me going as crazy on my car

hahaha

Yesterdayevening worked from 7 till 11.30 p.m on my car. Checked several lose pieces of the chassis, brushed some things clear. And put it warm and dry away for the next paintting-time.
After that I go further with the list of bolts and things I have to buy till 1.00 a.m.

Wiebrand

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:11 am

Some small update form last friday. Found some hours to work on my bug.. Again brushed several lose chassis pieces, sorted out some things and tried (for the 4th time) to get the pitman-arm of the steeringbox, without succes

.

Wiebrand

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:25 am

Yesterday.. bought an threatmeasuring instrument. Have checked al the lose things I could found of my car. The list is now for 97% or so completed. TIME TO BUY SOME NEW STUFF

WIebrand

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:30 am

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo what an day was yesterday. This project will be my dead once

Yesterday I maked an 13 hours day at my car.
At 11 o'clock I was in the cold barn. Begun to brush the gearbox clear. What an piece of $h!TT to do... but yeaahhhhhh.

Then brushed some other lose things clear. Blew the tunnel clean. Masked some holes. Also hanged several things and ungreased them.

Then mixed the paint. So I could shot the layers of EP around midnight.
At first the inside of the tunnel.

Then the lose things.

I could be some nice end of an long day. But I was forgotten that my brother had cleaned the paintinggun and that I haddend to thinner the paint soo much

Wiebrand

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:14 pm

So tonight found another hour.

Fitting longer threats for mounting midmount.
Threats exchance for the gearbox.

1:
Make longer threats.

Left the original one, on the right 2 new ones.

2:
Remove threat out of gearbox.
Welded an nut on the excisting threats.

Another pic

3:
Prepare new threat.
Twist 2 nuts against each other on the new threat.
Put on Loctite (blue).

Loctite 243

4:
Installing new threats.
Differents in lenght is good to see on next picture.

End resultt:

Wiebrand

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:33 pm

Today I had picked up something more than the half of the bolts/nuts/rings etc for my 1303..... and you're going verry fast to the 200 euro!!!!

Next time all the bolts will be blasted and passived, but hell yeah this is some special project

p.s. there are +/- 610 pieces of bolts/nuts/rings etc.

After that buyed some stuff at Franky's VW Service (http://www.kevertuning.nl)

And then I ve spend the hole day on removing the clutchleaver from the clutch-axle. hamering, pulling, heatening. Nothing helped, so I cut it lose.

Wiebrand

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:53 pm

Update-je from saturday night

Worked from 8 till 11 p.m. (before I went drinking :rolleyes: ). At first pressed the "pitman-arm" of the steeringbox. That gives a big BANG.. (there was 5000 kg pressing on it

).
Then drilled holes in the pedals and maked some aluminium plates on the rough size. The aluminium plates will be the contact-area of the pedals.

Also talked with an guy who is PAYED to transform an Ford Fiesto into an rallycar (Amsterdam-Peking).

On sunday I was out of bed at 9.45 am... with some verry "heavy head" :p . First prepared the gearbox for painting. Than sanded several lose pieces.

Wiebrand

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:54 pm

Update from yesterday.

I was verry lucky an day off, so we could work hard on the car. It was the plan to go out of bed at 6.30... but because of an party last monday.. it became 7.00.

Begin with sanding and degreasing of several lose pieces and the gearbox. Then finally this could be shot in EP at 11 o'clock.

Man, man it stays difficult to paint every side/hook. Also this time I have to spray almost everything over so everything is covered with EP.Respect for the painters
After that picked up several bolts, also picked up some parts by Franky's. Then picked up some paint, etc.

After that I again started to sand the 100% covered with EP things. First with 320 dry and than 600 wet. There now ready for the final paintcoat.
At last sanded several things that were not for 100% covered wit EP with P180. What an hell of an job is that sanding of these small parts.

Wiebrand

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:54 pm

So today I had unexpected also an verry short day. SOo I could start at 1pm with working on my car. Sanded several things and shot everything with an layer of EP, so I could eat at 7.00pm. :rolleyes:

Wiebrand

Pooter · Post by **Pooter** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:08 pm

Weibrand, I love the daily updates!

I have been following your project for quite a while, and you give me motivation to work on my own car! How do you find the time and energy?

Keep up the good work,

Nick.

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:29 pm

Pooter wrote:Weibrand, I love the daily updates!

I have been following your project for quite a while, and you give me motivation to work on my own car! How do you find the time and energy?

Keep up the good work,

Nick.

Thanks Nick

That's also what I get when I'm looking at finishing projects, it keeps the motivation coming

. How I find the time?; I try to use every couple of hours that I have free on my car. Mostly that's only thursday evening and sunday. The rest of the days I go to college or I work.
Energy; Motivate yourself with the endresult in your head. You have to go through these steps or you wont get that end result... so step on it

Wiebrand

volkdent · Post by **volkdent** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:33 pm

Just a little heads up: when you start re-assembly and you get to the brake fluid, BE VERY CAREFUL! It will remove all of the paint it touches, as well as being a poison, so make sure all your joints are sealed and you've got something to catch any drips. Looking good!

Jason

racelook · Post by **racelook** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:18 pm

I know Jason..

Therefor I always have water standing next to mee. (water nutralise brakefluid).

volkdent · Post by **volkdent** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:10 pm

You are smarter than I was then! I did my first body off restoration when I was 15, and I didn't know that. So when I bled my brakes I wrecked a bunch of the paint under the MC. Nice to know that your way ahead of that, I actually didn't know water neutralized brake fluid, good to know!

Jason