What did you do on your car today?

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Post by hitlers revenge »

Well not today but the last few days.........

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Looks a bit like Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche 356c :)
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:D

besides the undercoat there are 7 different colours on the car.
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number plates for ghia and beetle. Need to fit them
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hitlers revenge wrote::D

besides the undercoat there are 7 different colours on the car.
are u taking the entire car to metal?
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Not nessacery as the original colour is still there. Only went to metal where small spots of rust were found. And also shit spray jobs by the previous sprayer. Its really only the left hand side under the door that has a rust problem.

I was quite suprised as everybody expected a bag full of the stuff.
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while u at it, i think it would be a good idea to clean up the mess the po did with the number plate light cover thingy. if im not mistaken he puttied it to the body.
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Unfortunately gonna leave that as is, as it cannot come off. But I will see if I can make a plan.
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one word
DREMEL :wink:
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started the old girl after 4 days in cape town and boy did she run like a fat women in sludge...

black smoke and one hell of a stench of fuel. Got her home and found the carb had decided to run rather rich, 2.5 turns of the screw rich. Set that and the timing, made sure the plugs were clean. Test drive is much better, just need to sort out the idle now as it's erratic.
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Thats nice, Thanks for inviting us round for a drink or 2. :twisted:

Well that would of been me, The likes on Tony and Vader would of had 8 or more! :twisted:
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CT was a flying visit for work im afraid, you think i'd pass up on seeing the toys you have?

pfft...

will be back soon for a break, and a much needed one at that.
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Bought a new tyre and had it fitted to the rim
will put it on tomorrow
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Well it's not aircooled, but I'm so chuffed because after the longest engine conversion in history, my Syncro is running again! I started in December 2009 and he fought me every step of the way, but I started it with the help of Splitfan, yesterday. The golf 2.0l motor runs like a swiss watch and is only too willing to rev. I took a spin last night and it was like the first time again, I just fell in love with that car all over again. :oops:
Now that that is finished, I can spend my time on finishing the cabrio (Also going on 3 years in January :oops: )

I would like to thank Jacques aka Splitfan for all his help with supplying parts and also advice. I phoned him all hours of the day and he was always willing to help. Thanks Jacques, I really appreciate it!
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Post by karmakoma »

Congrats BF !! Free at last :hangloose:
I know how much hassle you've had with the syncro,so party tonight at your place :mrgreen: to celebrate.

Many happy kms. Forget the cabrio, start with the notch.
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