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Date: 10-8-07 11:32
From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia

Subject: 1975 Golf 02

Well what can i say, ive had the car for almost 6 months and im only now really making progress, which is why i am finally posting a blog.

Well the story behind the car is my sister boyfriend bought the car about 4 years ago. He drove it around for 2 and a bit years untill he was done for driving without rego and then the cops began going around the car with a big DEFECT stamp (so to speak). the car sat in his driveway for another 2 yrs and then he moved interstate. I came into possesion of the car.

Now comes the good and bad parts of the story. 1st good part, I own a 02. 1st bad part, it wasn't working and was FULL of rust. well now i will speed through. i got the car working and started stripping it.

It was then shipped off to Bavaria cars in galdesville and they began to tune the car and we got a quote on the rust... 10K!!! not a real suprise but since this was the case we went on the path of a new shell.

Took just under a month to find one. same colour less then 10mins drive from the workshop and hardly any rust. we got it for 1k and then shipped it off to bavaria cars and it has since been stripped of every thing and is now waiting to go to the body shop.

Now for the pics

The original 02 with lots of rust to go.

the new shell

shell stripped

Old 02 stripped

New shell with black engine bay

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I dont understand the german gauges!

'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Last edited by bingbong on 11-30-07 12:13; edited 2 times in total

Date: 10-9-07 01:31 From: 70roundtail02 in Pullman/Olympia Subject: Re: 1975 Golf 02 56k warning
whats the story with the flared 02 with the m2 badge? Making nice progress on the car congrats _________________ 1970-resto/mod =money drain 1973 Charmonix, mhh clean GO COUGS

Date: 10-9-07 01:44 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: 1975 Golf 02 56k warning
well the owner of that car is also the owner of the workshop. http://www.bavariacars.com.au/ theres the website, its a great car, its being through soooo many mods. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 10-22-07 05:30 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: UPDATE
Car is now in the body shop and rust is being cut and re-spray. Should be done by dec so hopefully it will all be registered and running well by xmas! That would be a great present. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 10-23-07 02:52 From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
Nice! Cant wait to see her back on the road mate. _________________ 72tii - Whitey 74 - Blacky

Date: 10-23-07 03:33 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
same here, I'm gona go back to the shop in a few weeks to check how everything is going Floor pan rust YUMMY _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 10-23-07 04:00 From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
ek, know all about that kinda rust! Both sides in mine had suffered due to water running down from where the heatbox is and pooling in the floors. _________________ 72tii - Whitey 74 - Blacky

Date: 10-23-07 04:05 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
CHRIST you should have seen the rust in the passenger side of the old car!!! The only other rust is in the front guards and the firewall passenger side rest of the car is spick and span. Also anyone in sydney looking for body work i suggest Astrum body shop in Gladesville 5k for re-spray and rust repair _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 10-23-07 02:19 From: Skippy_the_Bush_Kangaroo Subject: Re: UPDATE
Thats the reason I'm hesitant to remove all the sound proofing from my car! Just one question, are you keeping the engine bay black, or are you changing the colour of the car? Its looking good, keep up the good work. _________________ "Why is one of my reverse lights on in 4th?"

Date: 10-24-07 02:19 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
keeping it black, easy to keep clean! and no Im keeping the same colour. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 11-12-07 03:17 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: UPDATE
called the body shop about 2 weeks ago to find out they hadnt even started the work!!! prob wont get it done by xmas but i can always be hopefull. going to go check out what they have done so some pics will be up later this weekend. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 11-12-07 06:33 From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
Keep hassling them mate - make sure they are working! _________________ 72tii - Whitey 74 - Blacky

Date: 11-16-07 04:48
From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia

Subject: Re: UPDATE

well they took both the boot and bonnet back to bear metal all over! now they are doing the finishing touches before its painted. still have to weld up the holes though. well here are some pics that i caught.

well this is going well

rear end of the car was in pretty good condition

still a bit of rubbing back to go

Factory defect! well doesnt matter im cutting a hole for the middle exit exhaust.

bonnet stripped and ready for paint.

so all the body work should be done by mid dec then comes the long and hard part of putting it all back together!
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I dont understand the german gauges!

'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 11-21-07 04:18 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
so i picked up the new stereo today. pioneer head unit, pioneer 6x9's and VDO dayton 4" splits. had to order the speakers so i will get the pics up when they come in. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 11-21-07 06:42
From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia

Subject: Re: UPDATE

bingbong wrote:

so i picked up the new stereo today. pioneer head unit, pioneer 6x9's and VDO dayton 4" splits. had to order the speakers so i will get the pics up when they come in.

How are you planing on mounting the splits? Which HU did you go for?
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72tii - Whitey
74 - Blacky

Date: 11-21-07 01:37 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: UPDATE
well I have 4" speakers in the door panels at the moment so I was just going to re mount them in there. But I still don't know where I'm going to put the tweeters, maybe on the door panel maybe on the A pillar. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 11-25-07 11:45 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Christmas is a little early!
Got some new goodies this weekend. New Kincrom tool box :D and the rest of my stereo. New 4" splits and the pioneer head unit _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 11-30-07 12:10 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: Update
Well the engine is coming out tomorrow so I will get some pics of that and hopefully some more work has being done on the shell, might be ready for paint now! _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 12-1-07 12:45 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: Update
here are some pics engine ready to come out engine out engine bay the gearbox came out soon after now I'm waiting on the body work to be finished and then it all goes into the shell and hopfully be driving it around for xmas! _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 12-12-07 02:28 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: NEWS
went and cleaned the engine today and took out the diff, also checked on the shell. They have cut the rust and welded! here are the pics Drivers side fixed engine Diff Gearbox _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 12-12-07 07:55 From: H_Krix in Atlanta, Ga Subject: Re: NEWS
What are you planning on doing for a gas pedal hinge since the old one rusted away? I've been trying to figure out that dilemma myself, and can't come up with a good idea. (It should be noted that I used an old door hinge in the past. This is not a "good" idea.) Looks good man, keep it up. Matte-black engine bays unite! _________________ click signature above for my resto blog

Date: 12-12-07 02:10
From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia

Subject: Re: NEWS

well after i took that photo i noticed what had happened and went AHHH so just bent it back down and tested it, works alright but if it breaks off after hard accl i will get some sheet metal bend it up get some bolts round off the heads and weld them into the sheet metal and then weld the metal to the car and hey presto! as for the engine bay its actually gloss enamel. Im gona do it next time the engine comes out with POR-15. But i did rub back a large portion of the bay before i painted. i still have to paint the wheels and the shell should be ready soon.
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I dont understand the german gauges!

'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 12-13-07 04:30 From: Skippy_the_Bush_Kangaroo Subject: Re: Update
[quote="hopfully be driving it around for xmas![/quote] I said the same thing about this time last year. Hopefully we'll fire it up this weekend. Good luck with it, looks like a good project. _________________ "Why is one of my reverse lights on in 4th?"

Date: 12-13-07 01:34 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: Update
yeah but I'm only moving parts over, not a full engine transplant. hopefully I get it done otherwise I wont have the car till end of january! _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 12-20-07 10:33
From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia

Subject: Re: 1975 Golf 02

well I know how I said xmas but I was wrong. The paint has taken a week too long so it should be finished about now. Then we have the xmas break and the shops will open back up on the 14th of jan, which means i will be working like crazy to get it done by end of january.

i'll leave you with my latest work. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years too all!

_________________
I dont understand the german gauges!

'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 1-6-08 04:17
From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia

Subject: Re: 1975 Golf 02

hello all back again after the christmas break and the car is not ready yet, i will be starting work on putting it back together next week. By now the shell would have been done and has been put into storage till next week. As far as work goes the only thing ive really done in the past couple of weeks is get the new seats for the car. Im not a purist and dont care much for looks, nor period clashes. here they are

_________________
I dont understand the german gauges!

'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 1-13-08 03:04 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: 1975 Golf 02
heres some shots of the shell during painting. sorry about bad photo's camera phone. Doors Boot and bonnet _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 1-14-08 07:08 From: felix_666 in Melbourne - Oz Subject: Re: 1975 Golf 02
Looking good, thats some quick painting, dropped mine off the other day and they said i'd be lucky to have it back by march some time. Oh well, patience is everything.

Date: 1-15-08 02:45 From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia Subject: Re: 1975 Golf 02
Paint is done, now begins the rebuilding process, I've almost finished my engine work and have also started putting panels back on the car. major work left too do: seat brackets, exhaust and a few little interior things, then it should be an easy process of putting it all back. _________________ I dont understand the german gauges! '75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

Date: 1-29-08 12:42
From: bingbong in Sydney - Australia

Subject: Re: 1975 Golf 02

hey all, my goal to get the car done by end of january was a decent goal it could have being acheived even but i have failed! The car is now very close to being finished most of the hard parts of interior are done and i have started on the stereo. As for the engine it runs now, exaust still needs to be done but the car runs. here are a few lil pics of whats going on.

The rear bumper is not on and most of the lights are working.

fuel tank went in a few days ago, had to suck the petrol through the line. DONT drive right after doing this!

And finally the engine is in, all the engine wiring is done as well :D

_________________
I dont understand the german gauges!

'75/74 2002 Golf Yellow running!

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