'72 tii rebuild - update - 3/22/08

[ibjettin]

The decision has been made.

It's going to be GOLF

[HarryPR]

even if it's a touring.....

[ibjettin]

Thanks Harry, I've been searching and can't find any pics of Golf 02's. Do you have any others of the one you posted before with the Alpina's???

[ibjettin]

It took all day Saturday to finish the body work and get the prime coat sprayed. This saturday we will be block sanding and hopefully start spraying the Golf paint! We're hoping to finish by the end of the weekend.

Sorry, boring... No pics - I am hoping to get some posted sometime this week.

[ibjettin]

I took a few pics of my car as it is right now. We were not able to paint this past weekend but it's been a year so what's a few more days

I took a day off from working on the car Saturday to head up to visit with jerry and check out his project(s) and to pick up another tii motor and a set of beautiful Recaro's. we were both pretty stoked to find that the motor i currently have was actually number matching to the '73tii i stared out with. Jerry now has and plans on restoring it so I figured the numbers should match and the motor should go to him. Jerry had another tii motor with great compression that he gave as a trade. I didn't plan on pulling my motor but it is well worth it to see the '73 back on the road.

I'd hate to admit that these are the 3rd set of Recaro's I had purchased for my car.

[ibjettin]

After a full day of sanding and finishing the bodywork we finally got around to painting the door jams and the underside of the hood, trunk and door before calling it a day. Next weekend we will wet sand the body and shoot the rest of the car.

[ColinK]

Great work on the car, you've done an excellent job and it shows a lot of work. I love the color.

Question, whose carpet set are you using, I like the color pattern.

Thank and keep up the great work!!

[ibjettin]

Thanks Colin - I aprreciate the kind words.

I'm not sure what type of carpet kit it is - I bought it on Ebay a while ago from someone selling off 02 parts. It had been stored for some time so it still looks good. From what I heard this carpet is hard to come by today.

[boxy02]

Looks great Bri! Keep up the good work!!

[ColinK]

Thanks for the update.

I'll keep my eyes posted about ebay.

I'm getting motivated to replace my faded carpets, rip out the tar insulation and go the fatmat or b-quiet route.

Keep us posted on your work!!@

[Julio]

Sweet Job Brian I know you can not wait till this weekend to shoot the rest of the car.

[ibjettin]

Oh, You know it

[jerry]

Brian, that's looking very nice. your interior should be a good match for that yellow, too. i look forward to seeing it in palo alto next to my Malaga.

[ibjettin]

Thanks Jerry, as long as you save me a spot We're both really pushing getting our cars done for the show/swap in May - it'll be a fast couple of months here.

I thought I'd post some pictures of what I (with some help) accomplished this past weekend... I still have a grin from ear to ear and can't wait to put it all back together. I loved the color and how it turned out.

[RayC911]

Bri, looks like the hard work is coming together. The nice weather doesn't hurt either. Can't wait to see the finish product!! Great job!