1975 Verona Sunroof 2002 by Eurotrash

[ray_]

Cool work, dude!!

 

Cheers!

[eurotrash]

thanks ray.. :]

[Meintii]

Looking awesome. Makes me want some sound in my tii would like to hear how you got the volume knob on a stock dial (or is it just the stock knob on a volume controler) sorry if you already posted about it and I missed it

[eurotrash]

So, yeah.  Its been quite some time since I have posted up.  Not much going on with the 2002 until lately.  It has been of the road since June and I hate it.   First it was a broken shock boss, and now its blown up into a total redo on the thing..  

 

I went the route that I had planned back in 2009 or so, with the VW flares, but with a twist.  I don't like the full VW essence, so I had my man Jon Tinker go a step farther and pie cut the metal to replicate the wheel opening exit points.  Making a hybrid shape reminiscent of the days of yore..  

 

Here are a few pics of the process so far.  The car is an hour or more from me, so I don't get to be hands-on like I prefer, and its killing me!!  

But its in good hands with Jonathan Tinker, so I'm ok..ish.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

And of course, with a wider body, the Rota RBs are antiquated.  So, as luck would have it, a set of oddly configured, three piece, first gen HRE 15" wheels were for sale locally..  15x7 and 15x7.5, but the 7.5 was the smaller lip and the front set!??  So with some careful calculation, it turns out that the wheels were originally configured in 15x7 and 15x8.5, and someone had tried to square them up, but it was baaaaad.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's quite a ways to go yet.. and paint happens over the winter break.    -- ASHEVILLE OR BUST!!!!!

Edited November 16, 2015 by eurotrash

[eurotrash]

I had a Petri 'safety' hub for 2002, drilled out the rivets on an UGLY 320 hub and built a wheel for the car as well.. Not sure if i actually like it better than the late 320 sport wheel, but we will see. 

 

 

Edited November 16, 2015 by eurotrash

[eurotrash]

Flares are welded and leaded.  Nose patch and substrate repairs complete..  While I haven't seen her with mine own eyes in a month, today it gets delivered to the paint shop!! 

 

Edited January 12, 2016 by eurotrash

[eurotrash]

Oh, and this happened..

 

 

 

 

And I found theses .... I want.

 

 

 

 

And I'm thinking I will make some mud flaps to span the 225's and screen one of the various period aftermarket designs onto them..

 

 

[eurotrash]

Did I mention PAINT!!!!!  How many years have I been working on this car now to get to this thing into paint?????

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When its done, I might have to change my plate to our pet name for a hard ten, from back when I was a Craps dealer.... 

Edited January 12, 2016 by eurotrash

[eurotrash]

Off she goes.. fingers crossed!!  He has a lot of smoothing out to do..

 

 

 

[eurotrash]

Now that she's in paint, let the systems refresh begin..  45 degrees out, and half an hour free time.  Pedal box it is.  Powder coated and ready for the kit, new clutch slave and later the Tii Booster and Tii Master ( I will be going backwards to e21 drums for the time being..)

 

[2fysh]

Eurotrash tried to PM but your box is full.  Had a couple of questions for you.

 

Thanks,

 

Jason 

 

Pedal box looks great btw.  Hell the whole build looks GREAT.  Keep inspiring.

Edited January 15, 2016 by 2fysh

[TheChunkNorris]

Amazing work! Definitely worth the 12 page read.

[theNomad]

your box is full, cant get a message off to you

[eurotrash]

After some critical Deves ring failure on three cylinders revealed during leak down, while stripping the car, the mill is back in the shop for a four diamond hone and some plateau brush action. New brand of rings is yet to be determined..

[jgerock]

After some critical Deves ring failure on three cylinders revealed during leak down, while stripping the car, the mill is back in the shop for a four diamond hone and some plateau brush action. New brand of rings is yet to be determined..

Not good to hear this!  What pistons are you running?