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30th May 2016, 02:03
89Rallye
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Well don't say I didn't warn you!,
I'm nearly up to speed now,
While looking around for inspiration with the gauges it was hampering my progress with the re-wire. Apart from the indicators intermittently blowing the fuse all the time (I believe down to a new yet pattern switch) the wiring Is all but completed apart from said gauges and control/warning lights.
We started to have a little pre MOT poke around and things didn't appear to bad, well that was until a poke became a prod lol
So I decided to tow the car home and much to the annoyance of my neighbours do the repairs there.
It did however give me the first opportunity to give her a proper bath.
There's a few marks on the body but im hoping the paintwork should buff up nice.
Pre-wash but it also gave a nice photo opportunity with her cousin
Anyway, I built a set of rollers many years ago and im now on Mk3 version for the beetle chassis
I did however fail, when I do this on my own I use a large porta jack but I found that with the fibreglass body the car actually didn't weigh enough to roll over and just kept sliding across. I guess I need more mates as I'm sure two/three of us would simply be able to push it over, another problem with working shifts if nobodies ever about through the week.
So plan B it was for now, getting burnt on my back lol
So let the cut, cut, weld weld proceed!
Cut roughly to shape
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