More Sanding
Just a quick update after returning from Rayvern Hydraulics, we spent a couple more hours sanding the Polo. We are getting there slowly the roof is half done so we should finish that when we get back next week. After that the rest shouldn’t be to much, the biggest job left to do will be getting the engine out and smoothing the engine bay. We’ve managed to source an engine hoist so we just need a few good weekends and the car will be getting ready to go off for the welding.
Read More »Starting to see the light!
Well the metal!
We’ve spent another six hours stripping and sanding the MK1 Polo and it’s starting to show progress. We have decided to take the outer shell back to the metal so that it can have a proper job done on the respray and we can makes sure that there is no underlying rust issues. So far we’ve been over the moon with a car that’s thirty two years old, its got minimal rust and rot issues and what we have found were either replacing the panel completely or the area can be patched. All this work now will hopefully means less prep work required by the body shop who will do the respray down to a minimum cost.
We recon two more days like saturday and we will be ready for the car to go in for the welding. We need to hire an engine hoist to take the 1.1 power plant out to give us access to the engine bay and allow us to smooth it.
While the cars away we’ll then be able to work on the engine cleaning painting and polishing and also spec out the interior retrim.
Read More »
Body work
Well we looked at the mk1 polo and… We liked it but there’s a but quite a big but, there’s damage to off side rear quarter and until we can get a quote on replacing the pannel we can’t make a decision on the car. So I’m talking to Base 21 on Tuesday to see how much they will charge. I hope it’s around the £300 mark as i really fancy this polo.