Project 6' (Ph1 Cossack)

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Thought I'd post my project up here for you lot to have a gander at. It's been keeping me busy'ish in the last month:

A good couple of month back a 6' popped up on ebay 5 minutes away from me. Luck would have it it was a Ph1 cossack with 105k on the clock. Went to have a look and bought it a few days later. Been driving it since.......poooooooower.

It's going to be a long term project to get it back to standard as much as possible. The main downer on the car is it has had a break in attempt at some point where the pass' door was bent down but its been pulled back and the result is just a bit of wind noise, no water leaks or anything.

The mechanic who I bought it off changed the heater matrix, new rad and changed cambelt and water pump so she's a good un'. In the paper work it's had receipts of head gasket, mintex brakes all round just a couple year ago and bilstein dampers and new springs and a load of sensors from peugeot...beauty.

The rub strips were all colour coded which I'm in the process of satin blacking them, just the front bumper to do now.







Door damage but I've touched it up:


The underneath isn't in bad nick either. Just a little scabby. (brake lines aren't leaking, I'd just WD'd the comp just to keep it healthy)



Plans:
1. Get spare door painted
2. Get dent in boot pulled out
3. Rebuild rear beam (it creaks on long left handers but no camber....)
4. Underseal underneath
5. Paint wheels silver


I'm SORN'ing the car start of December in sis's garage over winter for about 6+ months so this gives me loads of time to get everything sorted.


CHEERS!

Right, not that much has been happening over the past month (stupid busy work) but I've been repairing the front bumper during the week etc.

There was a crack under the fog light so drilled and fibreglassed the rear and will epoxy the front. Also were a few scrapes on the bottom lip as well, all DA'd and fillered. Almost ready to be sent to paint:







This is where the car currently lives (I'm in debt forever to my sister for taking over her garage.)



Enough room to get past each side. Tried taking rear beam off the other day for it's rebuild but 1 of the unions under boot floor wasn't playing ball.

Also managed to get hold of a couple GTI badges. Only need one more and then 3 of the '6' badges.



Managed to get the beam off with the use of 2 jacks last week then spent the evening in the shed:



The only f**k up was shearing a bleed nipple. So will try drill and tap it.

Hopefully getting it all painted up at the weekend then find someone to press the new shafts in for me.

Job jobbed.

Well I had a tin of yellow and red hammerite in the shed so just decided to busy with the brush, also black'ed the mounting arms:



And made a nice purchase from Larkspeed:


Will be off to find a garage to press the arm shafts in then crack on getting it mostly rebuilt.

Just need to find a O/F caliper and load compensator spring unit bit.

Just fitted new handbrake cables and went armed with a wire brush and drill attachment to the boot floor before whacking a coat of Bilt Hamber 80 on:



Another coat on some areas then I've got 2 tins of red oxide primer to brush on tmorrow if I have time.

And this is where I'm at as of tonight.

ENJOOOOOOY