Why I am busy this weekend and cannot make Action!

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Why I am busy this weekend and cannot make Action!

Post by kps70 » 31st August 2011 - 6:36pm

Here goes - just a little poke with the dreaded MOT poking stick. He said it just needed a patch but then I came home and attacked it with and old screwdriver and a grinder. Mmmmm. The 412 restoration will have to be put on hold!!!
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Not so much as a patch, more of a rebuild.
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Post by shawn71 » 31st August 2011 - 7:57pm

Doesn't look good matey, fingers crossed the angle grinder doesn't uncover more
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Post by plumcrazee » 1st September 2011 - 6:05pm

:? mmm i remember that oh so well

good luck dude ;)
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Post by Dubster » 1st September 2011 - 7:39pm

Snap!

I'm not going to Action and I'm also welding up Type 4 sills this coming weekend.

I'm somewhat worried now, you car is so much tidier than mine, so god knows what I'm going to find when I start digging.
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Post by BeeBabs » 1st September 2011 - 9:01pm

Oh bugger :shock: I hope that's not what I'll find on Barb as the sill is going in the same place on her.
Best of luck in gettting it sorted with minimum fuss and maximum ease :)

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Post by kps70 » 1st September 2011 - 10:38pm

Yeah - it's kind of scary what lies behind some innocent looking bubbles when you poke but at least when it's done, I know it should be good for another 20 years! The other side looks better. Good luck Dubster - let's see some pictures and compare notes.
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Post by kembiff » 8th September 2011 - 9:13pm

Oh no...Bad news mate:(
Mine has just passed - YIPPEE - though I did worry that he might prod it too hard!!
My sill looks a bit dodgy to me in front of the back wheel.
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Post by Editor » 9th September 2011 - 3:55pm

I moved MoT test station when the garage I'd been to for years got a new young enthusiastic tester who banged his hammer all the way along the obviously rust-free sill on my Golf 3 Variant. I know they're allowed to do it, but it just didn't seem necessary to hit it every couple of inches. Had there been any surface rust I could have undersood it. The new garage has VW-sympathetic guys, charges less and is only a few hundred yards from home, so I can drive down, leave it there and walk back home, all in less than 5 minutes. I guess the new chap did me a favour really!
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Post by kps70 » 27th September 2011 - 8:02pm

Progress going well. Just the final lower outer bit of the sill to do then the bit on the inner arch. Almost set light to the car when a fire started on the inside! Luckily I had a glass of apple juice next to me....
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Post by kembiff » 27th September 2011 - 8:14pm

mmmm.....the wasps will be loving that! Still better than crispy vinyl!
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Post by BeeBabs » 28th September 2011 - 7:53am

kps70 wrote:Progress going well. Just the final lower outer bit of the sill to do then the bit on the inner arch. Almost set light to the car when a fire started on the inside! Luckily I had a glass of apple juice next to me....
OOpps but also :lol: as it worked out :lol: and where's the pics?

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Post by kps70 » 2nd October 2011 - 6:07pm

Pictures to come. Outer sill now done so only inner arch to do now. Then a load of filling to make it look good! Lucky with the weather.
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Post by kembiff » 2nd October 2011 - 8:17pm

Lucky with the weather? - its shit up 'er!!

This is THE ONLY REASON I would consider moving back down south.
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Post by kps70 » 3rd October 2011 - 6:09pm

Last night I was out in the garden at 9pm and it was still 18 degrees!
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Post by shawn71 » 3rd October 2011 - 7:30pm

and I got sunburnt at Brighton Breeze on Saturday!

Usually the kids complain about it's cold but this time they were complaining they were too hot!
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