Rusty Westy - My Diary

[16vmini]

no welding again this weekend ! , bit gutted as i though i would get some time , but thats what you get for having a family.

did pick up some porsche twists though ,, i know common , but i like them

might have bought a couple of things by the end of the week if ebay goes in my favour .. we shall see

Matt

[ninja.turtle007]

no welding again this weekend ! , bit gutted as i though i would get some time , but thats what you get for having a family.

did pick up some porsche twists though ,, i know common , but i like them

might have bought a couple of things by the end of the week if ebay goes in my favour .. we shall see

Matt

Have you got them on yet? Pics please!!!

[16vmini]

got tires on them , adaptors arrived from brickwerks , only to find out i needed two sets ! so have ordered another set ... HOW MUCH !! , they are good ... but wow....

Matt

[16vmini]

lost out on a subaru SVX ! , maybe next time ....

thats one of my ebay suprises gone...

Matt

[16vmini]

well i might have missed one auction , but i won my LHD powersteering setup auction !!

just need to collect, and see if / how i can fit it .

have read that it is possible ... cant see why not , and a hammer / disc cutter should fix any problems

Matt

[16vmini]

still no welding , but had time to fit my porsche twists , which started off as a bargin find , and turned into another money pit , using brickwerks adaptors , they are VERY costly , but the fit was perfect , no wheel wobble , not fetterling .. just stright on ..

still need to source some centre caps , but this is what it looks like on 17inch Porsche twists. :







hope you like

Matt

[ninja.turtle007]

That looks really good.

[pierce]

That looks really cool, love the alloys . going to be following this with great interest as I am about to start mine in a couple of weeks, similar areas are rusty.

[16vmini]

collecter my powersteering stuff today...

powersteering pump came off a 2.1 petrol , anyone know if that fits onto a 1.6D ? or do i need new pump or bracket ?
not looked into detail yet . happy to make a bracket

or the other option is to go with a electric powersteering pump ....and mount it at the front

Matt

[16vmini]

christmas today !

some VW centre caps from ebay arrived , a little bit of playing with , and i got them to fit :



picked up a guard for the LPG tank controls as well , needs cleaning up and painting.

also my refurb parts arrived for the power steering rack , so will get the rack cleaned up and painted.

Matt

[Cazz]

Looking good , it's must be good to see progress when the welding time has been short or awkward.

I do like following peoples progress. Thanks for sharing.

[16vmini]

I do like following peoples progress. Thanks for sharing.

thats ok , i have blogged my builds for years now , and love reading other peoples .. so will do so with this. even if some days its just rambles.

i must get on with some more welding .. allthough go away in a few weeks , so wont gut the inside anymore yet , will just try and get the front arch done maybe

Matt

[16vmini]

done a quick refurb on the LHD power steering rack , so thats ready to go in ,

just picked up a saxo electric power steering pump :



if this works , it saves me mounting the pump to the engine , and running pipes the length of the bus.

will just need to get some flexi hoses made up to connect the pump to the rack , thinking of mounting it on right hand side, (same as washer bottle but on other side)

Matt

[16vmini]

wow , got some time on rusty today , no rust repairs . but i have now fitted the LHD powersteering rack.
also mounted the saxo power steering pump. , i mounted this on the passenger side (opposite to the washer bottle )

All i need now is to wire the pump up , and then get some pipes made up to connect pump to rack

off to devon in a few weeks as well , want to get power steering working before i go.

Matt

[Gandalf]

Tis looking a lot better - big pat on the back.

With the -50 drop do you get any rubbing on the front with the twists on?