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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

16vmini wrote: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!!!

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

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

thats one of my ebay suprises gone...

Matt

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

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

That looks really good.

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.

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

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

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.

Cazz wrote: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

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

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

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?