My Oval.....progress for those who aren't bored...

Well the Oval is well and truly stripped down now, and (dare i say it) she isnt as bad as i first thought
Altho, i do have to change the heater channels,floorpans, rear bumper mounts and body mounting points.
Ive already cutout and welded in the left rear bumper mount and body mount and 2morro should see the arrival of the same panels for the right side.
Next will be the right hand floorpan, being as im going scooby TURBO in the back i thought it would be best to do all the welding in one go and change any suspect panels now.

Have missed out on a few scooby donor cars in the past week(some twat keeps puttin em in Vee Dubs ) but im still watching a few.
If i get the right engine i should be looking at a minimum of 250 BHP standard, but will hopefully get a little more out of it once its all in and played with
Then i needs to find some brake type things to stop it all

Right well i'll be orf now tis time to get my once yearly shower and plus Toastie has bored me to death

Keep smilin y'all

Mario

NOW UPDATED WITH PICCIES

good work mazza

Pics or i dont believe ya

Good one keep it up and lets hae some pick's. who's heater channals are you useing?.

oilyT wrote:Good one keep it up and lets hae some pick's. who's heater channals are you useing?.

i will sort some piccies out soon on night shift at the mo so am kipping thru the day
Heater channels will either be from Cool Air or VW Status im led to believe they are the same channels!!?
Unless you know of somewhere else to get em from Barry????

spellbound wrote:Well the Oval is well and truly stripped down now, and (dare i say it) she isnt as bad as i first thought
Altho, i do have to change the heater channels,floorpans, rear bumper mounts and body mounting points.
Ive already cutout and welded in the left rear bumper mount and body mount and 2morro should see the arrival of the same panels for the right side.
Next will be the right hand floorpan

Glad things arnt so bad with the oval Mario,makes a change as more problems usually seem to be found on stripping a Vw down lol!
Are you taking piccys as you go along?
when is the body coming off?

Space Monkey wrote:

spellbound wrote:Well the Oval is well and truly stripped down now, and (dare i say it) she isnt as bad as i first thought
Altho, i do have to change the heater channels,floorpans, rear bumper mounts and body mounting points.
Ive already cutout and welded in the left rear bumper mount and body mount and 2morro should see the arrival of the same panels for the right side.
Next will be the right hand floorpan

Glad things arnt so bad with the oval Mario,makes a change as more problems usually seem to be found on stripping a Vw down lol!
Are you taking piccys as you go along?
when is the body coming off?

Fingers crossed mate it stays that way!!!!
I wasnt gonna do piccies but ive decided to do some even if only to keep Dickie happy
Im hoping the body dont have to come orf to be honest as im doing all this work under a gazebo on my drive i will see how it goes.
just took delivery of more panels today so hopefully come saturday i will have right rear side finished(same as ive just done on the left)
Then its gonna be the right hand side floorpan

right hand side suspension(body mount) fitted today
and the same side bumper mount cut ready to take out in the mornin.
I cant get over how quick i am getting all this done, hopefully 2morro afternoon i will have the right hand side floorpan chopped out ready for the new one to go in on monday or tuesday once it comes in from status vw


i pray it keeps going along this smoothly ALL the way thru just the pennies n pounds that will slow me oop me finx

just needs to find my frickin scooby donor car now









yes dickie i will upload piccies when i can be bovvered

well done mate.
Your like me when it comes to getting stuff done..
I just need to crack on and get it done.

finsihed the back end today, as in the arches just gotta turn my rear panel(valence) into a removeable one next

now WHERE'S my fahookin floorpan should have bloody well been delivered today

Top work dude, my rear valance is removable, not a massive job and definately worth it!

betsy! wrote:Top work dude, my rear valance is removable, not a massive job and definately worth it!

hey Betsy how ya doin

yup she is comin on nicely just waiting on both floorpans to be delivered and i WILL have both welded in during my xmas hols
am waitin for a phone call tonight on a 1996 scooby impreza but i think he may want wayyyyyyyyyy too much dosh for it but i will see what he says later (Yes i am a tight sod i been living oop here too long )

Haha, thing is, you don't want to be paying too much as it's only going to be a donor, I know exactly what you mean!

Where have you been hunting for them?

Look forward to it being finished

betsy! wrote:Haha, thing is, you don't want to be paying too much as it's only going to be a donor, I know exactly what you mean!

Where have you been hunting for them?

Look forward to it being finished

the son of a bitch didnt phone back
his loss!!!
I was trying to get one local to me oop here but it looks like im gonna have to travel,but ive got plenty o work still to do welding wise so im not in a rush..
I have a feeling she will have that rat look to her untill i can sort out a decent paint job

Bastard!

If you see any down this way give me a shout and I'll gladly drag a mate along to view it with me for you

As for the rat look, will just make people even MORE surprised when you do them at the lights

betsy! wrote:Bastard!

surprised when you do them at the lights

Hes already got a criminal record for that

betsy! wrote:Bastard!

If you see any down this way give me a shout and I'll gladly drag a mate along to view it with me for you

As for the rat look, will just make people even MORE surprised when you do them at the lights

aww thanks Betsy thats a luvvly offer

there are a few people already talkin up here bout my oval as my son works for krap fit and he mentioned it to a few folk so i expect a few cheesy grins when she is on the road for the first time none bigger than mine

DICKIE wrote:

betsy! wrote:Bastard!

surprised when you do them at the lights

Hes already got a criminal record for that

ssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i told you not to talk about that

I'v been dreading getting a speeding ticket, I'm really careful, which is a bit boring tbh!
However, if I got a ticket, I would more than likely have to sell the bug so carefullness is a definate!!
I'll just wait for the autobahns in a couple of weeks

betsy! wrote:I'v been dreading getting a speeding ticket, I'm really careful, which is a bit boring tbh!
However, if I got a ticket, I would more than likely have to sell the bug so carefullness is a definate!!
I'll just wait for the autobahns in a couple of weeks

Autobahns = MENTAL FUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNN

did 18 months in germany in the 80's most of it in a drunken stupour

Haha!

I'll be over in Europe from 20th - 30th of this month and in Germany for about 5 days of that, I'm mega looking forward to it

betsy! wrote:Haha!

I'll be over in Europe from 20th - 30th of this month and in Germany for about 5 days of that, I'm mega looking forward to it

Have fun Germany is brill, great way of life me n the mrs luvved it out there

make sure you try/eat the schnitzel bloomin lavvly.......yum yum
oh and the different sausages(dont tell danny ) great food

have a good n safe trip



and NO im not jealous ..........................HONEST

Haha!

I can't wait, there's so many places I'm hoping to visit and can't wait to see my sister, brother in law and the kids for xmas

I'll make sure I munch some sausage, nyom!

betsy! wrote:


I'll make sure I munch some sausage, nyom!

Aye oop darlin..waaahay

Well you know me Dickie, never one to say no to a good sausage