VW MK1 Restoration Blog – Primer!

It’s hard to let go and move on to the next stage. You question if you are really ready and done all the task to be done before moving on. Is the quality of work sufficient? Have I missed any detail. Should I redo something. Change something. Stare at the project, gazing deep into atContinue reading “VW MK1 Restoration Blog – Primer!”

Volkswagen MK1 Restoration Blog – Getting back to it.

Getting back to it and getting it done one step at a time. It seems that every time i dig back into this project the list of to-do’s grows larger and larger, none the less by the end of this past weekends worth of work i felt accomplished with a new direction and motivation. For far to long iContinue reading “Volkswagen MK1 Restoration Blog – Getting back to it.”

VW MK1 Restoration – Something Old Into Something New.

Transforming something old into something new is not all that hard. A little elbow grease can turn even the oldest looking thing into something fresh. Years of road grime and natures elements eliminated in minutes with metal polish and a felt disk on a Dremel tool. Something like this old oil cap, ‘oel’ cap toContinue reading “VW MK1 Restoration – Something Old Into Something New.”

DIY Car Modification: Polishing Aluminum Handles

I’ve done a lot to the car recently; I removed the doors and trunk lid, cleared out the engine bay, and started modifying the roll cage for two passengers. I was surprised by how clean the engine bay looked after a degrease and pressure wash, which got me excited for future work. I plan toContinue reading “DIY Car Modification: Polishing Aluminum Handles”