Teeny update
I decided to work on Roxy last night to blow off some steam and in doing so, decided to just work on her with the parts I already had in my possession. There is a TON of detail work that needs to be done so why not do that now and hopefully in the coming weeks, we will finally get back on track with the more important things...
After my run in with Johnny Law over the weekend, I decided to make everything legal on her by stripping the laminex off her headlights, installed the front plate with the help of a MK2 under bumper mounting bracket (no holes yay!), installed the rear plate (man a US plate looks goofy on a MK3 euro hatch) and finally installed the seatbelts with some vintage airplane belts I found a few months back. The passenger seat latch spring(?) broke and I can no longer move the seat forward POOP! so now I need to add that to the list of things to fix.
The only thing left to do is wire up the hatch properly so the plate lights and sollenoid work properly.
I decided to install the battery as well just to get that out of the way although there is a ton of work left to do with it in terms of wiring up the volt meter and cut off switch. Still haven't decided how I want to mount all of those so we will see. At least the new battery is finally being put to use and looks pretty damn sexay if ya ask me.
I wanted the battery to be held down the old fashioned way via a leather strap which would date back to the Speedster racing days so off to ebay I went. After hunting around for a proper leather tie-down, I found some repros for Porsche 356's that cost close to 400$ bucks!!! Man, if I ever get to the point of where that is a decent price to pay for a leather strap, feel free to kick me in the nuts repeatedly.
Then I thought about the ex-gf and how we used to take care of horses back in the day and it hit me... off to the tack shop Kate and I went to pick up some stirrup leathers =) I picked up a pair for around 20 bucks (nice price savings eh?) and decided they were way too new looking so I broke out the sander and got busy.
Before
After a bout with the sander and some brown show polish to antique it a bit:
Went to depot to pick up some pipe clamps and drilled and died some holes (be careful not to drill into the gas tank of course)...
Viola, all tied down:
And finally wired up:
And just as a little teaser (does actually showing the wheels still count as a teaser?) that I got in the mail yesterday. 100 bucks shipped! Not bad for a set of OEM steelies. Got some cool plans for these ;)
In all their boring steelie glory...
After my run in with Johnny Law over the weekend, I decided to make everything legal on her by stripping the laminex off her headlights, installed the front plate with the help of a MK2 under bumper mounting bracket (no holes yay!), installed the rear plate (man a US plate looks goofy on a MK3 euro hatch) and finally installed the seatbelts with some vintage airplane belts I found a few months back. The passenger seat latch spring(?) broke and I can no longer move the seat forward POOP! so now I need to add that to the list of things to fix.
The only thing left to do is wire up the hatch properly so the plate lights and sollenoid work properly.
I decided to install the battery as well just to get that out of the way although there is a ton of work left to do with it in terms of wiring up the volt meter and cut off switch. Still haven't decided how I want to mount all of those so we will see. At least the new battery is finally being put to use and looks pretty damn sexay if ya ask me.
I wanted the battery to be held down the old fashioned way via a leather strap which would date back to the Speedster racing days so off to ebay I went. After hunting around for a proper leather tie-down, I found some repros for Porsche 356's that cost close to 400$ bucks!!! Man, if I ever get to the point of where that is a decent price to pay for a leather strap, feel free to kick me in the nuts repeatedly.
Then I thought about the ex-gf and how we used to take care of horses back in the day and it hit me... off to the tack shop Kate and I went to pick up some stirrup leathers =) I picked up a pair for around 20 bucks (nice price savings eh?) and decided they were way too new looking so I broke out the sander and got busy.
Before
After a bout with the sander and some brown show polish to antique it a bit:
Went to depot to pick up some pipe clamps and drilled and died some holes (be careful not to drill into the gas tank of course)...
Viola, all tied down:
And finally wired up:
And just as a little teaser (does actually showing the wheels still count as a teaser?) that I got in the mail yesterday. 100 bucks shipped! Not bad for a set of OEM steelies. Got some cool plans for these ;)
In all their boring steelie glory...