Polo G40 oddball

[4wheeledstool]

Cam belt and water pump replaced - these too were supposed to have been done in 2010 with receipt to prove it. Don't know about the belt but the water pump was the one it left the factory with.

 

 

Block, water pipe and charger bracket freshened up with engine enamel.

 

 

 

 

Inlet manifold cleaned and painted.

 

 

And ready to go back on.

 

[4wheeledstool]

Not much left to clean and paint now.

 

 

Replacement decals sourced.

 

 

Freshly rebuilt charger.

 

 

 

 

Cleaned gearbox and replaced selector shaft seal.

 

[nacho man]

I would love to have attention to detail like.......................unfortunately I don't.

[4wheeledstool]

Stripped and rewrapped the engine wiring loom.

 

 

 

Ready to go back in.

 

 

 

 

[Craig the Princess]

That is dedication. Top work.

[Twiggy]

That is really brilliant, a credit to you...

[HillmanImp]

Quite frankly you are showing off a bit now. 

 

And with good reason. Well done. 

[4wheeledstool]

Got some bits back whilst cleaning the intercooler - paint bloke's unit is 30 feet from mine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[4wheeledstool]

Engine, new clutch, gearbox, driveshafts and shifter linkage went in at night after I'd blagged time on a two poster ramp.

 

 

Plumbed and wired in the next day.

 

 

Couple of hours later it was running.

 

[Pillock]

Muthaflipper! That's looking better than new....

[4wheeledstool]

Fitted door vinyls next.

 

 

Started with body and glass.

 

 

Headlining stuck back into door and window apertures.

 

[4wheeledstool]

Doors and tailgate built back up with wiring, rubbers, regulators, latches then lined up and bolted down.

 

 

 

Then wings and bonnet lined up and bolted down

 

[4wheeledstool]

Starting to look more pololike now.

 

 

Already getting dusty!

 

 

Arse end built back up.

 

[4wheeledstool]

Christ! That really is a ball ache! You sir, have 1,000,000,000,000,000,000.7763 x more patience than me.

 

It certainly was - as far as patience goes, I'd probably not do it for anyone else's polo!

[4wheeledstool]

That is really brilliant, a credit to you...

Quite frankly you are showing off a bit now. 

 

And with good reason. Well done.

 

That is dedication. Top work.

Cheers peeps

[drum]

Well if it wasn't concourse when you got it, it certainly is now.

 

Great to see a proper job being done. Gives us 'normals' something to aspire to with our motors.

 

I might take the new wings off my maestro and give them some of that por 15 treatment (or cheaper equivalent).

[plasticvandan]

Top work! Nice to finally see someone with an old polo who isn't 12 and is solely interested in removing metal from the underside of their exhaust while fitting wheelchair wheels with tyres that look like a prolapsed arse!

Sorry,but been wanting to vent that for a while!

Here's my little comet,found through the auto of shite, not fast(understatement of the year) but special none the less,mainly because no one has heard of it!

[RRT22R]

Proper job!

[4wheeledstool]

Dash went in - all was well. Several hours later it wouldn't start any more, no relay click, no indicators no nuffink! Dash came out again to find that the interior loom plugs were hanging out of the back of the fuse box on the bulkhead. Arse. Shoved them back in and put the dash back in again. Getting quite good at that now!

 

 

Fitted wiper motor and mechanism next (properly difficult job when you're trying not to scratch anything) closely followed by the scuttle cover and nice new decals.

 

 

[4wheeledstool]

Front bumper and mirrors went on next. Managed to find a genuine new old stock bumper on egay. Most fortunate as the one the car came with had a bit of scuffage.

 

 

 

Many hours were then spent cleaning the arch trims, side trims, sill trims, spoiler etc of all the boot polish type stuff that the previous owner hurled at them. Patience, elbow grease and thinners required. After cleaning they were rubbed with boiled linseed oil and looked pretty good. Time to fit it all!

 

 

 

 

[Micrashed]

 

well jel are I

[4wheeledstool]

Interior went in next. It was pretty dirty for a low miler so it got a wet vac before going in. Will probably do it again at some point with better gear as there's more crap to come out of it.

 

 

 

 

[4wheeledstool]

Drove it home to give it a proper wash.

 

 

Looked pretty good once all the unit dust was gone!

 

 

 

 

 

Put it in its concrete gaff and went for a pint - just need to fit the tailgate badge.

 

[4wheeledstool]

Rear badge went missing for a few weeks - fortunately it turned up whilst sorting out my hoard of polo shite last month. Would have been difficult and expensive to replace it!

 

 

Done 400 miles or so since its rebuild - check out the comedy speedometer!

 

 

Been driving the other quite a lot recently as it didn't see much action over the summer due to this build. A rare shot of the pair -

 

[Ghosty]

T-plate suits that oddly well!

[dangerousdave]

that looks amazing great job and full credit to you for doing a full and thorough resto to a car a lot of people wouldn't bother with and s good to see a standard one but one question with that speedo how do you know your doing 30 to avoid gatso trouble

[trigger]

 

That looks fantasitc, It's a really nice colour too. Is that speedo really in MPH though?!

[stuboy]

very nice work!!

[PiperCub]

Superb job you've made of it. Well done.

 

Always really liked the G40 (the G60 was a bit OTT for my taste), super little Q-car. About 2-3 years ago I was searching for one as a keeper, but all I found were either expensive, rather unloved/poorly mod'd, leggy and needed alot (ALOT!) of work or stupidly overpriced, nice looking but still in need of a good deal of expensive body & engine work.

[Cavcraft]

Bloody brilliant read, that. I take my hat off to you for such an admirable job, top work that.