And Today I - Fresh Update Page 5

[andrew e]

When I had a trannie the Transit forum were dead helpfull I must admit, and I am no way jealous of your lifestyle*.

 

 

 

*BASTARD

[VWPowered]

lol, yeah foud afew bits out about mine so quiet chuffed maybe if the weather holds out i'll get the other side done too

[VWPowered]

got these in the post today.. rapid or what

 

[VWPowered]

spotted

 

 

and this little place by the river shame its falling down

 

[VWPowered]

todays update to the trannie..

 

tried out the new indicators/side repeaters/yellow headlamp bulbs (waiting for my new LHD units) and stuck the fogs on to see the overall impression i was trying to achieve.

 

 

trying to make the rear abit my user friendly for my needs

 

 

the start of the big sand off.. although waiting to repaint once its abit err warmer

 

[STUNO]

spotted

 

and this little place by the river shame its falling down

 

 

see BBC "Grand Designs"

And have it turned into a mansion

[VWPowered]

feb's rundown so far..

 

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10713-imgp6795.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10714-imgp6796.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10715-imgp6797.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10716-imgp6798.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10717-imgp6799.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10718-imgp6801.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10719-imgp6803.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10720-imgp6804.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10721-imgp6805.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10722-imgp6806.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10723-imgp6808.JPG

 

end of part one..

[VWPowered]

garage 2

 

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10750-imgp6837.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10751-imgp6838.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10752-imgp6839.JPG

 

end of part 2

[Guest]

gr8 stuff! amazing how it's all managed to escape the crusher for so long.

[VWPowered]

totally agree,

 

garage 3

 

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10785-imgp6867.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10786-imgp6868.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10787-imgp6869.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10788-imgp6870.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10789-imgp6871.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10790-imgp6872.JPG

http://franco-oldtimers.com/scrapyard/gallery/thumbs/lrg-10791-imgp6873.JPG

 

end of part three

[VWPowered]

and afew 'normal spots'

 

 

c'est fini

[retrogeezer]

fab photos as always veedub.

[Mr Lobster]

Excellent stuff!Really wish I lived in France

[michiel]

Mon Dieu, that 124!!

[VWPowered]

sometimes you see nothing for weeks sometimes your constantly stoppin' and startin'

 

 

looking very unlucky this, whole roof is on the front of the car, unlikely it'll be saveed now.. R.I.P little friend

 

 

these are from march 08

 

 

back to todays spots

 

[reallyloud]

Absolute bliss. I think my dream job would be to simply scout around the French countryside and photograph tat.

[michiel]

 

How much, and when can I pick it up (same for the VF2)?

 

My lottery fantasy revolves around a hiab truck to drive around Europe, scooping cars up with a bit of the ground/shed it's on/in and then a big barn with a glass roof and an apartment built on top of it.

[VWPowered]

seen the french film taxi, since apartment & garage combo would be perfect but needs to hold maybe 50 cars

[VWPowered]

rubbed down, quick blow over, some skimmed the bad bits, rubbed it down again, will tape up the rest of the screen tommorrow (weather being sunshine as planned) and it'll be totally green

 

it's never going to be mint but would like it kinda straight lookin'

 

[r.welfare]

Some quality painting going on there...

 

I just clocked the "RL Motors" sticker in the rear window - they're a longstanding non-franchised dealership in Newbury. That Monty's a long way from home!

[Guest]

Fair play to the effort you're putting into it but I've never understood why people will waste energy on taping up numberplates rather than getting the screwdriver out and removing them!! I hope the French plates aren't smaller in size...

[VWPowered]

no sadly we will have to go to the new plate system so will lose the black/white/painted old style plates

 

yay managed to get a top afternoon in and plenty down

 

gone abit darker than planned but it is still green, roof to be done in satin black (poss the bonnet too but undecided)

 

[VWPowered]

thought i'd get abit more done

 

 

didnt come with one not likly to use it but fitted a new towbar anyway..

 

 

along with new rear lenses (still waiting for the front)

 

 

 

painted the front towing eye

 

 

rear still work in progress, needs more supports

 

 

got to have some sounds, installed all the RCA and power leads just needs connecting up, also fitted my sony system

 

 

2x 15" Subs

 

 

got a orange light, that'll do till my proper recovery/depannage lights come up...

 

[VWPowered]

spent the morning playing with my lights although not got around to wiring up the fogs, weather not nice enough to get the roof painted..

 

[VWPowered]

thought i'd tidy up the rear a little nothing major..

 

light tint on rear lenses

 

 

simple things but damn that looks rough

 

 

20 minutes later

 

 

still want, recovery light board for the roof, pick up markers for the front roof, new plates (made for french ct and look better than uk style) mondeo clocks are coming just need to pick them up, may replace my seat with something less bouncey maybe leather

 

afew more of the headlamps now its abit darker

 

[FredTransit]

Hello VW powered! Saw your Mk5 on the transit forum. The paint bloomed and went matt cos of the damp, had the same problem with the bullion van. If you want it to be shiny, wait till the weather gets warmer. Looking good though.

[VWPowered]

nooo its ment to be matt

[pogweasel]

I liked it how it was to begin with.

[FredTransit]

yeah I am a fan of gentian blue as well.....

[VWPowered]

was to many different shades of blue