that's very clever and had me fooled for sure!

looking awesome! body off resto is the only way to go, shame I never did this with my old Fasty.. looking forward to seeing it finished!

Search for notch1500 as a seller on ebay, it's a chap called Simon apparently who supplies the seals to ISP west, he's the guy who supplied them to Marko. I've got ISP West glass, bonnet, boot and door seals all round and they seem pretty good so far. They take the scrapers too. that is correct, fo...

I'm thinking of the axle side of the trans! yes, the auto side will be the same..

bus has a different version of the 003 and a different sump..

Anyone tried the Type 3 Window rubbers Custom and Commercial are currently selling? Simon supplies them! he doesn't like posting them out as it's hassle for returns or something like that, he did tell me. I emailed him through eBay and we met up at a show, £50 for 2 screen seals and the quality is ...

sometimes the simplest of things are a thing of beauty! that works very well

corner by corner I've been doing a bit of spring cleaning and general detailing just to keep on top of things, did this corner this evening just the other side to do another day..

it's the points that are worn and round so not sparking/activating reliably.. just took it for a drive and so far no diff leaks! it still runs like crap though and I need to get it set up 100% and to top it off my daughter wound the passenger window down and now it won't go back up :evil: I wasn't i...

just done the leaky axle seal again, hopefully it won't drip now but only time will tell! the stub axle had a little bit of pitting and a shiny rut where the old seal was so rubbed this down with some used 1500 wet and dry paper before rebuilding it. my damn clock stopped again and I'm loosing faith...

cheers guys! I gave the rear bumper a polish with a mop and Autosol too but it has quite a lot of deep scuffs from being stored for many years looks ok in the picture though but I'm thinking of getting it re-chromed when funds allow...

all done and finished, quite a happy bunny now and the diff seems to have stopped leaking oil too! so must have just been residue and the fact I ran it with no engine breather for a while so may have blown a bit of oil past the rear main oil seal. only time will tell and for now there's no oil dripp...

I painted it today, might cut it back tomorrow and refit the refurb'd oil filler cap and sticker all I did with the cap was put a zip wheel in a drill to polish it up somewhat then clear-coat it

all primed and on 2nd round of stopper just catch any of those small imperfections 8) when it'[s all painted up I have an "<OIL" sticker to go on and I'm also giving the dipstick/filler cap a bit of a freshen up with new gaskets and a repaint. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/19mark70/Mobile%20...

seen as though I have some paintwork on the roof to do because I removed the bee sting aerial, I thought I would sort the rear slam panel out as I was never happy with it.. it had some ripples in the metalwork and wasn't prepared very well so it's getting a bit of TLC! http://i5.photobucket.com/albu...

love the steering wheel, what type is it? I'm thinking of fitting something similar maybe with a full chrome horn push/boss. there is a knack to getting screens in and if any trim is sitting a bit proud afterwards then a light tap with a rubber mallet can improve things by squashing the C trim down....

I hope so, most ISP stuff is OK but it's the same with any after-market VW stuff, you just have to be careful and buy the best you can find!

not on seals though :D I bought rear reflector seals 18 months ago and they are shot, they look 40 years old :evil: I did let them know and they were not interested :roll: I might ask Simon if he does any better quality ones, I also need the tail light seals as they are also cracked too.. Eek...hop...

not on seals though I bought rear reflector seals 18 months ago and they are shot, they look 40 years old I did let them know and they were not interested I might ask Simon if he does any better quality ones, I also need the tail light seals as they are also cracked too..

Chino wrote:Having those trims on the seals really finishes it off nicely

I've wanted them for 2 years and finally got them! next on the want list is a badge bar from ISP for some spot lights, I do like my chrome

I'm not finished yet! the eagle eyed will have noticed I ditched the roof aerial today as well, it was my chance to get rid of it whilst the rear screen was out so have filled the hole and put a bit of primer on it until I do it right. got to repaint the rear slam panel (where the oil filler is) soo...

jmarkha1 wrote:cannot beat original seals and chrome trim - nice one...

yeah, can't believe I had many attempts at getting the old one in and this went in 1st time no problems, very pleased with the end result

today I fitted the new front and rear screens along with new chrome inserts, it was a joy to use the new seals, so supple and gave no grief going in! also fitted a better screen whilst I was at it as the old one had lots of marks and chips in it. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/19mark70/Mobile...

engine oil appears to be spraying off the TC but not dripping down the join in the engine case, that's what I don't get! I'll run it for a while and see if it goes away :D as for the axle seal, I was meticulous when installing the stub axles and to be fair there isn't a lot to go wrong there unless ...

got everything back in and running but I have 2 oil leaks :( one from one of the axle seals I just fitted so this may just be a case of pulling the CV off and taking axle flange out again but why would it fail straight away? it's the actual seal not my home made gasket :D the other oil leak is reall...