This was my daily driver after having sold the phantom, I just couldn't stop playing with it and progress on the beetle was badly suffering the consequences!
It was a Mini Cooper S Checkmate special edition so has half leather, LSD, computer, Xenons, special wheels and a few other bits and pieces...
It was nice but at the end of the day lots of power through the front wheels just isn't my thing and it was very thirsty for such a small car!
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Well I decided to p/ex the mini for something a bit different and ended up with an Audi A4 cabrio V6 tdi
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I'm pondering over whether to get a single full width roller shutter door or not as it would be fairly pricey. I'm also not sure whether I'd have to replace this wooden lintel, it's full width and 4" x 8". Can anybody advise? Could I bolt on some metal strengtheners and leave it in place? |
The bug's new home and my new workshop! Finally got a double garage... I have lost a lot of alternate storage though so I've had a bit of a clearout. All walls and floors have been painted, I've welded up a frame to mount the compressor up on the walls and made a new workbench. |
I bought a couple of 7'x4' bike stores for outside storage, the drive isn't really full double width so it's no big loss of space. |
Sandblasting cabinet has a new set of wheels to make best use of space. |
You can see the compressor mounted up out of the way... |
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The spec is as follows:
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the front bumper comes off very easily, I took the opportuynity to give it all a really god cleanout. What you see on the floor literally just fell out from between the condensor and radiator, I also jet-washed out a lot of rotting matter from the cores which is sure to help cooling. |
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Nothing too complicated, a few 3mm holes and 2.5mm tie wraps hold on some mesh that I cut from a sheet. |
The other thing I did was to re 'black' all the plastics of the intake as they seem to suffer quite badly from fading. I use Gtechniq C4 which is very easy to use and apparently gives a good couple of years of colour. |
I finally got hold of a pair of facelift rear lights. Bought separately off ebay worked out much cheaper than buying a pair together.. While I was at it, I also removed/sand-blasted/painted all 3 wiper arms as they seem to have suffered more than the rest of the car for some reason.. |
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