OK, here's some update of my car's progress (finally !)
I have still been tackling with bodywork repairs.
When all the patching and welding seemed to be done, I found a couple of new holes and rotten areas, so no choice but to keep working.
My original schedule has streched a bit because the bodywork has given me a few time consuming surprises, but it should, at last, be done soon.
The final repairs are scheduled for this week, and today I prepared the inner floor for painting. The factory bitumen had cracked badly and let moisture under it, so it all had to come off. Only one real hole on the whole floor! Probably the only nice surprise about the whole bodywork... :roll:
When I checked the condition of the tank filler surround, my finger went right through the sheet metal.... And it was really difficult to source a repair section. Also with the welding it went slightly wrong as the metal around the patch warped slightly - and yes, we were being extra careful with cooling it etc. Well, it's patched up now.
Also, I wanted to upgrade my CL interior to GTI / GTX specification.
The stock seats don't hold anyone in place during cornering
Problem was, GTX Jettas are extremely rare in Finland, and so I couldn't find a complete interior anywhere. I went on and bought a '89 Golf GTI 4-door interior, and decided to make that fit.
It sounds simple - you just have to make new upper mounts for the rear seatback, otherways it's bolt-on. In practice it took quite a bit of measuring and test fitting though. Upper mounts from a Golf were modified and welded onto the Jetta body.
Now, at last, the Recaro set will fit!
There's still plenty of work to be done before I can take the car to the paint job, but I know once the new coat of paint gleams on the Jetta's surface, I just know my motivation will go up in spades and fitting all the parts back to the car is going to be a bliss! And Aki, we have to discuss that body strenghtening too.. The braces have been ordered
