Meet Foxy the Polo!

After taking the ankle grider to the wing again to cut out the rust, I ended up with a significantly larger hole... oops! Ah well - all nasty rust is gone now!


I decided to weld a patch in from behind, as I thought it would be a neater job... so I did! Then more welds on the other side. Perhaps a bit over kill, but it meant less filler, which can't be a bad thing!


Welded in and half ground down:


A bit of filler was added:


Then panel wiped:


I don't think this bit of profile is right still... but I doubt it'll be too noticable:


I masked off the bits I didn't want to get any primer on, then sprayed it:



I'll put a few more coats of primer on it, then wet sand it and paint it in the morning.

Looking good there Lucy.....

Thanky! Gonna put some paint on it today - hopefully the colour match won't be tooooooo out.....

thats coming together nicely...........good to see someone putting in the effort on their cheapy motor.....not just their fun car

Well it's all good practice, isn't it? And I may as well practice on this, rather than my Newbie! Plus I want it to be reasonably tidy for my test

I think I need help.....

Lucy, you and your stripes!!!

he looked random on the drive without any!

the polo is looking fab ..
luv becks xxxxxxxxxx

thanky

I've got to put him all back together tomorrow, cos Steve needs to take him into work on Friday as Widget's going in for a nose job!

Looking good and love the stripes Lucy

Cheers!



I put the wing back on this morning. Still needs a bit of fettling to get it sitting right. The wings are glued on as well as bolted on, so bending the inner part where it bolts on is pretty much unavoidable. But it's gone from having no hope in hell of fitting, to being almost there, so I'm sure a few more pushes in the right diretion once it's settled will get it back into the right place. I still need to wet and dry the wing and polish it, so it's a little duller than the rest of the car at the mo. I also had to loose the side stripes cos they would have given me a thick line showing the difference between where I'd put new paint on and the old paint, so unfortunatly they had to go! Being worried about having a stripe-less car (once I've taken the other stickers off), I had to add more stripes! I shall get a pic of him with Robbie later on.

you can pick up the original pinstripes on fleabay cheap as chips...

loving the bonet stripes, when's it being lowered?

You can? Ooh, I might just put them back on then!

Not gonna be lowered - I need to to be able to go over speed bumps etc for my test

Shamrockez wrote:

You can? Ooh, I might just put them back on then!

Not gonna be lowered - I need to to be able to go over speed bumps etc for my test

Whens your test Lucy?? Are you gonna make the end of the month meet if so we need to have a quick chat about me learning to drive with you when Herbie is delivered in August

23rd July! And yep we should be at the meet this time. Steve's back is pretty much better so he can comfortable travel now. Might even bring the Polo Looking forward to our chat

Glad to here Steve's back is pretty much better and look forward to meeting you at last in a couple of weeks

Thanks - me too!

I decided to attack some more of the rust today. Out came the ankle grinder.... as suspected, just bubbling and no holes:










So a skim of filler added:


And primered:



Rear arched primered and rubbed down ready for paint, but I can't find the can!

Got some paint on this evening:


I've done another couple coats after this one:


For my first go at colour matching I'm rather chuffed with myself! It's far from perfect, but I think it would be pretty hard to match 14yr old paint with a rattle can perfectly!

Looks really good Lucy top marks

Cheers! I'm very pleased with the results!

You have every right to be Lucy that is a damn fine job you have done

haha thats a class job mate! well done!

Cheers guys, I'm really, really chuffed at how well it's come out! I've never done little repairs before, or tried to match paint and suprised how easy it is to do a reasonable repair! It's given me so much more confidence!