A lovely day, and for me, quite inspiring to get on with my own projects and get to more shows. Been in my cave too long....

Looking good sir. Keep up the motivation, the end is in sight!

A brief walk through the work involved:

We began by bracing the car with the box sections supplied with the kit and added our own tubular bracing between the B pillars and the rear wheel tubs and between the rear shock towers.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/the_autoad/P_20160610_113501 ...

No repair sections are available and aftermarket sources seemed to have dried up a long time ago. Fabrication is the only option unless you get very lucky on ebay and the like.

Work completed for MOT:
- car is now running on all four cylinders, injector no.3 was loose, incorrectly diagnosed by VW Harlow as a vacuum leak. Injector reinstated and mixture and idle readjusted.
- replacement of NS & OS rear brake hardlines.
- replacement of NS & OS rear brake flex pipes ...

WOW Ant,

Nice to see a Silvergreen Storm getting the treatment altho the car you have there certainly appears further advanced with ferritic carcinoma than what I have here. The last project was a 76 Golf in for a shell rebuild..

Next UK visit I will need come check out the grotto :yahoo ...

replied sir.

Hi Joost,

I'd be interested in buying a few sets. Thinking five sets, maybe more.

woah yeah.

Still the impressive attention to detail marches on! Fab thread and the car is going to be great

the edmundator wrote:I will have a small amount of welding for you at some point...!

Excellent!

Looking at the drop, my money is on something amiss with the guideplate. Snapped or popped out.

the edmundator wrote:If altering the ride-height won't make any difference to the effectiveness of the damping, then it will have to be a return to the suspension that VW spent many hours and Deutschmarks refining.

Love you.

Hiya Ed,
With some force it is possible to slide the trim panel rearward and ping the spring.

From your description it sound like a few of these things could be going on:
1) The crank is loose and slipping on the cables.
2) One of the 'guide plates' has snapped. Likely cause of the drop at the ...

More mk1 projects.

LongSRtermers may remember this 1980 Storm. Most of the wedling was done ages ago and an owner/fate has been decided. So getting on with it.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/the_autoad/P1010007_zpsl4xkgjxe.jpg

RHD car...
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g110/the_autoad ...

Oh, and if anybody has a complete NOS rear panel (valance to boot shut), there is cash waiting. A big ask I know.

In fact any NOS panels going spare, then talk to me, I have a few mk1 projects in at the moment with more on the way.