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Just got from Ebay. Trying my hand at a resto. I'am new to this forum, but I've gotten so much help from the great folks on here thought I'd try to get a photo up. (I do suck at this!) Hopefully Frank shows up!
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You have two sets of IMG tags. Here's your pic...looks nice! Gold shocks, sideguards, motor guard...and everything looks pretty clean. A great start for a resto project.

P.S. I'll try to get some pics of the parts you need tonight, but at the latest tomorrow night.

unsuccesfull attempt to try hiding the missing parts in the front?

Mr. ED wrote:unsuccesfull attempt to try hiding the missing parts in the front?

He's missing those parts, Mr. ED, and mentioned this in another topic. C-carriers, knuckles & 12mm hexes. I PM'd him to sell him the parts to complete his front end.

Those sandmaster wheels look familiar

Great start for a resto!

A very good start for a rebuild.

A good find indeed.

I hate the golden motorguard, I´m not envious at all

DennisM wrote:I hate the golden motorguard, I´m not envious at all

I got one Do You Want it ?

So, now that I got hubs and knuckles from Coelacanth (Thanks Again!) I was thinking of new wheels and tires. Not crazy about the pink outrage wheels. I was looking for something old school and came across these.

or these

Anyone have any experiance with these? They are 12mm hex. Look to be for a road car but maybe old 1.9 spike tires would fit?

The first set I could do, but not the second set. Too goofy-looking for my tastes. Are those 12mm hex? Got a link to where you sourced those?

www.r2hobbies.com
They are 12mm.

GotXjaG wrote:http://www.r2hobbies.com
They are 12mm.

Hmm, I don't think those will work. They're the same diameter as Turbo Optima wheels, but are much narrower--only 26mm wide. Those are more for drifting & touring cars. You want to look for wheels between 35 & 40 mm wide if you want to use original rubber, 37 to 39mm wheel width is about perfect. Actually, *all* of the wheels on that site are touring car wheels, from the looks of it. The widest I saw was 27mm.

Good looking project car! Those wheels are a bit 'blingy" for my taste, but to each his own. Has the car arrived yet?

I thought they would be to narrow. Guess I like them cause they would look good on mk1 or mk2 1:1 GTI. Guess I'll just dye the pink rims black.