Polished patina

So there it is...................

You call mate..............there is a hint of the original blue just fading in from behind the light blue???

Patina or not, that is the question

A little strong as no extra paint blown in and or no polishing yet......

I will trial a little polish only on the upper quarter for comparison, as you peruse these pictures.

Paint

The3 start of the faded look - you have to ignore the odd blemish as its not finished.

Close up of the battered and faded look.

Shultz on the leading edges and my new panel work.

Again a first coat in the engine bay
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Lovely...........just have to choose now Darren between faded or new look.

Finally Back with a Quality post

See me in the paint!!

White and blue.

Tidy rear quarters

Seen from above.

Robert Bosch Jetronic Fuel Injection Manual...

Found this little golden link whiles trawling the net today:-

http://ultimate-highendaudio.com/images/Bosch%20L-Jetronic.pdf

Really useful manual for fuel injection, hint hint!!! ;)

Or there's this one: http://www.type2.com/library/fuel/Bosch_L-Jetronic_FI_Manual/

First top layer of Zinc!

Ben worked like a demon getting the last of the major welding points sorted. Just a couple of small plates here and there to finish off.

The kids were enjoying it!

I spent most of the weekend preparing the petrol tank area so we can get the gearbox and engine back in. Also spent most of Sunday scrubbing the floor!

From the new original wheel arch...

To the fiberglass patch repair of the windscreen...

It's all looking good now:-

Next weekend, I'll mostly be scrubbing more stuff! ;)

What is the VW logo?

It's a symbolic representation of the Universe! Thanks to TomT for spotting it on his journey through fractal vortex theory ;)

The numbers on the edge of the Circle are 1 .. 9 with Zero in the centre where the path crosses itself.

3, 6, and 9 represent the causeless absolute (the stuff between, and inside, space) and the other numbers represent reality:-

The full article makes for mad reading and links the concept with the Mayan calender: http://www.markorodin.com/content/view/7/26/

Those VW logo designers were a crafty bunch - no wonder it's so nice to look at ;)