Somebody stop me! - 75 stripped (pic)

[mk1mark at gmail.com (Mark F.)]

Well one thing led to another, and before I knew it my 75 track/street
car is A LOT more stripped than I first intended...  :)   I hate doing
a half-ass job of ANYTHING, so I wasn't happy until every nook and
cranny was exposed so I could properly assess any potential problem
areas...  Here's a pic:

<http://home.cogeco.ca/~mardak/75stripped.jpg>

(note the cool 75 inner fender "Y" brace)

I'm glad I took the time to remove the fenders, as there was a bit of
surface rust hidden under there...  Nothing serious, but rust
nonetheless...  The 75 fenders were EASY to remove compared to the
later Mk1's - there was only about a 1/4 of the monkey-snot that the
81 I stripped had, and I was able to remove them with zero
damage/distortion...  Overall this car is crazy solid for a 75 -
considering the minimal use of undercoating that the factory applied
on the 75 and 76's...  Any rust I do find won't be a problem though,
my order of Picklex20 arrived in the mail today.  I'm going to use
this product throughout this project and report my impressions... 
Seems like a kickass product...

All the glass was removed, as was the hack rewire job the PO did. 
Half the work I've put into this car so far was "fixing" PO
butchery...  I really wish the guy wouldn't have removed the rain tray
and other bits and pieces - this car will never return to stock
condition I'm afraid...  But, that also gives me some freedom in doing
things to it I would never consider on a more "stock" car...

It's been a LONG time since I've been this motivated and excited in a
car project - maybe cause it's MY car this time!  :)  I can't wait to
show it off at Cincy!  :)

Later,

Mark.
75
80 S
90 Audi Coupe Quattro - 10vt