Alain's Brasil-style turbo Fox build

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Thanks for the messages, Steve, Luca, 89wagen!

Indeed, an update has been long overdue.

Truth is, I've done very little work lately... between work and life at home as a parent I haven't dedicated much of my time to work on the Fox, and we're actually expecting our second baby in a few months!

I did acquire a few things for the Fox which I really can't wait to get to, but it may take a while.

For now on the second seat I've only managed to make the covers for the head rest and one lower bolster. It turns out the foam I ordered from Capital Seating in the UK is not that great of a match, it looks ok but in reality it is thinner than the original, so the cover took a lot of tweaking and re-sewing to look right.





After taking these I realized the pictures don't allow for a proper comparison, I'll take some others later on showing the differences a little better, hopefully it will aid those going through a similar process.

8-2-2014

Another small update on the seats - just getting rid of a bit of rust on the driver's seat base. Wire-wheel, then some spray rust converter and a bit of black paint.









I really need to get moving on the upholstery work but as that can also be done through the winter, other things may take priority while the weather is still warm. I've accumulated lots of new parts I'm excited to work on and install, including coilovers, control arms, ball joints, tie-rod ends, hubs, 10.1 rotors, carriers and calipers (still need pads), brake hoses, updated Gol G3 cast shifter linkage, spark plug cables and updated Gol G3 coil, front and rear bumpers and rebars, and an Audi 5000 turbo intake manifold I plan on cutting up and welding in a few different places, adding 4 injector bosses to