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Couple more pics of the beam with brakes fitted etc:
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Well last week I managed to 'blend' the repair of the bumper down the 2 thin areas even with rattle cans so that's saved me alot of money on a proper respray job, plus I bought some pressed plates:
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All finished and ready for fitting:
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Will be fitting mid exhaust up and try 1-man brake bleeding tmorrow if the weather plays ball.
On the lookout for a backbox heatshield, then I can finish the rear and whack its wheels on so I can roll it back and fit the bumpers etc.
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Bumpers look sweeeeeet!
Doesnt even own a 306.
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Nice to see the Cossack get the love it deserves
Keep up the good work bud
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Bumpers come up lovely mate 
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Oooouuuufffff, productiveness ='s
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Just bumpers to fit next weekend and she's back on her wheels.
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Fair play on this! Can see you have put a lot of time and effort into it. That axle is so sexy!
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Fav colour, prefer a derv but a 6 will do 
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the smokey old bus that sounds like a tractor...
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This looks so sweet! Love the attention to detail underneath.
Is that a brand new back box, or have you tarted one up?
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Tarted it up, but in the history with the car someone bought a new one 10 year ago so it's in great nick'. Just needed a quick scotch and was ready for paint.
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Nice to see this getting the treatment it deserves .
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Holy crap...how did I miss this?
This is epic! Good work!
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Spent a nice afternoon in the tiny garage today and stuff got bolted on:
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She's finally back on all fours.
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Omgggggg drool...
Doesnt even own a 306.
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Look very good
nice to see it being restored back to its former glory 
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Them bumpers have turned out well . Now get it on the road and show me it
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Soooooo, might just leave these here:
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(will be trying to get the tape residue off the B pillar in a sec, could also do with a good brake bleed, must still have some air in them)
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Looks great
Is that standard ride height ?
Really like the rub stripes
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Looking really nice now,credit to you 
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Looking really, really good!
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awesome but you could have changed the rusty bolts on the fog lights 
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Ha, the screws are weird shouldered ones and I couldn't find anything to replace them with.
Just need to get door sorted and wanting to get both rear quarters and boot repainted. 'Then' I will be happy.
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Very nice
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This makes me want to go play with my cossack now
Lovely lovely car you have there and certainly is a credit too the effort
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Going to repaint the brake calipers as well? Made a big difference to my old car and is on the list for my current P1.
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Cheers guys, should be pretty good when brakes are fully sorted.
7057Sam- Not too sure on standard at the front because its got billy dampers and some red springs (can't remember what the receipt says) But I put the rear to standard with a dummy shock, well 330mm bolt distance.
Retro- Yeah I'll be painting them good ol' silver.
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Looks reaaly nice mate
Headlights need a bit of freshening up though?!
Good effort though
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Always wanted a phase1 looks good
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This looks sweet mate. can i ask where you got your gti badges from?
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I black masked the headlights (f*ck knows why) like some other ph1 306s but I'm thinking of spraying the inserts silver just to make them stand out a tad more.
I kept my eye out on ebay for the badges and a few popped up, but still on the hunt for 2 more '6' yellow badges.
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