Figured it was time to stop taunting mother nature and get rid of the "Tree 1, Car 0" score card on the side of the door. When I picked up a four door Golf of the same color two summers ago, it included three doors. When the front fenders, hood, bumper were being painted at the end of last summer (during the rebuilding), I had them blend in the door so that it matched with the fender. (matches old vs. new paint).
Removing the door required the removal of parts of the passenger side dash to access the inboard bolts.
No power to roll down the windows? No problem! Enter Volkswagen Special Tool #1972
I plan to shorten the bolts and put one through the center (original shaft is in there now); figured an allen head bolt of the same diameter head as the shaft would be a good replacement).
2AM. All back together. Still need to adjust the front fender. Leaving the front bumper off for now as it needs to head back to the body shop this week for some final tweaking. Body will be done at that point.
Plan is to bring to KalesCustom for the IC tubing, etc. next week.
There is a little bit of binding in the front end... need to figure out what that is. I'm hoping there are no issues with the transmission. It going through all the gears just fine, but turning the wheels all the way in one direction makes some noise. Darn. I'll worry about that after the car is together 100%.
Woot! Congrats on making the entry grid for Mt. Washington, Steve. I'll be Spectator Marshaling for the whole weekend and will try to keep your hordes of groupies and fan club at bay so you can get a clean run up the hill. 
The wife is all for more power.
