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Default Mk3 Cabriolet project- Small Updated 20/03/06

I bought this car a couple of years back in September 2002 with a view to restoring straight away. Two years down the line and things have gone REALLY slowly. Theres been tons of stuff getting in the way. I stripped the front end when i used to live with my folks, then i moved house in to my own place and things slowed down. There was no where to work on the car so its sat since then waitint to be looked at again. Whilst i couldnt work on it ive been collecting and cleaning bits so i hadnt completely forgot about it. Anyhow, iv'e now moved to a new house and it has... a double garage so in one months time, my Dad is gonna trailer it up to me and i can get started again. i cant wait Heres a few pics of the car after i bought it.
First one is from a previous owner taken in about 1993

As bought

Same


Interior stripped

Front end stripped

Wing off


Ive decided to go for the original look i think although im tempted to put some subtle mods on. Nothing irriversable though. The shell is pretty solid, a bit of rust up front but nothing too bad. It had a new hood before i got it and an engine rebuild so alls well there It has been converted to carb at some point too so thats another job to convert it back. (got all the bits for that though )
So what do you guys think? its gonna take a while but ive got the enthusiasm, its been building up for two years!
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