Thought it about time i shared 'our' little project with you all - I say 'our as its my brother in laws car and i'm providing the guidance and man-power...

It all started off back in June when said brother law calls me on a friday night saying he's just bought this RS (no tax, mot or history/receipts!) and that he's off to Hull in the morning to get it... I asked if he's looked at it, he says some pictures of it and with that off he went...

...and thats where the fun starts... after a 4.30am start he gets back home (gloucestershire) about 5.00pm on the saturday with the RS in tow. I go over in the evening and point out all the rust, rot, filler and generally bodged bits on it and ruin his image of having just bought a minter..(sooner it came from me than someone at a show or something...) I must admit on 1st glance it looked a really nice car, when you look closer you find the horrors... ok, its not as bad as some but its worse than he thought...

Now faced with the dilema of bodging up worst bits, smacking an MOT on it and flogging it on or building himself a car he can keep and have pride in for years to come i left him to sleep on it and said i'd sort out some prices for repair panels etc as he didn't know what was required...

After having a word with a mate of ours (Doug from DNA Autospray - he'll appear a bit more later in the build) we decided to go for it - full blown rebuild replacing with new where we need to and repairing/restoring/upgrading everything else...

The car when purchased looked like this:





and by the end of the following weekend looked somewhat like this:





I think that'll do for now as i'm running out of lunchtime - i'll udpdate with some more pics soon...

Cheers,

Col.