This is actually taken from my thread in the classifieds, but after looking at it i thought id edit it and show it as a restoration thread also.

I really enjoyed restoring this car, due to so much metal work being done already, it was a dream to work on!




Ok the car i bought it last year, sold my escort cossie on the thursday and it left such a hole i went and bought this on the friday afternoon

The chap selling it to me had bought the car for its engine, as it had a 1641 dual carbed motor pushing serious bhp. It was a failed restoration project, as so many restos end up this way

Anyway the chap before him who gave up on the resto, had spend a serious amount of money having body work done. I have a recipt here for restoration welding work carried out on the car, and the bill comes to around £1100. So as you can imagine the car is now a genuine 100% rust free, it had new sills, aprons, pillars, front innerwings, floor pan halves.

This is the only reason i really decided to buy the project, as it was just to good to turn down, and also for centimental reasons as i had an orange bug as my first car.

So here are some pics of the car from the advert i saw



And here the next day on my drive



Trial body fit before work begins



Chassis was sandblasted and then given generous coats of chassis gloss black




The body was refitted to the chassis with nice new rubber seals, zinc bolts and washers.




After a solid week of prep, on went the VW 'brilliant orange'




Wheels were blasted and treated to a lovley coat of VW 'stein grey'
Rears are 2" bannded - circa 1972 from an old buggy, and booted in michelins.
A 1300 was sourced from a good friend with a rotten 1967 cabrolet barn find with nice low mileage, complete with "turbo trip" exhaust and very solid heat exchangers. engine was treated to a new clutch and a host of goodies, And body wise a shopping list as long as your arm was made up for new parts!



Car was booked in for MOT on 09/01/09, and sailed through, infact the tester walked underneath it and said "i'm waisting my time here proding around for faults aren't I!" which put a big smile on my face.

Car was insured and a FREE tax disk slapped on the screen.








New parts on the car (I forgot how just much i bought!) :

Chassis-

Swayaway front beam adjusters
Ball joints and track rod ends
Steering column to box rubber vibration bush
Brake disk converions kit (new disks, calipers, hubs and pads)
Flexi brake lines all round
New kunifer brake piping
Mastercylinder
Floorpans
Rear brake shoes
Wheel Cylinders
Clutch kit (plate and spring plate)
Thrustbearing
Clutch cable wing nut
Speedo cable
Tyres
12v horn

Engine-

Coil
Condenser and points
Ht leads
Plugs
Generator/alternator
Fan belt
Fuel filter
Oil filter
Chrome air filter
Rotor arm and cap
Accelerator cable pin

Body -
Chassis to body seal
Cal look window rubbers
Wing beading
Indicator rubber gaskets
Rear light rubber gaskets
Numberplate housing rubber gasket
Engine lid seal
Boot lid seal
Door seals
Stamped Number plates
Blade bumpers
Bumper Irons
Chrome trim strips and clips (7 pieces)
Aerial
Wiper arms and blades
Door window scrapers
Alluminum door window trims
Window felts
Cal look engine lid spacers
Door/pannel cards (set of 4)
Grey chord carpet and roof liner (custom)
Seat belt kits

2nd hand items -

Mint/immaculate S2 Rs turbo recaros
Mint rear banch
Front and Rear shocks Very good condition
Fuel tank
Fuel filler neck and cap
Brake fulid resovior
Head lights
Tail lights
Window Washer bottle
10" 4 spoke 'mountey' style white leather sterring wheel (not yet fitted)

Ive probably missed a few bits, but you get the idea, its basically a new car!




The wheel arch area:



Note new kunifer and flexi









Fido dido sticker, i believe its been there since the early 90's, didnt have the heart to remove it!


I have some viedo footage of the car which i will try and post up now, so you can have a good look round.


Thanks for taking the time to read, hope you enjoyed it

Lee