Hi im neil and i thought i would just share the work im currently doing on my GTi estate with you as its a bit of an unusual one.

ive pretty much had fords the hole time ive been driving, but have mainly been mk4 escorts and an orion.

my RS replica that i built as my first car





anyway onto the matter at hand,
I bought the gti estate in the summer for a bargain price as i was bored of driving a 306 d-turbo and wanted somthing a bit different

when i bought it complete with distorted dodgy repair to the dr wing with runs in the paint and messy cracked front and rear bumpers.





right so i was really pleased with it until a month later the clutch went, i didnt have a garage to do it so set me back £300,
also when underneath it i spotted quite a bit of rust on so the plan was to take it off the road in jan when the mot ran out and sort it all out.

sorry about lack of pictures but this is basicly what ive got don so far

dr sill looking through the floor when i was cutting the rust out





rear end of the dr sill missing



the rust was cut out of the floor and replaced with new metal, restitched to the chassis from above the all welded from above and underneath





rear of the sill reconstructed





also there was a big hole in the dr door shut so that was cut out replaced and now in filler



ive now started to repair the front bumper with fibreglass and done abit of a cutout which ive never seen before





first bit of filler



also ive now got new wheels



which im now going to be doing white after doing a little trial









ive now got the pas side to take apart and sort then the plan it to give it a fresh coat of red as its really pink in person, possibly bike throttle bodies lowering and im considering putting saff 4x4 bonnet vents in.

hope you all like it