Posting this up for my brother, username "toughy" on here.

Sold his last cossie about 6 years ago and has been regreting it since.

Picked this one up for the pricely sum of £1**0

1991 H plate, totally standard, MOT'd but in need of Cyl head Gasket, water pump, various bushes and a good clean.

Plan is to replace all fuel lines, brake pipes and hoses, fit polly bushes, do Gasket, pump and timing belt / tensioner and wire brush the underside and get at least 2 tins of Waxoil on there as its never been welded and is solid

Mods will prob only be suspension, exhaust, some hoses and tanks under the bonnet and a nice clean set of facelift alloys

We will keep the post updated as we go

Couple of pics just after we got it out the road.

 

nice price on that nice one

 

Is that the one out of the autotrader?!... Looks well for the money!

 

Looks good mate....

Cracking plate as well.....

 

Hey folks, must say a big thanks to paul (rstoughy) for the help he will be giving me with the car, like he says, got rid of my last cossy a few years ago and have regretted it ever since, when i picked up the car it was a cream colour as it had been sitting about for so long but i've been giving it a t-cut tha last 2 days and must say its coming up not too bad,
needs some engine work and other bits and bobs done, will keep you updated when posssible.

Niki

 

Looking good that mate.

 

Bloody bargain!! Will be nice when its finished and looks pretty good to

 

love it

 

if thats the cheap one out of the trader it was 3 bloody miles from my house!!!! and I saw the ad too late!!!

well done m8

steve

 

love that

 

Steve,

Was never in Auto Trader M8. Local car to the Aberdeen area

 

That looks good for the money m8!

Am lovin the plate aswell!!! Ayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

Fookin bargain m8.

 

carnt complain at that money what a bargain fair play

just out of interest was it this one

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/t10976-c...or-some-1.html

if not then someone else is getting a bargain lol

 

xr4x4rs

Nahh wasnt that one either. The car belonged to C1ARK who is a M8 of my brothers so mates rates came into play i think

Pic of the rear end all T-Cuted up, will look good with some polish on there i think

 

Sweet motor that mate especially for the money and looking good with a t cut too nice one

 

looks sweet m8 keep up the good work

 

right, dunno who got the cheap one near me then the lucky sods!!!

looks great for the money btw

steve

 

What a price guy you bought it off must be blind (or just slightly coockoo)

Nipped round yesterday for a look.
what a diffrence a polish made
Now get that wire brush out and do the underside.

Plate wasnt included in the sale folks im not that daft.

look forward to seeing another toughy motor on the go in the future

 

C1ARK

I heard the plate wasnt yours to sell


Hope the trip down south went ok.

 

Never said it was

trip went ok home safe and sound project starting today.....

 

Cool

Escort is going on Sorn next week as i cant be bothered with the thing

 

noooooooooooooooooo swapsies

 

You never know, going to dump it down at my folks and stick the cover on then go back in a couple of months and see if it dose it for me. If not then its going. Whole or in bits, whichever gets the most interest.

 

Well cheap

Looks good even after some T-cut, sounds like it could well be a minter with a wee bit of work

 

Looking good,

Ill give ya £250 for the Plate

 

I Know the plate has to go but it will be on the motor until the guy pulls his finger out

Thanks for all the comments folks, i cant wait to get it on the road
Got the cossie bug again

Still got half the bloddy thing to t-cut first

Cheers

Niki

 

toughy

We will get the door done tomorrow night

 

[quote="toughy"]Come on then lad, get bufty'ing up, your big bro will show you what it's all about

2 Tough's and their both bufty's

Coming up a treat though, totally differant car with a little bit of TLC
you should have been up there tonight cracking on with the rest of it ready for the polishing

 

Says the boy i've had a look on Eastside at your golf resto

 

Niki will be up tomorrow night and we will get the door changed out so that all the cutting back can get finished and we can get some polish on there.
Once my Escort has gone we will get it into the garage and get the underside and engine done

Few weeks should see it finished

 

[quote="G60 VV
you should have been up there tonight cracking on with the rest of it ready for the polishing :cool]



I know, I know, Iwill be up tomorrow tho
*cough* buftying up *cough*

 

Looks a little minter Paul

Keep the updates coming

 

The Rallye's resto is all bodywork atm, not the bufty'ing stage yet

Niki, I'll give you guys a hand, for a hand with my GTi, need to get it done for Inters at the w/end

 

OK

Small update from tonight. Removed the drivers door as it was rusted round the lock.

Replaced it with a 2nd hand one from Mr Linfoot (cheers Paul)

Next on the list is to get it inside and get all the fuel and brake lines done.


Old door




No door




New door

 

Cheers paul

 

how did the new door come up with a bufty?

 

Kenny,

Door came up ok slightly different shade but a cheap fix

 

well a one in 19 chance was pretty slim to be honest

 

Ok folks just a small update,

Car has been transferred into the garage and Niki started to rub down all the crud off the bottom.

Was going fine untill a little hole was discovered on the N/S rear chassis leg (surprise surprise) on further investigation (lots of picking) it got bigger.

Decided that we would remove the N/S rear arm to allow us to repair the offending part properly so while slackening the main bolt for the beam it snapped obviously we need to remove the complete rear beam now to get the rest of the bolt out.

While this is off the car it will be the perfect time to replace all the fuel and brake pipes with ease

Cossies, dont you just love them


Pic of the O/S chassis leg




Pic of the N/S chassis leg




And a few of how we left it for the night