alright chaps i have owned my moonstone sapphire cossie for about 6 mts and im not going to lie and say its been all fun. 2 weeks after ownership the cambelt tensioner let go and the result was a snapped cam and 14 bent valves!

shortly afterwards all repaired including new valves seats stemseals porting and skimmed head then topped off with cometic wrc headgasket and arp stud and nut kit.

recent plagues of electrical gremlins and discoveries of a few rot holes in the underside coupled with a forthcoming mot have made me decide not to bother with the patch it up and fingers crossed approach but to go the whole hog and give it a full restoration it really deserves!

current spec is:

bosh 803's
stage 3 chip (unknown make)
3bar map
rs500 cooler
wrc headgasket
t3 t4 hybrid turbo a/r .50 inletside unknown exhaust
gaz coilovers all round
ecos alloys
black raven leather interior

the restoration will be happening but im not sure what direction to head in terms of a concours (to the best of my abilities lol!) or to go stripped out cage etc its not used as a daily drive more of a weekend car so practicality is not an issue but am in two minds!

advice regarding the above will be greatly appreciated

cheers for looking
stu

 

Good luck with all that mate im doing a mini resto myself the list is never ending.

 

keep it standard mate

 

Right thought i had better put up some pictures up of where the car currently stands



grotty underside

birds nest of wires!

sat on my drive in need of a wash!

raven interior in good condition apart from door cards!

engine bay about the only decent part lol!

 

rand the extent of the bodge repairs by previous owner!

half welded half cracked!

dirty great hole on inner sill previously filled with mastic! what a cowboy!

interesting exhaust repair!

 

im so not sure there is so much ill fitting trim and cracked plastic parts in it that it will be a nightmare to replace/repair all the bits (but potentially worth it!)

ant with the extent of the rust and repairs to the chassis thats why im tempted to go for an out and out trackday (but road legal) car

just dont know what to do!

 

good luck to you, glad to see some is resurecting another

IMO, dont strip and cage it, it turns the car into something you dont like

 

id keep it a road car too it looks nice, love the blocked up dump valve though is that a spark plug and block of wood in the air filter pipe? previous owner treated it well

 

Keep as a road car mate

 

theyre is all sorts of madness going on in there bungs here there and anywhere fashioned from all sorts of shite! soon to be rectified

and i have decided to keep it standard ish in appearance not a stripped out and caged racer!

 

fairplay mate! fast useable road cars are the best anyway, it doesnt look like it needs too much work anyway

 

Good work,looks a decent car.Nice to see its getting some love at last.