restoring a 79 GTI..badly painted
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restoring a 79 GTI..badly painted
this is how i got it, looks good ha.
inside was a bit faded, roof lining is good, but the dreaded bolster wear is present.
wrong rear panel!!
1.6 seized engine, but is complete, unlike the slampanel and lower cross member, both of which ar half gone…damn field mice.
o.k lets get stated, first i removed rad, metering head, washer bottles and other easily removed parts from the bay, wings and bonnet are off and a start on the interior.
as i said, most of the original parts remain, steering wheel, clocks, mint untouched dash and tartan seats, not to mention the stereo…well retro. i'll be keeping that!!!
removed seats and dash, all came out very nicely.
next was the loom and heater matrix.
decided to see what was under the repaired arch and sill…couldn't belive how or why someone would go to these lenths to do a bodge job, the sill is o.k upto about 4 inches from the rear arch, then it gets scary…
trying to remove this bodge proves to be hard graft
and here's my reward for the 2 hours chiseling and grinding…a rusy arch..woo hoo. cant wait to see what treasures tomorrow holds. 8) 8)
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Rear panels are available for early cars if you look towards Germany.
Seems a real shame to kill a car that looks like it could be restored. Any bits that I have plundered in the past, are always from total wreckers, that way I still feel good inside!
Early original spec GTI's are thin on the ground now, and I love seeing people putting so much effort to restore them, but scrapping one is just depriving someone a project further down the line.
Save the breed!
1980 Mars Red GTI BRMotorsport 142
1983 Black GTI
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i know where your coming from, that pic i posted of the red one is a pic the previous owner sent me, its already been stripped of everything worthwhile. the front is rotten, even though its been replaced at some point, the sills have been badly repaired, the doors aren't brilliant and even the rear panel is going to need work before its fitted to the silver one, there has also been rollcage points welded in other dodgy repairs. the silver shell is defo the better of the 2 but only just.benandemu said
Why kill 2 early cars?
Rear panels are available for early cars if you look towards Germany.
Seems a real shame to kill a car that looks like it could be restored. Any bits that I have plundered in the past, are always from total wreckers, that way I still feel good inside!
Early original spec GTI's are thin on the ground now, and I love seeing people putting so much effort to restore them, but scrapping one is just depriving someone a project further down the line.
Save the breed!
And i'm not killing 2 cars, i planing to bring 1 back to life. i would be willing to swap the red shell for a good rear panel if any one has 1 and wishes to swap it for an early shell…just to keep all happy…but remember saving 1 is better than scrapping 2, which is what i'm sure would of happend if i hadn't picked them up.. :dontknow:
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I might know of an early rear end. Let me do some research and come back to you.
What does the donor car look like now then?
1980 Mars Red GTI BRMotorsport 142
1983 Black GTI
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ill get some pics up.benandemu said
Very true! Obvious mistake in my previous post, as you would only be killing 1 car! Late night mistake, I guess.
I might know of an early rear end. Let me do some research and come back to you.
What does the donor car look like now then?
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we then cut off the front panel(well steve did)
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at that ride height as well :twisted:
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we had a good day today getting it ready for blasting and looking forward to next saturday getting stuck in to cutting and welding!
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People have to remember that if some folks didn't break the odd one there would be no spares for the rest of us.
83 MK1 GTI G60 85 MK2 GTI 20VT 2004 SEAT ALTEA 2.0 TDI SPORT
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:clap:
hopefully by next weekend my bay will be on its way to looking as good as yours..only original, with help from mr-incredible :wink:
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small rear light model
stripped inside.
shell has rotted in most of the normal spots, has had rear arches welded in and front end, sill repairs and a bit on the passenger foot well.
if any one's intreasted then let me know..
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