Mk1 Jetta Restoration - Chop Chop

Hi all,

It's been a while since I have posted on here, but I have been around for a while   .

After a number of filler cars I have finally managed to get another VW that I want to make my own. The Jetta was originally owned by a mate of mine who buggered of to London to leave the Jetta under a cover rusting away. After 4 years he decided to sell it to me for the tidy sum of £500, with a load of panels to fix it.

This is going to be quite image heavy, but you know what they say, an image says a thousand words…

This is how the old girl looked when I picked her up,








Then  the stripping started…











Then the welding started…















Then some underseal…













New oversized 9A pistons



Glass out and more rust 





With a load of the structural repairs done, I wanted a top finish on the bay and the front end, that has seen better days. So the car is now at my locl restoration shop RestoShack.

The guys and girls at RestoShack do top quality work and have been tasked with new inner wings, slam panel, scuttle, chassis leg repairs and a few little bits.

Being delivered









rusty leg,





Both inner wings chopped…



Damn Gold inner wing panels, need 'modifying'





Chop Chop.



Time to make the lip.



Weld here!



Went down to see it today and to clean up the bay ready for more work next week,




Engine mount in,



Other chassis leg repaired,



Rain tray repaired,



Still waiting on the other inner wing panel,



Scuttle off, which more rust found underneath (which could have leaked water into the cab),



More work to continue this week, so will update it all on here. Looking forward to getting the shell back for the bodywork. Then paint!

Cheers

Dave

Took me a while to find this thread again, but it seems it is still here (woohoo).

Update on the Jetta is that it is all now painted and back in my garage Heres a small video of the respray. Let me know what you guys think.

Mk1 Volkswagen Jetta Restoration - Full Paint Process - YouTube

Looks awesome. Any more pics now it's completed?

 














 

Great video, car looks absolutely superb

I recently saw this on their facebook page. What an amazing transformation!! You've got to be over the moon with that.

Loving this build, where's the radiator from if you don't mind me asking?

Wow! That's a lot of work!!

Great job

It's been 5 years since the Jetta was sprayed and it is has been on the road this summer and MOTed (all exempt now too).

Here are some shots. Looking forward to getting back in it again when it is dry and getting more miles on her to I can tune it.