silver 3dr BAM powerd 4wd GTI resto project

hey to all on here,

had this car for acouple of months now but finally got a start on it.been waiting for a council garage to come up as it's the only way i can get a place to work on it.

It's a complete original car,never been welded or painted,still got the factory order stgickers that are on the drivers door jam!it's done 119k miles and has had 9 other owners,i'm going tobe doing a full resto on this as it's seen better days.

just afew pics for now in it's new home!














driver side front panel rot

pass side front panel rot!


stock pile of parts at the back of the garage



will keep the updates coming.

cheers

Andy.

look like a lot of work, good luk mate and i will be checking the updates…….i have a soft spot for sliver mk1s"

looks better in real life    joking….. enjoyed your company at the NE meet earlier…… hopefully it will give you added enthusiasm to get your project on the road  

yeah it's alot of work, but compared to some of the shells that get full resto's done on them this is a good honest shell.

gonna start making a rotating frame soon once it's fully stripped,only have about 3hrs in it so far and i've got the seats out,doors/bonnet off and the whole front suspension off,

plans are
20v turbo motor
porsche fr brakes
mk2 rear brakes
coilovers
16's (smallest that'll go over brakes)!!!
keep it nice and clean almost euro style.

more updates soon.

cheers

Andy

ohh snap , mine needs alittle less welding tho lol ,

we nearly at the same level of progress looks good mate , has that had some side skirts on it? car looks like lots of fun

your at about the same stage as me mate only mine is 30% rust 30% filler and 40% metal gd luck mate thats exactly what im gonna need

well abit of an update from today,started on the drivers side sill,thought i was gonna uncover a load of rust and problems! well to say that i got a big supprise which was that the sill is in great condition,it's never been welded,all original 28 year old metal!!!!!!!!

here's acouple of pics







this is the worst bit,needs some plating todo.



there is some points that look like this,clean metal but pitted,whats the best way of treating it?
rust converter?
etch primer?
cutting it out and replacing it?


cheers

Andy

cutting it out and replacing it

Its the only way

Was dredding that would be the answer!!!!!!!

oh well better get cutting and welding!

andy.

yea its a shame, its just too deep and if you sandblasted it... you would probably end up gonig through it, as the rust will have mades its way through

the worst thing is that the sill is rock hard, hit it with a hammer and it sounds solid!!just a dumd thudd sound!!

oh well better get apair of sills ordered!

andy.

Been awhile so thought i better get an update done of what i've been doin on it!!!

got all the front end striped off wire brushed, etch primered and painted.

afew pics of wishbones
etched,


painted




now fitted with poly bushes,


also been making a start on the body side of things,

drivers side inner wing,


then the end of last week a nice package arrived for me,

this



day off today from work and the wife/kid so started on the floor pan to see whats it like, turned out very good. only bad bit is the pass side beam mount point where there is a bigish hole,easy to plate over though!!!!





not bad considering it's never been welded or painted!!28year old paint and still going strong!!!


Andy.

getting there m8

well just a small update for you guys!! this weather is a pain in the rear!!!!!

new engine getting stripped for a full rebuild!!




and yeah that is a 4wd O2M gearbox,hehe!!

Oooooo this looks like a proper mission…but well well worth it!  I work in Darlo (my golf makes the daily drive from Sunderland) so hope to see this on the road sometime!!  Best of luck with it all bud