75 marinogelb swallowtail

So after pretty much getting to where I want to get with my Tfsi mk1 cabriolet I've decided to find myself a mk1 swallowtail to get to grips with.  

  I found it over in Sweden about a month ago and received it yesterday. It's a little bit rougher than I was expecting, but I hope to get it all sorted over a few years, so don't expect a quick fix as the Mrs had put me on a car buying ban for the next couple of years   

  The car is a July 75 1.5 LS in marinogelb with green interior     I really think that the green and yellow go together and I think that the colour combo sold the car to me.

  I'm going to try and start to strip it next week to see how far the rot has got !! I had a quick look under the carpets this afternoon and the floor and sound deadening is wet, although when i poked the floor it felt pretty strong still and wa fortunate that my finger didn't go through it.

  The car itself has done 177,000 Km and has had a few bits of input done to it over the years, hence to 6x9 cut outs and the yellow fogs. Strange thing is that it has some sort of electrical extension in the passenger footwell with a power lead and plug rolled up behind the front light ?   

  I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking but as you can see i'm in need of a few panels and repairs, and if anyone has a spare green swallowtail interior knocking about there house then that wouldn't go amiss   

 

Adam.

Nice find mate, after seeing your cabby I know this will be amazing.

Good luck with it!

The extra electrics sound like they might be for an engine heater or interior heater of some description. Its law in some parts of Scandinavia  that you cannot leave a car idling for more than 5 minutes and with the cold mornings they get, a lot of people plug them into the mains over night.

Best luck another beut saved well done fella mk1gti79

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scottyr1 said

Nice find mate, after seeing your cabby I know this will be amazing.

Thanks scottyr1 appreciate the comments   it's going to be a long time in the making i think  

Yomp said

Good luck with it!

The extra electrics sound like they might be for an engine heater or interior heater of some description. Its law in some parts of Scandinavia  that you cannot leave a car idling for more than 5 minutes and with the cold mornings they get, a lot of people plug them into the mains over night.

I think you may be right Yomp . It makes sense now that you've said that. There's a socket in the footwell which obviously indicates an interior heater. I'll take a look around the bay to see where the rest of the cable leads to see if it has anything for the engine.  

mk1gti79 said

Best luck another beut saved well done fella mk1gti79

Thanks at mk1gti79    hopefully i can do good by the car and get it back on the road !!

Where in Sweden did it come from? I've done quite as bit of work there over the years. It might have been under my nose?!

It came from Gothenburg Yomp  so not too far North.


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I love the colour, you really have taken on quite a lot of work!

I'll look forwards to seeing the progress. It'll be amazing when it's done.   As it's from Sweden, did it come with a set of studded winter tires?

mike.d1979 said

I love the colour, you really have taken on quite a lot of work!

I'll look forwards to seeing the progress. It'll be amazing when it's done.   As it's from Sweden, did it come with a set of studded winter tires?

 

It didn't Mike. Just came in a set of winters that aren't studded. 


  Yomp if you look in the right footwell you can just make out the plug socket. 

This is great, looks like a lot of work a head of you but its another one saved! Look forward to seeing how this comes together, good luck.

Nice, born on the same month and year as me, probably in better nick though  

Yomp you were correct !  I traced one of the cables and it lead to the back of the engine with what seems to be a heater element.



I also started to strip the interior a bit to see what i'm working with. So far it doesn't look too bad  I found that the sound deadening was wet on the drivers footwell and was mushy. I pulled it up and expected the worse  Fortunately the floor is still solid ! I've found that the inner sill is starting to go on the drivers side too.
 The passenger rear arch has had a previous repair done to it, but the outer tub seems solid with a couple of small holes to the inner tub. The drivers side outer tub is starting to go and the inner seems solid on that side.
  I managed to take a look inside the drivers door and found that the lower is starting to rot.

Heres the photos 
 

Definitely got your hands full with this project. Will be amazing when finished. Good luck  

Matt

Forgot to mention yesterday that I got it started  all be it with some petrol into the carb as the fuel pump is broken.
Video below

Nice find!

Always fancied a yellow swallowtail to restore  

From those pics it looks that the bodywork will keep you busy for a while  

So today the strip down happened to see how bad the car actually is.


The main part of the rot is on the lower A pillar section and drivers side inner wing. I'm determined to get it sorted and haven't let it get me down. On the plus side, the floor is in good condition and pretty solid 

Baggie82 said

So today the strip down happened to see how bad the car actually is.

 

Blimey that's looks like a some extensive bodywork restoration/fabrication will be needed.

Hats off to you for wanting to do this  

So….. I haven't done anything to the car since the last update apart from move it up to the garage for storage.  However ! The car is booked in at the dippers in October and is then going up to Irvs VW restos to have all of the metal work sorted   

 

who is dipping it? and whats the cost roughly for a mk1?

volkswarren said

who is dipping it? and whats the cost roughly for a mk1?

Envirostrip are dipping it for me and is £895 without any primer.  It costs £300 - £500 depending on what primer you want on it thought.
  Irvs wants it left as is so he can sort any remaining bits of rust if there is any and then he will primer it himself.


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