1980 karmann cabrio restoration.

lets see how it go's.
has being sat for 15 years, hence the mileage of 40000. witch aint bad for nearly 30. its looking a bit green at the moment and the roof has dropped. how many probs will i find??? lol….
LETS SEE

DONT KNOW HOW TO GET PICS ON PAGE.

Hi bud just follow THIS guide.

If you still get stuck with the pics then let us know.  Can't wait to see it  mould and all !!   :wink:

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You typed that mate… but

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You try it bud….

today the roof gets changed will post mor pics later. wish us luck we got to replace the frame to. hell this will be fun.

right so we have now fitted the roof wat fun that was rain…… just as roof came off…….

before








And After

Why the different plates?

its plate is kay500v  but the bumpers were missing so brought some of ebay and forgot to change the front one over   stupid me lol.
got to get a new one for front now thought my little lad tryed to fold it up

very nice mate,looks great being as though its been sat for 15 years!!
whats your plans with it?

want to restore it fully money permiting….. was very lucky with the car i think, no majour rust……. had thought it would be in very bad nick but have been extremly lucky. just had a slight problem with it being sat in the countryside a lovely little family of mice made a house in the wireing loom so being rewireing for two days. :x  wipers are refusing to work   but could be a lot worse…

sounds good mate ill keep an eye on this one so keep the pics comin :wink:
mines not been so lucky its got quite a bit of rust, but nothin my brother cant handle, i hope ha ha!!
heres a pic of how mine looks now



and thats just some ha ha

that looks a bit bad, i knew i was lucky but not how much

yeah it is believe me, but she'll look good in the end

THATS ALL THAT MATTERS MATE, SHE'L BE WORTH IT

finaly got her moted last week only failed on rear wheel bearing and back brake cylinder had seized but all done now and she has tax on her for the first time in nearly 15 years wil put another pic of her on soon

looks like tidy cabby you've got there.

I had a 1980 cabby in black, they are very early ones. :wheelchair: