The Impulse Purchase (Slow Progress Content)

I was planning on getting the mk2 finished and stopping with project cars for at least a couple of years.
However
I picked up a KR for free and already had a gearbox, bike carbs, fuel pump and rado front seats i started itching for another toy.
(mk2 is still not complete though which is why this is going to be slow progress)

This mk1 tin top appeared on eBay and 5 mins drive from my house.
I was originally planning on picking up a mk1 caddy but once i saw this, i could see so much potential and started getting ideas for colors and interiors etc.
She came on lowered suspension (just springs by the look of it) weber carb, 4 out of the 6 black and chrome side strips and some G60 lookalike 14" steels.

Here are some pics of when i went to pick the ol girl up












The dash is in a bit of a state but will be trimmed later on


Needed to replace the carb gasket because it looked like this


Bought a new battery but still wouldn't idle properly.
Checked all the leads and fluids except one important one
mmhhmmm cough petrol

Absolutely fine now and idles as it should, which isn't bad for a car that has been off the road for a number of years.

Plans now are to:
collect bits and pieces ready for shot blasting, powder coating and polybushing.
Remove the bodykit and respray the shell
Coilovers
Sort out the KR ready to be dropped in, but going to keep the 1.6 that's currently in there so that i can drive her.
And finally to sort out the electrics. Hardly any of it works. There are a lot of relays in the glovebox though and hardly any on the fusebox

Hopefully she will be sent off to a friend for the welding jobs and can start prepping for paint and possibly attend a few meets before the end of the year

looks awsome mate, good luck with the resto, i got hold of a mk1 gx project, been stood for 12 years, just got to pick him up and get going

chris

thanks buddy.
12 years? good luck with yours, hope it's in not too bad condition

Nicko16v said

thanks buddy.
12 years? good luck with yours, hope it's in not too bad condition

its been stripped out on the inside, but all there, sills feel shafted but there not that expensive, prob need doors and rear hatch, will get pics when i get him, best bit is the car was free, Yes free so whatever it costs for the resto is all ill have in it so its all good, i hope  

chris  

free? nicely done. looking forward to some pics of yours

Nicko16v said

free? nicely done. looking forward to some pics of yours

ill get em up soon as

chris

This will eventually make it's way into the bay


with the addition of these

woo the bodykit is off
Coming off:

The orange is paint to temporarily protect against the elements


This will need some attention


And the final one. Starting to look like a real mk1 again


A quick poke around with a screwdriver and a wire brush and the golf needs:
Drivers rear arch
Patch on passenger rear arch
Patch on passenger sill

anyone have any small black plastic bumpers laying around?
not fussed about the condition as long as they're useable and close to the south bucks area

Is the kit going back on? Leave it off please! lol. Good work so far!

god no.
the kit is being chopped into tiny pieces with the angle grinder and binned.

did you manage to get any more done to yours over the weekend?

You might get abit of money for it if you sold it. What kit is it? It looks like a clipper kit.

I was just about to update my thread mate. So watch out for it. lol

I wasn't particularly gentle taking it off so it's in lots of pieces already.
Il check out yours now

Got the wings 3/14's off today.
There is a blob of weld holding the wings to the front panel and getting too dark out there to grind it off.

Now need both driver and passenger replacement wings if anyone has any knocking around?

stripped ready for welding


some seriously sketchy electrics in there, for instance:
The power for the headunit has been spliced into the fan speed controller.

floor pan looks clean mate,

i think you don't want much welding for it

it's mostly just the outer panels.
the driver rear arch, the spare wheel well and a couple of little bits, but nothing major.

awesome project by the way.. looks sweet.
Going to be an absolute weapon

Some parts collected.
thank you funk-star


bumpers, grill, rear beam, ARB and hubs to be blasted and powder coated

had a visit from the local bodyshop that has created gems such as:



and need both sills, both rear inner and outer arches, patch in the spare wheel well, patch for passenger inner wing, replacement wings and boot lid.
so while she's in having the welding done also being treated to a full respray.

Hopefully sourced the sills, but on the hunt for rear outer and inner arches, front wings and tailgate.
If anyone has any of that lil list then please get in touch.
Bodyshop is booked for end of the month

all body panels collected and booked in for weld and respray this weekend
getting excited

Bit of an update
All the parts to repair the rust issues have been collected


stuffed into the back of the Corsa to fill the Mk1 ready for collection


Collection day for the welding and respray


Goodbye horrible flip paint and nasty rust


Brakes have seized and had a call from the bodyshop saying that she wouldn't start.
After some fresh fuel and cleaning the points, plugs and leads she kicked into life again so pretty relieved