Returning member

Hi all,

I used to be a member a few years back, I've had my S2 GTI for a good few years, drove it for a while then took it off the road for a resto, life, divorce and subsequent rebuilding of life took me away from the resto for a good few years, but now my thoughts have started turning back to the car and finishing what I started a few years ago

… just glad I managed to hold on to the car, it was touch and go for a while

Welcome back mate, just remind us a little more about your car and a few photos will help!   

Thanks It's a 1983 1.8 8v S2 with light modifications

I'm currently doing a resto on it

Work done so far:
New NOS front panel
2 new rear wheel arches

Lots and lots left to do









She looked like this before the resto started


 

Here's some snaps of my ownerships (2003-2005 I think), doing some rust repairs pre-dog hitting incident.   I do have the pictures from the original advert where I bought it in 2003 somewhere…








Dave

Oh nice, a couple there I haven't got. I'll add them to my collection  

Any idea when it will be back on the road Mike?

Hairyarse

Well I'd love to say I'm going full speed ahead with the resto, but sadly not  

Firstly, I have my garage which I need to put a 10ft extension on the back of it to allow space for a workshop, so I can make get the mk1 back from where I'm storing him and back to somewhere where I can do some work.

Then it'll be a few hours a week as I have a young family and I travel with work a lot (14 away weeks this year)  

I have fortunatly managed to convince the boss that the Mk1 is worth cracking on with because the value of them is going up and up, so to answer your question, I hoping within the next 2-3 years I'll be back on the road… I wish it could be sooner  

Once I start work on him again, I'll start a build topic, but there seems little point right now

That sounds pretty normal Mike, life tends to get in the way. Mine has been in bits for about 7-8 years now!!  

Yeah, I guess it's the same for most.

It's still frustrating though, especially when you see all the pics of shiney mk1s and I just want him to be back on the road and all sorted.

I'd rather take my time and do a nice job though    

That's the best way