Arf's 1991 Clipper Winter TLC Restoration.

Where did you get the interior from in the end Scott ?

Looking good mate.

Did you get the interior off ebay?

Yea it was off eBay. Got all the door cards and lots of chrome bits But I dunno if I'll put them in cus they look a bit too bling.

Taylor made real leather I didn't wanna buy a leatherette retrim set after what you said Dave

And drakey in holding on the the corsa as a daily I'm
 afraid this is gonna be a weekend car….. Although I do like the idea of driving a tractor daily

Thought they were the ones.

Liking the rear headrests aswell.

Your plans for it sound good.

arf333 said

And drakey in holding on the the corsa as a daily I'm
 afraid this is gonna be a weekend car….. Although I do like the idea of driving a tractor daily

Do it!! You know where you can get one, the car garage down the road from me!

drakey91 said

arf333 said

And drakey in holding on the the corsa as a daily I'm
 afraid this is gonna be a weekend car….. Although I do like the idea of driving a tractor daily

Do it!! You know where you can get one, the car garage down the road from me!

lol ill see if they wanna do px on my corsa

BigNormRivage said

Thought they were the ones.

Liking the rear headrests aswell.

Your plans for it sound good.

yea i made him an offer and he took it off ebay, i was getting quotes at around £1500 to get mine retrimmed

im not 100% on the rear headrests not too sure if it maked the car looked too cramped

think they look mint mate, and i really like the rear headrests ! :-)

Right been stripping car, almost ready for respray

New:
Clutch
Cambelt
Expansion tank
Side repeathers
Indicators
Headlights
2 lamp grill
lowering springs
Avus Snowflakes
Soon to be picking up 13" steelies with original trims

Im going to put the 2 leather front seats in
Looking at getting door cars redone with green piping
Not gonna put rear bench in car, maybe top gear style sofa? (is the mrs agree's lol)

On the to-buy list:
Wolfsburg steering wheel
XLC Wind deflector
Backbox
Cream hood cover / tonneau

Thats it for now

Hi scott

Looks like you are going to be busy! That is a decent to-do list, mate…

The interior in your pics look tasty… The XL wind deflector is A1 - really keeps the wind away from your back and feet. They pop up on German eBay from time to time.

If I see a tonneau I'll keep you in mind. Enjoy  :wink:

Yea only realised how much work there is to do!

Im gonna have to pull my finger out if i want to get it ready

I was planning on selling to interior to fund respray, but ill just save for another month and get it done start of April

I want the XLC, its got cream round the outside thought it might match the interior found 1 from Germany for 209 Euros

Hopefully going to respray soon

As your interiors out I'll pm you my addy, lmao!

Coming along great mate, your gonna have some good times rolling around!
Keep up the good work, I think the sofas are filling up watching you at work!

Didge

Yea I can't wait bow especially with this not of sun were having
I've got the car booked in for respray April 16th so I'm hoping end if may it will be on road
Fingers crossed !!

made some progress today.

i changed my instrument panel for one from a gli with the chrome surround




gonna get the matching blower vents aswell


I also took the air box off got a new filter on order.
Did a cambelt change also new fan belt while it was off



also replaced the tired expansion tank with a new on, flushed out all the old coolent from rad, it was pretty much orange !
i dont know whether to keep flushing it or replace the radiator



also came across this in driver foot well


turns out there was a tiny hole in the joint under scuttle panel so resealed it all the way along with new silicone



On the plus side though engine is looking a whole lot cleaner now
Before:

After:



Ive bought a debadged bootlid to go into the spray shop with the car that im gonna put on and ive also got some smoked rear lights i might put on, i thought id chance it cus i paid £15 for the lot

looking good mate :-)

Finally off to be painted

lol you look well P*ss*d off in the photo as its goin on trailer.

smiles, it will be back soon

excellent, gonna be some really nice newly sprayed cars at the AGM this year :-)

Had car back from respray. It still needs a polish to make it gleam but paint is still looking good
 Slowly rebuilding car now hope to have it done by the end of may

What I've put back on :
Clipper kit
Bumpers
Boot lid
Rear lights
Front lights
Grill (coming back off for a clean though)
Indicators
Aerial
Carpet
Rear door cards

2 pics for now

2 weeks ago:


Yesterday:

Looking really nice mate.

Need more pics tho :-)