restoring a 79 GTI..badly painted

hopefully him having to strip off the crap job the last guy put on it doesnt put up the price too much

yeah, think i might suggest that i remove the bad job before he gets it, give me a chance to save a bit of cash too. may have to sell a couple of sets of wheels to fund the paint :cry:

Alright dude just read through the whole thread, very good read and hope the new sprayer is much better !

Have a mate at work Jim whos is madly into his Fords who knows you  :wink:

Keep the updates coming  

andy77 said

Alright dude just read through the whole thread, very good read and hope the new sprayer is much better !

Have a mate at work Jim whos is madly into his Fords who knows you  :wink:

Keep the updates coming  

yeah Esh (eshelby), he's a good guy, been mate's with him since school, and we were each other's best man, yeah he's right into his fords, but he probably won't tell ya that it was v.w's when he was 13-15. he now has a v'w bay window camper, did you used to have a mk3 derv? anyway hopefully i'll get back on track soon.  

Yeah you could strip the old paint off and do as much prep work as you are comfortable with, tho you don't want to try too much, as if It's not quite right, then the bodyshop will have to redo it. Maybe speak with whoever you are thinking of getting the car sprayed by, and ask them what prep work you can do to make the job cheaper and easier for the bodyshop.

Pete.

79-85 said

andy77 said

Alright dude just read through the whole thread, very good read and hope the new sprayer is much better !

Have a mate at work Jim whos is madly into his Fords who knows you  :wink:

Keep the updates coming  

yeah Esh (eshelby), he's a good guy, been mate's with him since school, and we were each other's best man, yeah he's right into his fords, but he probably won't tell ya that it was v.w's when he was 13-15. he now has a v'w bay window camper, did you used to have a mk3 derv? anyway hopefully i'll get back on track soon.  

Ha thats him ! Yeah hes told me all about the camper, he has plans for a new engine already. I didnt have a mk 3 derv but was it a nice looking smooth red 5 door on bbs split rims???

here is an update on the 79' it is still in the garage and waiting to be blasted, so that spectrum can work his magic. after the dissapointing result with the last sprayer, i needed to take a step back and take a bit of time out. i still have the same ideas on the car and will be going ahead soon as.

going to the blasters on wednesday....

….my cl had spent 8 years in a barn apparently as well.  

Its silver too.

Nice car by the way!  

79-85 said

going to the blasters on wednesday….

Glad you still pushing on with this project dude !!!

andy77 said

79-85 said

andy77 said

Alright dude just read through the whole thread, very good read and hope the new sprayer is much better !

Have a mate at work Jim whos is madly into his Fords who knows you  :wink:

Keep the updates coming  

yeah Esh (eshelby), he's a good guy, been mate's with him since school, and we were each other's best man, yeah he's right into his fords, but he probably won't tell ya that it was v.w's when he was 13-15. he now has a v'w bay window camper, did you used to have a mk3 derv? anyway hopefully i'll get back on track soon.  

Ha thats him ! Yeah hes told me all about the camper, he has plans for a new engine already. I didnt have a mk 3 derv but was it a nice looking smooth red 5 door on bbs split rims???

Hey guys, thought my ears were burning! :mrgreen:   Small world isn't it?   

I know the guy that painted the silver golf…..his painting is very good in fact some of his work can be seen on this website http://www.dropshots.com/lambretta the yellow and white lambretta in the snow started off as the plum coloured one on the bench,,,,the 2 fiat 500s were ground up restorations done by him.they were wrecks when bought in italy….

dave1600d said

I know the guy that painted the silver golf…..his painting is very good in fact some of his work can be seen on this website http://www.dropshots.com/lambretta the yellow and white lambretta in the snow started off as the plum coloured one on the bench,,,,the 2 fiat 500s were ground up restorations done by him.they were wrecks when bought in italy….

Cant be that good…

If he was this wouldn't have happened…

The golf would most likely be all fitted up and mot'd and tested by now. poss even in a mag?

Looking good though! looking forward to following the thread!!!

Jon.

79-85 said

isn't retro motoring just the best!!!!

 The staggered D90's looks the best!

sorry i havn't updated this thread, was all up to pass this on to someone else, but have decided that i'll keep on going. i'll leave it till after christmas and get back on it, just a bit down heartened about the paint thing, thanks for peoples support, i will get it finished!!!!! :dontknow:

Glad to hear your keeping the project dude, will look forward to looking at the photos and your progress in the new year !!!

Keep at it mate.

Restoring a mk1 is a journey ,not a race.

i ended up painting my car myself as i was fed up with huge prices and no one able to do it for months, i looked up internet and got an idea of different ways and did it masel 8)

o.k back up for sale, as i  am getting another!!! gonna let the auction run unless some one wants to make an offer on here. also here is a pic of my ute with the zender turbos

hello mate did this sell on ebay?
if not pm or email me postsucks@yahoo.co.uk as very intrested in buying it cheers