Shellby - 83 gti ABF on carbs

It's hard to find time sometimes mate even without kids, so it must be a nightmare with them!!

This with 6!!  

It is with 6!!  

6? bloomin heck, man. Plenty power cuts down your way?

5 power cuts, but the 5th produced twins 

You've got good swimmers, I'll give you that!! maybe you should be restoring a speedboat lol

THREAD REVIVAL

well, after a year of not seeing my car due to unemployment, I'm finally back to being able to work on her again. Had a bit of a rethink on the direction I'm going, wanted something close to a show car, but the money involved is huge, and I simply don't have it. So a very nicely finished car is the aim. I wanted her done for my 40th, I'm now 41, so have set a realistic target of finished by my 50th. 9 years to go!!!  

Took a couple of photos today, forgot how nice she looks  





First job is to clean the dust and bird sh*t off, then paint the underside. Then hopefully begin the rebuild.

Hopefully updates will follow a bit more regularly now.

Thanks
Matt

Hi matt, that's such a nice colour. Looking forward to more updates soon  

Love a good Thread Revival! Looks quality mate, good luck with your new deadline!

Lhasa2008 said

Hi matt, that's such a nice colour. Looking forward to more updates soon  

Spen said

Love a good Thread Revival! Looks quality mate, good luck with your new deadline!

Thanks boys. Hopefully get a bit done Thursday evening  

That is a lovely colour, you've just got to remember where it all goes now, currently where I'm at…….daunting! lol

Good luck moving forward with it!

Spidermonkey84 said

That is a lovely colour, you've just got to remember where it all goes now, currently where I'm at…….daunting! lol

Good luck moving forward with it!

Thanks. Good old Miami blue  

Yeah, the rebuild is gonna be interesting, all the parts are there, somewhere. But it's all been moved from one part of the barn to another in my absence, so find everything may be problematic    

This may be the saddest post ever, but I've bought some spray cans, so I can paint the underside and complete the painting - only taken 13 months   

I'm very excited  

Matt

pazwaa said

This may be the saddest post ever, but I've bought some spray cans, so I can paint the underside and complete the painting - only taken 13 months   

I'm very excited  

Matt

What's the underside like at the moment?

Is it stonechip protected etc?

It's been coated with Hammerite stonechip, which gives a smooth finish. Even though it will probably never be seen by anyone, I want the underside to be blue as well, so gonna do a coat over the stonechip.

Well, after roughly 3 years and 3 months, the shell is finally all blue!! Must be the longest it's ever taken to paint a shell  

How she looked this morning



And with the underside and wheel arches painted









Very pleased that's done. Now I can begin the rebuild  

Going to start assembling the rear first. In preparation I spruced up the petrol tank and filler neck





Also found the tank straps, which were painted about 2 years ago. Luckily I'd bubble wrapped them and they look like new, one less thing to do.

So next time I'm down I will finally start bolting parts back on.

Anyone know of a guide to fitting the filler neck and associated gubbins?

Thanks
Matt

Great job Matt! Cracking Miami blue too. Good luck getting it all back together. 

Cracking job +1

That's looks spot on.

Cheers chaps   

Parts ordered from vwh so I can get the fuel tank and rear suspension on.

Double posted by mistake