Winter car project. FINISHED pics 1/1/12

As some of you know I got myself a winter car. A completely original '81 CL. 77K with service history up to 67K. A bit rusty but it had never been welded.

Some pics of it when i got it home. Yes its on stilts for now  First wash in over 3 years as it had just been sitting in someones drive. G60's off my red one were on for the MOT


The bumpers were really faded but straight so i sprayed them black





Masked up




Turned out really well I think













Love the red interior against the white.


This lot will be going on today if the rain ever stops

Looks like a nice car and the new parts will be awesome on it! So is your red one resting over the winter? I hope to see it some time at a meet, it looks very nice!

yeah the red one is off the road for the winter. Maybe even the whole year :cry: I might swap the insurance over in the summer if i get the red one up to scratch again. Needs a tidy up in places.

I'll be at the meet on the 6th probably but in the 4 door.

What car will you be taking?

Not sure what car to take as both have insurance and the 16v has not been out for a long time    went to start it today and the battery is flat! Probley just take the 1.1, will wait and see!

i wish it stops raining because i am starting to love the 5 door models

sun sun plz  8)

Got the car running sweet today Fitted new points, condensor, rotor arm, plugs etc. Also finally got to take some pics with the coilovers adn classics on.















Just need to fit the new door and tackle the surface rust over time..

Looking good! Wheels would look nice in black with the raised bits polished! Will look amazing with the rust sorted out!  8)

Very nice dude!

Where to you manage to find them?   :mrgreen:

Good work on the bumper, looks sweet  :wink:

Well done mate, quite a nice find and 'Luxury Underlay'… Only the best for a MK1.

While I've your attention, do you want that image I retouched? I'll email it over to you if you like.

Cheers

T

ross what paint did you use on the bumpers, they look awesome  :wink:

nice looking ride man. good stance.

i think the classics in all silver really suit it. are they painted or polished?

ash x

Tian said

Well done mate, quite a nice find and 'Luxury Underlay'… Only the best for a MK1.

While I've your attention, do you want that image I retouched? I'll email it over to you if you like.

Cheers

T

Yeah please, send it over I was wondering if you had finished it or not.

smillsey said

ross what paint did you use on the bumpers, they look awesome  :wink:

Yeah they turned out well I think. It was halfords black plastic bumper paint. I think I only used 1 can on each as it covers pretty well

dope_as said

nice looking ride man. good stance.

i think the classics in all silver really suit it. are they painted or polished?

ash x

Yeah, I wasnt sure how they would look in all silver on a white car but I really like them. They are painted but Im thinking about polishing the lips and spraying the spokes a different colour. You can probably guess :wink:


Thanks for the comments

Sent over mate.

Thanks

T :wink:

Got it. Looks great, cheers

Looks mint mate,

Yeah just the rust and its all sorted…..

Any plants on keeping the wheels & the ride orignal i.e height wise.

Cheers

great looking mk1 mate.

good stuff.

Still not sprayed and its a bit rustier  So I thought Id make a few changes    















Will need to chop the rack down a bit as its a bit high..

Looking good, I like the wheels like that, all it needs now is a nice fresh DIY paint job  :wink: