PNERivage's Rivage Restore

nobbysnuts said

well done for car of the month, where did you get your engine mounts from as I would like to do mine soon. thanks in advance.

If you update your interior with big norms and you have a good spare seat left over I may well be interested so I can sort out my tired drivers seat, no rush though.

nobbysnuts said

well done for car of the month, where did you get your engine mounts from as I would like to do mine soon. thanks in advance.

If you update your interior with big norms and you have a good spare seat left over I may well be interested so I can sort out my tired drivers seat, no rush though.

nobbysnuts said

I have some material but a seat base would be a lot easier to use for a repair, thanks for the info.

Shughy said

Hi tony

is that the original anti roll bar? just fitted new bushes and brackets? or did you purchase new ARB?

cheers mate.

urbanracer said

Have you a name for person who will blast and powder coat?

Car of the month - November 2010

The Person
Hi I'm PNERivage and my real name is Tony (and yes PNE is Preston North End). I'm 35 and have been into VW's since my teens. I initially wanted a Beetle convertible as my first car but it never happened. My first car was a Talbot Samba (you are allowed to laugh). I eventually got my first golf age 21 which was a red mk3 cl with PAS. After that I had a mk3 VR6 (previously owned by none other than Pat Sharp from ITV's Funhouse!). I then moved onto an Audi S3 but as the pitter-patter of Tiny feet came along it meant yet another change of car. We now have an Audi A3 2.0 Tdi, our family daily driver and my Rivage. I work in Preston and most of the time I ride into work just a mile and a half away on My 1976 Vespa Rally 200. I work for BT where I am an IT consultant.



The Purchase
A friend was selling his fully restored campaign and I would have got it dirt cheap but I wanted to try and get a young mk1 and I also fancied a convertible. After some research I spotted a Rivage on eBay that didn't meet its reserve and made the guy an offer. A couple of days later he called me back to say he was reluctantly going to accept. That weekend my dad took me all the way to Chesterfield where I blindly bought the car (after knocking £500 off his reserve). You could say it was an impulse buy. I got lucky really. I bought my Rivage in 2006, and joined the forum.. Wish I had the Campaign too!



The Project
As the Rivage is a limited edition I decided I was never going to modify it from standard (it was virtually standard when purchased). The only thing i did between 2006 and the start of 2010 was rewire the dash lights (the pcb was goosed) and obtain some trim clips.

So really the project started in Jan 2010 and it started with a new hood.. You can see my project Here. Since then I have also resprayed the bumpers and bonnet, had a full car professional polish, new number plates fitted, fixed the interior bolsters and material, fixed heated seats, replaced cigarette lighter, new stereo and aerial installed, sat nav hard wired, new lamps installed, new exhaust, new radiator, MFA fixed and dash lights fixed properly.

Since Jan I have added another 450+posts and have been very busy restoring and getting involved with the forum and helping users. I have made many good friends through the forum in this time. I had worked hard to get the mk1 looking good for Uttoxeter and even talked the Mrs into coming but unfortunately I blew my radiator on the way. So my Rivage is looking pretty good at the moment but still have a dream at some point trying to get this car as concourse as possible. ie full re spray and detailing……. but that may just be a pipe dream

Thanks for reading and thank you for voting for me.


Tony

PNERivage

funk-star said

LOL tony you after some discount?

also stock new arb rubbers.

PNERivage said

Rub down and resprayed my wiper arms

NellyCB said

I'd like to do mine, paint has chipped over the years and I want them looking good again.

What did you do and use?