GTI Project #2

After giving up on my first GTI restoration attempt.
Here are some photos of my recent shell, which I purchased last week.  It's a 1983 model.
Hopefully the photos will work



good solid sill and floor panel



check out the inner arches





rusty rear quarter panel



not for long



sorted



and finally here is the spare wheel well before I set about it with the grinder today



more to follow :twisted:

Cool - reminds me of doing mine

I was reading your previous thread earlier - glad to catch up with the new one and to see what's going on.

Best of luck with the resto - keep the pics coming

Rich

Tried to take some more pics, but I seem to have broken my wifes camera  ops:
Anyway I took the grinder to the spare wheel well and basically got carried away. I have removed all the waxoyl and paint from the inside and most from the outside and started to patch up one or two bits.
I will post more pics when I fix the camera or I may use my sons camera.

Nearly forgot, I also cut out the two holes for teh number plate, on the rear panel, because they were slightly rusty, and welded in two pieces of metal.
The bug is back  

Things are moving on again. Pics to follow  :wink:

The story so far. Firstly I was going to go out and take some pics tonight, but the Scottish summer weather is back at its best again. Its pi*chucking it down.
Have taken the rear O/S lower quarter panel repair so far.  I then moved on to the spare wheel well and started welding various patches in here and there.  I just kept finding more and more small rust holes in the well.  Spent hours on it welding and grinding.

Well until yesterday.  I had also been doing bits and pieces to the rear panel, when I noticed that the O/S light area was different from the N/S. It had been accident damaged at some time.  

Time for a plan, so I took my trusty grinder and cut out the O/S rear light area from my first project car, cut out the damaged area on this car and sorted it all out to fit in.

Getting to the point I have now taken the bull by the horns and have totally cut out the spare wheel well.  What a waste of time that was. It is to be replaced with the well from my first car, which is in excellent condition (about the only bit on the car).  Also now planning to purchase a complete rear panel from mr Quiff and fit that.

So looks like my first ever Golf is destined for the scrapyard  in the sky, well whats going to be left of it by the time I cannablise it.

Pics to follow.  Honestly. :roll:

good on ya, the hardest part is getting started  once you get in about it its not that bad, shell looks like a good basis.Are you reshelling the other car into this shell or using this shells id?

I am going to use all the bits that I need from the first car and fit them to the red one, using its id.
Thats the plan anyway.

Here are a few more pics as promised.



Gone. The hole ready for fitting of the good spare wheel well.



the same hole again from under the car.



The good spare wheel well, which i have cleaned off and welded a small patch onto.



and finally an other view of the well.

Plans for now are to order the rear panel from crazy quiff, remove the old panel then weld in the spare wheel well complete with the metal panel to weld to the rear panel.  I will post more pics when i get on with it.

Hi - great pics of repairs - I fixed the bad links above.

When you put the pic urls in use the ones given when you upload the pics from photobucket.

Cheers

Rich

Looking good so far macca. Keep up the good work. You never know. You might be able to drive it one of these days! :wink:

looking good mate, wheel well look ace

Thanks folks, and thanks for fixing my photo link Rich.  What had I not done right?
I'll be contacting you, via your site, shortly, to order the rear panel (once I get the missus to transfer the money into the account for the paypal).

 ops:

No probs - I think you cut and paste the link from the address bar which had some extra bumf in that the img tag did not like.

Look forward to your order - have stock at the mo  

Cheers

rich

Thanks Rich, Ive sussed it now. Had done the same thing with the pics of the chrome window rubbers that I am selling.

Gonna order the panel right now  :y:

Got new rear panel last week. Lookin good.  Time to get the grinder and spot weld drill out.  That old panels about to come off.

Will post some pics shortly.

this project is coming along very nicley and quickly just wish mine would go that way.

Macca said

Got new rear panel last week. Lookin good.  

Gad it arrived safely

It certainly did Rich.
I will post some pics of the changeover.  Away to start that now.  8)

1stgolf said

this project is coming along very nicley and quickly just wish mine would go that way.

Never give up mate, get stuck in about it.  Good Luck!!

Help!!!!!

The old rear panel is no more. But I need help, do the rear lights sit out proud of the tailgate or should they be flush. Hope you understand what I mean. Its just before I go and weld the new panel in place.  I should have checked before i got carried away with the grinder, but as usual didnt.  ops:

I will post some more pics when I get back to it, which should be soon as Im on holiday just now.