well thought i might aswell share my high's and lows on this resto so here's i came to have the car and what im going to do with it.
bought the car back in august from gaz(kniterider) for 1250 it was an oak green mk2 16v with big bumper. i bought it from gaz purely because i have before and if he says its mint or sh1te u can take his word on it!! so me and a mate set out on a planned 14 hour round trip but by the time i got home it had been 20 hours because the brake hose split
first thing was first to have a sleep then off to get the brake line fixed which when was done realised that sh1tfit have sodded up the idling (idiots) so after some tampering got it idling round 1k rpm good i thought so of to enjoy the car before i locked it up for winter for major resto. gaz was honest enough to let me know that the stem seals would need replacing due to the fact that when the car was floored tonnes of blue smoke appeared out the back, and signs of an oil leak didnt help matters. but it still didnt get me down always had a smile when driving it much better imho then an 8v any day.
so in october came the time to put it away so i could get to work, 1st on the list was to figure out what i was gonna do to it and my initial thought was to keep it original, and that meant converting it back to small bumper as it had been converted somewhere in its history then i thouht sod that it looks mean with them so if i was gonna style it to my liking. so of to a body shop for some ideas and knew what exactly i was gonna do to it.
1st would replace all wings and arches and loose the plastic trim and vinyl sill covers, then take it back to bare metal and get a respray.
2nd on the list it to get the interior leathered and sound proofed with dyno mat for the huge install that will go in.
and finally after much diliberation replace the block for a 2 litre one prehaps from a corrado or passat.
so watch this space i have already started stripping will post some pics soon
