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Offline lilacseal

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Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« on: 20 February 2010, 18:14 »
Hi,

I'm looking to restore my '91 oak green gti, and was wondering if anyone can recommend a good garage?
It needs a tiny bit of bodywork and a re-spray, and the heater matrix needs replacing.

Offline Jay

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Re: Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« Reply #1 on: 20 February 2010, 21:13 »
Speak to Thom89
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=12176

He does this for a living and has recently finished restoring his MK2 GTI  :cool:
Passat B5.5 2.3 V5 170, with all the extras.

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But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

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Re: Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« Reply #2 on: 20 February 2010, 21:48 »
Speak to Thom89
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=12176

He does this for a living and has recently finished restoring his MK2 GTI  :cool:

Thanks for the recommendation Jay, though I'm pretty much booked solid till Sept/Oct....
Thom

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Re: Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« Reply #3 on: 20 February 2010, 22:14 »
Thom. Any pics of your work bud?
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Re: Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« Reply #4 on: 20 February 2010, 22:50 »
Thom. Any pics of your work bud?

Have a look at this for starters http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=93525.0

I'll go and find a few more pics
Thom

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Re: Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« Reply #5 on: 20 February 2010, 23:15 »
From this   

To this       
Apart from the nose and tail sections, I pretty much built everything in between from scratch, using the windscreen as the starting point, Lola T70 1969 by the way...

And this Marcos Mantis   
This was a 24hr Britcar race, iirc lasted 18hrs before it went bang! now fitted with a Vette motor


The old banger     

Then some years later! last year to be precise :rolleyes:

Thom

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Re: Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« Reply #6 on: 20 February 2010, 23:22 »
if you ever need a tea boy and cleaner thom  :wink:

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Re: Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« Reply #7 on: 21 February 2010, 00:58 »
if you ever need a tea boy and cleaner thom  :wink:
I'll see you in 500 odd days then :grin: :grin: :grin: you'll be a good boy wont you :kiss:
Thom

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Re: Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« Reply #8 on: 21 February 2010, 12:59 »
Thanks for the recommendation Jay, though I'm pretty much booked solid till Sept/Oct....
Thom

So much for the recession eh?

You've probably got one of the best jobs ever! Tinkering with cars like that is a every man's dream!
Passat B5.5 2.3 V5 170, with all the extras.

Want some online storage? Click here to sign up for a Dropbox account.

But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

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Re: Can anyone recommend a garage for restoration?
« Reply #9 on: 21 February 2010, 17:43 »
Tinkering! Awesome..... :grin: :grin:
Thom