Project Black Betty

[jamesgti8v]

Well I finally got my hands on a mk2....

Its a 1989 GTI 8v

Bit shody but its in for a full strip down and re-build, heres a few pics....

















im goin for the lightweight effect...im gonna take everything off/repair all rust/upgrade all running gear/get engine and box rebuilt/spray interior/fit roll cage/spray the bay and shell/fit all the nice newly painted engine,box and running gear/fit some nice factory buckets/get a full stainless on it/ and probly do alot more.....all suggestions welcome oh yeah wana get some compomotives on it n a decent set of coilies or evan gas struts.....

Just a quick update n a few pics of the rust


Finally got all the bleepin soundproofin off, what a sh!ty job but worth it


Footwell lookin in a sorry state, looks like its been pushed up by the jacking point is this replaceable??


pass side rear arch


drivers side rear arch



pass side rear top mount



drivers side rear top mount


drivers side rear window


small hole in drivers front footwell


old patchup in drivers rear footwell


pass side front jacking point nackerd


pass side lookin nakerd is this fixable?



pass side rear sill looks nakerd aswell

ALL COMMENTS AND ADVICE ON HOW TO FIX WELCOME,I WANT TO DO MOST OF IT MYSELF IF POSS TO SAVE THE DOLLAR,JUST NEED SOMEONE THROW ME A LINE OR POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION


these are some of the parts that came off the car





got a pile up of wheels,lol the missus ain't too happy



Few more pics of the rust on rear turrets n general area's iv stripped.also started on the engine, not far off now n itl be ready to come out the shell will be goin on its side

[snifferdog]

I presume you can weld 

[CCGTI]

best advice, get your local rag, look for scrap cars bought for cash and get rid, take off any reusable parts and buy a more solid base car

Apart from that, good luck if you are taking it on

[Toby]

best advice, get your local rag, look for scrap cars bought for cash and get rid, take off any reusable parts and buy a more solid base car

Apart from that, good luck if you are taking it on

sound advice that, there  is ALOT of rust on betty 

[dazzawest1987]

You reckon you'll have it ready for gti inters at the end off the month? on a serious note fair play to taking this on and good luck with it

[robz]

got rust...? haha

[SoundillusioN]

Fook me that really is borderline don't bother.  Can you weld then?.  Someone who's a confident welder in my opinion wouldn't really need to ask if this and that can be fixed... My answer though is yes because from experience I realised anything is possible but it takes a lot to get a car like that straight and i have seen it done.  Question to you is, do you want to do it, can you do it and is it really worth it? Its going to cost quite a bit of cash going by what you want so if you can afford it and willing to do it, good luck and there's always good help and advise available here. 

[dom]

That looks like it's beyond saving to me

[Wayne]

That looks like it's beyond saving to me

I am with Dom on this, looks too far gone

[thai-wronghorse]

Past it imo. Surely cheaper and easier to buy a better base to start with and use this one for spares.