I'm not sure the tops come off on all types.
In your photo the right hand one has what looks like spot welds.

Nice one Hywel!

Good un, Danny.
A pragmatic Northern solution!
Hope you're keeping well.

And Mr Brown didn't include restoration of the engine, fueling, gearbox, braking system, suspension system, steering! A full restoration, done properly is £15,000 to £20,000. Not worth it unless you aim to keep the car for ever! If you watch Car SOS, think how much restoring some of their cars must ...

That's only paint!
All the other parts, mechanical, etc., etc., need to be fully looked at for a car to be fully restored.
To quote the old saying......'All fur coat and no knickers'.

This should have been posted in the 'Electrical' section lower down where it will be more likely to be picked up. I am assuming your car is a Mk3, due to airbag reference. Most people on here are more familiar with the Mk1 and Mk2 models so maybe you will not get much response. I would suggest you s...

When you have the actual ignition switch dangling on its wires have you tried turning it with a screwdriver?
Odd functions coming and going suggest poor connections, have you tried using spray on electrical connection cleaner?

Eibach and Bilstein are good.
The Bilsteins may well be just inserts, meaning you have to use your existing suspension struts. The top cap on the struts may not be removable. You will need to remove the struts to be able to check.

The only logical and sensible way to make it fair would be linking it to mileage by adding it onto fuel prices.

Too often it's a case of those who design cars don't have to do the maintenance on them!

Gotta get it passed for Hywel's and Linda's run, Dave!

It's amazing what experts can do to old and tired leather.

You sure it was the brackets on the beam and not the bodywork section these attach to?
The body sub frame is usually the suspect area.

I would look at restoration of 'shabby' seat rather than refurbishment. Keep the old leather, don't re-new.

If it's badly rusted, I would cut out all the rust with an angle grinder and weld in some new steel. For using an angle grinder and welding around there you need to move all parts of the fueling system in that area from the car and clean up the area around using a wire wheel on an angle grinder. The...