'75 ( yes really!) resto/rebuild
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:54 pm
Hello chaps
I thought it was about time I started to let on what was happening with my '75 TS
Those of you with a long term affliction ( sciroccoitis! ) will remember this car as dave seaman's ( no , not that one...... ) car
I bought it ages ago, and started the very long process of gathering parts to fix it ......... and now ( da daaaa ) it's fairly well on the way to getting back on the road.
On inspection, after a strip down , it appeared to have 'gone' in some very unusual places for a mk1, the front valence under the bumper had rusted right out to the point of having a 3 inch round hole in it! along with lots of extra rust in there, both front wings were shot, as we're the sills and lots of the underside, but areas like the scuttle/ windscreen corners were perfect, as were bits like the headlamp mounting panels, and spare wheel well! I think it'd been left in a damp lockup for too long, and I think it'd been parked front end in, thus explains the rotten front. It had also had a bash in the rear quarter (driver side) And where it's been fixed had rusted quite happily.
It has only 35k on the clock though I'm not suggesting for a mo, that's the milage on it, but other than a poor seat retrim ( no blue tartan..... boo hoo) all the other interior bit are there and in great shape, including the uncracked damage free dash!
So, my good friend and fabricator extraordinaire Hayden Watson , who owns and runs Panelkraft in herts, has been left with the task of sorting out one of what must be the oldest right hand drive cars knocking about today.
I'll post up more pics after going over next week, but the list of panels used so far are ( deep breath)
Front panel ( series 1 pre 78)
Both front wings
Sills on both sides
Rear panel, again a really early one ( thankyou brad!)
And I also have a tailgate and doors
All NOS , and apart from the sills all VW ( praise the lord)
The floor pan need much help as the inner sills/floor pan join was pinholed all the way along, and what're the seat runners met the pan was the same. The beam mounts were really bad on the driver ( accident ) side but not so bad on the other side.
So that where it stands as we speak, in primer
Some before shots showing the state it was in, check that driver side sill!
I thought it was about time I started to let on what was happening with my '75 TS
Those of you with a long term affliction ( sciroccoitis! ) will remember this car as dave seaman's ( no , not that one...... ) car
I bought it ages ago, and started the very long process of gathering parts to fix it ......... and now ( da daaaa ) it's fairly well on the way to getting back on the road.
On inspection, after a strip down , it appeared to have 'gone' in some very unusual places for a mk1, the front valence under the bumper had rusted right out to the point of having a 3 inch round hole in it! along with lots of extra rust in there, both front wings were shot, as we're the sills and lots of the underside, but areas like the scuttle/ windscreen corners were perfect, as were bits like the headlamp mounting panels, and spare wheel well! I think it'd been left in a damp lockup for too long, and I think it'd been parked front end in, thus explains the rotten front. It had also had a bash in the rear quarter (driver side) And where it's been fixed had rusted quite happily.
It has only 35k on the clock though I'm not suggesting for a mo, that's the milage on it, but other than a poor seat retrim ( no blue tartan..... boo hoo) all the other interior bit are there and in great shape, including the uncracked damage free dash!
So, my good friend and fabricator extraordinaire Hayden Watson , who owns and runs Panelkraft in herts, has been left with the task of sorting out one of what must be the oldest right hand drive cars knocking about today.
I'll post up more pics after going over next week, but the list of panels used so far are ( deep breath)
Front panel ( series 1 pre 78)
Both front wings
Sills on both sides
Rear panel, again a really early one ( thankyou brad!)
And I also have a tailgate and doors
All NOS , and apart from the sills all VW ( praise the lord)
The floor pan need much help as the inner sills/floor pan join was pinholed all the way along, and what're the seat runners met the pan was the same. The beam mounts were really bad on the driver ( accident ) side but not so bad on the other side.
So that where it stands as we speak, in primer
Some before shots showing the state it was in, check that driver side sill!
Hats off either way!
) and folk on it are positive and informative!