What did you restore before your bay???

[Nelly]

I'll start off with some pics i found of my sons mini pick up that i spent 3 years on before the bus,

It had new floors, inner, outer and middle sills, wings, a panels totally deseamed and coil overs all round with a 1275 metro engine, discs and 4 pots.

 

[sparkywig]

Before this one,

I did this one,

this one,

and this one...

:lol:

 

[crede999]

all built in a tent down the side of the house !!!
67 split LHD

65 razoredge type 34 RHD

62 squareback LHD

and my favourite 1970 bay , which is a keeper !!

regards
chris

 

[cunning plan]

My '87 Wedge T3

 

[ant]

oh the shame of it.........

20's and airide, unfortunatly i never got round to the airide, awesome car.

Loads more rides inbetween, need to find some more pics

 

[ground hugger]

I like the mini,used to have a pick-up and a clubman great fun to drive.
My last project was turning this wreck

into this

Then sold it to buy my van "what was i thinking about" but ha ho its all good,at least i will be able to get the whole family in when its finished

 

[Clem]

I built up a few scooters and did a bare metal resto on a 1974 Vespa Rally 200 as my 'piece de resistance'.

I then did a 78 bay before I got my current van, alongside a lot of 'fixer uppers'.

 

[buddysbuddy]

My first taste was heling my old man tighten nuts and bolts on this when I was a kid.....

Then we Built a couple of kit cars - Eagle jeep and F**king fast Westfield (Hyabusa motor!!!) when I was 18.

Then I resto'd this.......three times after wrecking it in forests....

Then inevitable return to aircooled with our current project (and keeper/heirloom)

 

[lemonyellow]

don't know if restore is the right word had several series land rovers over the years that i have repaired, offroaded,repaired, offroaded etc great fun though

 

[easy]

I did another bay, but it was a stock height 73 late bay, no piccies tho :mrgreen:

 

[61 stu]

When i was 15 i did a 56 Split screen Morris Minor, then about 18 years ago i did this 71 Bug:

The Microgiant race car:

61 Bug:

Audi 80 GT:

Once the Bus is lower, narrower and on Fuchs then the work will start on my 53 Oval :mrgreen:

 

[Paulwillie1000]

series 3 Robin Hood

 

[Guest]

all built in a tent down the side of the house !!!
67 split LHD

65 razoredge type 34 RHD

62 squareback LHD

and my favourite 1970 bay , which is a keeper !!

regards
chris

:shock: wow some very very nice restorations there

 

[Guest]

I did another bay, but it was a stock height 73 late bay, no piccies tho :mrgreen:

hehe

 

[ground hugger]

Can't beat the old fords all my mates at the time had them Mk1-Mk2 escorts Mk3 cortinas,and I had a mini :lol:
.My first car bought when I was 15 for £50.00,spent 3years doing it up(no rush I hadn't passed my test )

Wrote it off a year later and bought a capri 1600 sport
Bought this 1500 F plate bug for £125.00

still had the original front :| ,used to turn the front wheels boot it and it would go straight on :lol: .Altered the front loads of welding paint ended up like this

Sold it for £1500.00 and a mk3 escort
Bought this 1200 72 bug for £150.00 out of some ones front garden

Put the long bonnet off the F reg bug on it,had the front beam lowered by (Bol) on here I think its the same guy from Bolwagen in Sheffield.Fitted some centerlines to it and I had to adjust it at its highest setting so I could put the shell back on :lol:

Took these photos to show bol the colour and get a rear light lens,and some guy look'd over my shoulder and said "is it for sale".Next day it was sold just as it was in the last photo

 

[67panel]

if you dont count customers stuff ,never restored any MODIFIED loads,dont do stock :!: unless you count the crossover i rebuilt with front panel stoved in and plywood hardtop,yes your eyes are ok PLYWOOD fitted 96 devon poptop with danbury interior cant find pics ,sold to lads in hereford dont know if any one on here has got it light blue and white,brown /yellow pop top canvace?

 

[lard]

Can't claim too much credit as I just asked the skilled guy to weld and paint it in the colour of my choice - did the nasty stripping down to a shell and fiddly putting back together, finding loads of missing bits (about 30% of the car!), getting everything working after it had been welded and painted and putting my touch to it

 

[67 BAY]

Can't beat the old fords all my mates at the time had them Mk1-Mk2 escorts Mk3 cortinas,and I had a mini :lol:
.My first car bought when I was 15 for £50.00,spent 3years doing it up(no rush I hadn't passed my test )

Wrote it off a year later and bought a capri 1600 sport
Bought this 1500 F plate bug for £125.00

still had the original front :| ,used to turn the front wheels boot it and it would go straight on :lol: .Altered the front loads of welding paint ended up like this

Sold it for £1500.00 and a mk3 escort
Bought this 1200 72 bug for £150.00 out of some ones front garden

Put the long bonnet off the F reg bug on it,had the front beam lowered by (Bol) on here I think its the same guy from Bolwagen in Sheffield.Fitted some centerlines to it and I had to adjust it at its highest setting so I could put the shell back on :lol:

Took these photos to show bol the colour and get a rear light lens,and some guy look'd over my shoulder and said "is it for sale".Next day it was sold just as it was in the last photo

Yeah it's the same bol Dave..........


Steve

 

[bugdust]

I don't know if restore is the word I'd use but here are a few of my past rides.
70 baja, painted by my brother, sold it in 1993 when my first son was born

70 bug

65-based Stephens Sand Shark

engine (in progress)

67 bug before

After

69 RHD suicide-doored jalopy before (RHD is cool here :lol: )

after

74 baja. This was a sedan with a 1-pc 'glass front that a local stereo shop used to try out products in. It had power windows, 9" TV in the dash and was hacked up bad with spaghetti wiring. Someone tried to shave the doors but did it badly. I turned it into a baja and started fixing it up but sold it before I finished.

dash before

after

engine before

after

drums

vents

62 vert (should have kept! )

now with current owner

Current projects:
64 bug

62 ragtop

61 volksrod

8" l/p extension I built (I built a 10" b/j for a friend's car)

67 bug, 1776, dual dell'orto 40s, Berg linkage, Berg shifter, MWS BRMs, 4" beam, drop spindles, etc
before

after

fun car

plus the 69 westy. I've had 45 bugs (55-76 incl. 3 verts, half a dozen ragtops, 3 ovals, etc), 4 'glass buggies, 4 rail buggies, a 59 DC, 60 SC, 74 bay, a number of bajas, etc. along with a 85 jetta 2 dr, 86 jetta, 87 jetta, 91 GTi.

 

[ant]

Some really cool bug restos in this thread.

What exhaust is this and where can i get one?