Virgin restoration project
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Virgin restoration project
Hi all please be gentle i am new to the VW world,
My Wife has bought me a C reg T25 for my 40th birthday keeping it secret for 5 months (more impressed the kids new and never let on)
However Mrs S didn't view or get anyone to go with her to see prior to buying,
In all honesty i am well chuffed with it although it will take a lot of hours go even get it half ready for the road.
It is as rotten as i have ever seen anything and as i have stripped the interior out have found more filler.
i will put some pics on but just wanted some advice as to where to start .
I have no issues with grinding/cutting/welding etc but am struggling to even think of a start point.
I have stripped the majority of the interior out.
is it best to sandblast or flapper or grind ?
if so where would i even get a sandblaster?
so many questions, I have a 3 year deadline lol as my son wants to use it as his prom ride.
My Wife has bought me a C reg T25 for my 40th birthday keeping it secret for 5 months (more impressed the kids new and never let on)
However Mrs S didn't view or get anyone to go with her to see prior to buying,
In all honesty i am well chuffed with it although it will take a lot of hours go even get it half ready for the road.
It is as rotten as i have ever seen anything and as i have stripped the interior out have found more filler.
i will put some pics on but just wanted some advice as to where to start .
I have no issues with grinding/cutting/welding etc but am struggling to even think of a start point.
I have stripped the majority of the interior out.
is it best to sandblast or flapper or grind ?
if so where would i even get a sandblaster?
so many questions, I have a 3 year deadline lol as my son wants to use it as his prom ride.
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Re: Virgin restoration project
How do i attach images??
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http://wiki.club8090.co.uk/index.php/Mi ... g_pictures" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Virgin restoration project
Do i search of metalmick8y 's posts some good ideas on resto work
i.e.
http://forum.club8090.co.uk/search.php? ... mit=Search
really helped me...
this ones pretty usefull 34 pages of pictures ...
http://forum.club8090.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=110336
i.e.
http://forum.club8090.co.uk/search.php? ... mit=Search
really helped me...
this ones pretty usefull 34 pages of pictures ...
http://forum.club8090.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=110336
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Re: Virgin restoration project
My god . You've got some work there in front of you . Best advice I could give is just do a bit at a time. Look forward to seeing the restoration
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Re: Virgin restoration project
That's one major rebuild project, I hope you have somewhere under cover to carry out the work.
If you only have 3 years you'd better get cracking
If you only have 3 years you'd better get cracking
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Wow !
Anything is repairable but it's all about time, experience and having very deep pockets.
Anything is repairable but it's all about time, experience and having very deep pockets.
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Does anyone have recommendations as to where to get parts/panels/metalwork ect?
cheers
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Panels from Alan Schofield
Parts or panels from Brickwerks
Steel sheet from your local steel stock holders.
Parts or panels from Brickwerks
Steel sheet from your local steel stock holders.
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Might be worth you looking at body cuts from vehicles being scrapped.
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Oh good Jesus, Good luck with that , Plenty of work ahead of you .
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bought mine from a scrapyard & wasn't far off the condition of yours , has taken me approx 3 1/2 yrs (also done the subaru conversion ) all done on my shared drive apart from the spray job , luckily i have understanding neighbours , i have thought about giving up on it a few times but we went out for a drive in it today for the first time & family loved it , was worth it but hard work , one tool i could not have done it without was a black & decker powerfile with the blue zirconia belts off ebay (they last a long time unlike the brown belts which break ) good luck the first pic is when i first picked it up but when i stripped it down found it needed welding all over , the second pic was taken today still plenty to do but getting there
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