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A few pics of my MK2 S when i collected it back in 1996..
I was the idiot who bought it after many a prospective buyer turned their noses up at it.
Can't understand why.







It's got an interesting history and as can be seen by the pics it's done a bit of rallying in it's time.
It has the original motor and a few nice additions including silver banded hydro units on the front 3 point rollcage, laminated heated rear screen early slatted sumpguard.
The bodywork was awful and so far has had complete half floors a complete boot floor, n/side 1/4 panel, 1/3 of a back panel and so on and so on.
It's been on the backburner for 10 years, but is next on the list after the Woody is put back on the road.

Better than cash in the bank though, if you bought it in '96.

Looks a nice original car, any recent photos?

As you quite rightly say Steve, it was a good investment 16 years ago.
I've got all the panels to finish the body, found all the seats and trim not long after i got it so it isn't costing anything to feed.
Still a lot of work left to do though and as usual time is the annoying factor.
Might have some more pics somewhere, but will have scan them into the puter. Didn't own a digi camera all those years ago.

Give me a shout if you need any bits, I had a Mk2 S many years ago and still have quite a few bits in the garage.

Thanks Steve. I'll try and remember your offer when I'm hunting for that elusive part or parts.

Found and scanned some more pics.
After i got it home, that should read, parked it in my mates rented leaky garage, it was stripped bare.
A long list of required panels was drawn up and ordered.
In the meantime the excessively rotton front end was sawn off.



Even the rear seat pan didn't escape the tin worm.



Drivers floor pan. MMMMmmm, nice.



Passenger side floor pan.



N/side rear wheelarch and boot floor.



O/side rear wheelarch and surrounding area, or what was left of it.



The floor. That's why I've called it the sieve.



The new floor halves welded in.





The new crossmember ready to be butchered into place.



I don't blame prospective buyers turning their noses up at this particular S.
The best panels on it is the roof and scuttle, surprisingly. Even the rear bulkhead was rotten at the base.
Think I'll have another beer.

power to your elbow inimiaD, keep fighting it!!!

I need a grease nipple or 2 on my elbows.

A few more pics.

Rather than faff about trying to let in new steel I opted to replace the whole n/side quarter panel.
I think the effort was worth it.



Makes the job of putting in new companion bins and all the closing plates much easier.





The replacement boot floor / rear seat pan is already fitted and the replacement part rear panel.







The rear r / hand corner had, in the past suffered from accident damage hence the rear panel replacement.

I started work on the o /side quarter panel and stuck one of those replacement panels which has the wheel arch and part quarter panel in one.
And that folks is as far as i got. A house move in 2000 (which resulted in having a nice big workshop) has enabled me to put all my eggs in one basket. Saved a small fortune on garage rents though.
It'll be a while before there are any updates on this project.

Your a brave man. The work looks top notch. I will look forward to seeing the results.

Hi,

thats a nice project you have there, and now you have done the worst bit -
so not that long untill you are finished with the rust removal.

Dont forget to weld in the rear boot board brackets--its a very commen thing to forget
I wanted to put my originals back in, but forgot
Good luck when you start up again.


Jens Christian