PLEASE CAN SOME ONE HELP ME.I HAVE BEEN LEFT THE PROUD OWNER OF MY SONS VW POLO,I THINK ITS A MARK 3 BUT NOT SURE.YOU SEE MY 23 YEAR OLD SON PASSED AWAY IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN MAY 2006 AND I WANT TO RESTORE HIS CAR,ONLY PROBLEM IS I DONT KNOW WHERE TO START.HE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD,IT WAS HIS BABY,HE LOVED IT MORE THAN ANYTHING.ANY SUGGESTIONS OF CAR RESTORATION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.THE ONLY PIC I HAVE OF IT IS ON HIS MEMORIAL SITE AT GONE TOO SOON .COM JUST TYPE JAMES RAMAGE AND IT SHOULD TAKE YOU TO HIS PAGE,PLEASE COULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT VW POLO IT IS.

MUCH MUCH THANKS

NEWEST MEMBER JEAN

Hi Jean, welcome to the site. Such a sad loss of your son and nice to keep his polo :-)

If it is the blue one in his photo gallery then its a Mk2 Polo Hatchback or known as a breadvan.

Its www.gonetoosoon.co.uk

x

hello and welcome to the site, really sorry to hear of your loss, looking though that site is pritty depressing, it's a sad reminder of hoe fragile life is.

as for the car its a mk2. as for restoration, i guess you'll be wanting to keep it how he had left it as much as possible? if so you'd have to try and find out what work it will need (ie. rust repaired, engine work, ect,ect), once you find out what it needs if you ask on here in the tech section we can start to help you sort it

Hi, your polo is deffinately a mk2 sometimes known as a squareback aswell as hatch and breadvan. you can still get most parts for them new, but you are probably better off with second hand parts as they will fit better and be off superior quality. theres always loads of bits for sale in the classifieds and the tech help on here is always pretty good to.

Hi Jean and welcome to the site, sorry to hear of your loss.

Think its such a nice thing your doing, I'm sure he'd be proud :)

thanks for helping and sorry for depressin ye all.just a mum that wants to see his car restored.not needin any repair work to body just a respray and the interior done,just want to make it the way he wanted it ,dont care about cost,even had a garage built for it.

That's a really nice story. Welcome to the forum and really sad to hear about your son. There's lot's of people and info on here to help you out :)

good look to you mate, i wish you the best of luck. it looks like your going to take good care of his car, he will defiantly be proud :]

Edited 6 August, 200818 yr by dilz000

Sorry to hear about that sad news

Big warm welcome to ClubPolo

his car is a mrk 2 Polo breadvan

edit i got beat to it lol

Edited 6 August, 200818 yr by Ste-9n2

Sorry to hear about your loss, welcome to the site!

Hi Jean, welcome to club polo

I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your son James. I can't even find the right words for what I want to say but it has touched me. I think it's amazing that you want to keep his baby going

There's plenty of guys and gals here that will help you with any questions and advice you need so don't hesitate to ask

Please keep in touch and show us how you progress with his polo :-)

a huge thanks to you all,will need lots of help and i will def keep you up to date with progress.

This is a awful story and i give my condolences to yourself and the rest of his family .

I myself are young and really into my Dub's and would love for somthing like this to happen in my memory .

You will have somthing that reminds you of his happyness once complete

I'm sure you will come across all the info you are looking for on this website and be able to source any parts you require .

Keep us updated on how the work is going and dont hesitate to ask for any information about the restoration process .

Stevie

Hi Jean,

I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your son. I think it's a lovely thing that you are doing.

I'm sure that if you needed any actual help that there would be many people on here who would be more than willing to come and help you with your task. Whereabouts are you based?

Anyways, good luck with the restoration and please keep us updated :-)

Sal. x

I really commend what you're doing, so many peoples parents say things like how its only a piece of metal and a waste of money etc, so its really nice to hear that your doing this on his behalf. If something happened to me id want someone to do the same for Bluey as i couldn't bear the thought of him being sold on to someone that didnt care or just rusting away

Hi Jean.

Your sons car kinda reminds me of when i 1st passed my test and had a mk2 bready with a spoiler on the roof. Most people would sell the car on as 'just a piece of metal' so you a defiantely a rare breed.

I wish you all the best renovating his car and theres always alot of help physically and technically available on here should you need it.

Jon.

Top Mum

I'm sure enough people on here will help out with info

Hi Jean,

I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your son. I think it's a lovely thing that you are doing.

I'm sure that if you needed any actual help that there would be many people on here who would be more than willing to come and help you with your task. Whereabouts are you based?

Anyways, good luck with the restoration and please keep us updated :-)

Sal. x

hi sal,thankyou for your kind words,not very good on a computer or in chat rooms,will have to ask my daughter if i'm doin it right so i hope you get this message,i or should i say we are based in Ayr on the west coast of Scotland.I only want to finish what j started,i hope i do a good job.

much much thankyous

jean:-)

I really commend what you're doing, so many peoples parents say things like how its only a piece of metal and a waste of money etc, so its really nice to hear that your doing this on his behalf. If something happened to me id want someone to do the same for Bluey as i couldn't bear the thought of him being sold on to someone that didnt care or just rusting away

hi liz,

thankyou for your kind thoughts,we would never see it as just a piece of metal,j's polo was such a huge part of his life and its now one of the most important memories we have,want to honour him by finishing what he started.

cheers jean:-)

Hi Jean.

Your sons car kinda reminds me of when i 1st passed my test and had a mk2 bready with a spoiler on the roof. Most people would sell the car on as 'just a piece of metal' so you a defiantely a rare breed.

I wish you all the best renovating his car and theres always alot of help physically and technically available on here should you need it.

Jon.

hi jon

dont see myself as a rare breed,just wanted to honour my son,his car or should i say cars will never be sold on just couldn't see anyone else in them.also have his cavalier sitting in my driveway,everyone keeps telling us to sell it on but let them walk a day in my shoes and then tell me to do that.His cars were his life especially his baby mk2.hope i dont mess it up though.he would be so pi***d if i did.

thanks jean:-)

Really sorry to hear of your loss Jean.

I think its fantastic what your doing and I'm sure youll find all the help and advice you need on here.

Best of luck with it all and just give a shout if you need any help at all.

Rich.

Hi Jean,

Lovely thing you're doing to honour your son. It'd be a nice tribute if you can make it down to the polo show.

Hopefully we can help you to restore your son's pride and joy.

Paul.

You must try and get to the polo show at Whittlebury Hall, near Silverstone.

There'll be a field full of people who'd be happy to help.

really sad story i wish my mum would do the same for me if the worst ever happened!