had this since 08. had it on the road for a year than give up on it after better cars came a long. so been stored for 3 years I've decided to bring it back to life.

and how it sits now

This morning put a bit of juice in it and some jump leads and started frist time. took it stright to the bodyshop for full paint and sort out the rust rear panel. so the strip down starts tomorrow

Sweet... what are the plans for it?

full windows out piant in mars red.

lowering it with a different set up to the mark 1 golf stuff I'm got now.

I've got some comp th 14inch wheels to be refinished in bright silver.

the seats will be striped down repaierd and cleaned.

engine wise will be service and a new exhaust as that all it needs.

the plan os to have it all ready by march

That sounds great...

I'm really loving the fact that there are lots of Mk2's getting some real loving!! :)

ye not many left now so its worth saving

nice! looked great on the ronals!

nice! looked great on the ronals!

ye offset was off on them so no go on them

Looks to be in great shape. Like your plan so far, it's got smooth and quick written all over it =D. And mars red too. Double win!

I wondered where this had got to! I was thinking about buying it many many many moons ago before I got my Mars Red! I look forward to seeing the progress on this one :-).

Looks good man :) like said, looking forward to seeing the progress!

cheers guys, got the trim out today beng stripped to sort the saggy cloth.

hope to get the bumpers and archs off tomorrow and maybe the glass

one pic of the wheels I'm going to run

going to paint in a dark silver i think

frist tidy day on the box today

done ok got the glass out the rear, all the inside trim off and most of the plastic panel's on the out side.

not to much rot over all the back panel being the worst part but repairable so I'm happy.

i removed the rear seat covers they be in the washing machine today i get some before and afters of them later

bit done agian today

really happy with the condition of the front end so dont need wings or front panel should save me a few pennys

tryed my wheels not sure on colour yet

Ahhhh memories of this flood back when I see this build:

Keep up the good work!

hope mine will be in primer next weekend if all goes to plan.

i did take a pic of the rear boot sticker for you ill up load later

Its the best feeling ever seeing it fresh in the booth with new paint :-).

Thanks for the picture. Its greatly appreciated. Yours will certainly be a quicker turnaround than mine! Mine took circa 3 years. I wasn't exactly going flat out though haha!

Could do with getting the B-Box and M.R.S. together at a show. Maybe even Daryl's too if its completed. I don't know many more Mars Red coupes. There was one that was being broken at the back end of last year, and I haven't seen many others since!

Its the best feeling ever seeing it fresh in the booth with new paint :-).

Thanks for the picture. Its greatly appreciated. Yours will certainly be a quicker turnaround than mine! Mine took circa 3 years. I wasn't exactly going flat out though haha!

Could do with getting the B-Box and M.R.S. together at a show. Maybe even Daryl's too if its completed. I don't know many more Mars Red coupes. There was one that was being broken at the back end of last year, and I haven't seen many others since!

the one being broke is local to me had some bits off him. ye dont think theres many left

I think out of the 3 early colours: Mars Red, Rallye Yellow and Comet Blue, the number of cars left in each of those colours you can probably count on no more than 2 hands!

Since 86C's Rallye Yellow coupe was written off, I only know of 1 now belonging to grungeisdead!

I can only really think of 5 Mars Red coupes, and thats assuming one of them hasn't been scrapped as the owner has gone quiet on the forum. Another one I saw on ebay being offered as spares on a D plate, so whether or not that got broken up remains to be seen!

i was thinking full colour change at one point glad i stayed mars red now :) and to think a week ago it was 50/50 to weigh the lot in for scrap

Since 86C's Rallye Yellow coupe was written off, I only know of 1 now belonging to grungeisdead!

I think out of the 3 early colours: Mars Red, Rallye Yellow and Comet Blue, the number of cars left in each of those colours you can probably count on no more than 2 hands!

Since 86C's Rallye Yellow coupe was written off, I only know of 1 now belonging to grungeisdead!

I can only really think of 5 Mars Red coupes, and thats assuming one of them hasn't been scrapped as the owner has gone quiet on the forum. Another one I saw on ebay being offered as spares on a D plate, so whether or not that got broken up remains to be seen!

i dont no if its one of the cars you no of karl but I've still got 1985 mars red coupe s, which has been in my family since 2 years old, have also got a silver one of the same age, I'm going to be breaking the silver car to help restore the mars red coupe and get it back up and running, really didnt know they where that rare, will have to get a thread up

I think, recounting, I've got the total to 8, though some can't be confirmed:

Rob's

Yours

Mine (Back on the road after 3 years)

Daryl's (Undergoing restoration and G40 conversion)

Fastclassics Dan (GT converted)

veedub-90's (Now deceased)

polo d's (Presumed dead, as data doesn't show on DVLA website)

grungeisdead's (Presumed dead, as data doesn't show on DVLA website)

A707 LKL (Presumed dead, as unlicensed since 2010)

This One (Unconfirmed, last seen May '11)

Theres a guy who I saw at Stanford hall who had one which had all the GK multi-point fuel injection goodies under the bonnet to make it as close to European GT spec as possible.

Ebay D plater (Unconfirmed, last seen 18 months ago)

Since 86C's Rallye Yellow coupe was written off, I only know of 1 now belonging to grungeisdead!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH =[ that was a sad day!

I know of one more, and am waiting patiently for the old boy to die, so I can get my grubby hands on it!

Wonder how many comets are out there!

Also wondered where the B Box had got to, nice to see it resurface still in the same hands!

cheers guy's ye the more i see it again the more i love it.

got all the panel's striped to today roll it to the paint shop next door on monday morning :)

Edited 21 January, 201214 yr by rob_pandy