hi my names simon I'm farly new to the forum but i haven't done one of these before so thought i would give it a go heres how i bought the polo excluding wheels need s a lot of work major rust issues around the fuel filler cap tank out job the drivers side door hinge is knackered i think or it needs a new pin as it drops everytime i open it the rear arches have major dents from the previous owners and the paint work aint great will most likely end up needs full respray and with the winds being so strong tonight i added an extra dent to the list of things to fix i will try keep people posted of the work

ow and i forgot to add it hasnt ran yet in nearly 5 months or so i believe fingers crossed it will fire ver the weekend with a few new parts

new dizzy and parts arrived but no phone to upload pictures atm will take some on camera when i can find it :) it wouldnt run at al when i bought it just seemed to turn over and pop and bang but never actually run i then decided i would have a lot better look around the engine bay and found that all the vaccum hoses were on wrong and one of the wires of the weber carb werent connected but it still doesnt want to start in the cold very easily been looking at ways to repair my large rust infection in the rear of the car it has eaten away at a large hole by the fuel filler cap and a large hole behind it i think its a rear quarter of job but will find out better when i have had a better look after the fuel tanks out this is the large patch I'm on about previous owner sanded down all rear arches will be getting this all fixed soon eno

car does not have the silly bbs on it anymore put steels back on thinking of just getting some ats classics to tidy it up a bit

finally got the car up in the air today and and had a look at all the brakes all seem a bit worn so ordered loads of new parts today hopeing to get them this week butheres how she sits atm

I'm not very keen on the height so will be getting lowered as soon as i can afford a lowering kit

paintwork is great for being all original though wish previous owner never took the match stickers off will update when new parts arrive....

Edited 23 February, 201412 yr by simonyatesvw52

heres a better picture of my large rust patch hopeing weather will be nice tommorow so i can fix it

so today i thought i had best get the rust fixed ended up nearly stripping the rear end in peices and killing my slef with a fuel tank but heres some pics

so yesterday i decided to get busy working on the polo all rear valance wlded filled and primered ready for paint just waiting for it to arrive got all the other patches wlded up just waiting for the filler to dry properly and get on with flatting eveything back and respraying it helios blue again heres a picture of the night

heres a picture of my friends breadvan at spring dub as well

so heres the job list of things i need to do still to the polo

1. sort out all the little marks on both sides of polo drivers side needs full respray

2.finish filler

3.sort out a interior

4.replace all parts of engine

5. replace fuel tank even though old one aint rotten but filler neck is rather crushed :(

6.repair all minor rust on sills and arches

7.buy coilovers and fit them

8.buy revolution 5 spokes and low profile tyres

9.strip and remove engine respray bay and engine and refit

10.get interioir retrimmed

if anybody could tell me of let me no where the water might be leaking in from into my drivers side floor well and my passeneger side only leaks in when its sat up hill kinda strange

and help would be apprecitated and what are the best make of coilovers for this ?

will update with all pics tommorow of welding work

so went out and got some more pictures taken a lot of filling work is done and most of the blemishis in the primer are now sorted heres some pics

my latest find this morning while removing the interior wasnt expecting this

the arches are still bent need to drill holes behind them and pop them all out hopeing to get them stright again welding around the fuel filler neck is done just need to grind back and filler up to make it perfect

the arches are still bent need to drill holes behind them and pop them all out hopeing to get them stright again welding around the fuel filler neck is done just need to grind back and filler up to make it perfect

haven't updated in a couple of days been busy repairing panels again finally got my final coat of primer on today ready for flatting down and respraying original colour so as it sits the polo is getting there engine is now running great fresh fuel filters oil filter ger box oil and i have a new clutch waiting to be fitted at the weekend hopefully gonna be sprayed up and back on floor this weekend then send for an mot next week fingers crossed heres the primered up pictures

might be reshelling the polo keep finding more and more rust gurgh

so heres the new shell for my polo rather chuffed couldnt have asked for a cleaner shell to find original interior and even looks completely rust free

so last weekend i got the engine from the blue one fitted into the new shell it running but it cuts out when u go up hill anybody got any idea what might be up with it ?

heres a few pics of engine swap and the new polo

soon my mk2 bredvan 1982 will be comeing up for sale just had a engine fitted 12month 6 month tax really clean car all original in and out original spare would be looking for £1000 as she is absouultely rust free where ever u look original petrol tank stil fitted looks like new after i gave it a power wash if your interested let me no it has the fully original interior as well in very good condition or i would consider swapping for a mk3 gt or mk3 1.3

haven't updated this in a while so thought why not heres all my recent work i shall let the pictures explain what I've been up to

Lookin good Man its great to see 2 gambia red builds running concurrently