Hello everyone, my name is Brett and I live near Southend in Essex. I have recently purchased my first Polo, a MK2 Breadvan Formel E. It is the second VW I have owned after having a MK1 golf about 10 years ago.

I was looking for something retro that I could use as an almost daily alongside my family car that wasn't as big of a project as my classic mini.

 

Here are some details on the car

 

Model: MK2 breadvan

Trim: Polo C Formel E with SSA

Colour: silver

Year: 1985

Registration: B832MSF

Mileage: 93,000

Modifications: Weber carb and some wheel trims...

Plans: to keep the car in good running order smarten up the bodywork and go to car shows in it. 

 

So far I have only got the car back into storage whilst I wait for the logbook to come through. Unfortunately it was all lost as the original owner passed away which mean there was a distinct lack of history with the car as well. It was already MOT'd when I got and after a look over it the car seemed like the ideal rolling project.

 

After a bit more research it turned out some aspects of the car were quite rare so I decided to keep it fairly standard rather than go mad modifying it. 

 

There is one of the trims missing off the drivers door which I know most people remove however I wanted to keep it standard so I have sourced a replacement.

It has the SSA system on it which I would like to get working but as it has the Weber carb it will not do it. However I have managed to find a Pierburg carb the original one for it as well from the same person that has the trim. He has been very helpful indeed with educating me on the breadvan by finding information and looking for bits in their large collection spares. The guy's name is Johnny Leach I imagine he will be on here. What a big help he has been already! He also sorted me out another matching wheel trim as I know they are not supposed to have them but I thought I would have a set. I have got my eyes on a set of Wolfsburg BBS alloy wheels for it as well.

 

The next step is to fit the carb and the door trim and as the car has been in a garage for the last 20 odd years service it and do the cambelt, brakes etc.

It has a little leak from the radiator which I have ordered and I have also got a whole load of stuff off GSF car parts with a super VIP discount code!

 

I have added some pictures but unfortunately all I have is screenshots of the eBay listing so far! I'm sure I will have more soon!

 

My next afternoon free of dad and husband duties is Sunday so I'm looking to carry on with the car then and will post another update after!

 

looks to be a great base, love the steering wheel dude!

You keeping it stock looking or going for alloys etc?

Going back to freshly painted steels with the black centres would be lovely on that

Solid looking car with a lot of potential. I had it on my watch list and was getting tempted!

 

The rub strips are a bit of a mismash of age appropriate optional extra ones (the rounded soft rubber ones with the Polo badge) and ones off a later car (the hard plastic angular ones). 

 

A lot of the SSA's were disabled or pulled out when the cars were near new. The idea was well ahead of its time, and although it worked in principle, battery and starter motor tech wasn't ready for it at the time. I'd love to see a working setup in action. 

 

@Jim1500 I was thinking to keep it quite standard but update a few bits on it. 

I have done the cambelt on it with water pump. I have service bits to do and have done some undersealing on it as well.

 

@Yetii am hoping to get it working if I do I will video it!

 

Glad I done the belt! Would like to paint timing covers and rocker cover etc