Hello Everyone!

 

So for ages me and me Mrs have wanted a breadvan. Since becoming parents during the pandemic (first lockdown) we have realised that we do absolutely nothing in our spare time. We both love VWs and we literally live less than 10 miles from Santa Pod so it seemed only right to get back into a hobby we both enjoy. Me Mrs was not so much a fan of the facelift so we started looking for a mk2.

 

We managed to find one 10 miles away that was running moted and everything for £800. But unfortunately we were a day late and it went very very quickly. It was a shame because it looked as if it needed barely any work and was on the road. We missed out and was pretty upset but we got over it and managed to find another one. The only downside is that it hasn't been on the road for a while. So here she is.

 

 

She's a G reg "fox" 1043cc. (We haven't got a name for her yet)

 

Inside is pretty much immaculate apart from a bit of a wet front carpet (there is a hole in the battery tray shock)

She needs a little bit of work but I am extremely excited to get started. I am not a mechanic by any means but I have owned plenty of modified cars in the past. I am really keen to learn more and more and get better with cars generally hence why I bought a bit of a project.

 

The car is being stored at my cousin's unit (he is a welder fabricator by trade) and he is going to teach me a few bits here and there.

 

The car was taken off the road for 5 years and has been stored since. In 2016 there was a couple of advisories for ball joints and top mounts and brake pipe corrosion. A little welding is needed on the two rear quarters and the battery tray but apart from that I think we are looking pretty good.

 

List of things to do in the next couple weeks:

Replace windscreen wiper motor

Weld up battery tray

Sort out quarter panels

Put bumpers back on properly

Heating only works on full power so needs attention

Hang exhaust up properly

Ball joints

Top mounts

Rear brake cylinders and shoes (they are binding on)

 

We don't have massive budget. But the short term plans are this.

Swap for MH 1.3 engine
GT cam
Lowered 60/40
Nice wheels
GSXR carbs and manifold
General tidy up

 

Long term will be 

A fresh new paint job

 

Then who knows what else?

 

We are both really excited to add to this thread over time and can't wait to get cracking right now!

 

Our plan is to have the majority of this list completed and to have her on the road ready for the VW shows at pod this year. We would like to make it to VW breakout ideally but as long as we are ready for bugjam we will be chuffed.

 

Thanks for looking/following

 

Ross & Lucy

A couple more photos x

Nice! Any chance you will be selling those wheels? Mine is a Fox and I'm after a set with those black trims and any other standard bits your getting rid of I might be interested. In any case good luck with this project! 

Haven't been checking in here as much lately so just seeing this, looks like a great buy!. Some trim gel/restorer and a wet vac of the seats and that'll be totally ace. Nice to find one that hasn't been messed with!

Keep the pics coming 🙂 

My Breadvan is an 1989 Fox and is virtually ‘as standard’, which is how I bought it back in 1999.

 

The only addition is a black surround on the tailgate window, which other versions  of the MK2 have fitted.Looks like yours has had some side trims fitted on the doors and the bottom half painted a different colour.The base model  Fox didn’t have neither of these out of the factory. 
 

If it’s leaking into the footwell you may also find water is getting in round the windscreen surround rubber in the bottom corner, they rust there as mine did.

Mine also had rust problems around the front jacking points so water was getting in from all directions!

 

It also had the same heater problem, that’s caused by a faulty heater resistor.

Edited 30 January, 20224 yr by mk2tastic