MY 1971 1302LS convertible RESTO...

[steve66!]

Thoiught i'd start a thread showing everybody why im never about and why i have no money!
this baby is my 1971 Karmann Convertible.
She's called Meffy and was given to me in a shocking state by my ex girlfriends neighbour...
The plan was to get her good again so here goes....
this is her when i got her not too bad looking but actually a total rot box.



the advisory on the MOT said "this is a very weak car I would not like to be in it in a crash!"

Well after ages of waiting in my girlfriend (then ex's) garage then some amazing friends let me stick it in their garage and have provided copius teas and smiles.



look at all the rust, in fact it's more like ROT!!!!








Doors off and braced ready for the lift...



The next job was to lift the bodu off the chassis so i could prepare the chassis and get at those fiddly bits...




















So with the chassis old floor pans off, cut off the central support and give a good wire brushing.

After two new floor pans and a new central support and home made bottom bit the pan is painted red on the inside and the bottom is (will be) coated in tetrasyl stone chip stuff.
I've replaced the old shocks with new gas filled ones and new urethane gearbox mounts to repalce the old broken rubber ones.
I was gonna fit adjustable spring plates but gave up....





here is my bro sorting a repair on the bottom of the tunnel.! I love action shots!









The body is receiving my (and my brothers) attention now.
The front left inner wing is well shot so loads of new bits including shock towers and front and rear panels.
loads of welding!!!





loads of fire!



And my patchwork inner wing is nearly complete!



More coming soon.
I've got to finish it soon!

[chunky monkey in funky town]

thats some serious work.

i have sent you a PM that may be of some help for you.

[theanimalbus]

top work dude you are really going for it eh







Nice too see the progress photos pat on the back and a cuppa splosh fa ya

[Duffy]

wow thats a big job, i wish i could understand how to do all that, if only i had somewhere to have a go lol, but im garageless

[fatblokenofingers]

Nice One I love threads like this

Thats a nice little project you have going on there

Whats the plans for it then, Standard or Subtle modifications ?

Love that original Green colour underneath.

Keep the updates coming

[paddyb]

Hi nice to see someone else having a go .Ive also done a lot of welding on my 1302s,took me about 8 months worth of welding at nites and weekends but its all worth it in the end.Mine has just passed its 3rd mot since the rebuild with no advisorys which just goes to show that if you do it properly to begin with you reap the benifits later.
Hang on in there its all worth it eventually

[muskrat]

No wonder we ain't seen much of you mate, i give you one thing Steve you don't mind getting your hands dirty, keep up the good work and can,t wait to see your convert back on the road.

[steve66!]

cheers for all the comments guys!

Well today I've just attacked the heater channel on the left side. It's somewhat rotten, i've repaired the reinforcement thingy on the bottom of the heater channel and tomorrow i'll try to sort both channels....
i'm on a mental deadline as well.
Can't wait to get it on the road.
It'll be standard really and after i've decided if i'll keep it or not (one of the bugs will go) i may modify it.
If i do keep it, it'll be a sort of mild German-look!
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[Chris72]

Best feeling doing stuff yourself aint it. So easy to get carried away with it though. I find i just loose track of time and days become weeks and so on.. Looks like your doing a top job. How i wish for that amount of room!!

[steve66!]

Like i said! THat amount of room is my amazing friends KAte and Dereks Garage- they are truly wonderful people!

[Toughjeans]

aha so this is where you have been!! looking good mate keep them pics coming, ill swing by and drink some tea for you!


and thats a great garage, though lucky its a vert for the body lift looks close!

[steve66!]

saturday 23rd August 2008...

My first complaint.
Angry cat lady came over and told me of for using my air chisel. i said "when are you not in so i can do the work then" she said "shut the garage door" I said "ok"
so i did.
she hasn't complained again yet...
that was only an hour ago though!
i'll take some pics in a mo of the repaired sill strengtheners!

#Big shout out to my bro joel for all his hard work.#

[steve66!]

months laterr.....

its not finished, i've been lazy,
but I've done all the big bits of welding,
floors replaced, heater channels repaired, new rear quarters, repaired front quarters,
and now it has gone to live with my grandad!
A single garage-eek!
but no time limit so i can just do it when i'm in the mood!
next step, more tidying!
body back off, finish prettying up the heaterchannels and front bulkhead, then make sure all teh bits that need to be working are.
We towed it to my gdads and it went fine, nothing fell off....

[outcastjack]

come on want to see more progress
=P