Minigibbos '87 1600 Gti

[MiniGibbo 142]

Had a moment of madness and picked this up today (1/5/13) is a 1987 1600 gti in red.. with none of the above and that's all I know haha

 

Most of you will know it a lot more than me and any info or links to threads or pictures will be very much appreciated and welcomed.

 

It looks to have around 105k miles, last seen as a track car packing a leaky mi16. Its seen paint as it dosent have the oem colour and has been repainted with the trim fitted. Also noticed it has cage mounts which Alan kindly told me was for a omp cage so that's one job off the list to do

 

The plans for the car currently stand at finding a bent or rotten gti and reshelling into this shell.. well that's after going over the entire shell with a fine toothed comb and sorting it to a sound finish.. madness to most I know but itll keep me out of trouble and will learn a lot from it.

 

No detailed photos as yet but will be soon.... just the standard issue 'on the way home

 

Edited May 1, 2013 by MiniGibbo

[allye 530 3 Cars]

You're mental!

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

That shell donated some of its parts to one of mine

 

Goodluck it needs some work!

[MiniGibbo 142]

Itll keep me out of trouble

 

Fancy donating them back

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

Yeah, the shell is going in spots over the shell but nothing I would condemn it over. If you're handy with a MIG, they're all a doddle to sort.

 

Good luck with it!

[Anthony 1,000]

At least the old girl is hopefully going to get a chance to live again, rather then be imminently reborn onto a supermarket shelf near you

 

Aside from the roof and interesting paint, it used to be a half-tidy shell from what I remember of it a few years back when I helped Alan swap the engine, although I'm guessing that time has taken its toll from what's been mentioned

[MiniGibbo 142]

Yeah I hope to do it proud and build a solid car that'll be able to hammer B roads for years to

come

[MiniGibbo 142]

Got the car off the truck today and onto my patio ready for work to start..

 

Few detailed shots of the car

 

 

 

The cars has cage mounts pre fitted for an OMP cage..

 

 

Few rust spots on the car thatll attention..

 

By the pedal box

 

 

Under the rear seats

 

 

Engine bay, the bay is in great shape and the inner wings are in good condition especially

 

 

Is the washer bottle meant to be under the scuttle..?

 

[GWtaylor 8 1 Cars]

I'm sure i read somewhere that on some models the washer was there

[Tom Fenton 1,526]

The washer bottle commonly moved there on some cars to make more room in the engine bay.

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Should of put the cage up for sale earlier. I'm only 15 mins away from where you collected that shell

[allye 530 3 Cars]

Well at least it came with the scuttle pannel....

[MiniGibbo 142]

Thanks guys, in hoping there's a motor in there too

 

Noticed you where redding Paul and thought the same haha

 

Aww well :/

[Lowercase 56]

give that thing a good sponge down while its bare!. can see what your looking at. i hate working on dirty old things, can you tell im a germophobe lol?

[MiniGibbo 142]

Yeah, I've already hoovered it out haha..

 

Wanted to give it a good clean as I will eventually but really want to get the rallye finished first.. Can't have three cars off the road

[Tandoh 17]

Look forward to watching the progress!

I know that feeling. I've got 4 cars...and the only one that works is the 205 and that's my track car lol

[MiniGibbo 142]

Put another hour into the car this afternoon when I got home,

 

The thought of the engine bay had been keeping me up at night haha..

 

Dwelling after a scrub with 'gunk (hate the stuff, but it was too far gone to just be cleaned with anything I have)

 

 

Then out came a strong foam mixture,

 

 

To which I got carried away haha,

 

 

After a soak and good rinse I could have my first proper look at the paint which will need attention as it was obviously a 'quick spray..

 

lifting paint

 

 

And even worse.. painted around the trim

 

 

Bays looking better, its not clean clean but itll allow me to sleep.. for now

 

[MiniGibbo 142]

Picked this up this morning, has got the progress ball rolling as such..!

 

OMP 10 point.

 

[MiniGibbo 142]

Received a matching lockset and two car covers today. every day is progress and all

[MiniGibbo 142]

Donor car paid for an collected..!

 

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

What's wrong with the donor car that makes it a 'donor'?

[MiniGibbo 142]

Its a full working gti and cheap.. shells pretty good, been prepped for paint but good aside from that.

[Lowercase 56]

you make it back alright? nothing fly off lol?

[MiniGibbo 142]

Yeah easy mate.. Hardest bit was finding lpg gas on the way back :/

[MiniGibbo 142]

Spent an hour prepping the car for paint this afternoon and while removing the engine mounts found this on the gearbox one,

 

 

thatll save me buying some haha, looked at the main engine mount but that looks to be standard so not a complete win..

 

I removed everything managing to remove most pipe brackets and the such without damage which is good. Behind the scuttle as expected was 26 years of grime...

 

 

And one just as I lost interest and packed up, I now also know how much 1.6 sheet I need to block off everything I plan to not use like the heater matrix and such

 

one to finish