Hello, I've recently been introduced to this forum, and having registered a couple of weeks back, and liking what I've seen so far, I thought it was about time to share some pics of my rides with you all.
Firstly my Minor, it's a 1964 2 door saloon which I bought for £300 when I was 16 with the intention of getting it road worthy and using it as my first car, this turned into a 3 year full restoration, stripping it to a bare shell and replacing all infected metal (and there was a fair amount) with fresh steel. It was then treated to a fresh lick of Old English white 2K paint, followed by the re-build. It was initially put back to near original, but it wasn't destine to stay like that for long, and over the last 7 years it's had the following upgrades.
1275 marina engine
5 Speed Toyota gearbox
Marina disk brakes
Remote servo
Hydraulic clutch
Large bore stainless exhaust
Telescopic dampers all round
Front ARB
Poly bushes all round
Lowered 1.5"
Revolution 5 spoke wheels
205 Gti interior
de-badged bonnet
Mk1 golf crystal headlights
Plus some other minor tweaks. All work inc. welding and spraying was done by my Dad and me in his garage.
I hope you all like what you see, although I know from past experience it isn't to everybody's taste, the main thing is I love it.
Look forward to meeting some of you at the show in August, check out my other ride 1983 Mk1 Golf Gti retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=readersrides&thread=1184145229&page=1
Firstly my Minor, it's a 1964 2 door saloon which I bought for £300 when I was 16 with the intention of getting it road worthy and using it as my first car, this turned into a 3 year full restoration, stripping it to a bare shell and replacing all infected metal (and there was a fair amount) with fresh steel. It was then treated to a fresh lick of Old English white 2K paint, followed by the re-build. It was initially put back to near original, but it wasn't destine to stay like that for long, and over the last 7 years it's had the following upgrades.
1275 marina engine
5 Speed Toyota gearbox
Marina disk brakes
Remote servo
Hydraulic clutch
Large bore stainless exhaust
Telescopic dampers all round
Front ARB
Poly bushes all round
Lowered 1.5"
Revolution 5 spoke wheels
205 Gti interior
de-badged bonnet
Mk1 golf crystal headlights
Plus some other minor tweaks. All work inc. welding and spraying was done by my Dad and me in his garage.
I hope you all like what you see, although I know from past experience it isn't to everybody's taste, the main thing is I love it.
Look forward to meeting some of you at the show in August, check out my other ride 1983 Mk1 Golf Gti retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=readersrides&thread=1184145229&page=1
;D
