It has been just over a month since I acquired my MK3, so I thought it about time to let you folks know how things are proceeding and the actual condition of the car.
Now the car is drying out a bit more, the Gel coat is looking that much worse but at least the car is away from the elements now it resides in its garage.
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A bit of front end damage on the nearside.
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Now for under the bonnet not a pretty site I'm afraid.
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The brake master cylinder reservoir has even corroded away.
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I have now started to remove a few items from the engine bay and couldn't resist taking the cylinder head off, I'm afraid the bores are a bit corroded but this will be sorted in due coarse anyway.
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The front bumper is now removed, which was a case of sawing through all the fixings.
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Now inside the car.
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Getting the seats out was another mission, all the fixings were just a mass of rust and the next journey these seats will have is to the tip.
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As you can see the carpet is slightly on the damp side and will be the next to come out.
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It is starting to look a bit better already now I've removed the doors and the carpet as well as the soundproofing.
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The dash and heater unit have now been stripped out but has exposed a bit of amateur wiring and loads of scotch locks. I hate car electrics at the best of times
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The only carpet left to remove is that around the front wheel arches.
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On removing the drivers seat belt disaster struck, as soon as I removed the lower bolt I heard the captive nut drop inside the sill. I thought that's buggered it, I tried reaching for it through the speaker aperture in the side panel but couldn't reach past my elbow, so I packed up for the evening to have a think of the best coarse of action how to retrieve the captive nut and how I was going to return it to its original position, as I didn't really want to cut any fibre glass away.
I explained to the wife what had happened "Ill have a go" she said, "your only small though" I replied, so she had a go and hey presto, being small she managed to reach in right up to her shoulder with ease.
The cative nut that nearly got away.
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The seatbelt that failed the anti corrosion test.
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Moving on to the back, I removed the rear lights and bumper ( that was another saw off job ).
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The rear bumper has also got a bit of damage on it.
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