marcp1987
1st November 2010, 08:51 PM
Hello all, my name is Marc, and im from Peterborough.
Just bought my wife a 1988 T-bar, in red, which is lucky for her and me really, as before we met, I so very almost swapped my mint Mk2 8v Golf GTI for a Mk1 MR2, but sadly the MR was rotten, and had a slipping clutch.
A few years on, she now wants to drive, and after seeing (and having a sneaky drive) of a neighbors MR2, she had to have one of her own! So I found one that looked upto the job on Retro Rides, cleared it with her (had to be red, had to be a T-bar, nothing else mattered) and picked it up!
It wasnt running when we bought it, but *looked* ok rust wise, once I had it running spot on, I started taking it apart.... mistake!!! Now I have found all the rust, its not too bad, just outer sills and A pillars mostly, I have the drivers side totally finished, so its moving on well. Pictures have been taken along the way, so I hope to start a build thread soon!
Anyway, theres my hello, hope to get along to a meet as soon as the cars finished, is there ever a big yearly bash?
Thanks!
Just bought my wife a 1988 T-bar, in red, which is lucky for her and me really, as before we met, I so very almost swapped my mint Mk2 8v Golf GTI for a Mk1 MR2, but sadly the MR was rotten, and had a slipping clutch.
A few years on, she now wants to drive, and after seeing (and having a sneaky drive) of a neighbors MR2, she had to have one of her own! So I found one that looked upto the job on Retro Rides, cleared it with her (had to be red, had to be a T-bar, nothing else mattered) and picked it up!
It wasnt running when we bought it, but *looked* ok rust wise, once I had it running spot on, I started taking it apart.... mistake!!! Now I have found all the rust, its not too bad, just outer sills and A pillars mostly, I have the drivers side totally finished, so its moving on well. Pictures have been taken along the way, so I hope to start a build thread soon!
Anyway, theres my hello, hope to get along to a meet as soon as the cars finished, is there ever a big yearly bash?
Thanks!