My Previous Work On A Charade Gtti - Full Restoration 4 Under £1000

[TURBO'D CLIO]

Just thought i'd post some pic's up of my previous work if any one is interested..

I bought this for £100 but it has been stood for 5 years in a wet muddy car park, engine was sound but clearly the body work was shot..
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0404.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0401.jpg

Passenger rear arch rusted out
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0452.jpg

And all the bottom of the drivers sill and arch, had a new quarter at some point but badly repaired.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0461.jpg

Really bad under here, again drivers side
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0487.jpg

New sill and arch, couldn't buy sill's so i made my own..
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0491.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0494.jpg

And made my own inner
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0524.jpg

Drivers side cut out
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0527.jpg

Then new arch fitted
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0528.jpg

Inner sill repaired where it meet's the floor
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0515.jpg

All painted in primer
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0515.jpg

All welding underneath sealed and painted, barley see i have been there
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0550.jpg

All painted
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0628.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0634.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0635.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0637.jpg

Bumpers and spoiler sprayed seperate
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0642.jpg

Then the re fit begins
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0649.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0652.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0659.jpg

Then the finished product, i think it came out great...
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0688.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0680.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0685.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0686.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0704.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0706.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u198/rob-mint-v6-sri/100_0708.jpg

[Penfold aka The Dealer]

Damn looks like alot of hard work went into that :agree:

[blue mackay]

Just thought i'd post some pic's up of my previous work if any one is interested..

I bought this for £100 but it has been stood for 5 years in a wet muddy car park, engine was sound but clearly the body work was shot..


charades!! bring back some mad memories!!
uno turbos,strada abarths lol!!
the suzuki swifts were pretty quick too, not seen one in years!!

fella this is an excellent thread,threads like these are really handy for people like me that are new to panel and welding repair!!as i have not got a clue but seeing the work done points me in the right direction!makes it a whole lot easier!!

just shows that anything is possible and its not all gloom!

rtoc is the bible!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:coffee:

[scratcher]

That looks brilliant. Did you do all the body work your self?
A very good job :agree:

[TURBO'D CLIO]

Yeah i had a uno turbo and a swift gti, it went like stink for a 1.3 n/a lump...

Yeah that charade made me £2500 quid on a ebay auction so a clear £1500 profit... But i was putting 70 hours a week into it..
All work carried out myself and i got a friend to help me paint it, I'd love to do a r5 project, a nice r5 gtt be right up my street... :cool:

[blue mackay]

Yeah i had a uno turbo and a swift gti, it went like stink for a 1.3 n/a lump...

Yeah that charade made me £2500 quid on a ebay auction so a clear £1500 profit... But i was putting 70 hours a week into it..
All work carried out myself and i got a friend to help me paint it, I'd love to do a r5 project, a nice r5 gtt be right up my street... :cool:

my raider you can do it!!!!!!!:p:p:p:p

[TURBO'D CLIO]

I'll buy it.. :cooter:

[blue mackay]

I'll buy it.. :cooter:

ha then stick it on ebay???
nae bother!!!lol:p
going to get a mig and give it a go,what size of compressor did you use for spraying?

[Big Steve - Raider]

That is FANTASTIC work mate! :niceone:

[R5GTTRaider]

aint seen one of them for a while. good job, looks like you commeted alot but for a good budjet whats the power/cc/0-60 on them?

pursume is lighter than the r5?

[TURBO'D CLIO]

They have a 993 cc engine 3 cylinder, power of nearly 100 bhp, and 0-60 in about 7 or 8 seconds, thats all standard times..

They will quite happily take alot more boost, you can run them up to 180 bhp b4 touching internals like pistons etc.. Mine ran emanage for fuel,boost,map,spark etc, a healthy 160 bhp with no issuses... :agree:

[ollyhock]

impresive, it looked shot to pieces on the first pics.

great results

[TURBO'D CLIO]

Yeah, i was a budget rebuild and i just came in under £1000 by pence i think lol, but the amount of man hours i put into this car was unreal, to pay some one else to weld it would have just been pointless but i wanted summit to do over christmas, whole project lasted about 3 months from start to finish and i sold it for £2200... Miss it bad but i got my new project, my 4 door sleeper :cool:

[Rob@Backyardracing]

Love these cars, bring back memorys for sure.... nice work lad.......:agree:

[5alldaway]

top stuff there, always liked these cars

[Shane P]

Fair shout to you, that does look mint :smokin: