wolf8 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Hi all just thought best to introduce myself and my new project. Every day when I walk my boy to school we walk pass a mk6 state blue 3 door gti just rotting on someone's driveway , now my boy who is only 8 is a right petrol head and a massive fan of fords and ever day he asks about this little escort and if they will still be around when hes older, anyways this got me thinking so this monday after I dropped him off I walked back down to where this car sits and rots and knocked on the door. The guy answers and I asked what was happening with the escort, he told me he had owned the car for 15 years but 2 years ago it failed its mot and he lost interest in it so there it sat , he went on to say that he was going to ring a scrap man to come and take it away as his wife wanted rid of it , so I told him about me and my boy talking about it most mornings and he said £50 and its yours . With that I got in touch with a friend of mine and latter that evening we was back at the house with a low loader and £50 and a little lad who thought all his Xmas' s had come at once , yup you guessed it ive brought it for a long term venture for me and my lad. Now the car is in a sorry state with various bits missing , all wheel caps have gone jack covers have gone tow cover is also missing but these are just bits and pieces we can source over time . Ive had a good look over it now as its sitting in my friends lock up , body wise it needs both wheel arches doing outer sills will need replacing in time although there not a mot failure just yet , the bonnet as lost all its lacquer but aoart from that its not in too bad a state. Ive since got it running but the clutch is shot so I need to sort that but she runs sweet. My friend is a mot inspector and has told us that it needs two front springs rear brake pipes 4 new tyre's and both track rods and a rear box , so not as bad as I thought . My task now is to get it legal and moted as I can't keep it in his lock up for ever and a day. So the plan is now to get it back on the road and my wife is going to use it as a run about while me and my boy work at restoring to its former glory. My goal is to get it to at least show standard and take it to a few shows but that will be in a few years time but the car will stay with us now indefinitely as it will be passed down to my boy as soon as hes old enough to drive . Id say im above average at mechanics but body work im no good at all so that might be a costly part of the restoration for us and I know I'll be soending far more on the car than its market value at the moment but its going to be great father and son time so worth every penny. We've been up the lock up most nights this week and my boys is so on the tools im really proud of him hes not your typical 8 year old he is car mad and so eager to learn , hes not top school type but put a set of spanners in his hands and watch him go . Anyways thats my story , a 45 year old and his 8 year old boy restoring a mk6 gti. With the help from you guys im sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey650 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Welcome and nice story. Good luck with the resto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee grout Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Welcome to Evo, good luck with it. 1st things 1st though! Get some pictures of it in the SUYM section. Forum rules.....If theres no pic's it never happened. Look forward to seeing how you and your boy progress with it. Good on him for wanting to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
co-op scooby Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Welcome to Evo, good luck with it. 1st things 1st though! Get some pictures of it in the SUYM section. Forum rules.....If theres no pic's it never happened. Look forward to seeing how you and your boy progress with it. Good on him for wanting to learn. OOOH,you are so masterful Lee lol.Seriously Wolf8, I extend the welcome.They are a good bunch of lads on Evo and their input will be well worthwhile mate,and ditto for your sons interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze4door Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 i like the story behind the purchase and its good to see somone restoring one rather than stripping it for bits like said get some picks up and good look with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf8 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) Cheers for the replies fellas. Im going to do a restore thread with pics I'll start it over the weekend and post it up in the relevant section, its going to be a long term project as we are not a flush family if you understand me so certain bits will take a time to save for but all labour will be done by me and my lad with the exception of the body work , anyways enough here I'll sort a thread out this weekend and keep it going as we work on her, oh and cheers Paul for the bonnet Edited June 28, 2013 by wolf8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongo Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 nice write up,nice little story aswell,well done and welcome aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottybo Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 between us on here weve got plenty of bits to set her right again man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsy Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 What a brilliant story and what a brilliant dad looking forward to your suym thread and good luck with the resto your at the right place for plenty of good advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganges Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 1st off welcome to EVO, loved that thread touched the stings of my heart, good luck with the restoration, and cant wait to see the progress on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo2000 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Hi Wolf, Welcome to you and your son! Don't hesitate to ask any questions, we'll help if we can! Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeypr1 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Welcome mate good bunch of lads on here I've not been on here long myself and already they've helped me out loads.Great story hope it all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Welcome to EVO, good luck with the project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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