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New, unregistered Irish-bought car from 1976 - where do I start?

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  • #572
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    That's brilliant news.

    Will the new owner be posting pics of the restoration here or elsewhere, do you know?


    I'd hazard a guess that the new owner should put any resto pics here on this thread, in admiration of the values of the guy that started this thread, and what he was setting out to achieve by it.:)


  • #573
    Jeff2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,542 ✭✭✭Jeff2


    Alfa you probably know about this but just in case you don't.

    Tax back to the charity.

    https://www.cope-foundation.ie/TaxEfficientGiving


  • #574
    alfa beta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    unkel wrote: »
    Or more specific, is kadman here the new owner? :)


    Lol ... oh I couldn't possibly say!


    I guess we'll just have to wait and see who the new owner is when kad- I mean when the new owner posts pics of the fully restored vehicle!


  • #575
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    alfa beta wrote: »
    Lol ... oh I couldn't possibly say!


    I guess we'll just have to wait and see who the new owner is when kad- I mean when the new owner posts pics of the fully restored vehicle!


    ooh , I think maybe he could squeeze a few pictures before that:P


  • #576
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    That's brilliant news.

    Will the new owner be posting pics of the restoration here or elsewhere, do you know?

    In answer to your question, he will most definitely be posting the pics here, whatever about elsewhere:)


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  • #577
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59,625 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    alfa beta wrote: »
    Lol ... oh I couldn't possibly say!


    I guess we'll just have to wait and see who the new owner is when kad- I mean when the new owner posts pics of the fully restored vehicle!

    Brilliant! No better man to do the job. Really looking forward to see a thread with all the progress.

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  • #578
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Well its no surprise that I was interested in the VW from the moment I saw it
    posted up here.

    It was a car I have always had a longing for since way back when we had them
    in the family, and from the outset I had been in contact to offer help if needed
    to offer any advice on the car to Alfa.

    And when I heard of the history of the car, you know I advised alfa that maybe he should keep it.

    But he had a goal in site to raise money for his charity, and offered me the chance to meet his asking
    price. So i agreed . And the rest they say is history. I travelled to see the car, and was delighted
    that i had bought it. I had the pleasure of meeting Alfa and his mother, lovely, lovely people.

    Great experience..


  • #579
    Anatom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Anatom


    Great thread Alfa, keep it going!

    Kadman, I am already looking forward to seeing how the restoration goes over the coming months. I have great memories of those cars when I was a child.

    This might be a strange question Alfa, but did you by any chance find any cylinder lawnmowers that your father might have ever bought / kept in those sheds of his? I don't have the space for a tractor...


  • #580
    jonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭jonski


    kadman wrote: »
    I had the pleasure of meeting Alfa and his mother, lovely, lovely people.


    I think we all got the sense that they were from this thread .


  • #581
    jammiedodgers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭jammiedodgers


    This thread just keeps on giving :)


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  • #582
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    I honestly think it's the best thread I've ever seen on boards.


    Except for Trent of course.


  • #583
    alfa beta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    The legend of Trent will never be topped!!


  • #584
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I can't believe you haven't read the sunk boat and restore thread, or the boat sink and recover attempt thread.... but if you mean car-wise, then that's fair enough. Love the thread, too, btw, op. Fair play and hats off.


  • #585
    Top Dog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,176 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    alfa beta wrote: »
    The legend of Trent will never be topped!!
    Um. Who? :o


  • #586
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,470 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Top Dog wrote: »
    Um. Who? :o

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055716814

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



  • #587
    Top Dog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,176 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Gadgetman496 wrote: »
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055716814
    Oh dear - has the potential to take away my evening:D


  • #588
    alfa beta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    Anatom wrote: »
    This might be a strange question Alfa, but did you by any chance find any cylinder lawnmowers that your father might have ever bought / kept in those sheds of his? I don't have the space for a tractor...


    Yep. There's this one:


    IMG-5543.jpg



    IMG-5544.jpg


  • #589
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    alfa beta wrote: »
    Yep. There's this one:


    IMG-5543.jpg



    IMG-5544.jpg

    You Sir, are a veritable magician, you are liable to pull anything out of that shed:D:D


  • #590
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    New Home wrote: »
    I can't believe you haven't read the sunk boat and restore thread, or the boat sink and recover attempt thread.... but if you mean car-wise, then that's fair enough. Love the thread, too, btw, op. Fair play and hats off.

    Where did I say I haven't?


  • #591
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,972 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Zero wheel drive, one careful owner, low mileage, in need of some restoration :)

    The boat build thread is here:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055963665

    Amazing workmanship there. And a very poignant thread to read all the way through.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



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  • #592
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    His other boat thread is here: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057583016

    Cruiser restauration and wheelchair access, or something.


  • #593
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    VW Variant was delivered today.

    Its a cracking car with great potential. I am well chuffed I got it.:cool:


  • #594
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    kadman wrote: »
    VW Variant was delivered today.

    Its a cracking car with great potential. I am well chuffed I got it.:cool:

    I look forward to the thread.


  • #595
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Just popped off the front wheel to free a seized disc. And as Type 3's go, its very good here.

    And a few more pics...[IMG][/img]2928xDN.jpg

    Power washed here,

    XWydHZQ.jpg

    Welcome home,

    8zMdPx5.jpg


  • #596
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    4ftvhd0.jpg


    Judging by the amount of sand in the lower front part of the wing here, I would hazard a guess that many a happy hour was spent beachcombing in this car:)

    CCPKPd4.jpg


    Now burrying my jack in sand :P And still preserving the original paint beneath

    Q16NrKS.jpg


  • #597
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Mechanical parts in this area appear to have faired very well.

    Small amount of body work thats to be expected. But this area does not indicate any real need to remove the body from the pan at the moment. Which is great.


  • #598
    Jeff2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,542 ✭✭✭Jeff2


    Thanks for update kadman.

    It is surprising how well it lasted with that sand on it.

    Disc brakes.... I didn't know they had them.


  • #599
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Discs on the front from 1965, drums all round before that.

    This one has front discs and rear drums.


  • #600
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    I have to give credit to the recovery guy Co Curtin from Wicklow, who I contacted through Donedeal.

    Small world as it turns out he was the leading salesman for VW back in the day.

    He was an absolute gent, who probably charged me a lot less than the hardship he got while collecting

    and unloading this car. So I must say thankyou to him, and highly recommend him for this type of pickup


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  • #601
    ratracer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭ratracer


    kadman wrote: »
    Discs on the front from 1965, drums all round before that.

    This one has front discs and rear drums.

    As there are still a few (lots) of items to move in the OP’s post, would it be better to have your own thread for the VW?

    I am so looking forward to seeing that car getting a new lease of life!


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