project of an old skool 77-derby ans some more ;)

Gallagher · Post by **Gallagher** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:01 pm

Hello, I am from norway, and got a huge interest in older polos. We who hold this interest up here, is a pretty small group, therefore I have chosen to show you my project.. hope you like it.. Just to show you that us norwegians can to

it is a old skool projekt of an 77 - derby.. when I bought it a year ago, it was in a poor condition due to the norwegian winters and all the f****** salt that is sprayed on the roads

this is how it looked when it arrived.

I also bought a 76 polo at the same time. this was actually in a slightly better condition.

the two cars in a lovely duett:

Gallagher · Post by **Gallagher** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:16 pm

I soon started to dismalt the car and found out that the rust had had a big party here.. I totally had to weld up the car, changing a lot of metal parts.

A couple of pictures of what happends to the car during this process, massive welding and hard work.

before:

after

I soon found out that also I had to change the front plate, so the hunt for a new one began.. I found one on german ebay, and after a lot of work i found a friend who could bring it up to norway, and the welding could start over again.

The car was now after a few months whitout rust and ready for modifications and some paint.

I had mounted at 80/60 lowering kit from triple s on tha car, something that did not harmonize with 15" wheels

Gallagher · Post by **Gallagher** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:17 pm

also a bit about the two cars i had for parts, a 75 audi 50 and a 77 polo.. The derby i found in an old garage, the aidu in the back of a little forrest, where it had stood for about 20 years.. the most rusty car I have ever seen

luckily, a friend came and helped me with his quattro coupe.

stay tuned, much more to come within the next day or so, feel free to leave feedback..

SteB · Post by **SteB** » Wed May 03, 2006 4:29 pm

I like restoration threads, keep us posted!

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Wed May 03, 2006 11:28 pm

welcome to uk-p dude

always nice to see more projects underway

and i believe you're our first norwegian member

Hyggelig Ã¥ treffe deg

(i don't speak norwegian, got off the net)

Gallagher · Post by **Gallagher** » Thu May 04, 2006 8:58 am

He, he.. Thank you

I se a lot of you are from kent.. I often visit a little place called madstone. There is a large gathering of military cars on the beltring hop farm there. would have been fun to se some of your cars if I am going this year..

well, the project keeps on:

This was in last august: A buddy of mine rang and said that he had found an golf gti rabbit with a leather interior on the scrapyard, so i git down there and bougt it.. I used the seats from the rabbit, and the carpet and doorsiden from the blue polo I have. The blue polo now have the black derby interior. I also build golf mk2 gti 239 brakes in the front. The intrior in the derby ended up quite well I think.

I welded the back lid, to get it clean and mounted an electric opener from the inside. also removed the hole for the antenna and other small things.

the car was ready for paint after a few weeks:

Gallagher · Post by **Gallagher** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:02 am

well, lets continue on the telling of a derby story:

the car was driven into the paint shop an we gave it 3 layers of base paint and 3 layers of laquer.. was very pleased with the result..

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:15 pm

ooooooohhhh yes, loving it so far

and Maidstone is bout 20 mins away from me

got a big VW show in june called vw expo that'll be cool

NornIron · Post by **NornIron** » Sat May 06, 2006 9:52 pm

Gallagher · Post by **Gallagher** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:27 am

after a few days of mounting, the car looked like this: still a lot of things to do.. the chrometrim on the front is not put on yet, in there lies a little surprise

and much more.. I also have new wheels now

Gallagher · Post by **Gallagher** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:34 am

thanks.. new rims are under restauration.. ready to be sandblasted and polished:

changed to 239mm ventet brakes using golf1 carriers and VWII caliper..

The front is slightly altered

the rest of the chrometrim will also be put on within the next few days..

has bought lots of new things

a rack of 4 new 32mm mikuni carburettors and a lot of chrome parts for the angine.. and the wheels are almost finished..

theclient · Post by **theclient** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:09 am

very nice!

look forward to seeing your progress

Gallagher · Post by **Gallagher** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:00 pm

This car is supposed to be finished in the start of june, when the main gathering of norwegen vwaudi club is. The only problem is that I do not have the left side ( same side as the steering wheel is on Norwegian left hand drive) chrome trim for the front. I was wondering if anyone had one that I could buy ? I am talking about the small plastic list on the side of the front.. small and easy to post.. has to be in a ok state and at least with 3 remaining taps at the back.. Thanks

Gallagher · Post by **Gallagher** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:35 pm

good news: I found someone who had one.. in the post now on its way

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Mon May 08, 2006 6:35 pm

really love those new wheels

gonna look great when it's completely finished