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From Cat 'C' write off to road..(The journey of a Mk2) ..The end .

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My Mk2 Ibiza Cupra 8VGti /sport whatever whatever..
Written off as Category 'C' after a shunt in the rear whilst sat at traffic lights.

Purchased for a steal back in autum/winter '06... sat looking very sorry for itself for a while due to having been Sorn by previous owner and kept as Sorn by me ( to enable me to get a few bits, get it through the VIC check etc)
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First major purchases wre the replacement tailgate (wrong colour, but a lot straighter than the original one ;)), slam panel etc and some replacement rear clusters due to the originals being smashed in the crash (cheers for the heads up, AndyJ)
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Sat in this guise for a fair while whilst it was VIC'd then once done and MOT'd (failed only on front suspension mounts, suprisingly considering the smack in the back it had) it then had a bit of filler -work done to plump its ass back properly
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Once done, the red strip was sourced, and fitted over the summer, as was a few trips to various shows/meets etc.

finally , off it went to the Sprayers to have the rear end blown over, so ended up looking half decent by the end of summer..
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Again, once winter was upon us and work took precidence, it sat, used possibly once a week if that to trundle to the shops..

Treated it to a set of White Powder-coated Estorils way back last year ,and finally today i got some rubber wrapped on them.
(have took these snaps just before sun down this evening with rims placed in front of existing ones)
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Will soon be lowered , have the rims changed over (scruffy **winter** rims on at present ) and have a fw more little touches done before (hopefully ) Pod in April (mot and tax up before then , and im away for just over three weeks prior to pod too, so time is an enemy at moment.


All in all , not a bad little motor for what its cost me :funk:
 
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Nice to see people repairing write off's. I hope you pulled the rear panel/put on a new slam panel before you put the bumper on?
 

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far too much use of 'these bloody things':p you don't wave two finger in the air when you talk do you brum?.
looking good other wise;)
 

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quick teaser... stuck the rims on today just to see what they actually look like .. I know the car needs decking, but after the kerfuffle with the garage this morning and throwing the rest of the day into disarray, I finally got 1/2 hour or so to myself so decided to play cars ;)
only one piccy unfortunately and not the best either, but the battery went just as I took it, so..
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just looked out of the window at it... *I know :(* .. and they're growing on me.. just needs its ass dropping to the floor now ..gonna see if I can get it mot'd next week (fingers crossed it will pass) then that gives me a bit of breathing space to get it decked before I go away in three weeks...if that falls through.. it looks like pod might be done in a crappy Mk4
 

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Crappy Mk4 eh? Forgot I was in with the Mk2 lot right now LoL! ;)
 
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Brummy

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Thats' some effort you've put in there and have been rewarded with a great looking car.

Those wheels have got to be a pain in the ass to keep clean surely? :D
wouldnt know truth be told, had 'em ages but kept them off the car during winter, only really fitted them today as I had a crappy day and decided to spend some time on the car. shouldnt be any worse than my old multispokes were :shrug:
 

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fixed , but on the way to being pampered Aimez... still a fair few plans for it, just a bugger timewise for Pod, but if it doesnt happen for Pod, then it'll just be postponed for later.. but it will happen
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