I'm getting stuck into a 16TS over this spring/summer and are motivated to get it done, so I thought I'd write a thread on it here, given I don't think there has been a 16 restoration thread on here yet.
I love the spec of this 16. My favourite year (1969), my favourite colour (Barossa Red) and my favourite model (TS). I'm just looking at restoring it to a level of a good "daily driving" R16.
The car came from another R16 enthusiast (Thanks Jason!) and before that was pretty much a paddock car for I'm not sure how long. Has a bit of rust that needs to be sorted (mainly rear floors) but structurally, in the right places, it is surprisingly very sound. It is one seriously dirty car though. Lot's and lot's of dirt. It also has, at some stage, had a respray and the colour match was terrible. (See Photo's below of the door & wheel archers with vinyl covers off, you'll notice the resprayed colour is too pinkish compared to the lovely deep Cab Sav colour it should be). So the main jobs will be cleaning, welding, respraying and interior work. I'll be going it all myself unless my respraying is too poor for the outside of the vehicle, then I'll get that outsourced.
The first photo's are of the car getting mostly stripped out. As you can see it's very dirty even though the photo's were taken after I had removed quite a bit of dirt already!!
I love the spec of this 16. My favourite year (1969), my favourite colour (Barossa Red) and my favourite model (TS). I'm just looking at restoring it to a level of a good "daily driving" R16.
The car came from another R16 enthusiast (Thanks Jason!) and before that was pretty much a paddock car for I'm not sure how long. Has a bit of rust that needs to be sorted (mainly rear floors) but structurally, in the right places, it is surprisingly very sound. It is one seriously dirty car though. Lot's and lot's of dirt. It also has, at some stage, had a respray and the colour match was terrible. (See Photo's below of the door & wheel archers with vinyl covers off, you'll notice the resprayed colour is too pinkish compared to the lovely deep Cab Sav colour it should be). So the main jobs will be cleaning, welding, respraying and interior work. I'll be going it all myself unless my respraying is too poor for the outside of the vehicle, then I'll get that outsourced.
The first photo's are of the car getting mostly stripped out. As you can see it's very dirty even though the photo's were taken after I had removed quite a bit of dirt already!!