Type 34 Ghia resto...

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Tris.
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Type 34 Ghia resto...

Post by Tris. » 4th September 2010 - 9:07am

I've owned a Razor for around 15 yrs now, its been sat in a lock up for the last 10 :thumbsdown: After previously having a botched restoration and an elderly guy driving down the side of it, followed by
more botched repairs I lost intrest so it went into storage.
Anyhows I decided to get it back home recently to see just how it had faired the last decade...

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The pics do make it look nicer than it actualy is. Theres rust in the usual places and a huge amount of filler (upto an inch thick in places!) Some repairs have been made using Silver tape, painted with bitchumin (sp?) and painted over :x

I'm not doing any of the body work or paint, I have neither the space or the skills to do it, so in November its off to Alex @ Defcon 3 to work his magic on it.
He loves his type 3's and also has a '64 Razor, so atleast he has something to go buy... He estimates it'll take around 300 hours to repair the metal work on the car :shock:

But I am doing all the stripping down, overhauling all the mechanicals and renewing the interior etc etc. (so its not quite a cheque book resto) I've never restored a car before, so it'll be real slow progress. Hopefully it'll be finished in around 18 months.


Progress so far.. Rear lights and front bumper removed :oops:
Always looking for Razoredge parts...

August '62 Razoredge
October '65 Fastback (Teak)
March '67 Squareback

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Re: Type 34 Ghia resto...

Post by volkswalker » 4th September 2010 - 6:35pm

nice
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Re: Type 34 Ghia resto...

Post by Paul Hayward » 13th October 2010 - 10:22pm

nice 8) .....glad you have brought her out of storage..wil be worth it when your driving it again!...My wife would love one of these one day :D

good luck
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Re: Type 34 Ghia resto...

Post by rustydubs » 14th October 2010 - 7:50pm

wow, top car, keep us updated with resto pics.

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Re: Type 34 Ghia resto...

Post by unclemoom » 27th December 2010 - 3:50pm

Very cool, looking forward to seeing the progress. Very cool car, good luck
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Re: Type 34 Ghia resto...

Post by Tris. » 28th December 2010 - 9:07am

unclemoom wrote:Very cool, looking forward to seeing the progress. Very cool car, good luck
Well the car is now a rolling shell, but there will be no more progress, well not by me anyway :(

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^^^^ Thats the reason why 8)
Always looking for Razoredge parts...

August '62 Razoredge
October '65 Fastback (Teak)
March '67 Squareback

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