Hello to all.
This is the story of a 1996, one owner, 106 Rallye 1,3, no crash history, and except for some superficial rust on the trunk area, a rust free car.
The car was being used as a daily, for the last 26 years from its owner. However as you will see, apart from being dirty and tired, it is a true gem.
The paint, which is a single paint, is tired and the car is flat, with no gloss left, almost like it was wetsanded. Mechanically it has 259k kms, starts right up, has no issues revving to the rev limiter, and honestly, in case you cant tell already, I love this car for many years now. More than 10 actually.
In case you havent figured it out yet, how much I love it, you probably will, by the end of this work carried out by me, in two calendar days. Working time was about 25 hours into this.
My first task was to clean the exterior of the car as well as i could, decontaminate it, then do the interior, the engine bay, and then, if i had time, and also, the needed skills, to do a correction on the paint to bring back some life into it.
Ideally i would also like to do the underbody of the car, but I needed the shop available to do that, since i dont have a lift. Yet.
So let's dig into the story of how things went.
One of my first tasks was to remove some very old stickers.
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No more stickers
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Took a lot of time to remove them all, glue remover, and then cutting compound to remove the outlines.
Removed the plates, to throw the surrounding plate, replace rusted bolts, paint the letters, and straighten them
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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
After cleaning them , i added some carpet from behind like i always do to prevent rattling and scratching the paint
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New bolts
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Much better, even though not perfect
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Fuel cap before
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And after
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Rusty wiper arm before
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Removed
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And somewhat better after my paint booth
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Wheels were next
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Multiple passes
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Rears before
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And after
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Door shuts
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And after. These cleaned better than i thought they would
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Then i sprayed the car with an iron removed in places to soak before the multiple passes of snow foam.
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Nothing to see here
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Lost count of how many times I snowfoamed the car with Koch GS snowfoam
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Then before cleaning the car properly i attacked the engine bay, which i was a bit skeptical due to the exposed electrics etc. But if you have common sense and air from the compressor you cant go wrong.
Weapons. Well some of them
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What I had to deal with
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And here is what i managed, after washing, drying, enhancing the plastics and also hand polishing some body parts with cutting compound to take off the yellowing from the years
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From this
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To this
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Then again a snowfoam, to do the exhaust and spare wheel. Exhaust will be thrown away for a more appropriate one, dont worry.
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Next post is the interior.
This is the story of a 1996, one owner, 106 Rallye 1,3, no crash history, and except for some superficial rust on the trunk area, a rust free car.
The car was being used as a daily, for the last 26 years from its owner. However as you will see, apart from being dirty and tired, it is a true gem.
The paint, which is a single paint, is tired and the car is flat, with no gloss left, almost like it was wetsanded. Mechanically it has 259k kms, starts right up, has no issues revving to the rev limiter, and honestly, in case you cant tell already, I love this car for many years now. More than 10 actually.
In case you havent figured it out yet, how much I love it, you probably will, by the end of this work carried out by me, in two calendar days. Working time was about 25 hours into this.
My first task was to clean the exterior of the car as well as i could, decontaminate it, then do the interior, the engine bay, and then, if i had time, and also, the needed skills, to do a correction on the paint to bring back some life into it.
Ideally i would also like to do the underbody of the car, but I needed the shop available to do that, since i dont have a lift. Yet.
So let's dig into the story of how things went.
One of my first tasks was to remove some very old stickers.
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
No more stickers
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Took a lot of time to remove them all, glue remover, and then cutting compound to remove the outlines.
Removed the plates, to throw the surrounding plate, replace rusted bolts, paint the letters, and straighten them
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
After cleaning them , i added some carpet from behind like i always do to prevent rattling and scratching the paint
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
New bolts
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Much better, even though not perfect
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Fuel cap before
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
And after
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Rusty wiper arm before
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Removed
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
And somewhat better after my paint booth
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Wheels were next
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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Multiple passes
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Rears before
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And after
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Door shuts
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
And after. These cleaned better than i thought they would
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Then i sprayed the car with an iron removed in places to soak before the multiple passes of snow foam.
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Nothing to see here
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Lost count of how many times I snowfoamed the car with Koch GS snowfoam
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Then before cleaning the car properly i attacked the engine bay, which i was a bit skeptical due to the exposed electrics etc. But if you have common sense and air from the compressor you cant go wrong.
Weapons. Well some of them
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
What I had to deal with
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
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Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
And here is what i managed, after washing, drying, enhancing the plastics and also hand polishing some body parts with cutting compound to take off the yellowing from the years
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
From this
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To this
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Then again a snowfoam, to do the exhaust and spare wheel. Exhaust will be thrown away for a more appropriate one, dont worry.
Untitled by mgpdoc, on Flickr
Next post is the interior.
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