davo Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 spent too long reading everyones threads on they're projects so heres the beginning of mine brought car off of here about 3 months ago have been collecting parts over the months so now we can crack on interior stripped out as we head off to Rusty Kampers,a VW camper resto expert,who just happens to be a very good friend & drinking mate of mine! i know its not a VW but it has german conections so manta should be made welcome! here we are at Rusty Kampers the dreaded buses in the background up on ramp in the workshop here is the mantas new room mate, makes my rot look like a walk in the park !!! rotten floor &shocking previous repair Matt hard at work engine & front crossmember all to be stripped out this week ready for chassis repairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Thats the spirit!! get fired in and dont bloody stop!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 long over due update !!!! like all good projects this one hit delays i have been so busy with work & Rusty Kampers has gone from stength to stength,being mobbed by paying customers,&expanding to give a complete restoration service to its VW customers,so the manta slipped down the pecking order !! anyway we are now back on track earlier this year i brought a crashed manta hatch with a redtop this gave me all the redtop goodies as well as plenty of other spares once the front running gear was stripped out the full horror was uncovered chassis was well beyound any sort of repair so the chassis rails from the hatch doner where drilled out & unpicked & then repaired as required on the bench & then offered up to the coupe both sides are now in ,i just need to get photos sorted & put up next job get the floors in & in the mean time i will get the front suspension refurbed & built up lastly massive thanks to matt & ross rustykampers....... you love it really ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabrina Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Hi davo, its really good to see that you are totally doing her back to the drawing board for me! the needle has been found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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