i have been searching for the pics of this for over a year and finally found them, when i was 16 i was doing a mechanics corse at college and i wanted something to learn on so i came accross this for £50 and got it towed back to my house...

the sills were rotten, wheels were a mess, brakes were buggerd, engine didnt start, batterys were nackerd, chrome was a mess. here she is when i got her home...







so i got on to refurbing the wheels, sorted all the rust out on the body work apart from the sills, got the brakes up to scratch and then the rear brake line burst so did a bodge to that so it has the brakes working enoth just to move it.

then set on to getting the engine running, problem was the batterys, twin 6v's under the seats, as they were bloody expensive to get hold of i converted it to run on 12v. wacked a 12v on it and it turned over but didnt fire, put fuel in it and still no joy then found out a fuel line was split and fuel filter was split, change them and put new plugs in it and after abit of dabbing of the throttle and turning over it started after 10 years of sitting in someones garden!black soot all over the front of the house though, whops mu wasnt impressed

anyway after it was all running i got the body work looking good. let the pics do the talking, only spent about £50 on it









then the bits i didnt have the bulls to fix
drivers sill

pass sill

wing

rear arch


lost interest in her after this and sold it on ebay for just over £500, would love to know if she was fully restored or still being done.

wish i had kept it and finished it myself ignor the sub in the boot, it was a good storage place

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Audi A4 Cabriolet 2.5TDI 163 Sport
Full Interior Lighting Pack - Puddle Lights, Footwell Lights, Door Markers, Handle Ambient Lights, Air Vent Illumination, Armrest Illumination, Roof Ambient Lights. Auto Dim Rear View Mirror, Cruise Control, Full DIS, Genuine 6 Disc CD Changer in Glovebox, RNSE, Remote Windows, Parrot Bluetooth, Storage Pack, Full Leather, Heated Mirrors

Did an awesome job on that beast mate! It looked like new when you were done!

Retro and cool!

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awesome

not sure its alive though

The enquiry is complete

The vehicle details for GBM 783N are:

Date of Liability 01 07 1991
Date of First Registration 03 10 1974
Year of Manufacture 1974
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1798CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour GREY
Vehicle Type Approval null
The information contained on this page is correct at the time of enquiry.
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £104.50
12 Months Rate £190.00

That is ace, well done so far

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Rest in peace Ben "Jam" Elvin. Gone but never forgotten.

it was a great project wile it lasted, i think i had it for just under a year but after passing my driving test and wanting a car to drive i had to sell it to by my first car

if i could get hold of another one for a project for that price i would as it was so easy to work on and i really enjoyed it!

yeah i had a look on that adam and noticed its still not on the road but it could still be being restored in someones garage, i think the guy who bought it off me was from kent somewhere, but that was in about 2004!

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Audi A4 Cabriolet 2.5TDI 163 Sport
Full Interior Lighting Pack - Puddle Lights, Footwell Lights, Door Markers, Handle Ambient Lights, Air Vent Illumination, Armrest Illumination, Roof Ambient Lights. Auto Dim Rear View Mirror, Cruise Control, Full DIS, Genuine 6 Disc CD Changer in Glovebox, RNSE, Remote Windows, Parrot Bluetooth, Storage Pack, Full Leather, Heated Mirrors

did a good job there mate and got a reward for it so +++

did you learn alot from it??

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£50! nice

I would love to have one for that cheap, fix up and cruise

Shame you got rid... but it was worth it for getting a car on the road, specially with the profit you made!


Better than my first car when I was 16.

1.0 MG Metro. old skool style metro.

The evening before we were about to move it 2 miles from a family friends house to my house.. some piss heas pushed it around the corner and set it on fire!!!!!

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Daily isn't so Special. And it makes me sad.
Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

Catch me on Facebook as I'm rarely on here.

Bet you were gutted!

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