Arjan_m's 75 1.8 mod topic

[arjan_m]

Hi everyone!

After six years of driving a diesel (some of you know her...), I had to sell it because the taxes for diesel are going sky-high over here (+/- 400 euro every 3 months)

So last week I bought another 75, MidNhight Blue, but is a classic, so it has the cheapest cloth seats, and more plastic than other 75's (like the handbrake)



But of course I started with some modifications, so the premium feel is coming back:

When I bought it, this was how the inside looks:



A Harmony radio without CD-changer, non-electric windows a the rear. Not that I mind that, but it feels a bit like a "naked" 75....

After spending some time on a scrapyard I found the following mod's

1. walnut/leather steering wheel
2. Original chrome door cappings
3. Chrome mirror caps
4. Gearknob walnut / leather
5. Leather Handbrake grip in stead of the plastic one














Coming home I had some things from my diesel 75, so just went futher where I was started:
1. a PPD lighterr (for the purists.)
2. WinCE Head Unit.
3. Sandstone car mats in stead of black
4. MK2 airbag
5. NSF (left - LHD) grab handle
6. caps for the bolts of the seat belts

[arjan_m]

New license plates,

I've changed the speedoinlay with one from a MK2, still need to do the clock.


And I connected the illuminated sunvisors.


Slowly it starting to look like a premium car....

[arjan_m]

En yesterday I got a leather interior of a 75 MK2, electric and memory.
I made my own loom, and everything is working. On a later moment I'll have to connect the seat heating, because I don't have the switches yet.

Halfway at the front:


Now with both seats;


MK2-seats in the rear has the advantage it has buttons to lay down the rear seat:




This is making a big difference, leather is the way to go in a 75.

[Mischief]

Very nice indeed but I would sort that steering wheel out as it's on the wrong side of the car

[arjan_m]

Today I received the torpedo badges, they were a bit faded:


After a quick clean, it needed some black paint:


So let it dry for a while, and remove the paint that was too much. After that a good clean, and some new doublesided tape.

Than they were ready to stick them on the 75!





That's how a 75 should look, and one thing less on my to-do-list!

[charlie 22]

May I say your are an ambassidor for the brand. What do your family/friends say about your choise of car/engine?

[Brianw119]

The car looks awesome. Keep up the good work

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[arjan_m]

I have painted the parking sensors for the rear bumper, and eventually fitted them in the new bumper. Now everything is ready for the MK2 conversion.

[dbt01]

I assume you couldn't find any of the facelift bits around here (Son/Helmond/Eindhoven) could you. I can't! Getting the 80cm boot finisher was a coup (but best throw away the external boot-lock to be 'original'). Facelifts in Holland tend to be very scarce.

Drop me a PM if it would be OK to come and take a look at her some time :-)

David

[arjan_m]

Hi David,

It wasn't very difficult to find the parts. Most were of a local scrapyard, and eBay of course. I found the MK2 rear-bumper in a little village near St. Anthonis.
Except the front bumper of course, I picked that up in England (Southampton).

You will have to look good, that's true. But you can find everything.
And you are always welcome!