New project - probably my biggest challenge yet.
 

Like I needed another project... but anyway, took delivery of this today, it has been on my radar for a while as one that needs saving. How right I was!

The owner didn’t have it for long and as reported on here, it has been through a few owners recently.

Lots and lots and lots of work required to get it back to a good state.

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Well at least you had the sense to get an oil burner rather than a :getmecoat:1.8

Have fun mate, I quite like the colour too, the thing I like about project cars is that when you put something back together and then look at what you have done it makes you feel happy again knowing it’s been done properly, also with a project car your not normally up against a time restraint
Will look forward to seeing it come along
Nice one mate :cool:
Mick

Good save matey plenty of time to sort it out , at least its in good hands now :}

I agree, nice colour. :}

Good luck with the repairs. :eek:

Is it Lagoon Andy?

Simon

Yes Simon, no6 of the 6 75's made, thankfully Lagoon paint doesn't break the bank :}

Well done and good luck, looking forward to seeing the progress mate:bowdown:

Does Reebs know about this?

Simon

I'm sure Paul, Tam & Cliff will be along shortly :D

4 dual heater mechanism is rare indeed plus the body bag for the chap who died in the front seat!
Trikey you were after this for a while I know the front seat was a project you just couldn’t turn down!

This is true mate :D Couldn't resist the challenge of the front seat :bowdown:

Respect! :bowdown:

Tis more like stupidity Mike :D Has to be saved though.

Mongbox, rather you than me..........anyway I've got my eye on welded chain bumpers and steering wheel, along with button draylon dash with tassels :drool4:

Mmm Slot Mags :drool4:

You can always put a proper gearbox in it ;)

Brian :D

Bet that marina has a fog light over the rear axle too.

And a chromed spanner, I especially like the MK1 Escort lights inboard of the normal lights...........and twin fibre glass whip aerials :drool4:

Nothing that a bit of elbow grease won't polish out ;) I do like the colour

The near side rear door and offside rear quarter will take a little more than polishing Pete!

Lovely colour.

If anyone can do it - you can. :bowdown:

Looking forward to the hearing how she makes her way back onto the road.

Good Luck.

Andy.

what is the challenge of the front seat?
what is the inside of the car like?

Looking at the car I did wonder why you were keen to take it on, is no6 the key?

macafee2

:} Just seen this thread. Glad to see the car is in safe hands and yes, you're right, Lagoon is not an expensive paint so at least that's one thing less to be concerned about. :D

My own lagoon is poorly at the moment. Makes a horrendous knocking noise on startup that sounds like main bearings :eek:. Stops after around 60 seconds or so and from them on sounds as sweet as a nut. It was supposed to be in with Lates & Pete today but that had to cancelled as Pete has had an accident and is currently on crutches. No doubt it will get sorted in due course. Frustrating though (but worse for poor old Pete).

Looking forward to seeing updates on No.6 :}.

Cliff

She’s still on the road Andy!! I’ve had a quick look underneath and the sills, rear arms and tank straps look in very good condition.

The interior has seen better days! The drivers seat has a huge burn in the backrest of all places? And that ‘stain’ on the seat base, I shall see how the rest of it looks when I have donned my hazmat suit.

good luck to you.

macafee2

Well I have made a start, the engine bay has had a quick clean, upon checking the plenum I found a small compost heap, off with the scuttle panel and borrow the hoover to ensure all is clean and dry!

The air, pollen and (lack of) pcv filter have been changed as well.

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I saw Debs earlier, she said you'd got this and another four-legged project!

Amazing what difference a little cleaning makes. She looks better already :}

Cliff

What did you use to get the engine bay looking so nice and clean?

Done a great job on the engine bay.
I noticed a silver one in west runton looking quite sad do you want me to try and enquire if its available for spares?

Nice one Andy you got one hell of a project. :cool:

Look forward too seeing the finished result. :D

Always worth a look 🤣

G101 and a power wash!

Yes, certainly have, she takes less maintenance than the car!

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How many are you meant to have in your driveway? :p:

Thanks, I assume you remove all the panels and put them on the floor or something? My engine bay is awful, needs a really good clean.

Nope everything left in situ, just avoid the alternator when cleaning.

New project - probably my biggest challenge yet.
 

I have too many Pete, but I had to save this one or it wouldn’t have lasted past the next mot.

Well I made the most of the nice weather this afternoon by attacking the carpet in the car, aided by Meg the quality control collie who quite likes to chase the end of the shampooer!

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No Werthers originals to be found here...

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I can see food down here...

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And there was even a lagoon coloured beetle hanging about!

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If anyone has a set of sandstone cloth seats in good condition for sale, send me a pm!

It always amazes me that the carpets can come up so well with a bit of work , good luck with the car :}

Cracking on there Andy.
Meg not scared of the hoover?
We had a Collie cross when I was a kid , he hated it.
Used to wind him up by petting the hoover and saying good dog to it then switching it on so it swallowed his dog chocs!
I did love him and we had him for years

Looks like the two dogs get on ok then :D

Yeah they are settling ok 👍

Well today was spent removing the Chinese led headlight conversion, this also revealed a couple of broken headlight mounts, once sorted and back together with new bulbs, revealed a bulb warning light. Turns out I had a chafed wire in the usual place (over the top of the chassis)

Out with the soldering iron and a new piece of wire added and the little warning light was banished.

I noticed some oil on the sump when I had the bumper off, turns out to be a hole in the sump.

The oil is draining now, I will whip the sump off tomorrow before finding a replacement.

Good to read the updates - looking forward to more photos as work progresses :bowdown:

Cliff

Its going to end up looking like a Benetton car Cliff, the amount of panels that need replacing!

Must have got sprayed the same time as the car ;)

Like me, you make a list of jobs and as you tick them off you find twice as many to replace them hehe!

Yes Dawn, always the way with our cars, you can always find something that needs doing!

The only thing I did today was to swap the rear door that was full of filler, not a bad colour match though 🤣

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So trikey, are you going to paint the rest of the car to match??? :getmecoat::getmecoat::getmecoat:

Just wait until it gets the rest of the replacement panels on :D

I've seen VW Golfs here with all the panels in different colours - from the factory when new. Go for it.

:duh: Oh wait, that's that special GREEN one, isn't it? ;)

Yes afraid it is! It will be multicoloured for a while while I do all the other jobs, the respray will be the last thing to get done.

Looks great.

I have two Lagoon’s myself now.

Last made MG ZR and a mk1 25! :)

Great to see another rare one being kept on the road :bowdown::bowdown:

Once resprayed, I think a set of sparkle Starspokes would finish it off perfectly...:D

(I know they're not strictly correct on a Mk1, but would look great against Lagoon).

Wheel choices are a long way off yet :D

Nice one Andy. You're going to need a bigger yard! :DMike

That would be nice!

Managed a couple of jobs today, got a wing and a sump from the scrapyard, as you can see the cause of the oil leak was that the sump had been scraped previously causing a crack.

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Something I didn’t realise is that the later dumps had a polished finish internally, whereas the early ones had a shot blasted finish?!?

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Cracking on there Andy, looking good mate

I popped up to Kings Lynn this morning to collect a set of ppd sandstone seats and a rear blind from Snetty.

The rest of the day was spent removing the interior to fit a wiring loom as being a club spec car, it’s got wiring for nothing!!

While I was in there I wired up the rear blind, and decided that the parking sensor ecu loom I have had for years needed a new home, so that went in too.

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Is she looking for the beetle? Or diagnosing a noise? Could be a useful assistant. My Westie used to steal my tools when I was servicing the oil boiler. (BTW, that is not a euphemism for the CDT!)

Great pictures! ESPECIALLY the first one. Why? It gave me an awesome overview of the hand brake and compensator cover. Also, are those things under the seats HVAC ducts for back seat passengers? Does the duct in the centre console also connect to them?

Oh yes, honourable mention to the family picture, too.

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Glenn

The centre air duct is a cold air feed to the rear vents in the console Glenn, the side ones as you say feed air to the rear of the car under the seats.

Looking good, going to be an absolute stunner, especially with the canine quality inspector you have employed on this project ( last photo):D:D

Gone all quiet on this one. Is it still evolving?


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hi trikey,

love the color i had a 820i in the same .
its good to know im not the only one mad enough to tak on a project
of this magnitude :bowdown:


rob

I started on the S-reg almost 2 years ago and it's still some way from being finished.....they do take a while ;)

Sitting in the corner awaiting mot, along with two others that need testing following lay ups of over three years each!

No rush with the lagoon, it needs to go to Tom Hobbs to have the rear quarters put right before painting.

Andy are you sure it’s you doing all the hard work here,:D because that dog looks like he is checking for damp near the side impact sensor lol, on a serious note it’s really nice to see how it’s all taking shape for you mate
Mick:cool:

The dogs always want to see what's going on Mick, either that or they are looking for food beneath the carpet!

I rescued a tourer that has been laid up for 3.5 years, that's taken up a bit of time just lately, hopefully ill get back onto the lagoon soon.

Finger's crossed the Tourer will be a beauty!

Well it was far too good to go to the big yard in the sky Pete!

Took the lagoon for an MOT last week (Well Deb did) It failed on front to rear brake pipes and the front indicators were not showing enough orange light.

I changed the brake pipes today and threw in a couple of orangey bulbs, then back for a retest this coming week.

I would say nice save. Hell yea nice save mate.

Looks like a ton of work but it will be worth it.

Good luck:bowdown: I will be watching with interest:beer2:

I will be interested in how you tackle the large dent on the boot lid! I have a much smaller dent alongside the number plate.:xmas-smiley-008:

Great work Andy can't wait to see the finished job. :bowdown:

Our old Hound used to jump in the car (anyone's car that is, not just ours) at every opportunity.

He preferred going for a drive to going for a walk! :D


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No dent in the boot lid, just a lot of scratches! All the other panels I have fitted are dent free (the dents were the reason for changing the panels)

Mot passed this morning 👍👍

I wonder how my MOT will go tomorrow............must see if there is a car wash open on the way back from the barbers :icon_lol:

Brian :innocent:

A Clean car always helps at mot time..

We did well taking a multi coloured one in :xmas-smiley-008:

I didn’t know you had this car! I made a half-hearted attempt to buy it a couple of years ago but the bloke wouldn’t budge on price. I always hoped it had gone to a good home. I’ve always loved the Lagoon colour but my fleet days are over now. Just down to three cars now, one of which is always being renovated some way or another!

Looks like good progress so far. Noticed in one of the pictures, door card covering is delaminating like in my silver car. Are you thinking to recover them or to replace? Seems to me now so long since production ended, the days of finding long lasting replacements might be a short lived solution. Soon be needing a card coverer in the forum. I can only imagine it being a tricky job to do well, a bit like welding.

Always a good feeling! Well done.:xmas-smiley-008:

Green is the colour
 

Best of luck mate ,
The colour is awesome 😎
I have lots of bits from my donor
Car ,trim ,single din stereo with surround , wheel arch trim etc .
No charge to club members just the cost of post from Ireland 🇮🇪.

Rob

I'll tell you one thing your andy yoru project car is still going strong and she's been well taken care of. ;)

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I hope you saved me the drivers seat!:eek:

Strangely enough I removed the seat base and have it stored away especially for you mate 🤣🤣

How’s this Lagoon restoration going?

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No idea who bought it - does anyone know if it was a club member?

Cliff

Bah! I was hoping Trikey would take it far enough and then I’d find somewhere to store it away from my wife!

Cash waiting for yours whenever you’re ready, Cliff! :}:D

Mabey one day :D

Cliff

Drop lordy a pm, I sold it to him then he sold it on...