, i have saved a few mk1s now and love these cars to bits fantastic fun to drive and always bring a smile to my face when driving them . this car was smashed up after the peaks run which i organize with bill hulme on the mk1 club site . this is the aftermath of hitting diesel coming off a round about on the m60 ( very lucky Denis who was driving the car was unhurt ) 
she had
very bad hits but no chassis damage , i decided to buy the car off Denis to restore , she was to good to scrap and rust free and mint prior to the accident with the previous lady owner had it 18 years from new . she needed 2 new wings , slam panel , bumper , head light , bonnet , inner wing and head light mounting panel , rear quarter panel , back light and rear bumper with crash bar . she needed a lot off parts the biggest problem being the rear quarter . has luck would have it a fully restored car with new rear quarters fitted had sadly caught fire and was being scraped ( far to good to break but had already fully striped when i got to it ) . i managed to get 2 as new wings ,full rear panel , slam panel , and lights for 100 pounds 
parts cut out of donor car
the front was done first on the car
,it had inner panel damage so this was cut out .
the replacement part where carefully measured and welded in
then the new wings and bonnet where trial fitted for the shut lines
.
happy with the front it was time to sort the rear out
.this was after i gave it a good bash to get the boot to shut
.
all this damaged needed to be cut out
, i carefully removed the rear quarter .
to fit the rear panel i decided to join it at the fuel cap edge as its the shortest distance to weld
, this was a bit of a sod but is more than doable if you take your time . 
welded in and spot welded
around the rest of the panel .
then filled and painted
i decided to change the white from 043 to 040 and two tone the with gray 167 so fully painted the car
.
2 tone paint just done
and car as she is now
gary
Id love a white one to do a 2tone, always loved the initial D tofu running AE86 so id love to see a white and black mk1.
