New Life For An 'Old' MK1 Roadster.

[mabbott74]

Hello FFR community. I picked up a MK1 Roadster back in August of 2020 and have been S L O W L Y working on getting it across the finish line. The car was purchased by a colorful hippie-biker-deadhead-philosopher as a project for he and his brother back in the late 90's. The guys shows up 30 minutes late to our meet in a crazy , twin turboed, rat rod pickup, laying rubber all the way up his driveway. After showing my wife and I around his place we go to his buddy's shop where the car is stored. 'Just around the corner' turns into a 20+ minute car ride out into the middle of nowhere without any cell service. This is pretty much how every episode of 'Unsolved Mysteries' starts. Obviously we didn't disappear and the guy turned out to be a really interesting character. He had a ton of other projects going and lost interest in the Roadster when his brother passed from cancer. We settled on a price and the details. A week later I hitched up the truck and trailer and made the 3 hour trek to East Tennessee to claim my prize.

The further I've dug in the more I realize that I have my work cut out for me. What I thought was going to be a quick build is anything but. When I purchased the car it was running and titled in Tennessee but definitely not road worthy. In some ways it may have been easier to start from scratch. But there is something cool about breathing new life into old broken things.

I appreciate the FFR community and look forward to sharing my journey and gleaning your wisdom. Thanks for stopping by.

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