Hey Baron,do you have a Wartburg?

He did, but he broke it. Or rather it never really worked in the first place and he discovered that getting parts for a 40 year old soviet era car is pretty strenuous...

Sure that sounds like a plan, and I'm happy to see Fred.

Yes I was surprised at the reaction I got turning up in a dayglo orange 353S Tourist with white go faster stripes from the VW crowd. I usually meet an VW owning ex work colleague at Slough, who always rips the piss out of my transportation, yet he never seems to drive the splitty bus or ghia that he owns. He really took the piss out of the wartie but then when it started to gather a crowd he got the hump lol.

It was a fun car and I'm probably the only person on the planet who sold a DS to buy a Wartie. They are so dire they seem to come out the far side of shonky and be quite cool.

The engine was a laugh a sodding minute though and I had a two cranks go bang and a total seizure in the 18mths I used it as sole transport. I know why we won the cold war.

Parts were starting to get seriously expensive and that combined with a lack of stroker knowledge in the UK, 25mpg on a good day, plus all the air freight charges from Germany made me part with it. On reflection I should have kept it, but the seizures were found to be due to poor oil mixing due to that crappy ethanol in 95ron fuel.

Yes I'd have another, and I'd love a last of the line 1.3 Tourist with an 8v Golf GTi lump fitted and 5 speed box.

Sure that sounds like a plan, and I'm happy to see Fred.

Yes I was surprised at the reaction I got turning up in a dayglo orange 353S Tourist with white go faster stripes from the VW crowd. I usually meet an VW owning ex work colleague at Slough, who always rips the piss out of my transportation, yet he never seems to drive the splitty bus or ghia that he owns. He really took the piss out of the wartie but then when it started to gather a crowd he got the hump lol.

It was a fun car and I'm probably the only person on the planet who sold a DS to buy a Wartie. They are so dire they seem to come out the far side of shonky and be quite cool.

The engine was a laugh a sodding minute though and I had a two cranks go bang and a total seizure in the 18mths I used it as sole transport. I know why we won the cold war.

Parts were starting to get seriously expensive and that combined with a lack of stroker knowledge in the UK, 25mpg on a good day, plus all the air freight charges from Germany made me part with it. On reflection I should have kept it, but the seizures were found to be due to poor oil mixing due to that crappy ethanol in 95ron fuel.

Yes I'd have another, and I'd love a last of the line 1.3 Tourist with an 8v Golf GTi lump fitted and 5 speed box.[/quote]

Nice one, as for last of Line Wartys, Were owners not encouraged to take their old ones worn out ones in to a dealer for a "Refurb" which took the form of transfering their reg numbers to a brand spanking unregisterable new Grey import?

See I aint just a Volkshead
I actually restored a Moskvitch 2 years back.
Its a bit small for me though

Anyway back to the Ami...
Sills and Floors ordered.

Door panels shuffled into piles of usable, fixable and fubared and stacked up on my special shelf at work.
Ami will be going on my back drive tommorrow for the start of its stripdown.
My VW Fastback will be going to pastures new.
but needs must

You will note it is not rusty, or have a roofrack covered in crap, or running Empi/foosh wheels (Just Really rare 70s Mag industries) or is it incredably low... just dialed down a smidge under stock:D

Dare I say it but, you may find some of this tthread useful

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2279

Spanners you are my new Hero.
Seeing those pics in Blurryvision will be very helpful.

Anyway Anastasie is now installed in my beautifully equipped workshop.....no scratch that She is actually parked up around the back on a slightly unkempt drive the only luxury afforded to me is a big gate between me and the Pikeys.
This means I can pop into the house for a piss without worrying about my tools and whatever I take off the car walking.
Now thats luxury.
Also I have a trick up my sleve , I am going looking for an end of season Party tent at B&Q etc tommorrow.
Et Vola (Sp) Instant garage, Might even get flash and run a Light out there.

I now have a shedule to work to.
Now dont get me wrong I CAN weld, but I dont like welding and cannot weld in a manner i am happy with.
So I had a chat with my secret weapon, We shall call him Swamp, for that Is the name he is called
Swamp can weld, Swamp likes welding, Swamp is rather good at welding, Swamp was rather fired up by my new project today when he saw it.
Unfortunately Swamp lives in Rugby and I live in Slough, But wait.... Swamp has offered to pop around for a couple of weekends and do his thing.
Deal is I cut, I prep, I shape and I fold any repair fillets and tack it all together.
This is my Forte.
Swamp rocks up has a weldathon... we feed/water him and give him somewhere to kip.

There is more to this deal but he has just had the above VW Fasty and a pile of spares that could fill a transit for very much mates rates.

He is coming back in about 4 weeks to do the deed

So I will be stripping out, cutting, bending, fettling and tacking things together In the sound knowledge that even on tacks it will be stronger than it is now.
The Tub the real important bit where everything holds everything else together is the place we will be concentrating on at the moment
...and then the weldathon begins, Got that? then lets begin.
More tommorrow.

hura for swamp then!!

Indeed Swamp is a Legend
Yesterday I wasted the day moving cars about.

Anyway the majority of Today was invested in putting up and "Easy to construct" Gazebo and lashing the thing down as best I could.
These things are neither designed for wind ,snow.... or winter use in general and they certainly were not intended for using as a workshop
Will give it a go though as the other option is working on Dry days only, and summer is over.
I also rigged up an extention lead so i can have light and do a little in the evenings ...well thats the theory if Im not too knackered:lol:





But at about 4pm I managed to do a little.

Now before you all gasp and say "You shoulda Braced that mate" the A and B posts were flapping about anyway and took little persuasion to pull the remnants of the Sill off by hand.

So It looks like careful measuring and keeping the doors/ Wings on to check alignment for now will be the way to go (it worked on the Morris Minor I did years back so im guessing it will work the same here)
Theory is if the door fits in the hole with even gaps then its right.

Back seat will go to storage before I get busy with the Grinder/welder It wasnt in my way earlier so it stayed.