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Henry - The Canica Blue Lupo


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So most of you know my Lupo Sport "Alva".

Although I love driving her and I'm proud for her to be my daily, since my work has moved further away from home it's costing me far too much to get to work so it was time for a second car :(

Don't worry though - Alva is staying in the garage and will be my summer/weekend car whenever possible...

So moving on...The new car, the project.

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I'm sure some people will recognise this as Ben Cannons car. Unfortunately he got fed up of this project and has now got a different car so I've took on the challenge to get this back into a pretty looking car...

Picked it up on Saturday morning and got straight to it...Ripping the sub wall out...

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...How many screws did you really want to use Ben...THANKS! :rant:

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Wasn't too keen on the idea of using an angle grinder but it got the job done ;)

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The remains of the wall...

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Finally out!

Literally took all weekend to get it out, and mainly the work of the boyfriend and his brothers!

Next on the agenda, massive clean up job on the inside!!

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Wow some proper demolition work going on there :lol: Will be keeping an eye on this

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Wow some proper demolition work going on there :lol: Will be keeping an eye on this

Felt like I needed to bring in a wrecking ball! Major demolition work! :lol:

What a mess :) good luck though haha

Haha thanks!

that's an impressive sub wall! ahaha.

anything special happening with this? or just a standard look for a daily bike?

Indestructible is a better word for it...

Erm, not everything's been decided yet.

It's already got some mods like coilovers, smoothed boot, bump strips removed etc.

Main things to do are obviously tidy up all the bodywork and respray :)

Got a colour(s) in mind which I'm going to pick up this weekend but that's being kept hush for a while ;)

oooh this looks like a project and a half going off

Indeed! Got a lot of work to do!

Good Work!!!

Cheers :)

Looks like a proper building site in there!! :lol:

It is atm! Needs some serious tidying up!

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It will be eventually :)

I'll get over double mpg to what I get now plus I won't be putting the miles on Alva.

And once I've tidied the car up, it'll be worth a lot more than I paid for it so it was a worthwhile buy even if I never used the car :)

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aaah, id love to know how youre getting insurance on a tdi, its more for me on a 1.4 tdi than a 1.6 gti .... all cos of the silly turbo ..., and you gonna say your plans or is it just gonna be a nice daily?

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aaah, id love to know how youre getting insurance on a tdi, its more for me on a 1.4 tdi than a 1.6 gti .... all cos of the silly turbo ..., and you gonna say your plans or is it just gonna be a nice daily?

£1000 for me on a tdi :) my sports about £850 now :D

Will only be taking Alva off the road once I start using the tdi until I can afford to run both.

Trying to find some cheapish wheels for daily which still look pretty, get the inside sorted out and respray it all but the colour is secret for now ;)

Not going crazy with mods as I still wanna spend money on Alva but the boyfriend usually ends up buying loads of stuff without me knowing....

You bought a Tee Dee aye? :surprised:

Aha. I look forward to seeing what you do with this one! :yes:

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Indeedy :thumbsup:

Will be a long process to get it looking nice again but it'll defo be beautiful by the end ^_^

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Just a quick update from the weekend...

It actually looks like a car!!

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Pretending that the seats are back in...! ^_^

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And whats this...? Mmmmmm paint :wub:

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Also took the original seats out of the tdi and have stripped the covers off as the boyfriend is going to try his hand at trimming :)

Also got a few little things that arrived this week such as aero wiperblades and a glass rear wiper blank.

On the lookout for a few bits now so if anyone is selling, lemme know ;)

Set of headlights

Rear seatbelts - the catches and the belts

Locking pivots for the rear seats

Seat slide covers in black

Inside mirror caps for electric mirrors

Bottom door cards in black

N/s front wing - any colour

Will be more updates to come next weekend :thumbsup:

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  • 2 weeks later...

Some new presents for Henry ^_^ (from the boyfriend...he spoils Henry <_<)

Loads of little bits which were missing due to the sub wall..... :rant:

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And a much needed new wing!

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Should be picking up some pop-outs at the weekend too :thumbsup:

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