Wr Bare Shell

tommyboy · 17-10-11, 01:56 PM

Just putting feeler's out if anyone has a wr there breaking. I am after a completely bare shell ( apart from glass if at all possible) Think i might of bitten of more than i can chew with my Shell ( Driver's side front subframe "rear one" mounting point so to speak is rotted to hell. .With the structural integrity needed there..She might be a goner. Unless some one with car body and chassis restoration experiance can put me in the right direction?

So if anyone has one id be interested. . .

Thanks in advance

Tom

Hanuman · 17-10-11, 02:27 PM

I'd stick some pics up, good quality ones, if you want to elicit some fully informed help.
Scrapping the whole project shell for an another unknown quantity sounds a little extreme, and tantamount to making the same mistake twice.
And that's if you could find a complete shell, which has been rather difficult in recent years.

tommyboy · 17-10-11, 02:38 PM

Will get picture's up of the area tomorrow. . There's a lot of pictures and information on my project thread of the shell. . .

I do hope it's worth it. Wonder if VRS have a wr shell?

Puglife · 17-10-11, 03:08 PM

You''d be better spending money on your shell... You will find your going to probably go to the same effort whatever shell you get. Afterall, metal can always be replaced and it seems sacreligious to scrap a shell due to rust.

My shell has alot of rust/rot in places but if your serious about rebuilding a car from shell up then its something that comes with the territory i'm afraid.

PS. I am currently cutting up my CQ shell for spare panels for my shell. I will double check what I need but for a small fee to cover cutting bits out I can supply most areas needed. Shell is (bare the rear panel) pretty much rust free and was cut up due to rear quarter damage and the need for spare sections for my WR shell.

Isimmo · 17-10-11, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Puglife

You''d be better spending money on your shell... You will find your going to probably go to the same effort whatever shell you get. Afterall, metal can always be replaced and it seems sacreligious to scrap a shell due to rust.

My shell has alot of rust/rot in places but if your serious about rebuilding a car from shell up then its something that comes with the territory i'm afraid.

PS. I am currently cutting up my CQ shell for spare panels for my shell. I will double check what I need but for a small fee to cover cutting bits out I can supply most areas needed. Shell is (bare the rear panel) pretty much rust free and was cut up due to rear quarter damage and the need for spare sections for my WR shell.

As Jay says, seldom will you gain by buying another stripped shell, after all, it's been stripped for a reason... Subframe mounts can be rebuilt... What man maketh, man can maketh again, so to speak.... But think carefully about what you want, if the shell is rusting through, it needs to be stored 'to the best of your ability', so in a building or covered, covered in waxoil or just soaked in rust-proofing type products. Don't worry if it's a pig to remove the stuff in a couple of years time, because however hard it is to remove, it's easier than repairing rampant corrosion.

poor-boy · 17-10-11, 08:44 PM

There is a local geezer with a CQ shell... Thursday I will go and see him and send you a text

tommyboy · 18-10-11, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Puglife

You''d be better spending money on your shell... You will find your going to probably go to the same effort whatever shell you get. Afterall, metal can always be replaced and it seems sacreligious to scrap a shell due to rust.

My shell has alot of rust/rot in places but if your serious about rebuilding a car from shell up then its something that comes with the territory i'm afraid.

PS. I am currently cutting up my CQ shell for spare panels for my shell. I will double check what I need but for a small fee to cover cutting bits out I can supply most areas needed. Shell is (bare the rear panel) pretty much rust free and was cut up due to rear quarter damage and the need for spare sections for my WR shell.

Well the main bit's i am after are the boot floor (mainly passenger side) Sill corner's ( were they meet the rear quater panel) complete front slam panel. There the parts i want to get my hands on most.

My drivers side subframe area.

tommyboy · 19-10-11, 03:18 AM

Will get more picture's guy's for you

Tonks4x4 · 19-10-11, 06:21 AM

Get stuck in and get it repaired!!!!
It feels daunting to begin with but once you get started it is quite therapeutic, and once you can see a large section that you have completed you can stand back and feel a huge sense of achievement!

Don't give up its worth the long haul!!!

4v6 · 19-10-11, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Tonks4x4

Get stuck in and get it repaired!!!!
It feels daunting to begin with but once you get started it is quite therapeutic, and once you can see a large section that you have completed you can stand back and feel a huge sense of achievement!

Don't give up its worth the long haul!!!

Seconded! That area in the photo is a common one for rust.
Did both sides of mine there as it was holed so as brian says, get stuck in.

Cut the old rusty metal out and put the new repair sections in one at a time.
Start with a small repair first until you gain experience and confidence.

17-10-11, 02:27 PM	#2
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,016	I'd stick some pics up, good quality ones, if you want to elicit some fully informed help. Scrapping the whole project shell for an another unknown quantity sounds a little extreme, and tantamount to making the same mistake twice. And that's if you could find a complete shell, which has been rather difficult in recent years. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

17-10-11, 03:08 PM	#4
Puglife ==>PUGSPORT!<== Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Leyland Posts: 1,544	You''d be better spending money on your shell... You will find your going to probably go to the same effort whatever shell you get. Afterall, metal can always be replaced and it seems sacreligious to scrap a shell due to rust. My shell has alot of rust/rot in places but if your serious about rebuilding a car from shell up then its something that comes with the territory i'm afraid. PS. I am currently cutting up my CQ shell for spare panels for my shell. I will double check what I need but for a small fee to cover cutting bits out I can supply most areas needed. Shell is (bare the rear panel) pretty much rust free and was cut up due to rear quarter damage and the need for spare sections for my WR shell. __________________ 1986 UR Quattro - (1982) Lombard RAC Group 4 recreation - #24 H.Demuth/J.Daniels 1981 VW mk1 golf GTi - now 5cylinder and RWD.

19-10-11, 06:21 AM	#9
Tonks4x4 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire Posts: 2,607	Get stuck in and get it repaired!!!! It feels daunting to begin with but once you get started it is quite therapeutic, and once you can see a large section that you have completed you can stand back and feel a huge sense of achievement! Don't give up its worth the long haul!!! __________________ http://www.tonks4x4.com

17-10-11, 02:38 PM	#3
tommyboy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Turriff.Aberdeenshire.Scotland Posts: 1,053	Will get picture's up of the area tomorrow. . There's a lot of pictures and information on my project thread of the shell. . . I do hope it's worth it. Wonder if VRS have a wr shell?

17-10-11, 08:44 PM	#6
poor-boy Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kingswinford, West Midlands Posts: 1,284	There is a local geezer with a CQ shell... Thursday I will go and see him and send you a text

19-10-11, 03:18 AM	#8
tommyboy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Turriff.Aberdeenshire.Scotland Posts: 1,053	Will get more picture's guy's for you