S3 Elan Restoration WITH PICS
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:06 am
Ok lets start the story....... My parents moved House 34 years ago and this was the last journey the elan made under its own steam. It was parked up in the garage with a rotten chassis and the plaque of other problems p.s I wasn't even born yet so this is my dads turn of events. My mum wanted to sell it as interest rates rose and things were tight. So my dad took it to bits to avoid the inevitable.
About 25 years ago my dad had a bash at the restoration, rebuilding the engine, buying another chassis and getting it rolling. For one reason or another it halted at this point.
20 years ago I became a nagging teenager who wanted to take everything to pieces and attempt to rebuild them so I nagged the old man to start working on it. We got the engine in, got it running got the body shell positioned on and almost to a driving position, then things once again halted (I'm sure girls became more important that cars at that point in my life ) so it has sat in its current position for the last 14/15 years.
So now my dad is semi retired and we are starting to get things moving again so you will probably see me on here with the daftest of questions at time. P.S amazingly some fresh fuel and fresh battery and away she went.........
We are trying to complete this on a budget and get it road worthy and continually improve it from there. I am looking at a new fuel tank and sender unit (I should have said earlier that the S3 has morphed into a sprint at some point in its life) and the sender unit looks to be pretty god dam expensive for what it is.....After a little research it looks like the Austin mini van is very similar and less than half the ?, so does anyone know if this will fit?
Thanks,
Steven
About 25 years ago my dad had a bash at the restoration, rebuilding the engine, buying another chassis and getting it rolling. For one reason or another it halted at this point.
20 years ago I became a nagging teenager who wanted to take everything to pieces and attempt to rebuild them so I nagged the old man to start working on it. We got the engine in, got it running got the body shell positioned on and almost to a driving position, then things once again halted (I'm sure girls became more important that cars at that point in my life ) so it has sat in its current position for the last 14/15 years.
So now my dad is semi retired and we are starting to get things moving again so you will probably see me on here with the daftest of questions at time. P.S amazingly some fresh fuel and fresh battery and away she went.........
We are trying to complete this on a budget and get it road worthy and continually improve it from there. I am looking at a new fuel tank and sender unit (I should have said earlier that the S3 has morphed into a sprint at some point in its life) and the sender unit looks to be pretty god dam expensive for what it is.....After a little research it looks like the Austin mini van is very similar and less than half the ?, so does anyone know if this will fit?
Thanks,
Steven