Late June 2015, Danny and I drive to Blackburn, Midlothian, to view the car which will become our 2016 project.  The car had previously been raced in the Lowland (see picture of previous owner left). Warned by a friend to pay particular attention to stereotypical mk2 defects we closely inspect the underside for rust and test the full range of gears (including reverse).  Happy with the condition and price, the deal is done.  Danny drives back to Callander in the car and appears to be in his element.  However, when we get back home he can't reverse up the driveway.  The selector for 5th and reverse gears is broken, and we have our first major repair to execute.

I went onto eBay to try to source a new box.  I couldn't believe my luck when I found one in Essex which had (allegedly) only done 32K, had it shipped to Dreadnought Garage where Paul Luti did the swap.  Unfortunately, after fitting the replacement, on testing, it only got half a mile and it totally packed up, luckily the vendor agreeed to take it back and gave us a full refund.  Now our only option was to rebuild the original box at great expense.  The work was carried out at ASK Transmissions, Falkirk, and fitted into the car at Dreadnought.

Our next task was to fit the safety systems to the car.  Roll cage, four-point harness, FIA approved bucket seat, snap-off steering boss and 330mm suede trimmed steering wheel completed the interior.

Then we were down to minor improvements under the hood.  This comprised of new iridium spark plugs and a new HKS induction system, full upgrade of coolant system hoses to silicone and a general tidy up of unnecessary equipment