favguy

Wootton, near ulceby, about 18 miles from Scunny

Oh sorry about the t-cut comment :(, I just used it on a '95 Fav as polish (G10) wouldn't touch it and it worked a treat, paint is hard as glass on it, but thinking about it, the older rapids were in cellulose weren't they? so yes better to be more gentle probably

Yes please, I'm crossing my fingers its Sportline Red and you're not too far away either. Paul

Pics to follow, although, I messed up, in my exitement, I didn't take any before starting the clean up :( !

That looks a real beauty:thumbup:, well done, also I reckon that paint will respond great to 4 hours hard work or so with T-cut and wax.

Hello all, I'm new to the forum having found it after buying and picking up an old Fav on impulse from ebay on Thursday I bought it purely to amuse myself as a project as I think the Favorit is such an interesting car, individual styling and eastern block Chezh engineering. (with the benefit of VW quality control, but no interferance with the styling, the last of the "true" Skoda's I reckon! lol). I'd had a new LXI back in 1993 and sold it after 3 years and 32000 miles, and felt it had to be one of the most under rated cars ever. Anyway had since moved on and had many Audi's etc, but always sort of wanted a Fav again just for fun, so I just bought one from ebay for the grand sum of £214, 1995 GlXIe Flairline with only 19500 miles and one owner from new! OK, so the catch is I don't think the old gent had ever washed it from new, it's sportline red, but had gone entirely a dull pink and had green moss growing all over the side and window trims, lol!! Also the interior was covered in dust and hairs from his Jack Russell or some such! Anyway, I've just spent the last 2 days washing, scrubbing and hoovering, followed by T-cut, Polish, Black trim conditioner, alloy wheel cleaner etc.. and I now simply can't believe the condition of it. I need to source a replacement bonnet and drivers side wing, as he has bumped it in the past and although repaired at the time, the quality of the repair was rubbish and as a result they have rusted badly and also caused the inner arch front to rust badly. The front alloys are also a bit curbed and the rear tyres need changing, as they are the original '95 Barums, and the rubber on the sidewalls has almost all fell off! the drivers side rear arch is just starting to blister right at the very inner edge where they all go, (although strangely the left side is perfect) so I'll have to spot repair this too... but apart from the above, it's amazing! the rest of the paint is original and now gleams like new, it has no dents, absolutely no rust at all, even the whole of the chassis is clean and free of any rust or dents, and the interior is as new, for some bizarre reason, now it's been cleaned it's got that new car smell back again! Anyway despite all and sundry telling me I'm mad, I think a weeks work and spending the same again on it as it cost me will have it looking brand new, I don't care that it probably won't have a resale value as much as I've spent on it, as I don't ever want to sell it, as it will do about 45 mpg, I love the styling, and the spec on the GLXIe is fab! just like it says on the key! Once I've got it perfect, I'm going to fit remote locking and an LPG conversion! I might be mad, but I reckon in about 5 to 7 years values of good clean Favs will increase anyway as there will be almost none left, just like the Good Estelles are now. Also, just my own observations and thoughts, but I'm sure that the last Fav's were exceptionally well made because VW headed up the quality control and went over the top with corrosion prevention to try and regain the reputation of the brand, at the risk of upsetting any felicia owners, when looked after properly Favs seem to rust less than the following model. Anyway, I look forward to getting to know you all. And if anyone has a clean wing, bonnet or front grill in original sportline red paint please let me know. From one who knows the value of something can often outweigh it's cost! Regards Paul