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well it makes me feel better about the 20k I'm about to put into refreshing my 73 tii...Barney

I'm looking for a small air filter box...like the picture

Installed most of the sound proofing...

painted the bottom to match the top...008.MOV

Picked it up from paint/body shop and headed home to admire...

great work / news / color now enjoy it and continue to improve it...Barney

the body shop talked me into two stage because of the metallic nature/look of the turkis color, I'm very happy with the results it looks "deep"...Barney

these are beauty shots to me......

Welcome to the group, what a great ownership story, good looking car...Barney

Do you have any friends with 2002s? Having one to look at in person and take a few pictures / notes would go a long way...these guys will help...

Turkis it is...some assembly required, I'll be spending a lot of time in the garage the next couple months...

Looking good...very happy

Looks like today is the day its gets  Beautiful...

those look like BWA wheels, are really close to them...they can look like this polished...I'm going to put these on my Turkis car...

E & F for five speed....

It's an old school install, ask the shop if they have anybody that knows how to install the windshield with a rope...there are less that do every day...

All I did was inspect and wait...

how can you not chose the 72 golf tii...love the stance of the gray car, but having a 72 golf myself I'm kind of biased toward the golf color...

Great topic...my wife Victoria and I  had long talks about this when our two boys were young and came up with ...not in the car/2002 till old enough / big enough to not need booster/seat, around town only and not on the highway...fast forward to oldest son turning 15 he starts talking of my 2002 being his first car....well we all know that can't happen...we he/I agree to buy him a 2002 and fix it up before he turns 16...we do it, 75 Verona after a few months car looks much better than I ever thought possible...mom not all that happy but agrees he can drive it the four miles to the high school, around austin and back but not out of town (austin/Dallas) ...well he drove the wheels off the car thru high school and we got him a vw with air bags to go off to college...now 12 years later in the next month are so I'm giving him the 2002 (74 granda) he wanted when he was 15...he is now 27 I'm sure we will still worry as he drives it to go scuba diving/ snow boarding and the other dangerous things he does it's part of being a parent...I came to my 2002 at 20 after having a motorcycle wreck, I always felt the 2002 was much safer and was happy with that...Barney

pictures always help...you said you love the car, go for it...

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Well they started painting my car today...

Welcome to the group, does not look too rusty to be saved... fix it / drive it have fun make decisions for time and money based on your experiences...a critic knows the way but can't drive the car...

it's hard to find someone that wants to do a complete repaint any more, they all want to repaint a fender or hood for $2500 on an insurance claim...you will have to pay close to 9/10k to get it does has been my experience in Austin,Texas...in Dallas probably more...Barney

this is the third 2002 I've had completely repainted in Georgetown north of Austin at a small shop...car has bee there three months and counting

well after two months the two 60s model chevy trucks that were ahead of me at the paint shop are finished and the Turkis princess is next in line to be painted...

My sons high school car...parts car now...