Recent content by MatthiasD

Well, work has started on aunt Julia so I might as well open up a project topic. The plan is to restore/fix up the bodywork (mainly the sills) while keeping her roadworthy as much as possible. In a later stage, the rear axle will have to come out for inspection, revision of the brake calipers...

So the only easy way out is finding another differential, which is a rather expensive option. Incidentally, you might have noticed my P6 has an automatic gearbox ;)

I've read about modifying wheel arches etc..will have to see what's been done when I take the rear wings off. The tyres do rub (or have rubbed) slightly on the arch though! What's so difficult about alloy's on P6's apart from the width?

Many thanks for the warm welcome! Inderdaad leuk om ook andere Nederlanders op een Engels forum te zien :D I'll do the welding myself @ work, plenty of space & equipment there. Shouldn't be too much of a problem (fingers crossed) :mrgreen: Made some better pics today in the sunshine 8)...

Hello, I'm Matthias, from the Netherlands and a fresh P6 owner. It's a 1975 3500 (originally from Switserland) and there's plenty of rust to tend too!! I must admit I got a bit freightened after I found this forum and saw the horrors that can lurk behind those outer sill covers. So after I got...