Here's an ongoing history of the build..

Fresh off the trailer

Wing I don't see no Stinking wing

This is what I found under the gas tank!!!!

Getting right into it off came the body...

It turned out to be a real nightmare on the underside. The floors were completely shot along with the front axle beam...

At this point I removed all the old pans drilling out each factory spot weld, all 230 of them...

I had herd that a Ghia was the same pan as the Puma, No it's not!!!!! On to the Puma forum for some help.

After a lot of cutting and a little #$(*^%$$# I was able to make the Ghia pans look very much at home.

Down to Johns Bug Shop and out with a new adjustable beam and all kinds of new parts. Each and every nut, bolt factory part was beadblasted and then epoxy painted...

Same deal for the rear of the car, I replace all the bearings, gaskets, cables, and brakelines. I spent a lot of time with a tube bender to fit each line correctly, it pays off in the long run...

With a set of wheels back on it and my side kick Mikey driving we took it for a spin (Well in his mind anyway)...A lot of thanks goes out to John & Nancy Of Johns Bug Shop for all their help in finding me the correct parts...

Take pictures of each and every stage they are a real help when it's time to put things back. Now which end is this????

It was time to start the body work, everything was removed bagged and labeled along with a picture...

All that is left here was to remove the glass and start removing the old paint... Be prepared for the unknown once the paint comes off, I ran into a few rather nasty spots that would require some glass work...

I spent 5 weeks sanding out the entire car by hand. Next time I will spend the money to media blast. I had the chance to see this done on a Vette, the car was complete in just 2 days as to my 5 weeks...

Now this was fun, 3 coats of PPG sealer and it was on to block sanding and high solids PPG primer. Please note a fiberglass car is not very straight. With 4 weeks spent on block sanding the car was looking very good or I was losing my mind...

Did I forget to tell you it's going to be fly yellow. I painted all the inside of the doors and jams while the car was apart it makes for a very nice factory finished look. I also took the time to add sound proofing to all of the inside areas....

The big day, it was time to send it in to "Paint By Dave". A long time buddy who lays a hell of base clear. Thanks Dave....

Put on your shades for this one. I had people stopping all day to see it and asking what it was. I was real proud to say it's a PUMA GTI, kool eh...

This is when the fun starts putting on the details. Many thanks go out to Purring Puma, with their help I was able to replace a ton of the parts you see here. Great people, product and service, thank you.

KOOL EH. All new tail lights, bumpers and tag lights. It is hard to see in the vent hole I added a black grill to the inside for the finished look...

Back up a couple of pictures to the before shot. I spent a lot of time to make it look right. It should look just as good inside as it does outside...

My wife and I spent a lot of time walking the bone yards in search of the right seats.(93 Mazda MX6 in leather) That's right I said my wife, after 26 years she is still putting with my projects...

When the time came to do the interior you guessed it Joanne was right there, here she is sewing up the headliner.

New headliner ready to install. It has been done in a slate grey to match the two tone black and grey door panels.. Just gotta love this girl...

The dash was a real mess so I built a panel of spalted maple to overlay the center. I also carried this over to the door panels...

I was lucky to have a set of 5 factory wheels with the car. I am looking at a gun metal powdercoat???? Not sure yet...

Just need a motor...

Real soon I hope....

It's all in the details