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Offline aboezaard

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Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« on: Sunday,August 20, 2023, 02:47:58 AM »
Hi AL,

I am new on this forum and currently restoring a 1973 Europa S2
The car was in bad shape when i bought it. Will be Posting the progress of you are interested.
Living in the netherlands in Leiden. A small city 10kms from the coast.


I Will be posting more pictures soon
Greetings, Arie
« Last Edit: Sunday,August 20, 2023, 04:58:41 AM by aboezaard »
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Offline TurboFource

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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #1 on: Sunday,August 20, 2023, 03:34:45 AM »
 :Welcome:
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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #2 on: Sunday,August 20, 2023, 08:05:45 AM »
 :Welcome: Aboezaard!!

Just FYI, I don’t think yours is a 1973 or it would be a twin cam. Maybe can share the chassis number. If you no longer have the original frame the chassis number is found written on the doors and inside the body.

Looking forward to following your build!
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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #3 on: Sunday,August 20, 2023, 08:20:09 AM »
Welcome Arie. Interesting front spoiler.
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Offline dakazman

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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #4 on: Sunday,August 20, 2023, 08:44:53 AM »
 :Welcome:

 aboezaard

    Congratulations
  Post often and with plenty of pics, Its your journey now. You will also like reading it years to come.
 Dakazman
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Offline Richard48Y

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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #5 on: Sunday,August 20, 2023, 09:07:34 AM »
Cropped your pic for easier viewing.
This site does not automatically resize pics.
Glad to see another S2.
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Offline S2Zetec54

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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #6 on: Sunday,August 20, 2023, 01:10:16 PM »
 :Welcome:

Good luck with project…. Keep us up to date with your progress

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Offline aboezaard

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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday,August 22, 2023, 12:28:46 PM »
Quote from: BDA on Sunday,August 20, 2023, 08:05:45 AM
:Welcome: Aboezaard!!

Just FYI, I don’t think yours is a 1973 or it would be a twin cam. Maybe can share the chassis number. If you no longer have the original frame the chassis number is found written on the doors and inside the body.

Looking forward to following your build!

Chassisnummer is 7006160231Q
In the registration database it states 1973.
But that could be wrong.
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Offline aboezaard

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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday,August 22, 2023, 12:30:26 PM »
Quote from: SwiftDB4 on Sunday,August 20, 2023, 08:20:09 AM
Welcome Arie. Interesting front spoiler.

The (ugly) spoiler will be removed. Keep u posted.
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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday,August 22, 2023, 03:07:39 PM »
   Do you have all the other parts?  Most of ? Some ?
 Are you going for racing or original?  It looks quite original and I like the spoiler.
Dakazman
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Offline Bryan Boyle

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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday,August 22, 2023, 04:49:50 PM »
Quote from: aboezaard on Tuesday,August 22, 2023, 12:28:46 PM
Quote from: BDA on Sunday,August 20, 2023, 08:05:45 AM
:Welcome: Aboezaard!!

Just FYI, I don’t think yours is a 1973 or it would be a twin cam. Maybe can share the chassis number. If you no longer have the original frame the chassis number is found written on the doors and inside the body.

Looking forward to following your build!

Chassisnummer is 7006160231Q
In the registration database it states 1973.
But that could be wrong.

Sometimes cars sat around unsold for a long time and when the first registration was issued, the current year was used as the year the car was titled as. Just a thought, I know of a couple titled '1973' S2 Europas floating around.  Don't know what the rules are on your side of the pond...but that may explain (badly) the case.
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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday,August 22, 2023, 06:28:18 PM »
Interesting, Bryan. I would have thought that nobody would call an S2 as a 1973 model since the car had changed so much in '72. That was a full year after the TCs started. I understand about titling a car in the year it was purchased. Mine was built in June '73 but it was sold to me as a '74 in 1975. But then there was little difference between a '73 and a '74 or '74 1/2 which had a few add-ons.
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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #12 on: Thursday,August 24, 2023, 10:46:35 AM »
Welcome to the forum, Arie. Interesting project. Please do post the progress on your project. Cheers. :beerchug:
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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #13 on: Friday,August 25, 2023, 11:57:38 PM »
Sure I will be posting as much as I can.
First a question, the cooling water hardlines are quite rusted from the inside.
Is there a method to de-rust them? Or just by rvs ones?
I took the engine out of the chassis to get to the lines.

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Offline aboezaard

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Re: Hello from a new Europa S2 owner
« Reply #14 on: Saturday,August 26, 2023, 12:16:47 AM »
Quote from: dakazman on Tuesday,August 22, 2023, 03:07:39 PM
   Do you have all the other parts?  Most of ? Some ?
 Are you going for racing or original?  It looks quite original and I like the spoiler.
Dakazman

I have all the parts, the car is complete for what I can see. I bought it in boxes, so it is a big puzzle.
The only thing I am missing Is a left hand door quarter glass. This one broke unfortunately in transport. Do you have any idea where to find this?
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