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  • What should I do with an unwanted MK1 GL?

    Having got the White Mk1 as reliable as I can I'm considering what to do with my other Golf.

    It doesn't really have much going for it.

    1600 ex-GLD 4 Door - Mars Red

    Mechanicals are pretty much shot.
    Motor is beyond any hope.
    Body is rusty
    No Heater
    Electrical faults when it rains.

    Good bits
    14" x 6" alloys with nearly new, G'Grids
    Progressive Weber
    GTI grill
    Freshly reco'd head less than 100km.
    Diesel fuel tank and lines.
    Cool sports steering wheel
    Radiator OK.

    Even Good MK1 aren't selling so what's this thing worth? and what's the right thing to do with it? It gets me to the station every day if I charge the battery every second day and it overheats in 4 minutes (REally really stuffed bottom end).

    Euthanasia and organ donation?
    or Sell it for a few 100 if I'm lucky?

    Thoughts, comments wisdom anyone?

    Pete
    17
    Wreck it
    0%
    5
    Sell it
    0%
    10
    Park it on the lawn and let nature reclaim it.
    0%
    1
    Something else?
    0%
    1
    79 MK1 Golf Wreck to Race / 79 MK1 Golf The Red Thread / 76 MK1 Golf Kamei Race Car
    7? MK1 Caddy
    79 B1 Passat Dasher Project
    12 Amarok

  • #2
    mate i think you should wreck the good bits to keep the nice mk1's on the road and you will get more $$ this way but thats not the point... somethings must die so that others may live
    VW: it aint just a car, its a way of life
    There are few things more satisfying in life than finding a solution to a problem and implementing it
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Peter Jones

      Euthanasia and organ donation?
      or Sell it for a few 100 if I'm lucky?

      Thoughts, comments wisdom anyone?

      Pete
      Full new restructure, new engine , new everything. Give it to West Coast Customs (pimp my ride) and they will redo the car for you lol.

      You might be able to sell it for parts though abit more than actually selling it as a whole.
      I'm soo euro even my missus is shaved...

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      • #4
        how good are the wheels, what do they look like?

        wabit

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        • #5
          And the car in question......

          79 MK1 Golf Wreck to Race / 79 MK1 Golf The Red Thread / 76 MK1 Golf Kamei Race Car
          7? MK1 Caddy
          79 B1 Passat Dasher Project
          12 Amarok

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          • #6
            looks pretty straight i've got dips on a few parts if u wreck it
            VW: it aint just a car, its a way of life
            There are few things more satisfying in life than finding a solution to a problem and implementing it
            My Blog: tinkererstales.blogspot.com.au

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            • #7
              I hate 5 doors goodluck with your decision

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              • #8
                ill take it off your hands... it will be well taken care of

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                • #9
                  Too good to wreck - How about a 1.9 turbo diesel transplant?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by peter_j_g
                    Too good to wreck - How about a 1.9 turbo diesel transplant?
                    oh hell yes, please do that !!! then chip it man that would be a sweet car
                    VW: it aint just a car, its a way of life
                    There are few things more satisfying in life than finding a solution to a problem and implementing it
                    My Blog: tinkererstales.blogspot.com.au

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                    • #11
                      Organ donation and turn the back half into a trailer!
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Golf Loon
                        Organ donation and turn the back half into a trailer!
                        HAHA I like that do that it will look awesome.
                        I'm soo euro even my missus is shaved...

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Golf Loon
                          Organ donation and turn the back half into a trailer!
                          Thanks Matt! I knew you'd have some thing to say!

                          It'd be a neat little lockable trailer I s'pose.

                          Funny thing is it's got a towing hitch and wiring, I could tow a trailer with my trailer!

                          Pete
                          79 MK1 Golf Wreck to Race / 79 MK1 Golf The Red Thread / 76 MK1 Golf Kamei Race Car
                          7? MK1 Caddy
                          79 B1 Passat Dasher Project
                          12 Amarok

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                          • #14
                            And mount a barbecue in the front half, under the bonnet, put some caster wheels on the rear side of it so it can be pushed around easily. I have a good front half that I have been meaning to do this to
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