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Thought I should chuck up a thread for my trusty 1980 mk1 GLD Oil Burner. I have owned this rig since april, purchased from ebay in victoria (but previously owner brought it back with him from WA to VIC).
My history is with Datsuns so this was a whole new purchase for me. I'd been looking around for one of these for a while but not seriously, used to see an old guy around my work area so the need to own one was always renewed everytime I saw him.
I was using a Mitsubishi mirage as a daily driver as I was trying to keep the toys separate from the cheap daily driver, but one day when I happened to check on ebay I saw the car which I eventually bought. Got the sign off from the wife then hit the buy it now option.
Got it shipped to Sydney site unseen via the cheapest place I could find, had a interesting drive back from the depot as I found out not only did the headlights not work, neither did the wipers
This information was lacking from the item description when I bought it, but in fairness I buying a 30+ year old car sight unseen from another state.
Once I got it home I went about checking it over and found the car was actually quiet sound which was a good tick in the box, but needed some love in areas generally around normal serviceable items;
- New radiator due to leak.
- CV boot busted
- Rack ends worn and boots broken
- Fix headlights and wipers
- Both door locks on front doors were destroyed by someone trying to break into it with a screw driver
- Passenger door lock mechanism had been broken needing repair/replacement to allow door to close properly.
- Did a timing belt for good measure.
- Fuel leak from filler neck to tank & also over flow.
So got all that stuff sorted and passed a blue slip for go, have been daily driving it for over 2 months now without an issue other than having to lube up the starter motor.
Below are some luggage racks I made (work in progress), hoping to have them completed soon (thread here -> http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...ack-87019.html )
Was considering putting rims and some suspension mods in, but to be honest I'm really impressed with how this thing handles so I'm just enjoying it at the moment.
Will complete the luggage rack, then get some wide whitewalls done on the tyres then re-access. A turbo diesel would be nice, but all depends on whether I keep the car long term, still researching that one.
Will get some better quality photos when I have time, cheers.
My history is with Datsuns so this was a whole new purchase for me. I'd been looking around for one of these for a while but not seriously, used to see an old guy around my work area so the need to own one was always renewed everytime I saw him.
I was using a Mitsubishi mirage as a daily driver as I was trying to keep the toys separate from the cheap daily driver, but one day when I happened to check on ebay I saw the car which I eventually bought. Got the sign off from the wife then hit the buy it now option.
Got it shipped to Sydney site unseen via the cheapest place I could find, had a interesting drive back from the depot as I found out not only did the headlights not work, neither did the wipers
This information was lacking from the item description when I bought it, but in fairness I buying a 30+ year old car sight unseen from another state.Once I got it home I went about checking it over and found the car was actually quiet sound which was a good tick in the box, but needed some love in areas generally around normal serviceable items;
- New radiator due to leak.
- CV boot busted
- Rack ends worn and boots broken
- Fix headlights and wipers
- Both door locks on front doors were destroyed by someone trying to break into it with a screw driver
- Passenger door lock mechanism had been broken needing repair/replacement to allow door to close properly.
- Did a timing belt for good measure.
- Fuel leak from filler neck to tank & also over flow.
So got all that stuff sorted and passed a blue slip for go, have been daily driving it for over 2 months now without an issue other than having to lube up the starter motor.
Below are some luggage racks I made (work in progress), hoping to have them completed soon (thread here -> http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/...ack-87019.html )
Was considering putting rims and some suspension mods in, but to be honest I'm really impressed with how this thing handles so I'm just enjoying it at the moment.
Will complete the luggage rack, then get some wide whitewalls done on the tyres then re-access. A turbo diesel would be nice, but all depends on whether I keep the car long term, still researching that one.
Will get some better quality photos when I have time, cheers.
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