taylorboosh
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going to view a couple tomorrow.
havent a clue what to look for, mates old mk1 gti was fine apart from rust on the backpanel?
anyhelp? mintyfresh?
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Jon_C
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Rust.......... Everywhere
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taylorboosh
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he said they need a few jobs for mot and if i want i can hang on for a failure sheet doesnt expect much as the ticket just ran out. No rot, no welding, no bits missing are his exact words, promising
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Jon_C
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Seems cheap to me if its as good as the bloke says.
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taylorboosh
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hes a pretty respected dealer on dub north east as far as i can see, taking a pal who knows some stuff with me so if theyre shit he can tell me
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Jon_C
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Good luck with it
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Alex_Rally
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is he called leon ??
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Alex_Rally
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i mean the lad ur buyin it off
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
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as said rust everywhere, mechanical is cheap to fix if anything is wrong.
rust main areas are;
Boot floor, battery trays, bulkhead, inner wheel arches, out wheel arches (especially rear) back panel, lower inner quaters on cabbys, front panel, chassi legs, lower doors, around front windscreen.
also roofs can leak quite bad.
Basically everywhere.
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taylorboosh
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So check for rust and no hes called mark.. parts quiet easy to pick up graeme?
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Graeme
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not as easy for cabbys.
check out here for parts:
http://www.golfmk1.co.uk/
just go in with eyes open, got a link to see it?
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taylorboosh
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Only info is hes a breaker and has 3 mk1cabbys between 4-700. Seems a decent lad so far thoughp
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Graeme
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sounds cheap but could be ok. least you can try get the good parts from all 3, just go for the one with the most solid body i would say.
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taylorboosh
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Well theres a few good breakers around here aslong as the shells ok. Thet the 1.8 engine same as gtis had?
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Graeme
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not sure but i dont think so. can easily put a gti engine in though, either 1.6 or 1.8.
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taylorboosh
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I doubt i could be arsed converting till ive got garage free. Id also go 1.8t or vr6 tbh lol thanks for your help
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taylorboosh
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Update... All 3 are shite
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Gary
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Of course they were for 700quid!
Hard to get a solid mk1 for under 1500 now
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taylorboosh
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They wherent rusty much.. just dented and generally dogs. Replacing the small bits would cost the same as the car
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