Re: Anyone want to buy my VW Variant before I rat it ?

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BORG wrote:
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:18:26 +0000, RichardK
<atari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


BORG wrote:


It's a Skat Shift on it,

The seats are not original. I can't remember what there from now, dam.

Look like Mk 2/3 (later interior) Polo to me, but maybe too much curve on
the front.


It needs work to the rust spots you see, the bonnet. 2 new sills and 2
smallish plates doing on the inner sills.

There is a small home in the floor pan as well.

Nothing major

The gear linkage needs sorting out as it jumps out of reverse.

"They all do that sir" (sure it's not the gearbox mounting?).


But after a talk tonight I'm thinking of keeping it and putting a
rebuilt fully dressed 1600 lump in it and doing the welding.

It won't be painted nice when I have done it and I'll be blocking up
them vents behind the rear side windows to stop the wet getting in and
rotting it away again, week spot that.

Don't. Don't block them up. DO NOT RUIN THIS CAR. If you want to rat
something in a manner which ruins it, then go find a Mk 3 Escort or
something equally common. RHD Type 3s are rare enough, be they notch,
fast or squareback. If you really feel the vents are an issue and don't
want to properly repair the channels and rustproof to allow them to
function as designed, then put some bolt-on covers/deflectors on them.

If I had a garage and wasn't restricting myself to two cars, I'd buy this
just to prevent it being trashed. It doesn't look very bad at all by Type
3 standards.

I know it's a mods group, but you can mod it without ruining the shell.
The engines are not a big deal at all, there's little enough interior
that you can have fun with it. Please don't ensure another Type 3 ends up
being worthy of nothing but scrap in a couple of years.

Richard



I think the gas axe will be out to play soon.

list it on this site mybe some one will buy it there have been alot of
cars sold on this site


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We're in the uk oddly enough, seeing as though this is a UK newsgroup...

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Dan


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