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im starting to think we need an up north meet get together somewere in the middle and at least we can get a swap meet going for parts and info and if nothing else it might be nice to see other peoples see were we are going wrong

First car was a 73 bug I've had 42 air cools since then including a fastback 8 bay Windows and a t25 6 mk1 golfs 32 mk2 golfs 3 corrados 2 'vw Derbys a mk1 Rocco storm plus a hand full of other polos roccos jettas but this was back when there were just cars and the classics were the things we restor...

What do you class as a classic car then ? And as far as mk2 golfs go would you like to buy one I've still got one here from the 4 I had last year

And thanks to everyone else for there comments I will try to post some pics on here some and I'll message vwnutant as well

You'll struggle to prove that one even if you could the insurance would take little notice . It's not a classic car . I wouldn't of claimed on the insurance anyway , premiums will go up and that's including for people in the area and what's his excess ? http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.ph...

i have a friend who due to some small minded morons has had his d reg mk2 passat sallon burnt out, hes now in a battle with his insurance who have offer him the princely sum of £150 for the car hes trying to prove the value of the car but the problem is they wont up there offer unless they can see ...

brake pipes are easy to do and ive done whole cars in the past for less than £50 so no panic there ive seen ebay the flare tool from as little as a tenner and kits with pipe cutter and bendders for about £15 and just think of the money you will save in the future once you can do this top mounts ag...

Well some parts have started to arrive now which always cheers me up New fuel pipes filter and valve arrived today Coilovers came this afternoon And I've found the cupra leather I picked up is a good size match for rear seat so only going to have to move mounts round not cut and shut the seat So it'...

If i can get mine road worthy ill see you at all types man it one of my local show
welcome to the club

Has it been run on beg oil or chip fat? If so the fuel lines could be slightly caked with hack internally :-? Also the fuel pick-up in the tank can get gummed up (easily removed from the tank to inspect, through a plate in the boot floor) What fault-codes are logged in the engines ecu? Also, a stuc...

Could do with a driver's electric window reg were you bassed

i give £330 for this one with 4 months test i was told it had a bering on the way but was ok to drive just noisey and that it ran ok so traveled 80 miles to get it and on the way back i found i had no wipers no electric window no temp gauge a rev counter that dropped in and out and both berring wer...

well mine is a two owner car with only 113000 on the clock and i cant get my head round the amounts of issues but ie mot checked it and the milage adds up im going to change the fuel lines fuel filter ive done the leak off pipes see where i stand after that goiong to rip the front beerings out the w...

car is a 94 tdi and ive tryd looking up on the bay and there seems to be 2 types one like the mk3 golf fitment and a second which is the motor and ratchet im going to just have to strip other door check the type i think

right found a few hours today to start work on the wagon i think i might burn it the list of problems with the car are endless, but not unfixable i could do with a little help on a couple of issues no1: does andyone have a pic of the drivers side window reg mine seems to be a non factory item made o...

hi all joined the site a couple of months ago as i was on the hunt for a b3/b4 its taken a wile to find the right car at the right price ,a m reg 1.9 tdi with 113000 on the clock and 2 former keepers but after finding it ive got a few issues i could do with help on ive got a strange engine fault car...