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'81 Jetta

  • 30-01-2010 9:01pm
    #1
    Seanieke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭


    My father has a 1981 Jetta 1.6 diesel, he's the ower from new.
    Would there be much interest in restoring this? It only came off the road back in 2000. Has god knows how many miles on the original engine & gearbox...


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  • #2
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Seanieke wrote: »
    My father has a 1981 Jetta 1.6 diesel, he's the owner from new.
    Would there be much interest in restoring this? It only came off the road back in 2000. Has god knows how many miles on the original engine & gearbox...
    My father had an 81 Diesel one of these too,grand old cars,not hugely powerfull,or hasnt great brakes,but i havnt seen one for years.Ours rusted horribly as it was english originally.
    Have you any pics of it?Id like to see what it looks like.


  • #3
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    17458.jpg

    robbed from another forum, pure class!


  • #4
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    17458.jpg

    robbed from another forum, pure class!
    Thats a Derby?


  • #5
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    yes but you could get similar results with a mk1 jetta!


  • #6
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    yes but you could get similar results with a mk1 jetta!
    Ah yes,i get ya now!:D


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  • #7
    DanGlee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 385 ✭✭DanGlee


    Ours rusted horribly as it was english originally.

    Sorry, whats it being from England got to do with it being rusty? :confused:


  • #8
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    DanGlee wrote: »
    Sorry, whats it being from England got to do with it being rusty? :confused:
    Salty roads was what everyone blamed it on,it was rotten,rear axle pulled off its mountings.


  • #9
    Seanieke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Seanieke


    It's in storage at the moment but I'll try get some pics asap


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