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New, unregistered Irish-bought car from 1976 - where do I start?

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  • #572
    wildwillow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭wildwillow


    zilog_jones wrote: »
    I'm sure everyone's forgotten about the original car in this thread by now, but here's some footage of a 504 diesel in action on the fine roads of '80s West Clare: https://www.rte.ie/archives/collections/news/21267864-potholes-in-west-clare/

    I drove one in that colour in the ninteen eighties. Bought new and loved it. My husband hated the colour and rarely drove it.

    Brother in law borrowed it when it was just a few months old and had a serious enough front end collision. It was in city traffic so no real speed and no one injured and no personal injury claims.
    Luckily he was fully insured and a repair was done but I never trusted it afterwards and traded it in less than a year later for a Volvo.


  • #573
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,856 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    You'd think any customs guy worth his salt would know VWs were rear engined...

    Although our lads weren't a patch on the Stasi, they had their off-days too -

    How I escaped from East Berlin in a Lotus sports car (in the tiny space where the fuel tank used to be) :eek:

    Life ain't always empty.



  • #574
    alfa beta
    Registered Users Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    I'm delighted this morning to let readers of this thread know that the Variant has found a new home, one which (fingers crossed) will see her back on the road in all her previous air-cooled, rear-engined glory at some point in the not too distant future.


    And as was the case with the other vehicles (the MZ bikes, the Daihatsu Van, one of the Honda 50's) the sale of the VW to a wonderfully enthusiastic new owner has resulted in another substantial donation to the Cope Foundation at a time when traditional fundraising is nigh on impossible.



    :):)


  • #575
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,856 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    That's brilliant news.

    Will the new owner be posting pics of the restoration here or elsewhere, do you know?

    Life ain't always empty.



  • #576
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,745 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Will the new owner be posting pics of the restoration here or elsewhere, do you know?

    Or more specific, is kadman here the new owner? :)


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  • #577
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    That's brilliant news.

    Will the new owner be posting pics of the restoration here or elsewhere, do you know?


    I'd hazard a guess that the new owner should put any resto pics here on this thread, in admiration of the values of the guy that started this thread, and what he was setting out to achieve by it.:)


  • #578
    Jeff2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,980 ✭✭✭Jeff2


    Alfa you probably know about this but just in case you don't.

    Tax back to the charity.

    https://www.cope-foundation.ie/TaxEfficientGiving


  • #579
    alfa beta
    Registered Users Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    unkel wrote: »
    Or more specific, is kadman here the new owner? :)


    Lol ... oh I couldn't possibly say!


    I guess we'll just have to wait and see who the new owner is when kad- I mean when the new owner posts pics of the fully restored vehicle!


  • #580
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    alfa beta wrote: »
    Lol ... oh I couldn't possibly say!


    I guess we'll just have to wait and see who the new owner is when kad- I mean when the new owner posts pics of the fully restored vehicle!


    ooh , I think maybe he could squeeze a few pictures before that:P


  • #581
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    That's brilliant news.

    Will the new owner be posting pics of the restoration here or elsewhere, do you know?

    In answer to your question, he will most definitely be posting the pics here, whatever about elsewhere:)


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  • #582
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,745 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    alfa beta wrote: »
    Lol ... oh I couldn't possibly say!


    I guess we'll just have to wait and see who the new owner is when kad- I mean when the new owner posts pics of the fully restored vehicle!

    Brilliant! No better man to do the job. Really looking forward to see a thread with all the progress.


  • #583
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Well its no surprise that I was interested in the VW from the moment I saw it
    posted up here.

    It was a car I have always had a longing for since way back when we had them
    in the family, and from the outset I had been in contact to offer help if needed
    to offer any advice on the car to Alfa.

    And when I heard of the history of the car, you know I advised alfa that maybe he should keep it.

    But he had a goal in site to raise money for his charity, and offered me the chance to meet his asking
    price. So i agreed . And the rest they say is history. I travelled to see the car, and was delighted
    that i had bought it. I had the pleasure of meeting Alfa and his mother, lovely, lovely people.

    Great experience..


  • #584
    Anatom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭Anatom


    Great thread Alfa, keep it going!

    Kadman, I am already looking forward to seeing how the restoration goes over the coming months. I have great memories of those cars when I was a child.

    This might be a strange question Alfa, but did you by any chance find any cylinder lawnmowers that your father might have ever bought / kept in those sheds of his? I don't have the space for a tractor...


  • #585
    jonski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,389 ✭✭✭jonski


    kadman wrote: »
    I had the pleasure of meeting Alfa and his mother, lovely, lovely people.


    I think we all got the sense that they were from this thread .


  • #586
    jammiedodgers
    Registered Users Posts: 1,402 ✭✭✭jammiedodgers


    This thread just keeps on giving :)


  • #587
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    I honestly think it's the best thread I've ever seen on boards.


    Except for Trent of course.


  • #588
    alfa beta
    Registered Users Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    The legend of Trent will never be topped!!


  • #589
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,342 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I can't believe you haven't read the sunk boat and restore thread, or the boat sink and recover attempt thread.... but if you mean car-wise, then that's fair enough. Love the thread, too, btw, op. Fair play and hats off.


  • #590
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    alfa beta wrote: »
    The legend of Trent will never be topped!!
    Um. Who? :o


  • #591
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,360 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Top Dog wrote: »
    Um. Who? :o

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055716814

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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  • #592
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Gadgetman496 wrote: »
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055716814
    Oh dear - has the potential to take away my evening:D


  • #593
    alfa beta
    Registered Users Posts: 763 ✭✭✭alfa beta


    Anatom wrote: »
    This might be a strange question Alfa, but did you by any chance find any cylinder lawnmowers that your father might have ever bought / kept in those sheds of his? I don't have the space for a tractor...


    Yep. There's this one:


    IMG-5543.jpg



    IMG-5544.jpg


  • #594
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    alfa beta wrote: »
    Yep. There's this one:


    IMG-5543.jpg



    IMG-5544.jpg

    You Sir, are a veritable magician, you are liable to pull anything out of that shed:D:D


  • #595
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    New Home wrote: »
    I can't believe you haven't read the sunk boat and restore thread, or the boat sink and recover attempt thread.... but if you mean car-wise, then that's fair enough. Love the thread, too, btw, op. Fair play and hats off.

    Where did I say I haven't?


  • #596
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,856 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Zero wheel drive, one careful owner, low mileage, in need of some restoration :)

    The boat build thread is here:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055963665

    Amazing workmanship there. And a very poignant thread to read all the way through.

    Life ain't always empty.



  • #597
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,342 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    His other boat thread is here: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057583016

    Cruiser restauration and wheelchair access, or something.


  • #598
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    VW Variant was delivered today.

    Its a cracking car with great potential. I am well chuffed I got it.:cool:


  • #599
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,921 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    kadman wrote: »
    VW Variant was delivered today.

    Its a cracking car with great potential. I am well chuffed I got it.:cool:

    I look forward to the thread.


  • #600
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Just popped off the front wheel to free a seized disc. And as Type 3's go, its very good here.

    And a few more pics...[IMG][/img]2928xDN.jpg

    Power washed here,

    XWydHZQ.jpg

    Welcome home,

    8zMdPx5.jpg


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  • #601
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    4ftvhd0.jpg


    Judging by the amount of sand in the lower front part of the wing here, I would hazard a guess that many a happy hour was spent beachcombing in this car:)

    CCPKPd4.jpg


    Now burrying my jack in sand :P And still preserving the original paint beneath

    Q16NrKS.jpg


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