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Promised i wasn't going to make a 'build' thread for this car but…..

while browsing various forums i saw a mk1 swallow tail for sale, unfinished or incomplete, the car had been painted in 2005 and stayed in the bodyshop :Dit was never put back together and various parts had gone missing along the way

i messaged the seller asking if he could tell me more about it and what was there or not, he was unsure on what exactly was missing but from what i could see there were a good few parts missing including;

bumpers
80% of interior, seats, carpets, cards etc
radiator
parts of the engine
fuel pump
complete exhaust
hoses / pipes

Well we negotiated a price and i sent hime the money based on a fair few photos of the body and rust prone areas. After a faff with the bank, money was transfered and i arranged my mate to collect it on his truck.

He got back from northampton about 3.30 this afternoon



rolled it into my mates lockup anf began rummaging through the bags of bits and bobs



it wasn't long before the goodies started being unearthed



































service history confirms mileage as 34000 :)

Last edit: by olethalb

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Very jealous 

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Wow, nice car mate and a nice low miler too! Good luck with the rebuild :thumbs:

Andy. :cool:

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Thanks chaps, i've looked and can't find any rust, squashed sills or bad panels :)

Oh it's also got brand new weitec shocks and springs and gti front brakes.

The suspension and wheels and duplicate parts will be sold when the time comes

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Any idea where i can get chrome side trims from?

Also unsure if i should run the centre console or poverty spec gear lever surround, the car came poverty spec so tempted to stay with that…

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olethalb said

Any idea where i can get chrome side trims from?



FUNK-STAR is your man!

http://www.classic-vw.co.uk/mk1-golf-side-trims-3-door-565-p.asp

i pressed the little red button

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Thanks zorg, expensive?

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iirc this was advertised as a 1981 car. not sure how it's a swallowtail. Maybe just has the small light rear panel welded on?

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It was registered 1/9/1980 got all service books etc

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How much was it if you don't mind me asking

Any spare chrome mirrors for sale ;) 

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Selling spare headlight rings parcel shelf supports, s1 gti centre console with gauges, vdo clock and *c gauge and the wheels no idea on prices. I just put it to berkshire mk1 fb group.

It was in the region of 3k

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How much for the vdo clock mate posted?

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Not sure what it's worth tbh bud, i'm not trying to hock my stuff on here (until i pay) haha

Let me know what a fair price is, it has paint flake around the knob (pictured above)

If you could let me know a fair price for the gti console with the gauges in too as got a few people asking

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Not sure what its worth just thought it would look cool lol not even sure where it would go as already got 3 gauges lol 

£15 sound fair? 

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if its from 1980 then its not a swallowtail????

it looks really tidy anyway mate :) keep the updates coming!

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Surely the full service book, dash original trim means it's a swallowtail?

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How do i find out for sure? The yellow one above was w reg and 81 and swallow. Not sure how but it was, maybe old stock late registered?

Bugs, yea no probs

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if the line below numberplate dips down like this:
http://www.reid.org/~dreid/Swallowtail/Features/WhatIsSwallowtail/swallowtail_arrows.jpg

then its a swallow tail
if its 1 straight line then its a series 1

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Oh i see, yea my bad   :$  

It's 2 short straight lines

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its a seeries 1 with plastic bumpers and should look something like……………


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