A little advice please.
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A little advice please.
I am looking for a mk1 swallow tail or S1 but cant find one for love nor money! I have seen a 1982 GTI, would this be a S2? Would I be able to fit a swallow tail or S1 rear bumper section to give it the small lights easily?
What are the differences with a 1982 to a series one visually apart from the rear lights?
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an 82 model will be a S2
The two differences I know between the swallow tail and the S2 are the rear light panel and the bonnet… and the interior dash is different. As I said I'm no expert and I'm sure there are plenty on here that no every little change.
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small rear lights,
small bumpers,
the towing eyes are on the bumpers not the body, front wings dont have the bumper clip holes,
flag mirrors
other things on an s1 that are different:
entire dash and clocks switches etc,
different seat belts in the front and quite often non in the back,
doorcards dont have pockets,
different fuse box
and swallow tails have an endless list of small differences the most noticable being the rear panel were it dips and the bonnet lines fading 2/3 of the way down…
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Swallowtail Oddities
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Can you change the rear panel on an S2 to an s1 or swallow tail one? What about the bumpers and dashes etc?
Basically I have seen an s2 shell would I be able to use S1/swallowtail parts on it?
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you also need to think of resale i would expect a solid and original s2 would be worth more than an s2 with loads of s1 parts grafted in and prob worth more….
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