My new ride...... 16500 original miles.... a lucky find....
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My new ride...... 16500 original miles.... a lucky find....
I see you're not far from me, I'm in Burnham, t'other side of Maldon.
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S1_RS said
That looks stunning!
I see you're not far from me, I'm in Burnham, t'other side of Maldon.
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Aha, darkest Dengie
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allana13 said
Lovely Car man, Where was it advertised just out of interest.
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I spotted it in the Clasic Car Weekly paper. I quite like the classic car scene aswell as the VW and custom car shows.
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Are your plans to keep it original or modify it
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WOW.
I'd be scared to put any miles on it!
Here's to another 35 years!
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It is a dimlemma :wink: I really love cruising around in it and being immersed in it's 70's-ness , but at the same time I'm aware that heavy useage will devalue it??? I reckon it'll be just for best hey mate?Fortunately I have a custom split screen and a 'daily' Fox so I don't have to abuse the Golf
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Yeah, just drive it as intended but not in bad weather or on newly surfaced roads, haha!
A few more miles won't hurt at all.
Oh, and careful where you park it!
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Where was the first picture taken?
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enomek said
Whoa!! what a car!!!!
Where was the first picture taken?
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The first couple of photo's were taken at a local 'grafitti wall' in Chelmsford.
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Love the car, are you the frosty with the shortened splitty?
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enomek said
Thought so!
Love the car, are you the frosty with the shortened splitty?
Spooky :wink: I've just put a couple of photo's of the little split on the 'other cars and projects' forum
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MitchRD said
i saw this at the show looks amazing, i bet you stoked on it![]()
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Did you enjoy the show? We were pretty lucky with the weather
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MK1MATHERS said
I had a good look round this ,VERY NICE :clap: looks like it was one of the first cars with the none swallowtail rear panel as quite a few parts differed to my old 77 plate . Think alot of these parts were swallowtail fitment eg scuttle rain tray , front washer jet . Loved the rear washer jet never seen one like that before . Can't be many more MK1's as good as this going to appear out of the woodwork though :cry:
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That rear washer jet certainly looks odd :wink: Not sure if that's original, what do you think?
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enomek said
Whoa!! what a car!!!!
Where was the first picture taken?
Thanks mate.
The first couple of photo's were taken at a local 'grafitti wall' in Chelmsford.
Looks like Wharf Road car park, I used to park in there daily when I worked in Chelmo, my Volvo shows up in Streetmap in there!
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Frosty66 said
enomek said
Whoa!! what a car!!!!
Where was the first picture taken?
Thanks mate.
The first couple of photo's were taken at a local 'grafitti wall' in Chelmsford.
Looks like Wharf Road car park, I used to park in there daily when I worked in Chelmo, my Volvo shows up in Streetmap in there!
That's the place
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Congrats!
Looks like your rear wiper and washer are retrofit. The wiper/washer look too central and washer nozzle different. Take a look inside the tailgate to confirm also. You should also have the switch located in the blanking plate on bottom side of dash rather than in the cluster.
Pic of my 76 with factory wiper/washer
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and switch location (you can just see under wiper column switch)
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I've checked on the original bill of sale from the main dealer and the fitting of the rear wash/wipe is listed on there amongst the extras. I'm guessing the dealers fitted different ones to the factory?
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