She's on at me again

Morning all.

As per the title, her indoors is at me again about my Sportline. In fairness I've hardly used it since I last thought about selling it so I guess she has a valid point (not that I will let her know that)

My question is what do you think it's worth and where would you put it up for sale if it was yours? There's a couple currently on classic car

Old post with details full car details
https://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&id=classifieds%2Fcars-for-sale_2%2Funtitled_183&kfs100=60

Since then it's had
New Windscreen
New water pump
New thermostat
New master cylinder and brake lines
New pads
Recently serviced
Now with MOT
Overall very good condition but needs someone to put a little more time into it
It's still on 102K

It runs like a sewing machine and pulls like a train

Bad bits
The paint isn't great - it looks fabulous from 10 ft away though
There's a little bubbling starting around drivers side roof line
When it was moved for the MOT on a low loader the guy cracked the front splitter - will need plastic welding You can see this in a couple of the images

Few images from this month

 

If that black plastic splitter thingy is broken then it sounds a good reason to remove it, apologies if you like it but (only my opinion) it looks awful and lowers car value, which im afraid i have no idea on...

Awful maybe a little strongbut I appreciate it maybe a little marmitey, some people love it, some less so. It was on when I bought it and I've grown to really like it - I have two other cabbies and this sort of sets it apart

Cheers for the feedback though!

Without offending, Are you sure it is a sportline ?

Sportline Decals in wrong place
Grill badge wrong
Interior wrong
Speedo wrong
Gear knob wrong
Alloys wrong
Headlights wrong
Spotlights wrong

If it is actually a sportline you’d be better off putting it back to original

Only my opinion of course


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Thanks, absolutely no offence taken, it's one of the reasons for this post as it's tricky to price as is.

It's definitely a Sportline - correct chasis number and registered on V5

I agree that it's not standard, but this is how I bought it. I addressed some of your concerns on my original post, but to answer your concerns

Sportline Decals in wrong place - It had paint before I bought it and they put the decals in the wrong place?Grill badge wrong - I'd actually never noticed that :)Interior wrong - Interior is correct, it's the standard recaros retrimmed in leatherSpeedo wrong - was replaced by VW (in it's history) there was a dash fault and this is what they did - under warranty too?Gear knob wrong - correct, was replaced when seats retrimmedAlloys wrong - It had 17" Alloys on when I bought it as it had 4 pot Wilwood front calipers - they looked awfulHeadlights wrong - Agreed, was fitted when I bought itSpotlights wrong -  Agreed, was fitted when I bought it

 

Would you not consider putting it back to original ?
Most things would be really easy, seats and gear knob would be challenging though.

I’ve got 2 sportlines myself




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1. Place an upper radiator card on it.  It will assist in keeping the engine cooler

Templates for it are at Cabby-info.com.
No radiator card.


Radiator card.


Then acquire or make a Debris Guard for the upper hood vents, it keeps leaves and other things from getting in to the rain tray or Scuttle as y'all call it.

Having two Sportlines is frankly greedy Nice work they look lovely, I love the fact that you've got one of each colour!

Putting it back to standard, if I was looking at keeping it then that is probably what I would do (as far as possible) it's had engine and upgrade works completed by TSR performance (Donington package plus a few bits) so it's far from standard anyhow.

The seats have never bothered me as they were done really well (Almost £4K) I was thinking of sorting the clocks but as it's part of it's history so I decided to leave them be. I do however think that sorting the decals and wheels out would be beneficial at this point. I've just lost a little time and inclination so it's been left.

@Briano - is that post for me?

Obviously as per the original post I'm mainly looking for advice around what people think it is worth and where to look at marketing it - personally I'd like to keep it but I'm getting ear-ache 

Wheels and decals would deffo make a huge difference, there the main things on the outside that makes it a sportline
Vw grill Badge in black and remove the splitter and your sorted externally

Having both colours was sort of an accident, had red first and was looking for a 205 gti when the black one came up

Red and black seems to be my theme, got these also



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