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Origional dealer plates?

Hi,i was looking at my mk1's today,admiring the view  :mrgreen:  and noticed the reg plates on my diesel,they are still origional from when new,question is-
What is the name and location of the dealer? is it still there today?
Ill go first
Steinbach & schaffer Germany (import) on the diesel
Jaffar international Redditch Now a fiat dealer  :hand:  :doh:  on the GX
Jaffar on the citi (made plates for me)
Bert

Thats not a rod knockin,its a diesel stupid! floppy top and 1 tin top

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And mine- VAG Kennings in Luton - Sadly no more :cry:

86 Christmas Collection Cabby GTi in Saphire Blau!

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mines  diesel too and its and import aswell did they ever make a british diesel or are they all imports?  havn't looked at my plates yet will post when looked

hello!

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Mine say Sheppards of Bishops Stortford.  They're still there and still sell VW's

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mines says wykehams ltd

and they only now sell morgans which was a suprise :dontknow:

rebuild in progress....

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Funny you asked that rov716y,all the mk1 diesels i have owned have been 'previously used overseas'
so i guess that most of them were imported????
Bert

Thats not a rod knockin,its a diesel stupid! floppy top and 1 tin top

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Mine wasn't previously used overseas. By the way Bert, check this out…

http://cgi.ebay.de/Golf-1-GTD-Turbodiesel_W0QQitemZ300001152383QQihZ020QQcategoryZ9801QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Ah yes,too far to travel  :cry:
i have got some bits ready for the conversion,will be done this winter  :wink:
Bert

Thats not a rod knockin,its a diesel stupid! floppy top and 1 tin top

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mines willenhall coachcraft stourbridge ( a local one for u bert!) on my converted golf van diesel soon to be re-vanned

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mrad,are you in stourbridge then?
Bert Halesowen

Thats not a rod knockin,its a diesel stupid! floppy top and 1 tin top

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Scotts of sloane Square. Currently an Audi Dealer, so it's still part of the family!

'85 GTi Cabriolet
'80 Kawasaki KDX 175
'93 Kawasaki ZZR 600
'97 Chrysler Grand Voyager

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i live in kingswinford. i think we met at gaydon last year bert, i drive  blue x reg diesel with a lucas pump thats was a van

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good thread this,
showin how it was the good dealerships who stocked these motors,

rebuild in progress....

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My Golf C plates have VW Dovercourt, Plaistow Rd, London on them. According to the VW website they're no longer there. Have to look at my GTI has a black back plate for the rear plate with a German dealer on it (car was rhd import).

1981 1600 GTI (coming to a road near you soon…)

1983 1100 C

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Both my golfs have the originals on, the driver still has the dealer sticker in the rear window!! 8O

driver;
Knibbs car sales V.A.G Bury and Irlam.

golfC;
Coulthurst & Grimshaw LTD Blackburn

Greg 8)

1981 Golf C 1.1
1982 Golf GTI
1992 Corrado G60
1999 Golf GT TDI

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Mine just says colindale  :dontknow:

there's a Citygate Colindale VW dealer… might have been this one I guess

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'82 Black 1600 GTI - Getting Better

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gilders of sheffield on mine! mrad, are you revanning too?   :D

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I had the original sloan of edinbrough plates on mine but have taken them off and replaced them with replica ones (so still have dealer name on them)

And ive just checked, sloan of edinbrough still sells VWs!  :D

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yeah im revaning when i get a chance
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