Mk1 wrecks

georgieboy said

uber-tub said

3 swallowtails… what can I say?

go back with an angle grinder and cut out the 3 'swallow tails'!!!!!
about ?250 a piece!!!
ebay ?1000 a piece :wink:

stupid question but where are all these early/series 1/swallow tails from. i really really want one. where is the best place to look for them besides ebay.
what sort of prices are a resto needing early models going for?

series 1's are the ones with cabriolet size rear lights (1974-1980) swallowtails are between 1974 and 1976 (i think)
series 1's come up for sale every now and then and so do swallowtails (not as often though)
speak to Dubboy, hes got a minter (i mean minter) of a swallowtail (not original though) got loads done and its clean enough to eat your dinner off (dunno bout driving it though?) or try Pistonheads.co.uk

Found this down at my localish breakers yard.  Never seen a mk1 there before so suprised to see 3 of them.  Got myself some side strips, fuel pumps, fuel filters, cam covers, door cards, alternator bracket and a non rusty filler pipe.

looks a bit like my shed at the mo.
1 1980 mk1 gti (60000 miles fsh!)
1 caddy (mid gti lump swap)
1 1/2 caddy (dumped front turning it into a pikey caravan-truckman top) :dance:
1 new (to me) 1986 caddy 21 years old and its only done 41000 miles!!!! never been cleaned though moss and stuff growing out of it :lmao:

georgieboy said

series 1's are the ones with cabriolet size rear lights (1974-1980) swallowtails are between 1974 and 1976 (i think)
series 1's come up for sale every now and then and so do swallowtails (not as often though)
speak to Dubboy, hes got a minter (i mean minter) of a swallowtail (not original though) got loads done and its clean enough to eat your dinner off (dunno bout driving it though?) or try Pistonheads.co.uk

Hi, first post here thought i'd point you toward some good information on the swallowtail.

Check out www.swallowtail.info for all you swallwtail needs. (like when they were made, why they are different than a normal mk1, and they are! etc.)

One place to check out for a swallowtail, is a barn.  Let me elaborate.  You may remember Stu's '75 Swallowtail, i was the previous owner and i found her in a barn less than 10 miles away from my home. They do exist.

Cheers
Pete

Welcome to the site Pete.  Thats a great swallowtail site.  Looks like a couple of our regulars are there - Dubboy and Dojodubber.

Danny

Arrrrrrrrrrrg so many spare parts!!!!!!

Some of those (the white one with the weired looking rear window deflectors) look way to good to scrap!!!

Ah well what can you do ay!

Alfie

This one looked a bit of a wreck but went like stink at Croft last weekend    

Found this 1.6 while walking the dogs, contacted the owner, very nice guy. Bought widscreen, door cards(inside barn, dry) center console and a few more bits. The shell is too far gone now,shame.


The fire engine behind is not for sale, I asked!

what about the yellow alloys at the bottom of the pic?
 has he got all four? they'd look the nuts with a few arch mods.

wat about the porsche to the left ??

No, its a MR2.

Nice chap, he said if I need anything more for my resto, just call up and have a look.

damn i knew it was a porshce or an mr2 do'h

one from the back…

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/peg1_photo/P1010001.jpg

then one from the front after my engine fire

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/peg1_photo/P1010002.jpg

 :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

at least taffy kept a stiff upper lip

Blimey...was the buckled bonnet from the heat or from forcing it open ?

ouch to see all those cars hurt! sometimes i wish america was a drive away look at all those mk 1 going to waste over there!

God, everyone of those cars looks in better condition than my first attempt at a restoration project
Never mind it's going to make a good donor car.
Watch this space I might even try and sell it :wink:

Im starting to wish i never looked at this thread, its upsetting...

There are some amazing pictures here, makes me sad to see some of these old girls just wanting for a little bit of elbow grease & Auto Glym.

I'm currently giving serious thought to picking a P-reg mk1 in similar condition to some of these.

Seeing all these US spec cars leads me to my next question:

All these chrome bumpers and small rear light panels are they same has the highly desired ones we have in the UK/Germany etc… I only ask as the car I mentioned above needs bumpers, door handles & mirrors.