The Newest Member Of The Humble Mechanic Family.
Single round headlights, and the top down 🙂
On Monday the Humble Mechanic welcomed a new VW to the family. She is a 1984 Volkswagen Cabriolet. I picked this car up from a really nice guy on Craigslist. He bought the Cabriolet for his daughter. After owning if for a short time, the Cabby started to develop some drivability issues. After a taking it to a mechanic that was not very familiar with VWs, he decided to cut his loses and sell it.
I picked this Cabby up for $700. It is a little more than I typically spend on a car that does not run. The interior is in really good condition, so I stepped up on price. MY initial intent was to strip the interior out, and use it for Project Luv-A-Dub. It would be the easiest way to complete the interior. Plus have some random extra parts.
Once I got the car home, I started to think that maybe gutting it was not the best choice. She looks pretty good, but just doesn’t run right. I don’t think that swapping the VR into the black Cabby is on the table right now, but you never know 😉 For right now, I think I am going to work on getting her running properly. My gut says that the pump is the fuel tank is the main issue. That is just a feeling I have. I need to dive deeper into the diagnosis.
UPDATE:
Before I could post this post, my wife started talking about the car. I think that she is really starting to dig the look of the early MK1. So I guess that leaves me fixing this car up for my wife. Fellas, any time your gal is interested in your projects, you better give them exactly what they want. And ladies, the same goes for you.
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- She had a recent, but poor quality paint job. There are a few spots in the paint like this.
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- There is something strange about this angle. It looks like a pick-up truck?
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- The car does have some rust here and there. From what I can tell, she spent most of her life in New York
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- This is about the worst spot in the interior
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- Single round headlights, and the top down 🙂
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- Please ignore all the junk in my garage
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- The inside is in GREAT shape for being almost 30 years old
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- This wheel is called the ‘Tarantula’
Nice looking car. Pretty amazing if it lived in NY. Must not have been driven much in the winter. With a manual, it looks like it would be a fun little car to drive.
Or the pickup looks like the car.
a good interior is worth the extra $ for sure. it makes the driving experience SO much better when driving older vehicles, and it’s what the driver looks at the most.
You don’t need 2, you should just give me 1 😉
Get your dude to give up that Caddy and we can talk.
That white one? It’s so clean. 1986 and has like 70k on it.
I would not have guessed that truck was 30 years old! I can’t wait to see future pics when you are through with it.
How about this deal? I get the older body style one if you get it up and running easy enough. You get the nicer interior out of it. I take the craft-tastic interior and we make the interior plaid form me? Then we both get what we want?
It looks great for an 84, and it must have sat in a garage in the winter because from the pictures I can’t see any corrosion.
$700! what a bargain, she’s a beauty too!