check out what I scored!

[truckinwagen]

yeah, the vin does not match the car.
the vin stamped in the raintray starts with "WVW"

[catlin_cava]

whats the vin on your registration say?

[truckinwagen]

dont know yet, I haven't received the title yet.

[rabbitman]

dont know yet, I haven't received the title yet.

That's a pain, people like to sell stuff and say they'll get you the title "later", and after buying you find out they really don't have a title .

I few months ago there was a set of those adjusting headlights on ebay, the whole setup minus grill was 400 bucks , 't would be neat.

I can hardly imagine anyone being so stupid as to put the tensioner on backwards!!!! It's so obvious!!!!

[truckinwagen]

yeah, the tensioner on backwards is soooo crazy.

as for the title, I met the guy, chatted with him, I have his address and bank account number.
I am confident he has the title, he just didn't bring it with him as he was only bringing the car to anchorage to fix it, he had no plans to sell it.

and the adjusting lights are sooooo cool, one of them is broken(the bucket) but I think I can take apart another set and repair the adjusting ones.

-Owen

[Kudagra]

Because it was a service member maybe it had to be re-vinned for some reason.

On a side note..my 132 Kent Moore kit is brand new..but I had to drop another $150 for the 6mm clamp sensor. Why the kit came with 3 magnetic pick ups Ill never know. But I am going to put 1 or 2 on ebay..why not right?

[truckinwagen]

well, according to the vin on the raintray it is a 91 from germany.

it looks like the dash and taillights were swapped when it was brought over.

[Rabbit on Roids]

the bumpers that your car has owen, are those euro specific? or just usa spec? seems like the usa spec bumpers stand off the body a little more.

[DCC]

To me looks like a nice euro-spec Golf D. I'd say it was made on 1988, early 1989.

The JP engine is the 54bhp@4580 non-turbo engine. No oil squirters. Solid as a rock, and gets pretty good mpg. Used by VW from 1980 until 1991.

[truckinwagen]

according to the vin in the raintray it is a 91, the dash and tails were swapped for early US spec ones.

I just ordered new headlights to take apart and repair the broken ones in the car now, so I can retain the electric adjust feature.

I also found this for a song, how do you think it would look in the golf?

[truckinwagen]

alright, parts are starting to come in!

new timing belt/tensioner, oil/fuel filters, complete gasket set, and head parts(thanks to subsonic) have just arrived.

the head will go to the rebuilders on monday, so hopefully I can go and install the head next weekend!

pics coming as things progress.

[8v-of-fury]

How have things progressed? W.e vin the title has I would register it under that one.. Who cares if the dash doesn't match? How easy is it to swap a dash on these... Right

Lookin good so far

[rabbitman]

How have things progressed? W.e vin the title has I would register it under that one.. Who cares if the dash doesn't match? How easy is it to swap a dash on these... Right

Lookin good so far

I think I worded something wrong, I did buy it but it doesn't run yet.........

[Dakotakid]

As long as that head is off, I personally would disassemble it, meticuluously clean it up, hand-lap the valves, and go with Viton stem seals....but, that is just me.....