Quantum TD...thanks for the reply. My sister is the only person who owns a VW in our family and when it has a problem she takes it to the dealer. I've only ever owned Chrysler vehicles so the VW/German engineering is new to me.
Vanagonturbo...The car does run...to my knowledge is needs a routine belt change. This is all I've been told, and no more. I understand there are people out there who try to pawn off complete pieces on people...but I will make sure the car will run before I take it home with me.
Thanks for the replies guys. :wink:
-Evan
Update:
I picked the car up today and it turned out to be a very good day for myself. I feel I did well with what I purchased. The car in question was indeed a white '81 4-door Rabbit 1.6NA (not abused and taken well enough care of) in very good condition for being a Rust Belt (Midwest) car. There are the usual rust spots (edges of doors, edge of hatch, rocker panels) in the most common areas but the underbody and strut towers were surprisingly in good enough condition. and none of the rust had penetrated through in the previously stated areas. As I was told, the car needs a new timing belt and I was even given the parts to make it ready to go, which include a new timing belt and tranny pan gasket as well as a valve cover gasket. ODO stops working at 140K and previous owner stated that they didn't put over 4K on it so I'm guessing it has anywhere from 145K-150K on the original engine.(Not too bad?) The MK1 Dashboard is surprisingly in mint condition which is rare and it has tan vinyl interior which is surprisingly in good condition too. The owner also included a manual (Haynes I think?) he purchased with the car in hopes to do some work to the car which included installing the new belt which he had purchased. He stated he had hoped to get it running well enough to take it to the diesel nationals to blow it up at the burnout contest in hopes to win the prize money... :roll: :x
Thank god I got to this little bunny in time. I'm very happy with it and am still glad I found it to make into my project that I've so badly wanted to start for a long time.
Well I guess thats enough for now. I just like posting my stories about my finds because I myself enjoy reading other peoples finds and purchases.
-Evan