Kevin wrote
What do you think about that price? Seems high Yeah, $3500 does seem a bit over the top. If one bought the good diesel engine and the complete gasser convertible with blown engine, it wouldn't be that expensive. There mighnt be some complications involved in the engine swap, but $3500...?
Once upon a time I almost traded my diesel Rabbit pickup for such a conversion, but didn't in the end. If I recall, modifications were minor- figure out a place for the timing advance in the car and where to hang to the fuse holder for the glow plugs in the engine compartment was about it; the original fuel tank was used. WIth the 1.6 NA diesel the convertible was a dog- I think it had something like 300lbs extra reinforcement to make up for the lost roof structure. That way, the car only folded up in an accident, and not just driving down the road! Tony Wirtel
