Les, Thanks for keeping up the good fight! I hope this list helps people a little with motivation – I know we all need a little of that. Do let VW Heritage know that there is a market here for Mk2 parts and that many of us would be buying them if they were available…
Mathew is right there are better cars today but people don’t collect 1920s Fords because they are good cars – they collect and restore them because they are awesome to them. We have the benefit that we can actually drive our collector cars at 100 MPH without it falling apart. I think modern classics are the best of both worlds and you can enjoy them much more than a 53 Porsche that does not have enough power to get up a hill.. I think we are just getting into the hype for our cars growing. The hype for BMWs of the same era has already exploded and I think VWs of the era will ride some of that wave. This will encourage aftermarket companies to start producing restoration parts so it is easier for us to restore and maintain these cars. Here is some more inspiration in case you had not already seen this: http://www.vwvortex.com/features/project-cars/1985-volkswagen-gti-restoration/ There is another impressive thread for a white Mk2 on vortex where the guy has done a true nut and bolt restoration with tons of new parts but I can’t find that thread right now. -Larry 91 GTI 16V From: mk2-16v@googlegroups.com [mailto:mk2-16v@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Noriel Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 1:05 PM To: mk2-16v@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [mk2-16v] Interesting find in Jacksonville, FL Matthew makes a good point. Cars have really evolved in the past two decades. Horsepower, traction, and safety have all made significant advancements over the past few years. In addition, Our culture has really grown accustomed to creature comforts. I've not seen a car with manual window cranks in years. Power windows and locks with remote key access are standard in virtually every vehicle sold today. My two VW projects are crude by today's standards. Personally, I've grown fond of the comforts of my Audi A4 which makes the interior of the old MKIIs primitive by comparison. And it's ten years old! Like many of us, my car projects have slowly progressed over a period of decades. My wife has allowed me to use the garage for my projects rather than parking cars. But I do need to finish them at some point. Parts are getting more difficult to find. There's nothing I like more than seeing a MKII VW restored and driving on the road. Sometimes I just need the time and motivation to keep progressing. I recently peeked into my Golf 16V and noticed that the new fabric on the headliner which I installed a few years back has fallen. *Sigh*! I was so proud of that achievement but now seems like I'll have to go back to square one and do it again. Recently, VW Heritage has asked me to critique some of their products for Project MKII 16V and write it up in my project blog. So I'm looking through their catalog now. It gives me something to rekindle the interest. -Les On Dec 8, 2015, at 8:48 AM, 'Matthew Yip' via MK2-16v wrote: Ah yes, the world of abandoned projects. My street car was a 97 Passat TDI that is now for sale b/c of front-end damage. I can't bring myself to trash the car even with 424K miles on the odo BUT it's valueless to anyone other than a fanatic. Then again, I've met a Mk2 fanatic whose mission it seems is to "save and restore all Mk2 VW products". As much as I like the cars, there are newer and better cars in the world...(blasphemy, yes). On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 11:27 AM, Holland Phillips <hollandphill...@gmail.com<mailto:hollandphill...@gmail.com>> wrote: I had a '76 Mk1 that I was going to restore, probably into some sort of race/street vehicle. It had a 1.6 8v motor with a terminal rod knock. Would have been cool to put a fully modded 2.0 TSI motor in it, with a 6 speed, Quaife (sp?) etc. It had a straight body with some surface rust, but that's about it. It sat in my driveway almost 20 years, then finally got a free ride to the "Auto Recycler". ~Holland Yes - The Mk2 Slorocco, especially the 16v was essentially a very overweight Rabbit. I had one and it was tonnes of fun - not as visceral as the Mk1 by any stretch of the imagination but much more connected than anything VW has produced since that time frame. On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 10:53 AM, Holland Phillips <hollandphill...@gmail.com<mailto:hollandphill...@gmail.com>> wrote: Matt, I think you meant Mk 2 Scirocco, right? '87 was Definitely Mk2... ~Holland On Dec 8, 2015 07:47, "'Matthew Yip' via MK2-16v" <mk2-16v@googlegroups.com<mailto:mk2-16v@googlegroups.com>> wrote: I have a hard time with "restored" - these cars just don't seem that old to me BUT they're almost 30 years old at this point!!! (Damn, I'm OLD too). I should probably keep this to myself BUT as a non-sunroof car, this restoration car would make a great racecar candidate (that is if the Mk1 Slorocco weren't such an overweight pig). Matthew On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 10:36 AM, Jack Simon <crabs...@gmail.com<mailto:crabs...@gmail.com>> wrote: http://bringatrailer.com/2015/12/07/nicely-restored-1987-volkswagen-scirocco-16v/ http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/cto/5329045176.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.<mailto:unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.> To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com.<mailto:mk2-16v@googlegroups.com.> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/6373FBF4-C129-4AC6-B5FB-9A278540782C%40gmail.com. 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