And the wooden gear-knob, and leather steering wheel, slightly plusher carpets...

“Schwarz” appears to be a German joke, as it’s clearly brown when seen, so dealers would probably have registered the cars as brown. Everything was brown in the ‘70s, including black, it appears.

Thank you edmundator, appreciate your comments. There is a photograph of COJ 559V on page 2 of this thread. It is definately on a MK1 Scirocco. The badge on the back is a Storm badge although it doesn't appear to have the right frontspoiler. The spoiler could have been damaged and removed. But if y...

There were two 1979 examples where I couln't find any information. I'm discounting the following cars which were mentioned in this thread from the list above: 1. FPF 623V - registered 02 November 1979 and appears to be a GLI model As I said above, the records held by DVLA aren't accurate. You've in...

Sorry to break the news, but this thread is from 5 years ago.

The door has revolved once more.

Massive house project necessitates fleet reduction.

Blue Mk1 GTI project went at the end of last year.

Silver GLi (OHP 888W) went this week.

Black GTX will probably have to go as well.

Also beginning a clear-out of parts, keep an eye on the Classifieds pages.

Happy birthday! Resident for tax purposes now, I assume.

Probably be at Goodwood, won’t I? ;)

Pretty sure the early trim strips aren’t available. Be careful you aren’t getting the later style used on the body kitted cars, which have been available from vw classic parts recently.

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Let the train take the strain.

I have an X1/9 that’s been untaxed since 1986 and contacted the DVLA after I tried to declare SORN and the status didn’t change online. Apparently the computers won’t accept a SORN for a car that’s been untaxed since before SORN was introduced; it would need to be taxed first.

Happy annual marking of the inexorable progress of time.

They work when they’re in good condition and fitted properly. Often they aren’t by now.

I’d be careful with this. Removing these plastic membranes (or damaged ones) is a common cause of wet interiors. They’re designed to make sure rain water is channeled out through the bottom of the door to the outside world.