A major stumbling block in the UK wil be Insurance and the DVLA wanting engineers reports before you can get it on the road, it is do- able if you have the ability to do a fair amount of fabrication or pay someone else to do it. Easiest way is buy a tatty but runnning early Audi TT 1.8 T quattro, yo...

Look up M TDI conversions

AFN is an easy one to delete the ECU, loads on the internet regarding swapping the pump for the mechanical one off a landrover tdi200/300. Apparently the engine on the mechanical pump to run only needs four or five wires including the starter motor lead and the alternator wires. AFN with a later tdi...

There is only one way to successfully set up the rear drums. Make sure that all the adjusters are free then adjust OFF the cables at the handbrake lever end ( best leave only the domed nut on ) , then firmly press on the foot brake, you will feel the adjusters take up the slack and then adjust up th...

PS I contacted VW Autostadt whilst there who also stated that they did not have the two Bimotors

Does anyone know where the two Scirocco Bimotor cars , the blue 1983 and the later red 1988 cars are on display, always wanted to see them and was through Wolfsburg last week and popped into VW World Museum half expecting them to be there , they weren't on display so I enquired with staff if they we...

Found another one , this was the 1800 gli, steel wheel fitted after an incident with a badger

Brother in laws business partner bought something similar , it was a hoot to drive once or twice but after that it was just a PITA, impracticle combining every disadvantage of a motorcycle and non of the advantages (cold and wet and unable to get through traffic) and similarly every disadvantage of ...

Did the South African Citi Golfs not have it as standard as well

Check the NGK catalogue online and it shows as BP7ES (Iridium is BPR7EIX) , if you then go onto www.sparkplug-crossreference.com and put that NGK number in it will give you any other options from all manufacturers. FYI on my Corrado I went onto the Iridium equivalent , bought cheap off the web and t...

Realistically an accident damaged GTX should only be worth scrap value (or scrap plus a few hundred pounds) remember that until the insurer pays out the vehicle still belongs to you and you can dictate where it stays If a salvage yard removes it and then you either buy it back or accept the vehicle ...

Ferraris Piston Serivces Ltd www.fpsdistribution.com , branches all around the country and will keep good quality bearings and rings, re the oil pump try VW you might be suprised Another option is if you have a local TPS who supply all the parts to VAG group, some will deal with the public others in...

should read that are NOT worth huge amounts of money

Sad fact that any older cars that are worth huge amounts of money (ie not E types etc ) will be written off for fairly minor amounts of damage. Body Panel prices for a 30 year old Scirocco (where they are available new) will be on par with those for a similar mk3 Scirocco that will have a much great...

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