£720 later and it's mine. Two owners, 60k miles, with every tax disc and MOT cert that it's had. The previous owner was an elderly lady who gave up driving in 2003 due to vision problems. The car is mostly pretty tidy, started up OK even on 10 year old fuel, and runs nicely now that it's got some fresh petrol in it.
The initial job list looks like:
- Grind down and seal up rear arches, which have a bit of surface rust on them.
- rust beater and paint on a few little bits of surface rust on the body.
- Fix a leaky fuel hose in the engine bay (perished rubber) - Done
- Cambelt (not done since 1996, according to the bills with it)
- Weld up a little hole in the battery tray - Done
- Change tyres over to some that hold air. - Done
- Oil and filter change
- Fix indicators and reversing lights (minor fiddling really)
- General check over and fettle for an MOT
- Possibly change the rear shocks. I have a spare pair of NOS VW ones.
- Maybe paint the wishbones and struts, and do tidy-up jobs like that.
- Fix the passenger's window regulator, which is sticky - Done, sort of.
I'm going to properly repaint bits of the body later, but for now I just want to get it sealed up for winter, rather than make it perfect. Once it's on the road I'll use it a bit to check it's all reliable, and it makes it easier to move the car around as well.
Headlight washers and massive washer bottle!
Sun visor trim
Very blue interior
Overall, it's a nice tidy car... it's had a bit of paint in the past, and the original side stripes are long gone, but the other GL specific bits are still there.
