How much a Mk1 Cabriolet?

[IanJ]

Is this the same console?l

Yes Michael it is. Thanks for that.

[007]

But according to VW you can do this...


However the silver cabriolet looks more like a 1990 model than a '93. Interior cloth and Le Castellet wheels are from that year.

Check the vin number, it should read WVWZZZ15Z "P" Kxxxxxx (x= numbers)
"K"=1989, "L"=1990, "M"=1991, "N"=1992 and "P"=1993

1993 may have been the first year it was register in.

Michael

I've run mine through the car wash a couple of times. (Not the brushes, but the high pressure jets at carlovers). I get a tiny drip from the top of the rear window - obviously some sort of a pin hole I can't see with the naked eye and a bit of a dribble from around the b pillar seal. Not bad for a 16 year old roof and rubbers.

[paulie71]

I picked up my 93 Cabby in Brisbane from a dealer with the same set up as what you have in 2006 for $10k with 100K on clock by one verifiable original owner and full service history, new clutch, cambelt and brakes redone, with car in very good nick. Oh and it had the roof hood (to cover roof when down). Price seems fair and seems to have been tricked up a bit, be careful of backyard or makita improvements.

Aircon is aftermarket built in Brisbane for Austral Motors as aircon option from the fatherland was too dear.

The aircon unit has a few issues:
a. bracket that holds the compressor is handmade (by the looks on mine) and the bolts can be loose.
b. I had to regas mine after a pipe end wore out after years of driving as alloy pipe fitting could not cope (got this done by dealer under warranty with new heavy duty union joints and a regas kit as gas needed to be changed - about $300)
c. fan motor in air-con is a pancake motor that is apparently not built anymore, run it and see if it makes a lots of noise like a whirring sound-if so it will need to be rebuilt (can't get new ones) for about $160. water from fan housing when a large amt of water goes behind firewall is the main culprit here. Bloke at Woolloongabba does rebuild (just near inbound underpass on Ipswich road near the Clem7 tunnel entrance & SE Freeway overpass).

For that price get a full service and have all the old bit replaced, such as rotor, dizzy cap, plugs, leads, filter, coolant, fuel filter, oil & oil filter along with a brake flush. Also check the thermostat and water pump as I believe these aircons ran hot and to get around this they used to gut thermostat. Waterpump is probably at latter part of it's life. My cabby was not driven regularly so even though it was serviced properly, things weren't a top priority as it was a weekend driver.

All crap aside it looks like a nice car and I hope it gives you as much fun as I have with mine every day-even in cold Melbourne now the heater and demister work a treat at 2 degrees every morning!

[Brisben]

Hows life down south Paulie ?

[paulie71]

Hows life down south Paulie ?

Cold but the work is good and the old trusty Cabbie is going well.

Found a new parts place here. Well regarded locally and on this forum, Volkspower.

Hope you are doing well up there.

Cheers

Paul

[greasykitchen]

One on ebay in South Australia (why are so many down south?)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....E:B:SS:AU:1123

In the suburb over from where my parents live. Car looks kind of familiar too.....