For Sale!    SOLD!

Yep, Babe is gone. Of course, now that I am truckless once again, I'm looking into buyng back my old project truck.   It's an addiction, and it's not pretty.

Yes, I am nuts. Those who follow my exploits on my main VW site will recall that last Summer I decided to unload all my old VWs and get a brand new Golf TDI. While I did manage to find homes for my project pickup, '84 convertible and '83 GTI (although the last still sits in my garage), when I started looking seriously at what my monthly payments would be for insurance and the loan on my new dream car, I abaondoned that plan. I hne came across this gem of a truck, and promply bought it.

Well, as the weather turned cold and I retired the '87 Cabriol et for the Wint, I discovered that while the bunnytruck ROCKS for commuting to work and short trips, being limited to 70mph on road-trips seriously cramps my style. It's also not exactly a babe magnet - though I did have a hottie in a Jetta pull in beside me in a parking lot to tell me it was the coolest thing she'd ever seen. I decided to look for something bigger, heavier, and more dee-loox than my current pile of Rabbits. I was thinking Scirocco 16v, Quantum Synchro Wagon, Passat, Audi Quattro, etc.

I'm in Columbus, OH. Will deliver anywhere in Ohio. Truck could be driven home to anywhere in contiguous North or South America.

Oh yeah, right about now, you're thinking, "sounds sweet, but that COLOR! I couldn't live with baby blue!" I know, I was the same way. But the more I drive the thing, and the more I look at it, the more right the color looks on it. If I end up keeping it, I'll just do the cabby front end, get the dings popped,

and touch up the Lago Blue as needed.

The only service the thing should require within the next year or three is a new valve cover gasket (which I will probably do, with a rubber Corrado unit I bought for the purpose, next week w/ the oil change), new suspension, and, to be safe, a new water pump and a new timing belt (don't know when the current one was installed). The Ebrakes don't work well at the moment, but I'm pretty sure I can tighten them up when I do the oil change.

Here's a quick review of my financial history with the thing...

Price:$2,700.

Paid $2500 in August, replaced alternator ($90), starter($170), battery ($80), glow plugs & relay ($80), driver's window slider($15), and refitted fixed vent windows in place of broken glue-ons ($20).

I also installed Cabriolet oil pressure, volts, and oil temp gauges ($60), Hella H4 headlights ($50), Kenwood tape deck ($50), Pioneer dash speakers ($25), super-thick bed mat ($70), winter-duty floor mats ($20).

Then I added the two $%#&ing dings to the windshield cowl- the only reason that I'm not looking for $3,000+.

(shots of the truck the previous owner sent to me)

(The previous owner, the day I bought the truck)

(wash me!   Shown with Audi alloys and snow tires - yours, for just $400 more!)

(Note the gauge trio in the dash)

 

Modification History
Item	Cost	Source	Completed	Details
Hella H4 Headlightsa	$40	Internet	8/17/00	Can't belive they both worked after the GTI crash
Pioneer 3" Dash Speakersa	$20	Sun TV	8/17/00	Old ones were totally shredded.
Cabriolet Oil Pressure, Temp, and Volt gauges	$10	junkyard	8/00	see Tech section for details
Replace formerly glued-in wing windows with non-venting ones a	$10	Junkyard	10/00
New Interstate Battery	$75	InterState Batteries	9/00	Starter was the real problem, but the battery was of an unknown vintage
New Diesel Starter	$120	IPS	9/00	Solenoid connection was cracked inside.
65 amp Bosche Alternator	$140	IPS	11/00	Upgrade from stock 55amp, which died.

^a Denotes items salvaged from my dead '83 GTI.