Hi everyone im Dave from sunny Blackpool... Very new member with a very new project,   Just picked up (today) a 1983 Polo Coupe... 62,000 miles. and apparently has been garage kept for the past 10 yrs..... .. took a massive gamble buying blind, as the car was over 2 hrs away to view... but picked this up for less than £500.... so far exterior seems very solid!  needs a new passenger door panel wise.....  hope to start stripping to bare shell this weekend...    

 

Full restoration in mine... has a 1.0L  not sure what the popular swap would be., ideas please..

Im new to the classic polo, I did have a 6n2GTI a few yrs back.... so i will have plenty of questions and no doubt need help  

 

Dave. 

 

 

Hi Dave,

 

Welcome to the community! Great Polo Coupe, what a find and with such low miles. I'll be keeping an eye on the build progress!

Thanks, i look forward to blood, sweat and many swear words lol 

Very nice! I just did the same with a breadvan off here. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out :)

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I'm from Blackpool aswell I drive a silver 6n2 which isn't in the greatest condition


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whats a running 1.0L engine/box, complete with accessories  worth?   with 64,000 origional miles.. ... probably not a whole lot ay lol 

Not exactly a desirable engine and one that usually gets chucked in favour of something more powerful. I doubt it would be worth much more than £50-100 and to be honest probably better off just keeping it for spare or to use in future if you return the car to standard. Having a spare engine laying around is always good for robbing random bolts and parts from though.

3 minutes ago, kwijibo_coupe said:

Not exactly a desirable engine and one that usually gets chucked in favour of something more powerful. I doubt it would be worth much more than £50-100 and to be honest probably better off just keeping it for spare or to use in future if you return the car to standard. Having a spare engine laying around is always good for robbing random bolts and parts from though.

True statement.. car will never return to standard  :)    I will need to reasearch what engine & box etc  is good to use further down the line..... currently stripping the car to see what surprises it brings.

 

15 hours ago, mad-dean said:

I'm from Blackpool aswell I drive a silver 6n2 which isn't in the greatest condition


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How do pal.

How do pal.

Where abouts are you in sunny Blackpool


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1 hour ago, mad-dean said:

Where abouts are you in sunny Blackpool


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Marton, not far from Big B&M

Busy stripping.

Marton, not far from Big B&M

Nice hopefully see your car around Blackpool then


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1 minute ago, mad-dean said:

Nice hopefully see your car around Blackpool then


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prob not for along time.... my daily is an Astra Sri lol 

 

prob not for along time.... my daily is an Astra Sri lol 
 

Funny you should say that my other car is an Astra sxi [emoji23]


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more progress.

 

full bare shell rebuild.