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« Last post by RBS on March 14, 2026, 09:17:19 pm »
It’s been a while😅 but after a couple of months in Belgium,
looking forward for spring and Summer to go back to the Island…
BUT…I’ve been looking for a VR6 for some while or an GTI to convert it to a VR6 and do an engine swap… actually to do a father and son project together❤️….
So I found a VR6 … a very high milage one, bodywork all fine but engine, drivegear and suspension need a LOT of work… and in another corner of the sellers parking… I saw an other mk3 Golf🤨…. Asked If I could take a look and as I was getting closer to it, I was dumbfounded!!!😳🤩 a “20Years” GTI😍 all original LC9Z black 5 doors
1 owner full spec!! And best of all… original 56.400 km😱😳🤩🥳😎
So my attention went completely to it🫶🏻😍👊🏻 Asked the seller how this wasn’t sold yet!! He just got it the day before. I got the full service history to take a look and I was again stupified 😳 this thing hassen’t been moved in 10 years!!! The owner passed away and the GTI stood still in a warehouse, gathering dust… The seller told me that some else was comming to take a look on it 2 days later…
In my mind I was loosing it!🫣 a hidden gem… or a tired VR6! The GTI was “only” the 2L 8 valve AGG engine.
Owkay…. Took a very close and good look on the GTI and totaly rust free body with some dents in the front right and rear left door as a couple on the back and in the grille…. Nothing a dent repair guy can’t fix without doing a paint job. Engine wise… the whole enchilada has to be done! Engine, gearbox, powersteering oil, all the filters (engine, air, cabin, petrol/fuel) Timingbelt, servo and alternatorbelt, sparkplugs, leeds and complete brake service, discs and pads and 4 new tyers…😅🫣 oh and a new battery…
Great to teach the “next” generation how to service a car👊🏻😉 so learning school for tha kiddo 😎 (now only 20 years old!)😄
I then asked how the GTI was brought there… by truck and they only put a battery on it to drive it on / off the truck gave it a wash and parked it in the corner!
I checked the coolant (still the green one!!) and oil level… all toped up but 10 years old!!! Key in ignition and “booooom” 1st crank it was alive!!😳🤩 love the 827 engine! The clutch still butter soft and it went in all gears like it was brand new!!!
Interiorwise same as my Silver one…. The tipical VW smell 😍 and better specked as wel… Recaro interior, climatronic and sunroof🤩 all electric windows and everything works!!😍 even the sliders of the sunroof have grease on them!!
So 1st gear and away I was…😎 It felt all te same as with my 16v… 10 years of standing still doesn’t do any good to any car!! After about 30mim of driving I was SOLD!👊🏻 This hidden gem has to saved!! And it will be loved and cared about❤️
Enough blabbering…. Pictures tell more….
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