VW Golf Mk2 Owners Club

Any good... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304047305034?hash=item46caa1b14a:g:948AAOSwS6Rg2HnL

Well under budget but gives you plenty of money in the pot to oversee your own restoration of anything that needs doing.

…,I think you might actually have convinced me that I want a 3dr…!

Having watched and seen the comments a lot depends on your own personal wishes, does it need to be oem? Bigger output engines are being fitted all the time and I guess it’s because they are no longer original the prices seem to be lower…. I don’t think you can be to picky in your wishes unless you get very lucky or have loads of time …I am not a fan of white cars but have had mine for 13 years , you will get an idea of value and there will be a car out there for your you at a price you are happy with …Rust is the thing to look out for , most oily bit problems are sortable ..

Quote from: Damien.wrl on July 11, 2021, 11:42:58 AM

Having watched and seen the comments a lot depends on your own personal wishes, does it need to be oem? Bigger output engines are being fitted all the time and I guess it’s because they are no longer original the prices seem to be lower…. I don’t think you can be to picky in your wishes unless you get very lucky or have loads of time …I am not a fan of white cars but have had mine for 13 years , you will get an idea of value and there will be a car out there for your you at a price you are happy with …Rust is the thing to look out for , most oily bit problems are sortable ..

Mk2's seem to have turned a corner.  A few years ago, you bolted another engine into it and it bumped the value by at least 1k.
I've done a fair few in my day, not to make money, just to make the car go faster, at the time I couldn't give the original engines away.  But also, back then you could pick up a tidy mk2 for £500, that is very much not the case nowadays!