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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: sidecarphil on 28 October 2008, 18:19
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looky looky
anyone on here know the car ??
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-mk2-golf-g60-rallye-gti-syncro-g40_W0QQitemZ250314658516QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250314658516 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vw-mk2-golf-g60-rallye-gti-syncro-g40_W0QQitemZ250314658516QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250314658516)
loverly looking car
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Its nice but why do people put the square lights on the front?
I prefer the round ones (single too).
Not saying they look bad, just wondering... :smiley:
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by 'people' I presume you mean 'Volkswagen production line workers'
It's a Rallye (http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=101398).
The boy has a lot to learn.
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Its nice but why do people put the square lights on the front?
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u111/tophism/smilies/jpshakehead.gif)
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by 'people' I presume you mean 'Volkswagen production line workers'
It's a Rallye (http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=101398).
The boy has a lot to learn.
I think you will find the boy is a girl. :grin: :grin: :grin:
But Rallyes are built with square lights Raven!
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I love Golfs & Women, what else is there?
Sensible shoes then?
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Ah I get it, its cool! I have a lot to learn but my mind is open!!!!!
:evil:
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Its nice but why do people put the square lights on the front?
I prefer the round ones (single too).
Not saying they look bad, just wondering... :smiley:
In fairness, people do retrofit the Jetta front end to their mk2s - although that's not the case here. And yes, I agree, the Jetta front end is less pleasing to the eye. Some people have different taste and like the square headlights, probably because it looks like the Rallye when it's not actually a real one.
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Riiiggghhhttt...
So what makes a rallye a rallye then?
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4WD, G60 supercharger, boxed / flared arches, rectangular headlights, 8v engine. One of the best Mk2s although the chargers need servicing quite regularly.
They did a G60 in the 16v but it's very rare, and not a Rallye.
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* Designed and built by VW to enter and win rallies, but it never really got going in motorsport.
* Different body shell (Flared arches, higher boot floor. IIRC the only bits it shares with a standard MKII is the bonnet, doors and bootlid)
* Square headlights (NOT the same as jetta ones)
* 4 Wheel drive
* 1.8 g60 supercharged 8v engine
* Left hand drive, never officially imported into the UK
My fave one:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2895026247_c89033a28d_b.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/2895035821_b4268482ef_b.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2925267070_ce22efd414_b.jpg)
Nick
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They did a G60 in the 16v but it's very rare, and not a Rallye.
Ah the G60 Limited. The ultimate MKII Golf!
(http://z.hubpages.com/u/2667_f520.jpg)
Nick
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almost Nick.. doors are reinforced and bonnet has an extra hook to hold it down nearer the hinge side.. and 70 (or 72/73? don't remember) were sold as official UK models (SE) but still LHD.
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I bow down to your superior Rallye knowledge MrT :cool:
Nick
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Some tarts even fit Rallye lights to ropey old 16V chassis, too:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/simonsweetgolf/DSC00449.jpg)
Or how about 'Westmoreland' US spec headlights (Cheers Beavis :wink:)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c228/ED1G60/GreenGolf001.jpg)
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Some tarts even fit Rallye lights to ropey old 16V chassis, too:
Bwahahahahahahahaha. You sir are fricking funny. :grin:
Nick
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ok, someone take some links out of the chain, :rolleyes:
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Back on Topic.
No mention of sills being done or the condition of the bodywork / shell in general.
hmmm.
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correct, just the usual "condition is good for the age" which is pretty much chocolate teapot territory.
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Personally, I am not a fan of the Rallye. I chose my G60 over a Rallye going for pretty much the same money. Too 'add on boxy' for my taste. Looks like the old late eighties style box body kits people used to fit to 3 series Beamers and trash the look of them. Two things going for them though. Rarity value and classic status as they were hormoligated for Rally sport. And for me to call a car a classic is saying something. Too many people with 40 year old wrecks have the cheek to call their cars classics! (eg, a Hillman Minx or a Ford Cortina are NOT classics. They're just old!)
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Locla VW specialsit garage.. very good one at that has picked up a mint condition rallye recently.. BAM engine in, RHD swap in.. etc etc.. not noe for the purists :grin: