What's really amusing is that the last Westmoreland setup I sold was into the UK - apparently they're queer for US-spec as the US is queer for Euro-spec crap. VW seems to have a good hold on the half-assed attempts - nothing was quite as silly as using rivets to hold the final drive together. What engineer approved that one? Probably a bean-counter (or in Germany, a wurst-counter) who decided that longevity wasn't nearly as important as short-term profitability.
I usually sell stuff in the Mk2 Classifieds - I should probably also post in the Regional (Capital Area) classifieds. Roof rails? I may have a set - gotta hunt that stuff down. My parents' shed collapsed last year after the back-to-back 3' snow storms which forced me to consolidate. I didn't realize I had that much "stuff"... Matthew >________________________________ >From: Les Noriel <[email protected]> >To: Matthew Yip <[email protected]>; Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list ><[email protected]>; Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list ><[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:02 PM >Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] (no subject) > >Haha! My 85 Golf GL was a westmoreland car. One of the first things I did to >the car was remove those hideous US Spec square headlights that everyone seems >to think are so rare. Little do they know, those square headlights were a >half-assed attempt to comply with DOT regulations for importation into the US >market. VW used the round headlights on the Golf IIs in Europe which were more >consistent with the original overall German design of the car. > >Matthew-- where are you selling your items on the Vortex? Is it in the MKII >classifieds or the regional classifieds? > >-Les > >BTW: I'm still looking for the rain gutter trim for a MKII Golf. There are >MKII Jetta group buys on the Vortex importing these from China but nowhere >does anyone sell these for the 2Door Golf chassis. Anyone know of a decent >pair? > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Matthew Yip <[email protected]> >>Sent: May 17, 2011 6:20 AM >>To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] (no subject) >> >>Dang - beat me to it and I was looking forward to unloading some of my VW >>junk, er, rare and unusual parts on Chad... >> >>Separately - I cleaned out my garage on Sunday after finally doing an R&R on >>the Mk4 Jetta wagon for my Dad and then a t-belt and clutch for a friend's >>Mk4 Jetta Wagon as well. Those damn Mk4s seem to have coolant lines that run >>EVERYWHERE - can't seem to work on those cars without them literally spilling >>their guts onto the floor as no drip pan can cover the entire underside of >>the car!! >> >> >>What I found was that I still have 4 complete 16v engines (all except 1 in >>various states of disassembly), 6-7 alternators, a spare starter, boat loads >>of pulleys, engine mount supports, power steering brackets and at least 2 >>"engine shocks" from the 16v. I also now have a nice boat anchor - a VR6 >>with a broken timing chain that was the reason my my Dad's wagon was >>relatively inexpensive to purchase. >> >> >>Now to convince the kiddies on VW Whoretex that this stuff is rare and >>valuable. I have a Westmoreland grille and core support on Whortex with the >>notation that it came off my racecar. Between the fact that it's ultra-rare >>AND it came off a real racecar, I'm fairly certain that it'll add at least 50 >>hp!! >> >>Matthew >> >> >> >> >>>________________________________ >>>From: bobby murphy <[email protected]> >>>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:50 AM >>>Subject: [a2-16v-list] (no subject) >>> >>>I have a pulley You can have it >>> >>> >>>Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>a2-16v-list mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >>>For list archives, see listinfo link above. >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>a2-16v-list mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >>For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > >
