XLR99
XLR99 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
2/21/16 12:22 p.m.

Looks pretty clean

Dasher

The time has come, and I'm ready to let my Dasher go to a good home..

1.6l diesel power plant, and a 4 speed standard transmission. 104k original miles, and a clean Ohio title that's ready to go.

The car was resprayed silver at some point in its life. Paint code is L97A, Diamond Silver Metallic.

I got this fine example of a B1 with a broken timing belt.. I immediately jumped into tearing it apart to discover 3 bent valves. The head was replaced, a new head gasket, cam seal, valve cover gasket, oil pan gasket, injector seals, thermostat, air filter and complete timing kit were installed. Also got a fresh Rotella oil change, and coolant flush.

Could use a shift linkage bushing kit at some point in time. It runs excellent, pulls strong, and shifts smooth.

Could probably use a set of new glow plugs, only because that was one of the few things I didn't replace..

The body is very solid and only has a couple spots of surface rust. The drivers door is damaged, might be easier to find a replacement? The dbag driving the car when the belt snapped threw it open while he was raging. He also ripped the interior door pull off of the door card.

The interior is all there and in mostly good shape. -The dash is cracked in 150 places, dashmat would probably be the easiest way out. -The black vinyl sears are in good condition with no rips or tears, just a couple seams that need stitched back together. -It's missing the original shift boot. -Black Scirocco 3 spoke steering wheel. -There's no radio installed. -Headliner is there, no sagging but a couple rips. -Rear hatch strut needs replaced.

13" Tarantulas with good snow tires. Brakes are good all the way around.

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 Dork
2/21/16 8:26 p.m.

Nice find!

mndsm
mndsm MegaDork
2/21/16 8:38 p.m.

I can honestly say, i had no clue what that was til right now.

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 Dork
2/21/16 9:06 p.m.

"If you can't beat them, smoke them!"

http://youtu.be/O2NQQWPUyPw

Jumper K. Balls
Jumper K. Balls UberDork
2/21/16 10:45 p.m.

If you thought a rabbit diesel was slow just wait until you experience those 40 throbbing horsepower in the heavier 1g passat chassis.

One of the greatest mistakes of my youth involved me and my friends getting into an altercation with some rednecks , running to the car to escape and having to wait while the glow plugs heated up whilst they were throwing rocks at us, finally getting it started when they caught up and them being able to keep up on foot for over a block with the poor dasher at WOT trying to escape.

trucke
trucke Dork
2/22/16 8:14 a.m.

Drove one of those from New Hampshire to Florida back in the eighties. We towed a heavy motorcycle mounted on hitch which held the front tire. It took us a long time. They are unbelievably slow!

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/22/16 12:29 p.m.

I'm also lookin' at the Audi Fox right next to it. (Audi, not VW)

bludroptop
bludroptop UltraDork
2/22/16 1:53 p.m.

If someone actually picks this up, I have the Bentley manual.

I'm pretty sure I'll never own another Dasher.

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