Volkswagen Polo Mk2 Breadvan
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Hi everyone, new here posting but always been on the forums reading things, so I thought new project so its about time I post on here too!
Recently took possession of my new to me Polo Breadvan. Genuine low mileage car, 44,000 miles from new and in such good condition.
I should mention now, I am a huge VW fan and this is one of four VW's currently owned (one is new though as you can see) and a 74 Beetle currently being restored.
Car needs very little work, just little niggly things like a parcel shelf and a new rear wiper motor. It is usable, which I plan on preserving and keeping completely original.
Hope you like!
Thanks
Ryan
The comparison pics!
Project on the go...
Recently took possession of my new to me Polo Breadvan. Genuine low mileage car, 44,000 miles from new and in such good condition.
I should mention now, I am a huge VW fan and this is one of four VW's currently owned (one is new though as you can see) and a 74 Beetle currently being restored.
Car needs very little work, just little niggly things like a parcel shelf and a new rear wiper motor. It is usable, which I plan on preserving and keeping completely original.
Hope you like!
Thanks
Ryan
The comparison pics!
Project on the go...
I used to love these; I remember buying a 1988 red Polo from auction (ADT as it was back then) for the princely sum of £380 and drove for it for a few weeks without any issue. I then received a letter from the auction to say it had been discovered that the car was on the VCAR and to give them a call. They offered a refund of £190 if I wanted to keep the car, which I accepted. I had it for a year before passing in on to my brother.
I used to buy and sell the odd cheap car and they always sold well.
I used to buy and sell the odd cheap car and they always sold well.
I got my missus one new in 1986, D reg, It was dark blue and she used to refer to it as her little hearse! IIRC it was £5K. Bit OTT at the time. but I'd just got a company car and we'd had our first few years of marriage running two bangers and I'd had enough of spending evenings rolling around under cars.
Oddly enough, having never had another VW since, she's in a Tiguan now. No-one notices the Tiguan these days but I remember her having a new Polo used to get a lot of comments. The bloke next door bought his missus a Metro and it was forever breaking down - they told us later our Polo used to cause a lot of arguments in their house!
Oddly enough, having never had another VW since, she's in a Tiguan now. No-one notices the Tiguan these days but I remember her having a new Polo used to get a lot of comments. The bloke next door bought his missus a Metro and it was forever breaking down - they told us later our Polo used to cause a lot of arguments in their house!
I had a 1980 Polo (mk 1) hand-me-down from my mum and then big sister when I first passed my test in 1987. It was replaced in about '92 by a 1985 Polo Coupe C, (the rather stylish coupe version of the breadvan) in a strange all white dealer special spec - a bit like this but even more white!! White grill and white tinted dealer fit glass pop out sunroof which leaked water onto your lap whenever you braked, accelerated or turned a corner. The 1043cc engine produced just enough to keep up with traffic and obviously, like most of us at that age, the car was driven with the throttle pretty much on the floor all the time. Happy days!
aka_kerrly said:
Ive had a few mk2 polos and currently have a 1981 Bready that unlike the OPs possibly has no standard parts left as its running mostly G40 cup car, mk2 golf gti or Polo Gti parts.
i may have a boot wiper motor.. il check the garage
That would be handy! Mine smells of burning whenever I try and use it...i may have a boot wiper motor.. il check the garage
Thanks everyone, glad you like! Never see many of them on the road these days and was part of the reason for buying one. I can’t actually remember the last one I saw, but then again I do live in rural Wales.... anyone know of a good place for spares? Heritage don’t seem to have much on their site, but that’s compared to their beetle stock!
Years ago we were best friends with a VW dealer (selling Audis too). He used to say he preferred taking a Polo (1987ish) than the Audi 100 he had on fast country road journeys. I have several and they were great wee cars - my wife bought a two year old Formel E in preference to a new Fiat Uno and used to tell me the amazing speeds she could reach on the M25 on her way to Cranbrook in Kent where she worked. Knowing the dreadful non-assisted brakes I was not impressed! Would love another and missed a 37000 mile C recently that went for £750. I will keep my eyes open . Lucky you!
I do like a Mk2 Polo - they're the true spiritual successor to the Beetle and proper 'People's Cars' in that they're simple, rugged, economical, well-made and practical cars that just go on for ever with a bit of maintenance. Everything you need and nothing you don't.
I ran an F-reg 1.1 Breadvan in dark metallic grey for three months when my main car (Series III Land Rover) spilled its gearbox internals all over the road and I needed transport. I rather bonded with the little Polo, mostly I think because it just consistently worked. It was typical 'low mileage, one elderly owner' in really nice condition, and it was rather nice driving around in something which made less noise than a steel foundry and had a radio, interior trim, a decent heater and didn't need hours of fixing and servicing every weekend. I really pondered keeping it but my heart still belonged to the Green Oval and I couldn't keep two cars at the time.
Still have a hankering for one now and again - I do like the look and idea of a Coupe S.
I ran an F-reg 1.1 Breadvan in dark metallic grey for three months when my main car (Series III Land Rover) spilled its gearbox internals all over the road and I needed transport. I rather bonded with the little Polo, mostly I think because it just consistently worked. It was typical 'low mileage, one elderly owner' in really nice condition, and it was rather nice driving around in something which made less noise than a steel foundry and had a radio, interior trim, a decent heater and didn't need hours of fixing and servicing every weekend. I really pondered keeping it but my heart still belonged to the Green Oval and I couldn't keep two cars at the time.
Still have a hankering for one now and again - I do like the look and idea of a Coupe S.
It's good to see that there still appear to be a number of fans of the mk2 Polo. They are cracking little cars from an era where simplicity and reliability were getting to a good standard plus fun handling as any 80s hot hatch.
aka can we have more info please?To be honest it all started years ago after me and my brother had owned a selection of MK2 and MK3 Polos we wanted to build "one more" which was to be a track/hill climb car in the 1400cc class.
A few previous ones..
Firstly a Red 1.0 Cl (not mine but identical to this)
Then the atlas grey 1.0 that gained quite a few modifications from the Coupe S & GT models - an matching wheels hehe.
Then a Facelift MK2F GT - circa 120hp an RSL cults among many many upgrades.
Then a Polo Coupe S, 55k 2 prev owners an given a 3month rebuild, it won a few prizes at different car shows in the Original non modified classes. also my mk2 golf 16v next to it.
Then what is known as the FrankenPolo.
Take one 1982 Polo base model - seriously basic not a C or CL
Take one 1998 Polo 1.4 AFH 16V engine
Mount it with the help of one of these (only a few were ever made) custom subframe.
Add a mk3 polo cup steering rack + solid mounts,, mk2 golf GTI brakes consisting of upgraded GTI 16v master cylinder with 256mm discs & twin pot front an 212mm rear discs & adjustable bias valve.
few more pics from the original build thread here but annoyingly few pics of it later as it's mostly been in a 90% finished state an barely on the road for 3 years.
https://www.clubpolo.co.uk/topic/270397-1982-polo-...
At present the engine is back out again because a 1.4 16v wasn't enough so now I have a 1.6 16v from a Polo GTI to go which combined with the existing ported/polished head, custom cams, revised custom remap , intake/exhaust and throttle body upgrade should push beyond 150hp coupled to a short ratio gearbox in under 800KG should be ludicrous to 100mph
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aka_kerrly said:
Ive had a few mk2 polos and currently have a 1981 Bready that unlike the OPs possibly
has no standard parts left as its running mostly G40 cup car, mk2 golf gti or Polo Gti parts.
Is there a thread on this? And if not, why not? has no standard parts left as its running mostly G40 cup car, mk2 golf gti or Polo Gti parts.
aka can we have more info please?
A few previous ones..
Firstly a Red 1.0 Cl (not mine but identical to this)
Then the atlas grey 1.0 that gained quite a few modifications from the Coupe S & GT models - an matching wheels hehe.
Then a Facelift MK2F GT - circa 120hp an RSL cults among many many upgrades.
Then a Polo Coupe S, 55k 2 prev owners an given a 3month rebuild, it won a few prizes at different car shows in the Original non modified classes. also my mk2 golf 16v next to it.
Then what is known as the FrankenPolo.
Take one 1982 Polo base model - seriously basic not a C or CL
Take one 1998 Polo 1.4 AFH 16V engine
Mount it with the help of one of these (only a few were ever made) custom subframe.
Add a mk3 polo cup steering rack + solid mounts,, mk2 golf GTI brakes consisting of upgraded GTI 16v master cylinder with 256mm discs & twin pot front an 212mm rear discs & adjustable bias valve.
few more pics from the original build thread here but annoyingly few pics of it later as it's mostly been in a 90% finished state an barely on the road for 3 years.
https://www.clubpolo.co.uk/topic/270397-1982-polo-...
At present the engine is back out again because a 1.4 16v wasn't enough so now I have a 1.6 16v from a Polo GTI to go which combined with the existing ported/polished head, custom cams, revised custom remap , intake/exhaust and throttle body upgrade should push beyond 150hp coupled to a short ratio gearbox in under 800KG should be ludicrous to 100mph
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