Mk1 Golf cab advice

[MGR]

Hi,

I've been offered a mk1 golf cab as a P/X on my car I'm trying to sell.

It needs apparently (I haven't viewed the car yet).....

"the seats r half leather n the middle cloth bit all need doin which would cost around £100, the roof has some small rips in but doesnt leak all that needs replacin is the cover as the frame is all good"

what sort of cost could this involve ? I'm happy to take a car like this provided the true costs of the work needed are taken into account in the price paid. I've got no idea what the cost of this would be to fix.

thanks for any help.

cheers

[Jimmytno1]

Hi, I have recently bought a mk1 gti cab and also have a rip in the roof lining, luckily it is only small and I am hoping to get it repaired but I'm sure I have seen roof linings advertised somewhere for around£200, I think the ad may have been in the back of performance vw magazine, if not www.newtoncommercial.co.uk is worth a look, as for the seats have a look first to see how bad they really are, there are plenty of seats around on auction websites etc so may be worth replacing them with some decent second hand ones?

[MGR]

Thanks,

I wasn't sure what territory I might have been getting into here, I didn't want to take the car then discover the roof cost £1k to replace etc.

Also things like seats seem easy to replace but on some older cars some bits are just impossible to source. Doesn't sound like its a problem here.

[Jimmytno1]

They are lovely cars and seem to be fetching loads of money these days, be sure to check the sills for rust, and also right behind the engine I have seen some rust really badlyaround the bulk head, especially where the clutch cable comes through