blackbeardSCBC
11-10-2007, 12:27 AM
I've got to part with my nearly restored 84 Rabbit GTI because I need the money and am starting a business that requires more transport space.
http://www.gowhitehat.com/K/84/rabbit11.jpg
3070 OBO
Price includes insurance, smog, and title transfer fees necessary for sale in Berkeley, California. Please bid on this only if you are going to appreciate her and/or restore her, I don't want her to end up like all the other 84 rabbits, turned into Euro golfs or Rally cars. Obviously I need the money more than the car, but it would be great to know she is going to a good home. More pictures available on request. This is in Berkeley, CA 94705. Email me blackbeardSCBC@gmail.com for questions or bids.
Synopsis:
This car's low book (before it wasn't posted on KBB anymore-2005) was 2000 and the high was 3500. The car retailed in 1984 for 8000. Given that the value has decreased by 285 to 215 dollars a year from 1984 to 2005, it is reasonable to say that a 1984 Rabbit GTI would now blue book from 1430 to 3070 depending on condition. This car is in as good, or better, condition as any 1984 Rabbit GTI I have seen for sale and I have done a lot of restoration, so I am asking high book OBO. Simply dropping in a new driver's seat and charging the battery will get you another 6000 miles (year or two) before restoring. Completely restored, it would be back to normal and run fine for another 5 to 10 years. It gets 25 city and 30 highway MPG, and is simply a fun drive.
What is right with it:
It passed smog last time I had to smog it. Repainted bumpers gloss black since this picture. I have done strictly stock replacements of the head gasket (poly now instead of cork), clutch cable, struts (6 months ago), air filter (new), 02 sensor, oil sensor, oil filter (1 year left on it), wiper blades, rims (FIVE of the last 10 snowflakes in the US in perfect cond.), and Mobil 1 synthetic oil about 1000 miles ago. Rebuilt transmission. Cleaned up and fixed alot of miswiring left over from previous owner. Dash, AC, and lighter lights work now, and the AC works too (needs recharge to cool). Newer tape deck and new front speakers. Save for the headliner and front seats, the original blue and red upholstery, 84 style trim, and generally is in great condition... It even has a package tray! I also reinforced the clutch mount bracket with more steel at joints so the bracket WILL NOT break from clutch pedal stress again. I went through about 10 10 gallon tanks of gas in 2 years at 25 mpg, so that is around 2500 miles put on it since I got it. City driving mostly, less than 2 mile trips. Have taken her on the freeway to refresh her and tuned her up consistently, so she purrs at 900rpm and can handle longer distances easily. New fuses for everything. Most receipts available, and includes the Bentley, hayes, and chilton manuals. Cleaned under the hood.
What is wrong with it:
The driver's seat frame is broken and MUST be replaced. The tachometer (occasionally), trip meter, and the VDO handbrake light doesn't work. (I took it to Palo Alto Speedometer to fix the odometer and it happened then, so they said they would work on it if I brought it back.) The odometer didn't work when I got it, but it does now, so although it counts, there may have been some unrecorded mileage put on her before I got it. Specks of rust on hood, edges of roof rain tray and lower right windshield corner (since caulked so stopped). Aged seals on front windows. Previous owner rigged new regulator shelves on OEM regulator for windows, so they have friction rolling up and down. Passenger side window lever mount teeth are stripped from previous owner using pliers so it won't roll up or down as is. Door pins need replacing with OEM pins, and doors need to be re-leveled to close and pop open like new. 4 keys, one for drivers, one for passenger's, one for trunk, and one for ignition. Original stereo gone and speakers need rewiring. DMV says it has to be smogged and insured before title transfer, and won't let me register it as inoperable until 2009 period.
http://www.gowhitehat.com/K/84/rabbit11.jpg
3070 OBO
Price includes insurance, smog, and title transfer fees necessary for sale in Berkeley, California. Please bid on this only if you are going to appreciate her and/or restore her, I don't want her to end up like all the other 84 rabbits, turned into Euro golfs or Rally cars. Obviously I need the money more than the car, but it would be great to know she is going to a good home. More pictures available on request. This is in Berkeley, CA 94705. Email me blackbeardSCBC@gmail.com for questions or bids.
Synopsis:
This car's low book (before it wasn't posted on KBB anymore-2005) was 2000 and the high was 3500. The car retailed in 1984 for 8000. Given that the value has decreased by 285 to 215 dollars a year from 1984 to 2005, it is reasonable to say that a 1984 Rabbit GTI would now blue book from 1430 to 3070 depending on condition. This car is in as good, or better, condition as any 1984 Rabbit GTI I have seen for sale and I have done a lot of restoration, so I am asking high book OBO. Simply dropping in a new driver's seat and charging the battery will get you another 6000 miles (year or two) before restoring. Completely restored, it would be back to normal and run fine for another 5 to 10 years. It gets 25 city and 30 highway MPG, and is simply a fun drive.
What is right with it:
It passed smog last time I had to smog it. Repainted bumpers gloss black since this picture. I have done strictly stock replacements of the head gasket (poly now instead of cork), clutch cable, struts (6 months ago), air filter (new), 02 sensor, oil sensor, oil filter (1 year left on it), wiper blades, rims (FIVE of the last 10 snowflakes in the US in perfect cond.), and Mobil 1 synthetic oil about 1000 miles ago. Rebuilt transmission. Cleaned up and fixed alot of miswiring left over from previous owner. Dash, AC, and lighter lights work now, and the AC works too (needs recharge to cool). Newer tape deck and new front speakers. Save for the headliner and front seats, the original blue and red upholstery, 84 style trim, and generally is in great condition... It even has a package tray! I also reinforced the clutch mount bracket with more steel at joints so the bracket WILL NOT break from clutch pedal stress again. I went through about 10 10 gallon tanks of gas in 2 years at 25 mpg, so that is around 2500 miles put on it since I got it. City driving mostly, less than 2 mile trips. Have taken her on the freeway to refresh her and tuned her up consistently, so she purrs at 900rpm and can handle longer distances easily. New fuses for everything. Most receipts available, and includes the Bentley, hayes, and chilton manuals. Cleaned under the hood.
What is wrong with it:
The driver's seat frame is broken and MUST be replaced. The tachometer (occasionally), trip meter, and the VDO handbrake light doesn't work. (I took it to Palo Alto Speedometer to fix the odometer and it happened then, so they said they would work on it if I brought it back.) The odometer didn't work when I got it, but it does now, so although it counts, there may have been some unrecorded mileage put on her before I got it. Specks of rust on hood, edges of roof rain tray and lower right windshield corner (since caulked so stopped). Aged seals on front windows. Previous owner rigged new regulator shelves on OEM regulator for windows, so they have friction rolling up and down. Passenger side window lever mount teeth are stripped from previous owner using pliers so it won't roll up or down as is. Door pins need replacing with OEM pins, and doors need to be re-leveled to close and pop open like new. 4 keys, one for drivers, one for passenger's, one for trunk, and one for ignition. Original stereo gone and speakers need rewiring. DMV says it has to be smogged and insured before title transfer, and won't let me register it as inoperable until 2009 period.