That way he can choose his own accessories for his car. You can also buy him little models of a car similar to it. 8, 10, 13, 15, 17 mm wrenches and sockets an adjustable wrench a new fan belt. 77 its still fuel injected? 75 more and electric. 50 miles from home in a snow storm at night. If you buy an Accessory. It should be one that is functional and in plain sight. He will always be reminded who gave it to him. I like buying people a new shift rod handle. They are available in millions of styles. Another thing is a custom steering wheel. Maybe a rosewood or a racing type looking one. Either way don't buy anything cheap. Its the quality that makes any accessory stand out from the crowd. Man! Good luck with this issue. Sorry i can't be of any help. I am most sympathetic to you. 2 items changed to stock.
Depends on what your idea of good shape is. The 1970 is not a car that collectors like as much as earlier cars. 1750. it only had 75000 miles. 2800 and go from there. It's all in the eye of the beholder. If you wind up selling it to a dealer, he will give you squat for it. He is looking to turn a profit. If you sell it to a VW enthusiast. You can name your price. They are getting more and more rare as turn key vehicles. 2 grand, split windows and verts get the most money. Depends if you are buying or selling. And "where". Generally start by looking in the local newspapers and checking out what the price is for a similar unit. I don't care about the paint or chrome wheels(it has to be sold with wheels of some sort on it). If the local papers are devoid of such a vehicle spread your search to the nearest large city and scour their papers and see what the going price is. It all comes down to demand.
Here at Driving Line, we鈥檙e pretty big on drift cars, drag racing, dirt blasting and generally anything that goes fast on-road and off. But, all of us have to get to work somehow, and in most cases, high horsepower and long highway stretches don鈥檛 bode well in the mpg department. For years, budget-minded commuters have turned to diesel powered compacts, sedans, and hatchbacks as a means of saving money at the pump. At the forefront of this trend has been Volkswagen鈥檚 Jetta TDI models. For utmost fuel efficiency, solid reliability, and reasonable comfort, the 鈥?9.5-鈥?3 model year Jettas have been (and continue to be) one of the best all-around vehicles to use as daily commuters. The fact that the highly sought after ALH code 1.9L turbodiesel engines utilizes a rotary style injection pump and is known to last well beyond 300,000 miles, make them a standout on the reliability front. From a fuel efficiency standpoint, these cars get 45 to 50 mpg (highway) in bone-stock trim when equipped with a manual transmission.
From a comfort standpoint, they鈥檙e no Mercedes Benz, but they do offer a surprisingly pleasant ride for a compact with a cheap price tag. We recently got our hands on the GLS model Jetta shown here for all of the above reasons. Read on and you鈥檒l see why we had no reservations about picking up a 13-year old car with 200,000 miles on the clock. Due to high demand and dwindling supply of the 鈥?9.5-鈥?3 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, at this point these cars are nearly collector items. After searching high and low for three months, we finally found this highway-mile gem in central Kentucky. The 1.9L turbodiesel (ALH code) engine is as simple as it gets. It鈥檚 a timing belt driven, single-overhead cam, 8-valve inline-four that鈥檚 mounted sideways under the hood. Being a modern diesel, the injection system is pretty simple, too. Direct injection means fuel is sprayed directly in-cylinder (right into the fuel bowl built into the piston).
Two-stage (i.e., pilot and main event) mechanical injectors and the proven VP37 Bosch rotary electronic injection pump are employed, along with no lift pump being relied upon (one less failure point). For those in the know (and for newbies, just the same), a manual transmission is the only way to roll with a 鈥?9.5-鈥?3 ALH Jetta. The 01M four-speed automatic that was offered in these cars was extremely notorious for failure. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the 02J manual transmission is well-known for its reliability and durability. To be sure, all of these cars were built the same way in that the firewall and floorboard provisions are there to easily swap a manual in place of an auto, hence all of the auto-to-manual swaps you see. Believe it or not, most of the problems associated with the 鈥?9.5-鈥?3 Jettas exist in the interior (you can鈥檛 have it all, right?). The inner door panels fall apart, the hood and glove box latches quit working, the headliner sags, and the center console hinge fails, to name a few problem areas. Luckily, all of the aforementioned items were in perfect working order for us. After speaking with several former and current VW technicians, we weren鈥檛 afraid of finding a high-mile Jetta. 22 on fuel. That hand calculates out to more than 51 mpg! After the first three months of ownership, we鈥檝e seen an overall average of 49 mpg (mostly highway but with city stints mixed in). On a full tank and straight highway driving, we鈥檙e convinced it鈥檚 possible to go 800 miles without stopping for fuel. With just 90hp on tap from the factory, a little extra kick is welcomed in the 鈥?9.5-鈥?3 Jetta TDI鈥檚. Luckily, companies like Kerma TDI offer programmers that add as much as 25hp and 60 lb-ft of torque at the front wheels. On top of that, they can further improve fuel economy by an extra 1-to-2 mpg.
