Converted mk2 coupe on ebay

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:11 pm

Someone's selling a mk2 coupe on ebay that they believe to be a standard 1300, but it looks like it's had a complete engine bay rebuild, a DOHC merc engine of some sort put in, huge brake servo etc.. it's only going for Â£50 atm, surely someone will snap it up?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 89147&rd=1

Take a look anyway, it's a fairly impressive sight...

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:12 pm

Uh, sorry, meant to post in the for sale forum

Not concentrating..

hayesey · Post by **hayesey** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:19 pm

what the FOOOOOOOK!!

surely thats not the right picture to go with that polo? it's not even the same colour, doesn't look like thats in a mk2 polo engine bay to me.

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:24 am

hayesey wrote:what the FOOOOOOOK!!

surely thats not the right picture to go with that polo? it's not even the same colour, doesn't look like thats in a mk2 polo engine bay to me.

I think he's flogging a few cars and has fuddled the mucking ficture pu

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:26 am

Ach, I think you're right.. sadly

It just looked to me like the engine bay had been completely rebuilt to house that engine, but looking at it the wings are too wide, the windscreen wipers are pointing the wrong way, there are too many slats in the bonnet amongst other things. Oh well

D4V1D · Post by **D4V1D** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:38 pm

and i think thats a merc badge on the engine as well.
be damn funny tho to turn up and it be the right picture

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:07 pm

thats no polo.......

too flat fronted even for a mk2, fans in the wrong place, engine is longitudinally mounted (try making that work in any way in a mk2 without a major chassis re-jig and a custom mounted gearbox, esp as any DOHC merc is probably RWD) and check the top left corner..... hello brake servo!

and hello professional (dodgy?) dealer who's switched to ebay!

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:42 am

Hmmm Tahrey - you try too hard

Now on the page at the bottom.....

Q: is this the standard engine? answered on: 26-Aug-04

A: Sorry. I put a photo of a mercedes 2.8 twin cam engine on by mistake. the Polo is a 1.3.

DOH!!! - so why not change the pic by editing the description as well!!!!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:14 pm

answered on aug 26 tho .... ie yesterday