[Vwdiesel] any leads on engines?

[Nate Wall]

Wow what a story, and, $5000 for it in 1988? That's a
deal. I bought my '85 Jetta TD in 1990 for $4650.
(56,000 miles and used a quart of oil in 750 miles!).
Almost same reason for selling: The owner was in the
military and was being transferred overseas.

About 5 months ago I bought another '85 Jetta TD, so I
have twins now. Its riddled with problems, so I've
been comtemplating making it a parts car. Perhaps I
will hold off since they are so rare. It needs some
body work too, and that I find difficult to deal with.
It does have a sun roof, though.

--Nate
--- "Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt at NWOnline.Net> wrote:
> Back in 1985, I tried to buy a new Jetta TD, and all
> the dealers had sold
> their single demonstrator. None were to be had.
>
> I looked for two years to find a used 85 Jetta TD,
> and jumped on the first
> classified that showed up. It was January, 1988. I
> raced everyone else to
> get my cash into the hands of the seller, to close
> the deal. The guy was
> being transferred from his job with British
> Petroleum, from Cleveland to
> London, and he couldn't take his car along. He left
> on a boat, and his wife
> stayed behind to sell the car and house.
>
> I gave her the downpayment, remainder to be
> delivered when clear title was
> signed over to me.
>
> She went to her bank to get the title. I drove her
> there in the Jetta and
> sat outside, waiting for her to emerge. Half an hour
> went by. Nobody came
> out. Then a police cruiser pulled up beside me and
> the officer had me get
> out of the car and put my hands on the hood. They
> searched me for weapons,
> and asked why I had stolen the car.
>
> I showed them the cashier's check, made out in the
> amount of $5,000, to the
> owner, and I explained that I was trying to buy the
> car and had driven the
> owner to her bank.
>
> They made some radio calls, and from the other side
> of the building the
> woman emerged, accompanied by an FBI agent. She had
> gotten turned around in
> the bank and had come out on the other side of the
> building, into a
> mirror-image parking lot. She couldn't find her car
> (and me) and she
> panicked, ran back and had the teller call the FBI
> and police, using the
> bank's security lines. An all-points brought the law
> in about 2 minutes,
> and you can imagine the rest of the story.  She was
> very embarrassed. The
> officer told me, as he left, that if I had been
> driving the car (moving)
> they would have shot me.  Arrrggghhhh!
>
> I almost paid for my 1985 Jetta TD with my life. You
> may have to take some
> risks to get yours. If you find one, RACE for it,
> and buy it before the
> other guy. Then fix whatever is wrong with it. They
> are rare.  Good luck.
> Hope you enjoyed the story.
>
> Doyt Echelberger
> 84 Rabbit D
> 85 Jetta TD
> 82 Jetta D RIP
> Ohio  USA
>
>
>  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> At 02:49 PM 5/19/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >I am looking for a 1.6 or 1.9 td engine to drop
> into my new
> >cabriolet. I know, take a number for a td, right?
> Well, I'm in VT.
> >I've heard people get 1.9 td's from canada. How?
> I've had no luck
> >finding a good classified ad for the quebec area.
> Any tips on
> >locating an engine would be appreciated.
> >Ken
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