Chick
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I owned one of first 2.0 GTi Mk2's in 1996 and recently managed to buy another 1996 Ibiza 2.0 GTi pre-facelift in the same rare blue/purple colour. The plan was to modify / play around with car / maybe do some autotest's etc.
The problem is that car is completely original apart from painted brake calipers. It has the original dealer sticker, original dealer number plates, has all stickers under the bonnet, has never been crashed and is fairly tidy car considering 12 owners.
Do I keep it original - as there aren't many pre facelift 2.0 GTi's around, expecially in this colour and unmodified. I know it's only 15 years old, but scrappage scheme means there's even less of these for sale than ever (only seen 2 in last 6 months).
or
Do I forget about trying to save another old GTi and just start pulling it to bits?
or
Do I sell it to someone who wants an original example and buy a facelift Mk2 to play around with instead.
What do you think.
The problem is that car is completely original apart from painted brake calipers. It has the original dealer sticker, original dealer number plates, has all stickers under the bonnet, has never been crashed and is fairly tidy car considering 12 owners.
Do I keep it original - as there aren't many pre facelift 2.0 GTi's around, expecially in this colour and unmodified. I know it's only 15 years old, but scrappage scheme means there's even less of these for sale than ever (only seen 2 in last 6 months).
or
Do I forget about trying to save another old GTi and just start pulling it to bits?
or
Do I sell it to someone who wants an original example and buy a facelift Mk2 to play around with instead.
What do you think.
