syncro golf scrap yard find

Was it in ireland? They'd be rare enough over here

What's synchro mean?

Oh nice - The boxes hold up to much power?

Rear diffs are the weak link, people convert to haldex.

Worth getting out and welding up ... got to be worth over £500 at a conservative guess in a running condition and given and good jet wash .

Its under the raps . It's black

I've googled and I've ebay checked but I can't find one for sale . . To get a price off

Weak link is the transfer box which can only take around 150hp comfortably. The standard carb'd engine only makes 90hp.

They're spec'd as a utilitarian car rather then a sporty one and to upgrade to mk2 GTI spec equivalent requires a lot of 4wd specific parts, a lot of which are Golf Rallye (rare and highly prized) or Passat Syncro (non existant) and the UK models being after thought RHD make things even more complicated when it comes to things like exhaust manifolds.

More info can be found here:
www.vwsyncro.co.uk/?p=Syncro+FAQ&trk=menuLink&trkdata=Syncro%20FAQ

Generally they don't command any higher price then an equivalent engined 2wd mk2. No one wants a a 90hp, non GTI spec golf, 4wd or not. The best way to make money off of them is to part them out for 4wd conversions.

I had grand plans to turn mine into a street sleeper but got fed up of hunting down the 4wd specific bits needed to do it so sold it to someone wanting to convert a 2 door shell, good fun in the snow though.

Not worth buying to sell on unless it's almost free, they don't really command any higher price than a normal 4 door golf from what I've seen.