1990 Mk2 Polo Breadvan - still rolling in primer :P

Welcome to RR mate.
Hey, that's exactly my sort of car!
The Country was one of the many "special" edition models that VW were so keen on making back in the day - mine is a "Match".
The Country were 1043cc hatchback only but with glass sunroof, metallic paint, twin headlamp grille, tinted glass and some stickers!
That looks quite a tidy example, just the n/s rear arch needing a bit of work and a respray on the fuel filler to really smarten it up.
I think you'll find the "adjustable suspension" is height adjustable at the rear only via a collar on the strut. The front 'll be just shorter coils - I reckon it could do with nipping a turn off them to bring the front down a touch.
Dunno if you're up to speed with these in general? An important check is the battery tray - take out the battery and look for rust.
Good luck with it mate and keep us posted.
Cheers,
Richard.

looks like a good base, yeah you can adjust the rear in steps. shop a coil out of the front though! any engine planns ect? ive got a 1.4 16v in mine its pretty quick

Yeah you can get lowering top caps but they are really only about 10mm at best. Not worth the money IMO.
Save your dollar and cut the springs.

ive not driven this car yet please tell me more lol

^ the UK mk2s don't have a servo at all! Having said that, the brakes are only scary if you're not used to them. Once your right leg gets used to them you'll be fine. The brakes are actually pretty good for what they are, the car is only 750 kilos so you don't need much!

Welcome to the forum btw, nice little bready you got there.

off to pick her up today! long day ahead, picking up some 13" mk3 golf steelies first, then hiring a trailor, then off to crewe. will be back later with pics!

the pick up went great. picked up the wheels, went to nuneaton trailor hire for the trailor, £40 for the trailor all day, so i recommend them.

car was as described, with plenty of history and in lovely nick.

shame though that when i come home, virgin have dug up our internet cable and broke it, so no pics for a few days

however i can tell you that the wheels (13x5.5 mk3 golf steels now fitted with 175 60 13 khumo rubber) look great!

only thing about the car. on a very cold start, the engine taps fairly loudly on one of the cylinders. it doesnt increase or decrease in noise with revs, but once warm you can barely hear it. what do you recon? valve clearances? or something more serious like piston rings?

yep hydro tappet. Easy job to do...

I reccomend doing the cambelt and waterpump at the same time as you''ll have to take the cam out to do them anyway..

Hah, I was watching this one and tempted to get it as a spares car (though where the money was coming from to buy it I have no idea) to sort mine out. Glad someone else has picked it up.

If the starter motor isn't turning, might you have cooked it? A replacement won't be much, everything on these is dirt cheap. Retrowagen and Mk2PoloBloke are go-to guys when it comes to Mk2s, they've helped me loads. Club Polo isn't too bad a place all of the time these days either, so probably a good idea to give them a try too, though they'll likely tell you to get rid of the engine for a 6n 16v tdi or something, many of them were taught by Clarksonius I think.

Good luck with it though, they're thoroughly capable cars if looked after and can fit endless amounts of stuff inside.