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Originally Posted by Groundhog
Sutton had a knack of knowing the whereabouts of all sorts of cars in various states of damage and disrepair and the crashed car was probably one of many that ‘turned up’ to be rebuilt into a good shell and sold on (The colour scheme would suggest it is not a factory car but an independent motor)
Yes that cabrio Golf, what a load of tosh on the e-bay listing, it was just a car that Sutton had at his holiday home in Florida, no more no less.
The converted Sport went into the Patrick collection not long after, is it still there? I know the bill for doing the work was substantial because everything was done including swapping the wipers to sweep in correct pattern, something even Audi did not bother to do on early coupes.There was a rumour at one point that it was going to be changed back again to left hand drive because there was a feeling, justified in my opinion, that altering it had devalued it, so it may no longer exist as right hand drive.
Interesting perspectives when it comes to stuff like this in that yes the job was interesting and we had some great times but at the end of the day it was just that, a job that paid a wage.
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the crashed car was either the one from a belgian event in sept 85 or hunsruck earlier same year cant sort out in my mind which