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the "great" differents between sedan and convertible is the year of production.

-> the sedan (GTI) is the first decade of mark I Golf, means, it has Chrome bumpers (but no chromeparts in the box!), another Dashboard (round instrumenthouses), steering wheel and those black "wheelshousecovers" (<- dont know, what they called) on the Body.

And with sedan you mean hatchback ;-) the Golf 'Sedan' is a Jetta. A sedan has a solid trunklid, where a hatchback has a rearwindow in the trunklid.

That's why the Beetle and 2CV were sedans. :)

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I bought a 84 US spec Rabbit GTI new back in 85. it was a nice little car, pretty quick and at the time front wheel drive was the thing (I never loved it), it went around corners smooth and flat (though I installed Konis all around and had it lowered a couple inches). it pretty much looked like this except I had the optional front grille with the square driving lamps integrated. Most of it was manufactured in Mexico I think and then assembled in Canada. That's what I recall anyhow. darn thing didn't last very long, by 50k (miles) it was losing its CVs, water pump, getting weak on the compression and generally falling apart, so I sold it to some college student who probably drove it into the ground.

1984_Volkswagen_GTI_For_Sale_Front_resiz

I wish a closer version to this was available, note alloy wheels especially.

jb

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I'm going to get the convertible, paint it white like the one used on Can't Buy Me Love. Display it with a printed scene from the movie behind it.

Dorky? Heck yes!

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I'm going to get the convertible, paint it white like the one used on Can't Buy Me Love. Display it with a printed scene from the movie behind it.

Dorky? Heck yes!

You're going to need to find some VW Zandvoort wheels in 1:24th scale

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You're going to need to find some VW Zandvoort wheels in 1:24th scale

True for exact accuracy there are plenty of differences.

But if I painted the wheels it comes with white, no fan of the flick will really notice. Close enough. :)

Edited by hpiguy

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