1981 VW Derby LS RHD
This 1981 VW Derby has only 44,000 Original Miles.
Derby's were essentially VW Polo's with a Trunk. A Company in Maryland (eCodeParts)
had brought over some early classic water-cooled cars back in 2006. This
Derby came from England and was sold on eBay to a woman from Oklahoma.
Eventually, she sold it to her son for a commuter car. I was poking around
on VWVortex and saw reference to the eBay auction from back in 2007 and started
to try and find the current owner of the car. I happened across a post in
another forum where this '81 RHD Derby was listed in the owner's current
vehicles. I had emailed just for kicks to see if he still had the car, and
over a couple months one thing led to another I ended up buying it (Thanks,
Ben)! This Derby is a "Facelifted" MK1, which means it is the 1st
generation body with updated plastic bumpers, plastic grill with square
headlamps, and updated interior/dash. It still wears its original British plate on the front.
This car has been lowered, and sports 13" ATS Cup wheels. The car was
being used as a daily driver for the last few years, and as such is in need of
some restoration and interior work which I plan on picking at over the next few
years. For now, this makes the third Derby in my collection, one of each
generation (MK1, MK1.5, and MK2). I think I may be the only one in the
world who owns one of each... Crazy! Click here
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And some pics of the car before I gave it a full detail and buffed out the
paint:
And after the buff-out: