Golf III, no sunroof.

[GRMPer]

I'm looking around for a Volkswagen to build as a project car and debating the whole "should I look for a unicorn?" and start with a non-sunroof Sport.

Has anyone weighed the sunroof crap on a glass sunroof VW?

I'm finding a lot of sunroofs here in the sunshine state...and the hardtop I found is rusty....either way, I think I'm going to be welding.

Per

[Knestis]

I suspect, after looking at more than a few of them, that a rust-free example is going to be more rare than a hardtop. I JUMPED on the one that I found (Pablo II), only to commit ourselves to dozens of hours of floor repairs. If I could find one that wasn't rotten, I'd cover the hole.

K

[GRMPer]

Are they rusting that much worse than a A2? rear quarters, gas filler, hatch...where else?

[shwah]

They all rust in the floors A2 and A3 are worse than the A1 IMO.

Defintelyl look out west for a donor.

[Knestis]

There's some basic problems with how the floor layers come together and trap water, I think. Check the floors in the rear seat, the rockers particularly toward the back, and along the tunnel at the floor panel seams in front of the shifter.

K

[chewy8000]

Yeah don't get stuck on the sunroof, the floor repair is WAY more work. I got lucky with Pablo's cousin Pedro being super clean with no floor issues.

[JoshS]

They all rust in the floors A2 and A3 are worse than the A1 IMO.

Defintelyl look out west for a donor.

Good advice ... there are plenty* of rust-free examples out here, Per! Here's a nice red one:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/1212337999.html

Or a white one:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/1212039404.html

[JLawton]

You guys are all giving him the WRONG advice!!! :cool:

Don't build, BUY!!!!!!