Since using my Mk4 for the past 5 or so years my old man has had a real desire for a Mk4 of his own and in particular a cabby. So for the last year he has been looking at them on eBay etc. Then seriously going to look at cars for the last few months but with now joy.


We have seen everything from a really nice SE 500 on eBay that in the end went for way over the odds for what it was to a two-tone that had new wings and front panel that looked as if it been welded by a drunk penguin with a gammy eye! Panel gaps that were either ‘fag paper’ tight or ‘bus size’ wide, all on the same panel…

So seeing quite a few cars and coming away with nothing we were pretty down and almost had given up. I suddenly noticed this red one suddenly pop up stupidly cheap on Auto Trader. We figured that as we had seen pretty well every type of cabby now in every sort of condition we would just go see it for a laugh making up our minds it will be rough, smoking, hood would leak and rusted to hell etc etc etc.

Well yes it was tatty, and the paint was flat and milky, BUT no rust, not a bit! The engine although a little lumpy, had no death rattles or terminal smoke. The hood was tatty but didn’t leak, and the interior although grubby and worn was not unserviceable.


So here you go ‘Little Red’ as it came home ready for some serious TLC, and yet another Mk4 saved!!!