Custom Mk2

adrian_mk3 · Post by **adrian_mk3** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:35 pm

I found this the other day on the net. Its nice someone has found a good use for it

Who's going to be brave enough and try it for themselves?

Mk2Adam · Post by **Mk2Adam** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:07 pm

lol cool pic, but what is it with this wave of cruelty to mk2's all of a sudden? they should try that on the M25, rather than clearing the crashed cars, park 'em by the side and turn it into a plant pot, changing rooms style

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:08 pm

Spanish?

I was going to say East German til I saw the sea and realised it was all deserty... they do that kind of thing with dead old cars a lot there. Particularly Trabants, as they're unique amongst pre-90s cars in that it's almost always the mechanicals that fall apart first whilst the bodies carry on unscathed (its all plastic & glassfibre stuff y'see). Das Grunehausen "Trabi" are quite common

I'd consider it, though its definately a case of removing the reg plate, VIN, and scrubbing away all the engine/chassis numbers and glass etchings first if you were to try it in britain.

How long do you think the hubcaps will last on that thing before being robbed?

edit: it also wouldn't fly in britain because that bonnet support is a deathtrap even when you're working on the car and purposefully avoiding it.... imagine kids playing around that and knocking it out of place!

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 12:07 pm

i've got a spare mk2 breadvan, mmm i wonder!

actually my mk2 is home to the animals, spiders mostly! its not as bad as it sounds!

down my way there used to be a boat which was turned into a plant pot!

adrian_mk3 · Post by **adrian_mk3** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:10 pm

I remember the boat plant pot, as well as the giant wheelbarrow on some roundabout locally. So all we need is an empty roundabout and we're sorted.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:46 pm

there's plenty round my way that have floral bits and bobs but would be easy enough to get a car up, with a couple of sturdy bits of wood (but impossible to get down without them).

you'd certainly make the papers

i have been wondering actually if there's something about polos that attracts spiders, mine usually has one or two onboard, but sitting still it seemed to be over-run... actually found a little foam-nest thing with eggs in whilst washing it at the weekend! (and took care to wipe around it ... it was inside of the hatchback seal at least)