*Your Neighbors:* Look honey, that crazy man who talks to himself on camera is driving in circles in his backyard again 😂😅😂

@Auraxium

2 ай бұрын

What does that say about us? We're all sitting here watching him do it! 😆

@willturnagain9853

2 ай бұрын

Nah that’s typical Kansas behavior.

@confuseatronica

2 ай бұрын

that's so useful, man I wish I had a teeny test track so I don't need to drive sketchy cars on the neighborhood streets

@bdkw1

2 ай бұрын

Not all that uncommon around here. He needs a tractor or 2 to fit in better.

@RuSrsbro

2 ай бұрын

​@@willturnagain9853as a Kansan I can 100% certify this statement to be accurate

Resurrection of a Jetta, on Easter... 😂

@Terran.Marine.2

2 ай бұрын

Lol.

@goosenotmaverick1156

2 ай бұрын

I didn't even think about that 😂😂

@cameronS523

2 ай бұрын

You can also think of it as an Easter Rabbit with a trunk.

@rstuff1605

2 ай бұрын

AVW 🐇

@illbeyourmonster3591

2 ай бұрын

Jetta is king? 😋

Spend an afternoon with a buffer, and that old faded paint will look new again. 😊

@robotcantina8957

2 ай бұрын

I agree, That car really needs a good buff. Unfortunately it not my car and that can be something the owner can do.

@jeepinspence

2 ай бұрын

ooh I LOVE buffing on old red paint!

@brianwelch1579

2 ай бұрын

I bet all it needs is a good wax job to get the color and shine back. Apply with an orbital waxer and a foam pad. I use the orbital on top of a towel to do the bulk of removal.

@illbeyourmonster3591

2 ай бұрын

@@robotcantina8957 Just do the hood or the driver side door and fender. It will make him have to do the rest.

@will89687

2 ай бұрын

@@robotcantina8957 Gotta see a follow-up video even if it's not your car and not your wrenching!

One of the nice things about living in Kansas is that cars don't rust through like they do in the Northeast, or Michigan. My first car was a 1976 VW Rabbit, and it had rusted beyond being safe to drive in 1983, so while my Rabbit rotted to death in upstate NY in less than 8 years, this Jetta has lived for 40 years in Kansas and is mostly rust free. I'm really happy to see another 1st gen member of the VW Golf family running.

@T_Burd_75

2 ай бұрын

In Kansas, a tornado is more likely to take out old cars than rust. ;-)

@bdkw1

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, metro KC area salts like snowmagedon is coming. I don't drive my truck in the winter due to this.

@6t9customs

2 ай бұрын

My 86 ranger is from Wichita and no drivers floorboard for l due to sitting for years before I got it with no drivers windproof but solid everywhere else cammed 2.3 in and she's a mint unit

This is literally 1984 Thanks for the video Jimbo

I have worked a lot on these engines. The timing can handle up to +-2 teeth without the valves becoming scrap. The most common problem I've seen after a belt change is that the pump sits 180 degrees wrong. And I strongly recommend that the owner refit the covers. A small stone that splashes up and it can be good night with the timing belt. Otherwise, these engines are incredibly durable (albeit not fast). 👍

@P_RO_

2 ай бұрын

I won't quite say "durable" but long-lived instead. They did like new rings sooner than most, but they didn't "go boom" or break anything expensive unless you lost the timing belt.

@gabrielv.4358

2 ай бұрын

Its weird, but everywhere I go and there are these VW AUDI Engines prepaired, the timing belt is always uncovered. I wonder how can these run and not lose the belt...

MORE! I clicked this video immediately, and watched it with my 4 year old. I just hope that tired old water pump has a seat at the dining room table. 😉

Oh man, I love these old VW diesels! I have a newer Passat TDI, but really enjoy how simple the old diesels are to work on. Having air in the fuel system after a rebuild is the biggest issue that takes these off the road. You just gotta be patient when you're bleeding the injectors & injection pump

What a gem. A guy could really use one of those when fuel prices go up.

@frederickevans4113

2 ай бұрын

Those mechanical diesels are also pretty immune to EMP and can run on straight cooking oil, pump diesel, bio-diesel, maybe even an oil/kerosene mixture. Long-term, probably not too good for the seals in the injector pump (actually, ULS pump diesel isn't good for those older mechanical pumps). Up to US 50mpg highway (probably around 45mpg on cooking oil) isn't bad. That's one of the engines to consider if you want to build a "zombie apocalypse" vehicle. I've said too much 🤐

@P_RO_

2 ай бұрын

@@frederickevans4113 Some of those fuels like SVO require pre-heating but yeah- do that and they run on anything.

Good Morninh Jimbo, and Cantina Nerds.

@goosenotmaverick1156

2 ай бұрын

Cantina Nerd checking in with my coffee 😎

Jimbo saving one vintage car at a time. Happy Easter Jimbo. Have a wonderfully blessed day.

As a lone wolf mechanic, I know exactly the frustration of needing someone to spot for you while you do something. Troubleshooting the lights of my trailer, I rigged up the company phone in the rear and made a video call from my own in the drivers seat to see what lit up and what didn't. 😂

Be careful, I had a 84 hatchback, be carful to disconnect the pcv vent tube to the air cleaner breather box. Worn engine would run out of control on it's engine oil when hot. A dangerous situation of self destruction on the highway!

@juhomaki-petaja

2 ай бұрын

Yes, well known problem back then.😁

@pilot554

2 ай бұрын

It is a manual so not really dangerous, just engine damage.

@juhomaki-petaja

2 ай бұрын

@@pilot554 even it was AT it would not be dangerous... just hit brakes. 50hp will not rip it apart

Water cooled VWs and especially the diesels got me through high school and college. When fuel was cheap and the car got great mileage 10 bucks went a LOT of miles.

The olfactory sense is a fantastic memory trigger. I always liked that era Volkswagen vehicles, they are rare, up north.

You and Thunderhead289 doing back to back VW "will it runs" heck ya!

@robotcantina8957

2 ай бұрын

I saw that video the other day. LOL I guess March is VW month.

My mother drove one! 53 horses, yehaaa. Very reliable. Thank you Jimbo!

Great video! I wore out an 83 Rabbit diesel and retimed the pump a couple times with "backyard mechanic" tools (still have them). I sure miss the rattle of that car's engine, and its fuel economy.

I had a 1985 Golf, had over 300k miles on it, and it still ran great. I'd probably still be driving it but it turned into a rust bucket and became dangerous to drive. I do miss the simplicity of the old diesels.

That old VW really looks like it could clean up really well. A super tune up, maybe some paint, super detailing and some under body stuff, it looks like it could go twenty more years, if the parts can be found.

Man those 1.6 liter 4 cylinder VW engines are amazing. I have a 1986 Golf mk2 with the same engine with about 700K km, they are very reliable if taken care.

There`s some comfort in old diesels. Runs on everything, doesn`t require much work (well the fuel pump might need a replacement after 100k miles on consumable oil but still) good low end torque, great on fuel, runs forever as long as there`s compression, fuel and air. Good stuff.

I’m a simple man. I see robot cantina I click. I see diesel Jetta AND robot cantina, I click light speed.

This wasn't your typical sort of video, but it was still interesting and enjoyable.

Because you mentioned "the best way to safely" get the engine running again, I want to share two tips. The first is that, much like you did with the injection pump, you can run the oil pump without the engine running by removing the vacuum pump and spinning the protrusion below it counter-clockwise. This helps ensure the cylinders and head and hydraulic valves(if equipped) see some oil after sitting for so long. I think this is an easy additional step to minimize wear on any mechanically injected vw diesel if it's been sitting for a while. 2nd, it's worth pointing out to viewers that diesel fuel causes rubber to degrade, and so it's important to minimize fuel exposure to coolant hoses! Wash any exposed hoses with soap and water if you do get fuel on them. Those are the 2 most important things, but additional tips I've found are that Lubromoly Diesel Purge is a great injection pump cleaner, and running two cans of it straight through a warmed up engine can help insure that any potentially stuck components in the pump get loose. Dried diesel fuel in the pump can kind of shellac things in place. Lastly, parts for these cars are best acwuired from reputable sources, and not the cheapest place online. Coolant hoses from Parts Place Inc will fit your vehicles! Cheaper ones from a place that rhymes with "loathe" will make you laugh at how absurdly off they all are!

@P_RO_

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking that the initial misfire was a 'shellac' thing somewhere.

i LOVE the sound of that old diesel Engine!!

That 1984 diesel sounds pretty good! Ol' Peg would be proud.

Thank you! 1st start videos on KZread don’t usually detail the important things like checking/fixing timing, oil, fuel, etc. they just act like they cranked the key and tada, it ran, or they destroyed something that could have been saved. Thanks again.

I love the older VW diesels (even the newer ones with emissions are very reliable compared to other modern diesels.) I bought an 86 Golf diesel with the N/A 1.6 that had been sitting for years. Gave it some fresh fuel, bled the lines and had it running within 10 minutes with a new battery.

A friend has a VW diesel Sport Truck sitting under a lean to shed for a long time. Couple years maybe. Anyhow, I asked it it would run. With a battery and within a few minutes it was. Amazing little engine! Nice little diversionary video. Thanks.

My first dealer job was at VW and I still love them to this day!

The old VW smell is real. A mix of headliner adhesive, burnt oil, aftershave, a hint of mildew. But it all winds up smelling like mechanical spice wafers. Pleasant indeed.

I’ve always liked that body style Jetta, but I’ve never had one. I’ve had dozens of diesel and gas Rabbits and Sciroccos. I knew you’d do some VW content soon since you’ve shown a few. I’m glad you are sharing what I grew up messing with.

@confuseatronica

2 ай бұрын

I hated them when they were new, now I like them a lot. Italdesign yo

Can confirm a quick buff will show all the imperfections in the paint - I'd keep it faded. Learned that the hard way on a red Polo 86c..

I just pulled my 1983 isuzu pup diesel 5 speed out of the weeds after sitting 11 years a few weeks ago. It needed alot of Injection system clean up. It took about a gallon of automatic transmission fluid and 3 cans of Molly.D injection system cleaner to finally get the pump to spray the injectors. So the engine runs sitting on the ground.Now is to get it installed back in a truck. In that eleven years that has been sitting the prices about five times more than I paid for the vehicle. Inflation at work.

I hope we see a Jetta update in the future!

I enjoyed that video Jimbo! It's fun to have different content 😎

That Jetta is sweet, I bet the owner is stoked you got it running again!

Your neighbor is going to love the fact that you got the car running already. A small turbocharger on that diesel engine really brings that little thing to life. Top speed without a Turbocharger is 76 mph. I love that little diesel engine.. Rich rebuilds right here on KZread had one of those small diesel engines with a turbo, might be worth having your neighbor look at that video

@frederickevans4113

2 ай бұрын

The factory turbo models came with oil squirters under the pistons to cool them (according to the Bentley repair manual we had for my dad's 1980 Rabbit [Golf Mk1]). You probably want to add the oil squirters, should you add a turbo to an originally normally aspirated engine.

@DaveFromColorado

2 ай бұрын

@@frederickevans4113 adding a low boost turbocharger to that factory system, he probably shouldn't have to add oil squirters to the bottom of the Pistons... I'm not talking crazy amount of boost I'm talking less than 8 lb to that factory diesel.. something he can do without lots of extra modifications. The idea is to add as much power with as little money and work needed.

Tough to beat good old "Water Displacement"! 👍

I had two first gen diesel rabbits. First one had over 200K miles and cost me $300 in 1990(?). I used it for my daily driver work car for a couple of years until the timing belt broke. Off it went to the junk yard for a penny a pound. Second one had only 60,000 and was a gift from a friend who married a well off gent who gave her a new Toyota. I had done the maintenance on her VW without asking any payment beyond her excellent coffee, so I was well rewarded for that. I ran it for about ten years and eventually sold it for $1,300(!). Back then, diesel was sometime cheaper than regular gasoline. Distinctly not the case in the present Millennium. I got about 40 mpg winter and 50 mpg summer, all strictly city driving in the middle of the American Great Plains. I had a spare battery that I took indoors at work on really cold days. I must confess that I did use ethyl ether starter fluid when all else failed. Shameful, shameful and unforgivable. Love this YT channel!

As someone who's very much into newer diesels with common rail direct injection and variable geometry turbines, I think this old VW sure looks and works amazing for its age

@bobirving6052

2 ай бұрын

Common rails won’t be around half as long as this one has. They die fast and hard.

@LamantinoElettronico

2 ай бұрын

@@bobirving6052 Depends on the model. Some are very reliable like the JTD/Multijet line from FIAT

I had a dream that Jimbo went off the rails one day and built a 1200 horsepower v10 insight. Maybe some day...

Damn! One of my first rebuild projects was a 1984 VW Diesel Quantum. (Jetta's bigger brother.) It had been sitting under a tree for 9 years when I bought it back in '08, and had 156k miles. Needed a lot of work, including making new shifter bushings. (Unobtanium.) Drove it for almost four years before I sold it. Been rebuilding Diesel cars ever sence.

Those are cool little cars I love anything mechanical diesel 😎

I really Love the Variety of this channel, nice work

I'm not a VW person but I know a few and I think I know the vintage VW smell you're talking about. Old Mercedes have a smell too. Lol

@hyattbusbey3563

2 ай бұрын

Horsehair?

@user-pr8ke5pp6v

2 ай бұрын

It is a good interior smell, doesn’t need anything additional

@iainball2023

2 ай бұрын

As a fellow volkswagen lunatic, can confirm. Its also a particular smell in jap 80s and 90s cars. 😅 deffo stronger in datsuns/ nissans 😂

@michaelblacktree

2 ай бұрын

Not sure about that vintage, but my '02 Jetta smells like melted crayons inside.

@iainball2023

2 ай бұрын

@@michaelblacktree you got it 👍

Just sold my 1990 Jetta turbodiesel as a runner with 410,000 km on the clock. You can use an outboard fuel line with a bulb to prime the pump, injectors. Drove it out to Vancouver and back several years ago from Ontario. 80 mph+ across North Dakota, hours on end, no problem.

I loved my old VW diesel, I have been looking for another one for a few years now. Most of the ones I am finding are rust buckets, and they are getting harder and harder to find.

Another Sunday morning classic. Keep ·em coming Jimbo!

Great video. I was reminded of how important a good repair manual or two was for jobs like these back in the day, and now KZread videos.

Cool change of pace. We used to have a little diesel VW Rabbitt in the early 80s and got crazy good miliage. It was a fun little car.

Got to love that old diesel smell.

We used to drive these (in 2 door Golf form) in Germany in the 80's, as Military Police patrol vehicles. I believe they were 1.4l, 4 spd, diesels. Mostly that same maroon color. I spend many 12hr night shifts rowing through that gear box patroling the O-6 housing area or the other various, outlaying bases. Our full-sized Whelen light bars used to hang about a foot off of the passenger side, because they were too big for the little VW's, and you didn't want to bang your melon on them every time you got in and out of these monsters. Off base you really never ran lights and siren. These couldn't really keep up with normal traffic, so emergency traffic was next to impossible. What memories! P.S. On a cold night you could set the heat to high and close all of the vents and cook a burrito in the glove box!

Our Scout Master had a hatchback one of these. On a trip back from an outing it would only manage 53mph with a 30 mph headwind. It got great economy while doing it though 😄

I hope this is useful to someone reading this someday- The ALH engines in the Jetta/Golf MK4 diesels only need one of the injector lines cracked open to purge all of the air out. These days, I've gone all in EV's/EV conversions but I still love the sound of a tiny diesel engine!

I have an 84 2 door rabbit sitting in my shop that I have been meaning to get around to restoring for the last 20 years. I can relate to the “aroma” they produce as I have owned several rabbits and mk2 golfs over the years.

I drove a 92 Jetta GTD when I lived in Germany. It was basically the Jetta GTI with a diesel. Very good transportation with great fuel economy.

Charge that phone Mr Robot! Thanks for the content we get to enjoy each sunday!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these with Federal bumpers on before. You could host a long jump competition on them! Also, if your neighbour does buy some less dangerous tyres for the car, I’d love to see a drag race against the Kubota Insight, I think it would be a close finish!

My 89 jetta with over 400,000 still going strong love it.

Thanks for a super awesome Easter vidjeo jimbo

Those engines are bulletproof, as long as they have a bit of maintenance. Definitely not clean enough for our times but really reliable. In a really cold winter, my similar engine refused to start but eventually it did, throwing lots of blue smoke. Took it to the mechanic and he said the timing was off by a tooth. Seeing how that pulley is just sitting on a tapered pin, it makes sense now.

Fun little detour. Thanks!

That's the same engine I'm putting in a 1974 cj5 Jeep. It makes me think I should set up a hole in the Jeep bell housing for TDC. Thanks for the video, and reminding me. 👍

Reminds me a little of my first car, an 81 Rabbit diesel. I got it in 2003, drove for 4 years with the same engine that's in this Jetta. I used the socket trick to lock my injection pump when I replaced the head gasket. Was a good little car, I regret selling it.

Literally one of my favorite cars! Had one and loved it. 50-60mpg and comfy. Had rust issues so had to let it go

50 mpg on that old diesel,nice to put her back in service.

Well, we had some 3 cylinder diesel fun, for at least a little while...

I completely ignored the thumbnail!!!! Went to the channel and was like whoa baby this is the cantina!!!

like ! had a 1985 turbo jetta. Loved that thing !!!! was struck by a lady in minivan 45 mph driver door while proceeding thru an intersection. I lived and thank Volkswagon for good crumple properties. I loved that car.

Hey Jimbo, those bumpers sure look horrible on the Jetta. And look how much smaller it was then compared to the newest models out these days. Same for most other brands. Well, hope your neighbor is happy again and the Jetta can cruise on for many more years 🙂 Cheers 👍💪✌

@juhomaki-petaja

2 ай бұрын

Luckily us europeans didnt have to suffer those huge safety bumpers😂

These old NA diesels are so much fun. I spent an afternoon earlier this week getting an old datsun pickup running again after sitting about a year. Its powered by an SD22 naturally aspirated diesel, commonly used in forklifts, ran on diesel or propane for indoor applications. It took me a couple hours, got a charged battery in it, and bled the fuel system, got it started rough, took about 10 minutes to get it firing on all cylinders. Glorious sounds they make 😍 Also whats the story with that bus in the yard by the fence? Ive never noticed it before, but it could also have nothing to do with you or the channel 😂 just curuous. Thanks Jimbo, for another great episode! Have a great week man! Cant wait to see what you come up with for us next week.

I just bought a (newer) Jetta diesel, and I mostly live it!

Great video for VW diesel owners. Those mechanical pumps are always causing problems

Your videos are genuinely what gets me through the week especially Sunday. Thank you

Good job jimbo

Love this. I'm a massive VW enthusiast of 18 yrs. I'm here for anything you cook up for this thing! But I'd love to see you play around with that 1.6 if you can get it running again! And no! Severe engine damage is not guaranteed! It absolutely can bend valves if it's off far enough, however one or 2 teeth is not likely to hurt anything. I'm saying all this real early in the video, but man what a gem! Let's gooooo!

The holes in the injector pump pulley are for securing the pulley when you need to remove the injector pump and don’t want to lose the timing. You can fix the pulley in place while the pump is removed, but don’t forget to remove the bolts once the pump is back in.

Thank you for what you do, again! This rendition of the VW Jetta was the best, in my opinion. So easy to work on and the parts were cheap.

Love the small motor diesel content

YES! I love it! I love MK1 Jettas so much! And yeah, musty old VW smell, it really is a thing. I miss it greatly. Nothing lets you float gears quite like a VW 020 gearbox

I’ve pulled these 1.6D’s out of fields, after having sat for 20 years. Sometimes I can get them started and running on the 20 year old diesel in the tank and drive them home on super sketchy tires. Incredibly simple engines, and they aren’t picky.

Lovely VW content Jimbo, thanks a lot. Those US spec headlights look kind of Audi ish almost from a European perspective. Interesting

My childhood revolved around those in the late 90s. We had an 83 & 84, as well as (4) of the vw pickups, back when a worn out one could be found for $500. Something about that 60ish hp diesel on a 12 hour road trip. ❤ pro tip, keep an extra alternator in the trunk (or at least a voltage regulator).

Exactly the same setup on the 1.9 liter turbo diesel in my 1997 vw transporter. I currently have 2006 a 1.9 litre PD powered Transporter 5, which is probably the last evolution of this engine. The 2 litre direct common rail that is in all the newer VW's is a different engine AFAIK

Omg! I had a rabbit! Mine was a 1984 baby VW rabbit ‘caddy truck’, the ‘pick-up’ truck rabbit. 4 cyl non turbo diesel, bosch ve rotary i injection pump. Ot had the factory OE ‘truck bed topper’ It was a gem. Ir really clean. I bought it from the org first owner for $900. It was rust free and baby blue color! The i interior was super clean, 5 speed manual trans. I did a WVO waste veggie oil conversion on it. It having the factory OE bed topper made a great place to Out the 35 gal WVO tank, just a diamond plate alumn aux fuel tank. It had a small oil heater in it that you could switch on and heat the WVO to a more suitable temp, and 2 FASS 95gph high flow ‘lift’ pumps that have water/ fuel seperators and a main filter that filters down to 1-2 micorns absolute. Basically you’d start the car on diesel snd het it up to operating temp, and while the WVO tank heats up to temp with the internal heater ,then flip a switch and switch over to straight WVO, when you wanted to switch back after driving you didn’t want to just shit it down, you wanted to ‘ purge the system, so there was another switch that was a smaller pump that Switched it back over to diesel and purged the lines, injection system and everything back to clean diesel. It worked great. Even in colorado. Id run a slight diesel dilution in the WVO to thin it down, and everything got filtered several times before being stored in a bulk tank, the 2 FASS systems filter down to 1-2 microns. I had that and built that back 12-14 years ago, it was a really clean vw rabbit truck. Rare by today. Most of them are rusted and eottwn, and they usually rust out on the shock towers. This one was clean after. And i only had $900 into it, i ended up trading it, which i regret. It screamed ‘liberal super gay’tree hugging hippy. Lmfao, but i was driving for free getting 50-60mpg! And every restaurant that had a deep frier had free fuel to give away!! It had a 1” tail pipe, i straight piped it and went to a full 2” for lower egts! I had a buddy with an exhaust shop so it wasn’t nothing to bed up a new exhaust to fir perfectly. Of course i made it roll coal! A few little screws turned on the bosch rotary ve pump and it instantly had another 25 hp! It needed a turbo. I was planning a newer model Jetta turbo setup and intercooler mounted on top of the motor with a scoop, kinda like your one you did! Robot cantina approved! I love watching this channel and the little junker car projects you do! You would of loved my little baby blue caddy rabbit! The coolest part was the teuck bed and the topper, Haha i also had 2 12” sony xplode subs back there, and it was the perfect place for my red-healer cattle dog to ride, she went everywhere. Its defiantly one of the ones i miss selling the most, but what i got in trade for it was hard to say no to, i traded it title for title to a guy for a super clean rust free straight ‘93 dodge w350 first gen cummins turbo diesel intercooled with a 5 speed manaul! The a/c still blew cold on r12!

I enjoyed this video a lot! Be sure to update us when the VW gets back on the road :)

This cars were common thing in most of Europe. Both diesel and gasoline. My friend has it but it has one large square hedlight on each side, 1.6 carburated.

Im in awe of the trunk push button lol

My first brand new car was an '84 Rabbit with the 1.7l gas engine. So different and yet so similar. It was a great car, I drove it for years.

Fun side project

They don't make vehicle this good anymkr I can guarantee that my truck would not be running if I left it sitting for 40 years. Thanks for sharing!

Very nice Jetta. I can't believe it's not rusted at all after 40 years. On top of that, diesel in America?! And without turbo?! I strongly believe that your neighbor has European roots. I live near Germany and those cars were very popular here, especially in diesel version, but today it is impossible to find them. Even MK2 and MK3 are hard to find. Your neighbor has a golden hen, he just doesn't know it. A nice job to pass the time between breakfast and lunch on Easter. Keep it up, I really like your projects and approach. Greetings from Croatia.

Great neighbor and additional content. Great job Jimbo!

Nice to watch this step by step diesel reviving procedure. Thanks.

Ok, now let's put a supercharger on this engine! :D

Aaaaand, it looks like jimbo wacked his thumb sometime during this project... Great work otherwise. Can't wait to see next week's video

Brings back memories from my youth. I was 30 in 1987 when I rebuilt several VW Diesels. Had to make my own alignment tools. Did you torque the head after bringing it up to temp? Probably needed it? VW diesel cylinder head bolts can only be used one time, if they need to be removed for any reason, new ones have to be used. Good to see you working on a great old motor.

if the sensor in the water reservoir is unplugged or the water level is too low the heat gauge light will flash and the needle goes to hot. in south africa the mk1 jetta was renamed to the Fox and was sold well into the nineties. the mk1 golf was sold till 2009.