Damage limited to hood fender and light. Put a spare light in it, straightened hood and fender enough to clear light. The hood is kinked in a couple spots, to repair it, I’d need to split the skin from supports. So existing fender and hood are going to ride for a bit. There’s a cheap golf on marketplace with a good silver frontend on it, hope to hear back from him and get a car for the price of a hood.
I smelled some coolant a day ago when we drove this, found upper radiator hose swollen like a ballon and weeping. Didn’t have new on the shelf but had a used from another vw model that I trimmed to fit, so that and an overdue oil change and this is ready to go. Didn’t put the snows on it yet.
Has been starting hard. Will check timing next time it’s up to temp.
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