Any V-Dubbers in ze haus? What do you have? What have you had?
10-03-2008, 05:13 PM
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I grew up around VWs
My best friend's parents had a Vanagon Westphailia, and a 1990 Corrado G60 that ended up becoming his and was a blast to drive! Another friend currently has a G60 with a Stg 4 charger, BBS RXs, and other goodies.
In high school I had an 85 Scirocco with a 2.0 3A (Audi 80 8v) block, JH Head, G-Grind Cam, 13:1 compression, Techtonics dual downpipe and exhaust, coilovers, and a Solo 1 legal rollbar/half-cage. It was built by a local autocross guru (Geoff Zimmer). I shouldn't have sold it...
Anyway, I just picked up an 84 GTI that's a former ITB race car. It no longer has a race-worthy suspension but everything else is ready. Fresh rebuild on the JH, G-Grind, poly everything, totally stripped, full Kirk Racing cage, etc, etc. I'm not going to roadrace it any time soon (too much $$$), just autocrosses and HPDE. It's so nice to have a Dub around again!
In high school I had an 85 Scirocco with a 2.0 3A (Audi 80 8v) block, JH Head, G-Grind Cam, 13:1 compression, Techtonics dual downpipe and exhaust, coilovers, and a Solo 1 legal rollbar/half-cage. It was built by a local autocross guru (Geoff Zimmer). I shouldn't have sold it...
Anyway, I just picked up an 84 GTI that's a former ITB race car. It no longer has a race-worthy suspension but everything else is ready. Fresh rebuild on the JH, G-Grind, poly everything, totally stripped, full Kirk Racing cage, etc, etc. I'm not going to roadrace it any time soon (too much $$$), just autocrosses and HPDE. It's so nice to have a Dub around again!
10-03-2008, 05:38 PM
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Picked up a 79 Westy at an LA Copart auction last May
It had an engine fire and needs to be restored but I am doing pretty good on it. I am trying to do the labor intensive cheap stuff first. and there is lots of it to do.
Hopefully I will have it done before next summer so I can use it for some adventures. I also had a 1971 bus back in 1977 and a 1974 Westy back in about 1990. I had one other, it was a 1982 Vanagon with an 85 GTI 1800 in it. If it had been a camper I probably would of still had it, awesome van.
Hopefully I will have it done before next summer so I can use it for some adventures. I also had a 1971 bus back in 1977 and a 1974 Westy back in about 1990. I had one other, it was a 1982 Vanagon with an 85 GTI 1800 in it. If it had been a camper I probably would of still had it, awesome van.
10-03-2008, 08:21 PM
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I think I have had 8
1959, 67, 71 Beetles. The 71 I did a Baja conversion on. It was my first car and likely the most fun I ever had driving
1981 Rabbit, nothing special
1984 and 86 Jettas. The 84 was a GLI and had old school Recaros. Loved them. The 86 was a 5spd gas that 486k on it when I sold it.
1991 Passat 16v. Piece of trash.
Currently the 93 Golf 1.8 Gutless, dirty, loud. I keep hoping for what is left of the exhaust to fall off so it'll just be leaking and not rattling anymore. Still though I drive 100km a day over pretty crappy roads and it seems to accept it ok. This winter will interesting. I'm knocking antennas off ants with this car and once the snow falls I think the Golf will be grounded.
1981 Rabbit, nothing special
1984 and 86 Jettas. The 84 was a GLI and had old school Recaros. Loved them. The 86 was a 5spd gas that 486k on it when I sold it.
1991 Passat 16v. Piece of trash.
Currently the 93 Golf 1.8 Gutless, dirty, loud. I keep hoping for what is left of the exhaust to fall off so it'll just be leaking and not rattling anymore. Still though I drive 100km a day over pretty crappy roads and it seems to accept it ok. This winter will interesting. I'm knocking antennas off ants with this car and once the snow falls I think the Golf will be grounded.
10-03-2008, 11:53 PM
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Hehehe, I think that was a 60/40 drop kit I put on it, but I can't quite remember.
Check out <a href="http://www.airriders.ca">Air Riders</a> if you need any bits (winter rubber, stock suspension, etc) for her. I'm going down to Calgary later today too... so if you need me to pick anything up off of a ClubVeeDub member, just call or text me and I'll bring it back for you to grab on Sunday.
Cheers,
Cheers,