Buyer's regret (Kinda) 85 VW GTI

[jrallan26]

Last week I bought back my very first car. My dad bought it off me 22 years ago. It's been sitting in his garage forever. I bought it back and drove it back home. No plans on what to do.

[Seanz0rz]

mk1 or mk2 gti? DUDE! awesome car!

my plans for something like that would either make it a reliable daily driver, or cage it, engine swap/rebuild, and drive the piss out of it!

oh and

[jrallan26]

MK1. The car needs a ton of cleaning but runs great. It ran with no issues from Ca. to Iowa. Today is going to be a cleaning day. After the cleaning I will decide. Right now it needs tires and cleaning!

[jrallan26]

Came across this earlier

http://youtu.be/3zcm4oS9IaM

[Good Times]

wow blast from the past! cool

[jrallan26]

My only issue with the car. It's hideous red interior. Looks horid. If I'm going to keep the car, the interior will be changed to black. While driving it around today, I got a lot of thumbs up.

[Good Times]

I'm curious, is yours a 2 door or 4 door? Man that car is sooo old I'm not even sure what it came with. lol 1.8l? (guessing). also what's the mpg like? I only ask cuz we cali folks are hit w/ the stupid insanity on gas prices... (blame CARB!) haha

[jrallan26]

2 door 1.8L 120hp
This is what mine will look like, when it gets cleaned up.

[xonetruthcrewx]

Gut the interior. Cage + 2 seats. Drop in a 1.8t with a K04 on it. Would be so rad!

With the Audis and VWs I have had in the past, I am really leaning towards something like this in the future. A true project track car from the beginning. Only problem.... they aren't that easy to find anymore.

[jrallan26]

Spent the weekend cleaning the car in and out. The GTI has cleaned up so good, I drove it to work. Got a lot of compliments. Next mission is finding a complete interior ( changing the color from red to black).