The Volkswagen Thread

cholland_

Been Around the Block
I've sort of noticed a good number of VW enthusiasts on this website, so I thought that maybe we should have our own thread. Personally, Volkswagens have always been my number one passion, since I was brought home from the hospital in a Rabbit.

I'll start with the families collection.

Here's my daily driving '86 Scirocco:
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And my (VW-Porsche) 914 project... that's been going on since I was 14 ::)
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And the new addition, I'm flying out to Seattle next week to drive it back. An original yellow 1975 Scirocco. I've never actually seen one of these that hasn't disintegrated.
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The Porsche (and hopefully the yellow car) share a garage with my dad's VWs. First off, his '57 Bug that he ground-up restored.
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And his next (very long-term) project 65 Double Cab Microbus.
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Hell, even my Ma drives this one :p
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So post up your VWs! Aircooled, watercooled, it doesn't matter. They're all good!
 
i no longer have them i have since left wolfsburg and went to bavaria : )
1990 mkII VRT
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1989 MkII VRT
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1984 Rabbit Convertible
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A few of mine from over the years
'72
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'72 Ghia
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'63 ragtop
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'72 Squareback
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'71 Super
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Had lots of VW's before migrating to Ingolstadt.

This one was my favorite.

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92 GTI. Started life as a bone stock 8V, then a supercharged 8V, then a supercharged 16V and finally a turbo 16V.
 
Yukon Yellow was a '67 convertable only color. The car sat only an inch an a half off of the ground. Compared to the stock '67 (4x4)

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ill play. the bunnies belong to me and my gf. the gli is a friend's (who also has a cafe project cb450). we have a mk2 ecodiesel too. ;D
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rawfish - My favorite color combo, some day I'll have that in a 356.

Here is my other project:
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I'm much further than this, but it's a pic I have on hand. Cut 6 inches out of the roof, had to widen the roof by about 3 inches, and formed the back into a little cab. Also enclosed the back with a false floor and wall behind the front seats, and various other things.

-James
 
Snapped a pic of this Karmann Ghia in Chicago - would have been winter of 1989 or so I think. It amazed me that it was sitting there so clean, surrounded by the slush and snow of February Chicago. Like it was dropped there.

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I've had a ton of VW's...

84 Rabbit GTI (no pics scanned)
84 Rabbit Convertible (pre-Cabriolet LOL) (no pics scanned)
87 Jetta Coupe (no pics scanned)
85 Golf GTI 8v (no pics scanned)
01 GTI GLX VR6 (no pics scanned)
99 GTI GLX VR6 (no pics scanned)
Another 99 GTI GLX VR6 (no pics scanned)
97 Cabrio Highline (no pics scanned)
92 Golf GTI 8V (no pics scanned)

00 Audi A4 1.8TQM, coilovers, S4 wheels, etc.:
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95 Silver Cabrio VR6 (PVW Cover car when I worked for VW SPORT UDA aka 1552 Design. Flared fenders, 18" ABT wheels, coilovers, etc.. used to be 6-speed, Turbo'ed, schrick'ed, 13" AP brake'ed, Porsche seats, etc... TOTALLED)
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95 Mulberry GTI VR6 (Coilovers, porsche wheels, leather interior swap, etc...)
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1991 Golf GTi 16V six-speed, widened BBS RM's, audo handles, Golf Rallye HID headlamp setup, etc:
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Same car but VR6 Turbo, MK3 dash, Recaro A8 seats, Edition S1 wheels 16x8/16x9, plus-suspension 5-lug, Mk3 DE brakes, Happich popouts, Climatronic, Gamma CD, etc. Featured in PVW:
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Audi A6 4.2 V8, coilovers, 19" BBS LM replicas, etc:
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I've tended to have VWs through the years too. First was a '78 rabbit. Then an '84 GTi. Now I have a 2003 Jetta wagon and this one:

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It's got different hubcaps now but looks pretty much like this. Rompin stompin 36hp engine. Porsche 356A brakes up front. I've also got a 356 engine on the bench downstairs but the chances of that getting built are fading fast.
 
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