Tag: VW
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Oil Burning MkI Jetta
No, this one doesn’t necessarily have bad rings, this one is an oil-burner in the sense that it’s diesel-equipped. Here in California, that means no smog testing ever, although it also means this accelerates like a school bus. Could that be cured with a swap? We’re big fans of the original Jetta, and this one…
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Why Have a Bond Bug When You Can Have a Boonie Bug?
It seems this was built from plans available in Popular Mechanics back in the day. Underneath are some parts from a VW Bus, and, of course, it’s VW-powered. Outside, well, it’s sort of vannish, but with essentially none of the utility and a total disregard for aerodynamic efficiency. It’s certainly interesting, however, what with the…
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VW Type 4 x 2
The Type 4 (411 and 412) was Volkswagen’s mid-sized offering in the late 60s and early 70s and was offered in three body styles: four-door sedan, two-door coupe and three-door wagon. Interestingly, the 411 was VW’s very first four-door sedan, although we are featuring the other two body styles today. This family of cars had…
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A Somewhat Special Seventies Scirocco
The Scirocco was Volkswagen’s sporty car offering after the retirement of the long-lived Karmann Ghia in the mid 1970s. It was based on the same platform as the Rabbit, so it offered front-wheel drive and four-cylinder engines; but the Giugiaro-styled body was unique and the chassis had many upgrades to offer a more sporting drive.…
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T3 Syncro + Ambulance + Greenland = Win!
What kind of fool doesn’t have a Danish military vehicle and a vehicle that served in Greenland in his or her collection? If that’s you, here is one vehicle which will check both boxes! Given there are very few roads near the Danish military base where this van once lived, it has only 5,029 miles.…
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Did You Ever Think You’d See a Scirocco Project Car?
It’s hard to believe this car is 27 or 28 years old, but here it is – an 80s Volkswagen Scirocco project car. Strangely, someone did the paint, then let it sit in the elements for three years. The engine and transmission are missing, but you do get a new grille! What would you do…
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Sleeper: 1976 4-Door Rabbit with Turbo
What’s not to love about this car? Sleeper? Yep UPS Brown paint? Mmm-hmm. Auto trans replaced with manaul? You betcha! So…what’s the catch? It’s an unfinished project… A 1.7L, turbocharged 4 cylinder was swapped in for the 1.6L NA unit and a five-speed went in at the same time. Shocks and springs are done, along…
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Dream Wagon or just Nightmare Engine?
On paper, this is the ultimate car for a guy like me. It offers a manual trans, AWD, wagon body, eight cylinder performance and rarity. What’s not to love? The catch is that the Volkswagen W8 engine was only offered for a short while and only in the Passat. Add onto that the fact that…
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VW What?
This is some sort of Fiat Jolly-esque VW Beetle, but the seller seems to have little info. Oddly, for something so unusual, the focus of the ad is the fact that is was “special ordered with a unique gas gauge with no reserve lever.” Regardless, this thing looks pretty clean, if you’re into these sorts…
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Pixilated Girl Car?
It’s not clear to me whether these images are just shitty or if the pixilated, whacky paint just throws off the camera like a witnesses’ plaid shirt on the evening news. The seller here claims the car has been restored from the ground up. Yet again, I think I differ with a Craigslist seller on…