Another VW

[rocco.crossing at gmail.com (Rhett Farnum)]

Well, after a few hours of more work and getting strut bearing that car is
now on the road. The only major thing left to do is install some aftermarket
stereo stuff. I drove her home tonight and she drives great but does have a
bit of a weak clutch so i will have to be careful about that.

Rhett


On 2/28/06, Rhett Farnum <rocco.crossing@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well here is the link to the pics from yesterday after I got the car to my
> buddy's garage. And that is the butt of my mutt of a truck towing it also.
> It drives pretty nice after I got a CV and pass ball joint under it.
>
> <http://photobucket.com/albums/y153/rocco_crossing/GTI/> And the password
> is VWs, if I rememeber right.
>
> Rhett
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gordy Stedman <ydrogs@gmail.com>
> Date: Feb 28, 2006 12:27 AM
> Subject: Re: Another VW
> To: Rhett Farnum <rocco.crossing@gmail.com>
>
> Nice save on the GTI, too bad it is a mk2:)  Hope it treats you well.
> They are heavier but are sexy in their own way.  My buddy has a silver one
> with 16" gold rims and looks great.
>
>
>  On 2/27/06, Rhett Farnum < rocco.crossing@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > YUP, this morning I added another VW to my packed family of vehicles! I
> > saved this 86 GTI from the salvage yard thanks to a friend of mine. I
> > have
> > just over $200 into it at this point after a new balljoint and pass. CV
> > shaft. It is Mars Red I believe. After getting everything back together
> > and
> > being able to make it move under its own power it was rather fun pulling
> > it
> > up the hill and into my buddy's driveway! It surprisingly had quite a
> > bit of
> > power for the way the engine sounds right now. I will be Seafoaming it
> > and
> > changing the oil pan and v/c gaskets soon. Then it should really wake
> > the
> > car up.
> >
> > This will also give me an idea of how my roc is going to drive also
> > since
> > this car is CIS-e with 10:1 and has a 9A which is similar to the CIS w/
> > 10:1
> > and a 2H that I will have in the roc. Although the roc will be much
> > lighter
> > and more nimble.
> >
> > Just happy and wanted to share!!!
> >
> > Rhett
>
>
> --
> Gordy
> MK1 x 4
> MK2 x 1
>