Skip to main content

Ratty Rescue: Jetta MKToo Much Potential

Did you check out this week’s Find Of The Day? That seriously rad VR6 Jetta GLI is an amazing car, but the $9200 asking price might be a bit high for most. If you’ve got the time and skill, today’s Ratty Rescue is your chance to make your own MK2 monster. And for a much lower price.

This 1991 Jetta has a ton of potential. To start, it’s a running a driveable car. That’s always a plus when working on a project car. A 2.0L ABA engine sits under the hood along with a Megasquirt electronic fuel injection controller. The battery is located in the trunk to help with weight distribution. There’s an upgraded exhaust system and a whole bunch of other mechanical goodies.

[See image gallery at www.vwvortex.com]

Inside there are Recaro seats up front with matching rear seats. The radio is from a Mk3 and features an aux input. Up front are single-round headlights and an aggressive lower lip. The Jetta rides on H&R springs and Bilstein shocks. Out back there’s a rear spoiler. And while they aren’t 15″ 1552 Design wheels like on the FOTD car, it does sit on OEM snowflake wheels.

Like any abandoned project car, there are some rough spots. The brakes “have sat too long.” The battery is dead. The car is well worn: paint is scratched, the windshield is cracked, and the carpet is barely there. There’s also some rust, but the shell is solid.

So here’s where you come in. For a mere $1250 U.S. dollars, you can complete the work the seller started and get bring some life and performance back to this solid sedan. Or if you are adventurous, take inspiration from Tuesday’s car. Why here’s a VR6 engine and transmission for a mere $900. That’s right, for $1850 you can be well on your way to a big-motored MK2 monster.

Check out the 1991 Jetta in our classifieds. The car is in western Massachusetts. Contact VWVortex member buttonmasher for more information. And check out this week’s Find of the Day below:

[See image gallery at www.vwvortex.com]

The post Ratty Rescue: Jetta MKToo Much Potential appeared first on VWVortex.



from VWVortex https://ift.tt/2tFnPlD
via IFTTT
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Watch: The Stig Drives (nearly) Seven Generations of Golf GTI

With Volkswagen announcing “major” updates to the Golf, it seems an appropriate time to look back on what we’ve had so far. And who better to guide us through the rich history of the most popular European car ever made than Ben Collins, the former Stig? Some say he’s never met a GTI he doesn’t love, and that he can’t grow any of his own facial hair. All we know is … Ben Collins is actually a pretty solid presenter. Working his way through seven generations of the GTI (skipping over the Mk6) Collins tells us a little bit about each one and matches each mark to its corresponding facial hair craze. The Mk1 GTI for instance, is light and quick, but can lose traction under hard acceleration (in heavy rain). Despite that, Collins calls the Mk1 a “pure gem.” The Mk4, meanwhile, is a powerful return to form after the perhaps too sensible Mk3. Collins ends in the only way he could, with the Mk7, which accelerates faster than a Lamborghini Countach and is all kinds of wonderful. Watch, ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Watch: The Story of the Ads that Made VW Big in America

The ads for the original Beetle are almost as famous and well-loved as the Beetle itself. Looking back now it’s easy to forget, though, just how easily things could have wrong. A new short from Dial M Films tracks the history of those early Volkswagen ads that sold America on the people’s car. The story, of course, begins with the visionary agency that made the ads: Doyle Dane Bernach (DDB). As a popular agency for Jewish products, no agency was more aware of the implications of Volkswagen, and no one, it seems, was more skeptical of the brand than DDB. “Remember Those Great Volkswagen Ads?” from Dial M Films on Vimeo . William Bernbach, though, was adament that the firm take the client, probably as a way of attracting other lucrative automotive clients. Saddled with a client that he didn’t want, art director Helmut Krone says in the film that he originally came up with ads that were all wrong. Krone tried to do what other manufacturers did and was intent on selling the Beetle ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Watch: The Zerouno Cruis’n USA

ItalDesign is drumming up excitement for its new supercar based around the same 5.2-liter Audi V10 that powers the R8. Naturally, it hit the road for a cruise around California last week to celebrate Monterey Car Week. There isn’t much in the way of V10 noise—which is a real shame given the sound it makes—but you do at least get a good look at the car inside and out in this video. With a body made entirely of carbon fiber and designed to be as aerodynamic and light as possible, ItalDesign figures that it will be good for a 0-60 time of just 3.2 seconds. “We put it our best skills into the production of the first car,” said Massimo Bovi, head of pre-series production, when the Zerouno was first unveiled in Geneva earlier this year. “Using some of the finest productions methods and engaging our high-skilled workers.” The car features clever aero tricks gleaned from single-seat racing, like a y-duct up front to improve downforce and turn-in. Available in a number of trim levels, the...
Post a Comment
Read more