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Ratty Rescue: One “Seriosly” Nice GTI

Judging by the Facebook comments and shares, it seems you liked this week’s Find Of The Day. Bids on the car skyrocketed the auction from $4600 to more than $10000. Wow!

Want to but your own supercharged MK1 GTI, but you’re short on funds? Check out today’s Ratty Rescue. This 1983 Volkswagen GTI is the perfect canvas to build your own hotted-up hatch. Just make sure you’re serios.

Finding a decent MK1 GTI is getting more and more difficult. Most of these little bunnies are in phenomenal shape or complete basket cases. Today’s Ratty Rescue is somewhere in between. To start, this car is located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Not a bad place to source a project car from. The photos aren’t great, but the body appears to be straight, and there’s no rust visible. Heck, the engine bay looks pretty darn clean for a 35-year-old car.

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Unfortunately, there are no pictures of the interior; we have to wonder how cracked the dashboard is from the Vegas heat and sun. The GTI has seats from a Scirocco 16V which are nice and supportive with thick side bolsters. FYI: there’s no back seat.

The car has a coilover suspension, so that’s one mod taken care of for you. And it rides on “fake wheels.” The ad doesn’t state if you can drive on said faux-wheels. Maybe real wheels are included with the sale. Like many classified ads, we wish there was a little more information.

While we can’t source all the parts for you to make your own supercharged GTI, this is at least a great starting point. Check out the ad on the thesamba.com. The current asking price is a very reasonable $3500, but only if you’re a “serios” buyer, as the ad puts it.

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