Newbie intro -- back in it after 20 years!
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Newbie intro -- back in it after 20 years!
I posted this in the VWVortex forum, but it was suggested I hang out here as well.
Hi everyone. My name is Harris and I live outside Atlanta. So now that I'm fast approaching my late 30's, and am going to be a Dad in about 8 weeks, I was beginning to feel a bit nostalgic. My first car was a '78 Rabbit that I pumped gas at the local Exxon station back in Delaware every day after school and saved every penny I earned to get the $950 I paid for it in 1986. I loved that car. Then the muscle car bug bit me a year later and I sold it to buy a 1972 Olds 442. And the rest, they say, is history.
I always said "someday, I'd like to get another one." I even tried to buy that old Rabbit back in 1989 and almost convinced the owner. But I enlisted in the US Navy and never saw Delaware again. That car is probably quietly rusting away somewhere.
Anyway, I was on a mission last week to find a Rabbit. I found this on craigslist. I've been wanting a convertible with a backseat for a while, and have been itching for a toy. So this is the best of all worlds combined. And since it was only $500, I was able to keep the peace with my very pregnant wife.
My Rabbit was white with '84 GTI fender flares, '86 GTI wheels and a Scirocco Mk I interior. I'd like to paint this one white with the flares and add some teardrop wheels. The car came with a complete, nice grey tweed interior from an '89 Cabby.
It runs, but has a cold start problem. I'll dive into it this weekend, I guess. And post some better pictures. These were taken by the seller back in January, and aren't very good. That's not me, nor is that my kid. My daughter is due in November and she'll have a place in the backseat!
Scroll below the '83 for a picture of my '78 taken in early '87 that I found and scanned.
If anyone knows where to find one of those windshield banners (it was tinted and static-cling,) or one of those Kamei front airdams, let me know!
Hi everyone. My name is Harris and I live outside Atlanta. So now that I'm fast approaching my late 30's, and am going to be a Dad in about 8 weeks, I was beginning to feel a bit nostalgic. My first car was a '78 Rabbit that I pumped gas at the local Exxon station back in Delaware every day after school and saved every penny I earned to get the $950 I paid for it in 1986. I loved that car. Then the muscle car bug bit me a year later and I sold it to buy a 1972 Olds 442. And the rest, they say, is history.
I always said "someday, I'd like to get another one." I even tried to buy that old Rabbit back in 1989 and almost convinced the owner. But I enlisted in the US Navy and never saw Delaware again. That car is probably quietly rusting away somewhere.
Anyway, I was on a mission last week to find a Rabbit. I found this on craigslist. I've been wanting a convertible with a backseat for a while, and have been itching for a toy. So this is the best of all worlds combined. And since it was only $500, I was able to keep the peace with my very pregnant wife.
My Rabbit was white with '84 GTI fender flares, '86 GTI wheels and a Scirocco Mk I interior. I'd like to paint this one white with the flares and add some teardrop wheels. The car came with a complete, nice grey tweed interior from an '89 Cabby.
It runs, but has a cold start problem. I'll dive into it this weekend, I guess. And post some better pictures. These were taken by the seller back in January, and aren't very good. That's not me, nor is that my kid. My daughter is due in November and she'll have a place in the backseat!
Scroll below the '83 for a picture of my '78 taken in early '87 that I found and scanned.
If anyone knows where to find one of those windshield banners (it was tinted and static-cling,) or one of those Kamei front airdams, let me know!
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Nice looking cab with a lot of possibilites.
Okay the site isn't exactally local, but I am.
Nice looking cab with a lot of possibilites.
Okay the site isn't exactally local, but I am.
Briano
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
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Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....
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Snowflakes go for around $20 in the junk yards around here. About 1/4 of the ones I find are straight, most all have at least some curbage. Took about two months of irregular yard searching in four different yards to get a set of four, I'm still looking for a 4th white one.leah's_dad wrote:..... GOTTA find a set of '86 GTI snowflakes like my old car had -- ......
I never see those A2 center caps pictured on your GTI in the yards, maybe one set every two months on the road. I keep looking, I think they're sharp.
leah's_dad
Love your user name!! I remember when I was known in the neighborhood as Jasmine's Dad. I puffed up a bit whenever I heard that, still do.
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- Location: Johns Creek, Georgia
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- Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:13 pm
- What year is your cabby?: 1990
- Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
- Location: Johns Creek, Georgia
Found another old picture of the first car! (I forgot that someone had jacked my gas cap!)
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- Location: Johns Creek, Georgia
Re: Newbie intro -- back in it after 20 years!
BUMP!
LOL...I'm back. Just bought this. I need to do some catching up I guess!
LOL...I'm back. Just bought this. I need to do some catching up I guess!
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Re: Newbie intro -- back in it after 20 years!
That top can be fixed..... Didn't realize you were around the corner from me.leah's_dad wrote:BUMP!
LOL...I'm back. Just bought this. I need to do some catching up I guess!
Briano
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....
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- Posts: 27
- Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:13 pm
- What year is your cabby?: 1990
- Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
- Location: Johns Creek, Georgia
Re: Newbie intro -- back in it after 20 years!
Briano1234 wrote:
Didn't realize you were around the corner from me.
Yep...have been all along (almost 8 years since I first posted on this forum)
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Re: Newbie intro -- back in it after 20 years!
My daughter and husband lives off of Old Alabama in Johns Creek, the Safest City in Ga.leah's_dad wrote:Briano1234 wrote:
Didn't realize you were around the corner from me.
Yep...have been all along (almost 8 years since I first posted on this forum)
Briano
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....