Saving a Coupe

[foxster]

make us happy

[Matt]

in for more.

[theseeker411]

Aww yeee!

[C-Hutch]

Yeaaahh buddy! good to see somebody getting some work done.

*edit* Also, extremely jealous of your workspace.

[getamongst-it]

I'm not putting a VR in this, so naturally all that had to come out. Found a little surface rust under the fender of all places, looked like someone started sanding off all the undercoat. I'll deal with that shortly. Sold all the VR swap parts to a buddy locally.



As far as the drivetrain goes, the coupe is going to be gettin everything from the 4dr.

-2.0L 9A 16v running on Digi2
This motor has been nothing but good to me, swapped it a few years ago and since it's had some Autotech cams, head reworked, head gasket, timing belt etc so its pretty fresh.



-ACN long-ratio tranny from a diesel MKII (for that highway cruising)


Then started gutting the red car for everythin it has to offer.





Pulled this shitty 90s alarm after years of it hiding in my dash/wiring harness. When I first bought the red car it wouldn't start one day. I found a toggle switch under the dash that I had kicked and this pile of crap jimmied into the harness so bad I didn't want to touch it. now, 6 years later this thing is finally gone.

[getamongst-it]

Being that the coupe sat outside for the past several years, It's unbelievable that it has no rust at all. There's light surface rust on the floor inside which is going to be sanded & painted but the underside is clean as can be.

I moved recently to a new apartment from a house I was renting, and that meant all my toys and tools needed a new home. It's been rough financially but nothing is better than a huge workspace to play in.

Moved my cars into the shop (along with a bunch of other garbage) and still had room to store a buddy's car for the winter too.

[getamongst-it]

1987 Jetta Coupe - Pirelli Edition

you can also follow this build on Tumblr.

I'm going to apologize ahead of time for iPhone pictures, real pictures, and general lack of giving a shit about resizing anything. I write a lot so if you aren't interesting in reading, keep scrolling. :cheers:

I scored this from a buddy for $250, it's been sitting in his yard for a few years but this car has some history. He got it back after selling it to a kid who ruined it by spray bombing it and selling everything cool out of it. It was owned by 3 people I know of, and the farthest back I can tell was my friend Josh who VR swapped it in the early 00's. It used to be black and pretty sharp.



I figured I should actually start a build thread for this car, as it'll keep me motivated to work on it. I have way too many hobbies and fun often distracts me more than anything.

I've had MKIIs for years, this is my 3rd one and probably my last build of one before going on to something different. I've always loved how the later ones are just modern enough to enjoy a long drive, and just raw enough to have fun beating on tearing down some twisty back roads. That connected feeling that's missing from a lot of newer cars is what makes them so fun.

The direction of this build is going to be a driver's car. At some point I'd like to do a wire tuck just to make it a little cleaner & easier to work on under the hood but I'm not getting crazy and shaving the bay or doing any gnarly bodywork. I like being able to get in my car and comfortably go on a 4 hour+ drive, and obviously have it look good and handle well. It's not going to be a show car but it will have fresh paint, a nice set of wheels (what I have in mind at the moment is very appropriate) and of course it will be low.

Rust has taken it's toll on my 92 4dr which I've owned for about 7 years now. The floors are gone, seat rails are getting sketchy and you can hardly even jack it up safely anymore. Time to put it to bed. The chassis is ruined, but mechanically it's top notch and everything that made this car good to me is going into the coupe.

Some of you might know my old car: