The rabbit runs!

[zyewdall]

I took the GTI for the first real test drive today, about 25 minutes.  Runs nice!  For 52HP I think it has alot of power -- No trouble reaching 70 on the highway (well, the speedometer said 70, not sure if it really was, as I switched from the 185/60/R14's to 185/70/R13's).  And that was with probably 200 lbs of car parts in the back too.  Only mod so far is the 3" cold air intake.  Pretty quiet on the highway too -- it's the original GTI exhaust system on there still.  I don't have the tach hooked up yet, so a little engine sound is good. The 1.6 sure does like revving compared to my truck, but its still got decent low end torque.  Still needs a proper fuel system and lot of little things, but it's on the road now  

Any guess where I got the new paint scheme from?

[RabbitJockey]

is that the wrong picture?  definetly not a rabbit.  but for the N/A idi thumbs up

[vwmike]

Any guess where I got the new paint scheme from?

Scooby Doo?

[3beejay3]

Looks like a John Deere.

[zyewdall]

Yeah, I know they weren't called rabbits any more by '91, but I still call it one.

The colors are john deere green, but that's not where I got the inspiration.  The first place I saw diesel cars (and decided I wanted one), about half the cars in the country were painted green and yellow like that.  Mostly Mercedes and Peugots and Toyotas, but a few VW's.  Although most were also pretty beat up...

[SMOKEYDUB]

It looks like a deer but does it run like a deer

[BlackTieTD]

i once saw a ghia restoration where he used john deere green for all the underpinnings.... but then purple for the actual car colour. looks good with the green/yellow deere combo.

they were only called rabbits for north american market. they have always been a 'golf' to everyone else in the world from 1974 on.

[zyewdall]

looks good with the green/yellow deere combo.

they were only called rabbits for north american market. they have always been a 'golf' to everyone else in the world from 1974 on.

It certainly looks alot better than the old white/black with chipped primer look when I got it with a gas engine full of sludge.  I am still having fuel problems though (new thread).

Yeah, I know they were normally called Golfs, but that would remind me of the game with the same name which I can't stand  

[BlackTieTD]

i guess you don't have a golf ball shift knob then!!  :lol:

[zyewdall]

i guess you don't have a golf ball shift knob then!!  :lol:

HeHe.  Can't say that I do...  

[hillfolk'r]

hey dont rip on deeres,,ive seen them run a long time,very durable engines,,,,rebuilt a 6076 in a steel mill had 16,000 hours,,aircleaner suckin dirt,had a intake leak,,,and it had that kind of time on it,,imagine if it didnt have that air cleaner leakin,,,,,superior colors!!!!!

[stewardc]

As a local farmer always tells me; "Nothing runs like a Deere"

[moosiah]

love the paint job. I got a '43 JD all fuel, that means it is supposed to run on kerosene, wich in kaliforinia costs $5+ a gal  . so it gets run on a mix of gas and diesel (mostly diesel!) , it starts on gas to warm up .  starts by spining the flywheel by hand . don't make 'em the way they used to , thank god.......

[hillfolk'r]

As a local farmer always tells me; "Nothing runs like a Deere"

yup yup

[zyewdall]

love the paint job. I got a '43 JD all fuel, that means it is supposed to run on kerosene, wich in kaliforinia costs $5+ a gal  . so it gets run on a mix of gas and diesel (mostly diesel!) , it starts on gas to warm up .  starts by spining the flywheel by hand . don't make 'em the way they used to , thank god.......

What model?  We owned a '43 model B narrow front for a long time when I was growing up.  It was a good tractor, but 18 horsepower wasn't quite enough to pull an overloaded trailer of firewood up the 26% grade up to the house.  Needed the model A...  It started on gas, and could theoretically run on kerosene, but gas was cheaper.  Wouldn't run on #2 diesel.    We sold it this year to a restorer, and got a '53 allis chalmers bulldozer instead -- 2 cycle, 2 cylinder, detroit diesel in it.