Since my '72T is now (mostly) in maintenance mode, it became time to find a new project to occupy my time.

Found it. An '81 VW Rabbit Pickup (Caddy) with a '92 2.0 16v swapped in. Had it towed home yesterday.

Mostly straight, but parked for several years. PO spent over $3k last year at a shop attempting to get it back running decently. While they did have it running, it still wasn't right and they never finished the work as the estimated additional cost was more than the seller could spend. By the time I got to it, it wouldn't start at all again.

I spent some time with it yesterday afternoon, and got it running again. Hot-wired the fuel pump due to a bad relay and it started right up. New relay will arrive today.

It's more than a little rough. Really bad color change from Silver to Mars Red in the past. Wiring for the engine swap is pretty amateur as well. Not sure how far I'll take it. Maybe fix all the function parts and leave it as a rat-rod. Or a semi-refresh to GTI-look. We'll see.

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