1987 American MK2 Gti

[Si-Ireland]

still waiting on parts from BBT but this arrived yesterday
American plate, thanks to Trevor at Eireplates.com, just stuck on with double sided tape for photo, it was nice to see the boot lid hadnt been butchered when i took the original plate off 

[DubFan]

That's incredibly clean under the plate, is that original still ?

[Si-Ireland]

yes the whole car is totally original bar the bonnet which i sourced here in Ireland, its still as it came from America, never painted

[Diamond Hell]

Well he's already said its the rad for cars with aircon, just wasn't sure if it actually the rest of the gear fr it. 

Four speed fan is a dead giveaway:



As are the huge pipes in the engine bay. 

Like the project, don't like eighties VW US-style, especially the side stripes and the 14" wheels with balloon tyres!

Does it have a KR motor, or is it a lower compression engine than the KR and does the poor thing have a cat?

[Mr Blue]

very clean. Interesting how that ended up in the UK 

[Si-Ireland]

Well he's already said its the rad for cars with aircon, just wasn't sure if it actually the rest of the gear fr it. 

Four speed fan is a dead giveaway:



As are the huge pipes in the engine bay. 

Like the project, don't like eighties VW US-style, especially the side stripes and the 14" wheels with balloon tyres!

Does it have a KR motor, or is it a lower compression engine than the KR and does the poor thing have a cat?

the side stripes wheels and tyres all add to the 80's originality, and as for the engine it is indeed a KR with the strangulating cat, the wheels and suspension will be changed in time, but the stripe will stay as it adds to the quirkiness of it all....

[Si-Ireland]

very clean. Interesting how that ended up in the UK 

its not in the UK mate its in Ireland

[Diamond Hell]

its not in the UK mate its in Ireland

Pedant. The question remains the same: how did a US spec Golf end up in Ireland?

[Si-Ireland]

its not in the UK mate its in Ireland

Pedant. The question remains the same: how did a US spec Golf end up in Ireland?

it belonged to a member of the band Bagatelle who bought it while on tour there in 1996 and had it shipped over, but never did anything else with it, so 15 years later when he had to get it out of the storage it was in, he had nowhere for it, i bought it from him without even seeing it, all i knew was it had a 16v engine and aircon, i was going to use it for parts, but was pleasently surprised when i went to view it......

[Diamond Hell]

it belonged to a member of the band Bagatelle who bought it while on tour there in 1996 and had it shipped over, but never did anything else with it, so 15 years later when he had to get it out of the storage it was in, he had nowhere for it, i bought it from him without even seeing it, all i knew was it had a 16v engine and aircon, i was going to use it for parts, but was pleasently surprised when i went to view it......

That's the shizzle we wanted.