Oettinger rabbit

[hail-hail]

Hi there, new to the forum and about to pick up my first gti, it's a Mark 2 16v, I know, wrong forum.

However, it got me thinking back to a car my uncle used to own, must be 20 years ago.
It was a Mk1 Rabbit tuned by Oettinger. It was a left hooker and imported from Germany.
I am try to find one of these and really don't know where to start, I don't even know if this was a factory tuned production car that was released or a standard gti with plenty of after market tuning done. It was very quick and had teeth juddering suspension.

Any ideas what this could be? He still has the steering wheel and I would like to try and stick the rest of the car onto it if possible

[gibby]

I think you'd have more chance of finding hens teeth stuck in the middle of rocking horse poo.

I'm trying to think of where I saw a pic of an Oettinger engine bay in a mk1 recently. But don't get too excited as I think it was on a website and not for sale.

Welcome to the forum by the way.

[DubFan]

Nothing on the Oettinger website about the Mk1, but there's a pic of the Mk2 they did: http://www.oettinger.com.au/oau_vwgolf2.html

From another site I found this excerpt:
"OETTINGER, the Audi and VW specialist from Friedrichsdorf, who participated in the success of the original GTI in 1976 with the worldwide first 16V engine"

Finally found more:
http://www.faltdach.net/vwgolfmk116s.htm

Looks pretty special, someone asked about them ages ago, but anyway.

If you could find one, that'd be an awesome car, but only 1250 were made.
The steering wheel doesn't look that special, but has the "16s" badge on it to say that it is.

Specs:
Engine: 1,6l 16 valve twin cam engine, 136Bhp at 6500Rpm, 157Nm at 5500Rpm, 5-speed gearbox, maximum Rpm 7500.
Bore/stroke: 79,5 x 80mm
Compression ratio: 10.5:1
Injection: Bosch K-jetronic
Front Suspension: Macpherson struts (anti roll bar & strut brace)
Brakes: Front – ventilated 239mm discs
Rear – 180mm drums
Wheels: ATS 6J x 14
Tyres: 185/60 R14 H
Body: BBS bodykit, Oettinger 16s badges (front/rear), Oettinger 16 Soupapes wing decals,
Kamei roof spoiler (optional), Kamei lower boot spoiler (optional)
Total weight: 900Kg
Maximum speed: 209Km/h
Acceleration: 0-100Km/h   7,5sec

[BobbyT]

what a beast!!! 

[gibby]

The 16s was a mk1 that was only available in France I believe.

[BobbyT]

bloody french!!!  lol

[[han]]

still some cool stuff!!

[DubFan]

From that site I gathered that it was VW France who wanted a more powerful Mk1, so VW gave it to Oetteinger who created it, but it eventually ended up being called the 16s in France.
But maybe I mis-read it.

[gibby]

^ That just about sums it up I think. Although I never realised that Oettinger actually tuned the engine. You learn something new every day.

[hail-hail]

Thanks for all the info guys, could have been the 16s but it had square lights at the front, so I am thinking maybe not. I will find out some more details and post again. I will also try and get a pic of the steering wheel, see if that helps.