1983 Volkswagen - GTI

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1983 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI, finished in silver with a blue/red cloth interior. The seller states that a partial restoration has been performed on this Rabbit, which involved a full windows-out repaint, new exterior plastics, restored wheels, a new exhaust system, an engine service, and more as detailed below.Some modifications to this GTI include H&R suspension and a modern RetroSound stereo head unit that's designed to look period correct. The air conditioning compressor has also been deleted.The Volkswagen Golf Mk1, also known as the Type 17, was called the Rabbit when it first arrived in North America. It was considered the successor to the original Type 1 Beetle as the brand's small family car marking a shift to a front-engine, front-wheel-drive design for VW's major car lines.The GTI was the performance model of the Mk1 and one of the earliest examples of a "hot hatch." Improvements over the standard Golf/Rabbit include a bigger engine with lightened pistons, bigger valves, a higher compression, and a free-flow exhaust plus a close-ratio 5-speed manual transmission.Power comes from a "JH" 1.8-liter 8-valve inline-4 engine, which produces 90 horsepower and 105 lb-ft of torque.

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