You Need This: Box-flared, street-legal VW Jetta race car

David S.
By David S. Wallens
Jul 30, 2024 | Volkswagen, Volkswagen Jetta, Cars For Sale, You Need This

Photography Courtesy Andres Lazzizzera

1980s vintage cred? Check.

Legit motorsports history? Yep.

Big box flares? Present and accounted for.

What we have here is a 1985 Volkswagen Jetta coupe prepared for SCCA GT3 competition. While SCCA GT regs allow a full tube chassis, this one looks to be tub-based–also allowed under the rules.

But wait, there’s more: According to the ad, this one has been made street-legal and carries a Florida title.

What do you do with this? Whatever you want. Commute to work, run some track events, put it back into competition. Autocross, maybe, or even some historic racing?

Back in the day, the A2-chassis VW Jetta coupe carried some serious street cred. Here’s a period-correct example prepared for competition–not something you see every day.

The price for all this radness? Looks like $14,000 can put this in Jetta your garage. It’s located in Cape Coral, Florida.

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Comments
Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
7/30/24 4:50 p.m.

That is just oozing with radness.

Super bonus points for being a race car that's (essentially) been turned into a show car.

Chris Tropea
Chris Tropea Associate Editor
7/30/24 4:59 p.m.

Those box-flares are sweet. 

Noddaz
Noddaz GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
7/30/24 5:15 p.m.

That is crazy.  I like it.  Why do I keep looking at the alternator run off of the camshaft?

Coniglio Rampante
Coniglio Rampante Reader
7/30/24 5:37 p.m.

Nice entry price-point for vintage racing.  Love it!

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/30/24 6:21 p.m.

In reply to Coniglio Rampante :

It would look so perfect on an HSR grid. 

amg_rx7 (Forum Supporter)
amg_rx7 (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
7/30/24 6:39 p.m.

Kinda cool but unlikely to be competitive in gt3 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/31/24 9:02 a.m.

In reply to amg_rx7 (Forum Supporter) :

Just looked at the GT3 results from last year’s SCCA Runoffs since I was curious. I think the Jetta could have easily scored a top-10 finish.

 

Driven5
Driven5 PowerDork
7/31/24 10:41 a.m.

Ohhh... 8v of fury! surprise

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
7/31/24 11:02 a.m.

While I wasn't able to track down old footage of this car competing on YouTube, I did find some other really cool videos:


(I plan to do some more searching later after work.)

Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter)
Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
7/31/24 1:56 p.m.

Matt Ford has a nice spec gti for sale as well. No box flares though. . 

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