Gianni's cars part 10: 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI

The latest addition to Scuderia Gianni is a 1984 Rabbit GTI (the Ur-GTI in America).  I was in high school when these came out and they were a revelation after the cars of the late 70's.  Especially for a kid growing up in rural America.  So one of these was on my bucket list for ever.  I found this one thru word of mouth.  It was purchased new in the Seattle area at Carter VW in Ballard.  The original owner owned it until 2011 then it went thru two owners before I bought it.  It is amazingly stock, since the original owner kept it so long, it was able to keep from getting Fast and Furious-ed when it hit the bottom of the depreciation curve.  We've had it for about two years and we've been replacing stuff as needed - since it is stock it still has a lot of the 30 year old original parts on it.