STITCH'S JETTA AND CADDY

The Jetta not so much, aside from I called it the Kraut Cannon since its a German car so calling it a Rice rocket wouldn't make sense even though I did draw a lot of  Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements from trends that were prominent in the mid 90s to early 2000s, arguably the golden age of tuning IMHO. I know it sounds cliche but I really did build the car for me not for everyone. I cannot tell you how many times someone has told me, “I didn't know you could do that to a Volkswagen.” Which was also my goal with the build was to show you can do off the wall stuff like this as long as you fully commit to it and follow through with the supporting mods.

According to the PO, the truck was originally bought brand new off the dealer lot by the owner of Eurocode, who used it as a shop truck for a number of years, then it just sat until the owner basically said, “Get it off the lot.” That's where the previous owner came and built it to basically look like a GTI truck until he decided to cut his losses since he had no intention to keep it. I bought it for less than what he was asking, but probably more than I should, but i was too excited to see it. Over the next year, I little by little saw all the shortcuts made to get it to sale, like the headlights being wired directly to a switch into the fuse block with no fuse, installation of the “new” parts wasn't done in the best fashion, or things were done half assed like new carpets, but no padding or sound deadening underneath. Which kinda cracked me up cause the dude worked for McLaren of New Port so it made me wonder if that's the quality he does at work, but whatever, it just gave me more of an excuse to scrap what was there and do things my way.