Introducing....Crazy like the Fox!

We're full of bad ideas here at Der Wolfsburg Rennsport. I would like to think that our bad ideas pale in comparison with those of some of the people we (I) associate with. Mainly, my good friend Mr. Jason Mingle. Jason is actually full of awesomely bad ideas, which is to say, ideas so insane in their scope, and with so many potential obstacles to overcome, should they become finished they would be, in a word, Awesome. This Audi Fox is one of those ideas.

This nearly all original is a classic in terms of "barn finds" or whatever you want to call them. Family owns farm, uncle owns Audi. Uncle parks Audi at farm, intending to "come back and get it later" and ultimately never does. Car sits, some nut job (Mingle, and I mean that in a nice way) hears about it, goes to see, ends up buying it. "It ran when they parked it..." and so it goes.

What we have here is a quite rare, 1973 Audi Fox. 4-speed manual, 1.5 8v engine, brown paint, tan interior, all classic. 1973 was the very first year for the Audi Fox in America, and as such it's the first water-cooled FWD 8v VAG product sold here in the USA. (I think?) At any rate, it definitely looks like it's been sitting for a number of years, as judged from the undergrowth, and probably facing north, judging from the amount of moss on the exterior. (or is that algae?)

The interior, while dirty, is actually in fairly good condition, as is the engine bay and front half of the car. It's been saved by a healthy coating of the engine oil that has found its way past the bottom end seals and spread like a black, buttery preservative.

The rest of the car's underbody? Well, let's just say that Mingle is going to need a tetanus shot and some sheet metal to bring this puppy back to life. That said, with a little bit of hard work on the suspension and wheels, perhaps a little tune up on the engine (it is an 8v after all - Save the 8v™) and some general love, it should be quite the looker.

So there it is, the very newest, very oldest, and probably coolest WRS project to date. Unlike Scirocco Madness, this one will have a wrench turned on it by the end of the year, and with the Mingler's taste in cars (low, lower and lowest) you can bet this Fox will be sitting pretty (but preserved) come spring time. Hopefully we'll be getting Jason an official sign on here sooner or later, and he can add some color commentary as it occurs. After all, anyone as dedicated as this deserves to be on the team. Save the 8v™ indeed.

_WRS